Did you have any Ancestors who fought in World War II?

Question

My grandfather’s brother died in WW2 he stepped on a landmine and was blown up 

Answer 1

Favourite answer

My grandfather was a POW in Italy.  Told me some great stories about breaking out.  He still had a Swastika armband he'd taken from a German prison guard on the way out. He passed away peacefully just a few years ago just after his 97th birthday.  Toughest SOB I ever met. 

Answer 2

No ancestors were in WW II. Male ancestors were either: dead, too old or were working in a defense plant.

Answer 3

My grandfather on my mom's side fought in WWII. He was stationed in Italy.

Answer 4

Your Favorite Answer was given by someone whose grandfather was a fiction writer.

Answer 5

Yes, I had one uncle who served in the Australian Army during WW-2 and later died of illness contracted during his service.

My own father had ankle weakness and was unable to serve, but worked in a "protected industry" as a clerk in a pharmacy research and manufacturing company.

Answer 6

You know the U505 on display in Chicago?  My grandfather was part of the crew that captured her.  

Answer 7

My Uncle serv4d in India WW2 My dad was a Quality Insurance inspector in a Munitions factory My mother worked in a London Hospital nd I watched the Battle of Britain from the Ground

Answer 8

My dad was in the Battle of the Bulge. 

Answer 9

Yes, my father was in the second wave into Cherbourg. He was held as a POW in Austria. Austria was not neutral as some believe. 

Answer 10

My dad and his two brothers served in WWII.  But not in a fighting role.  Dad served in the Philippines after we took it back from Japan.  He had a lot of good stories, but none of them involved blood and guts.

When I was a kid in the 1950s, every kid I knew had a dad who served in the war.  The ones who saw combat didn't want to talk about it.

My mom worked in an airplane plant as a riveter.  Then she joined the WACs (Womens Army Corps) and served mostly as a chauffeur.  She wanted to 'go overseas' but they didn't send WACs overseas.  I saw pictures from that time and she was quite a looker in her day!

Answer 11

Yes, my grandfather was in the Wehrmacht. And fought from 39'-45'.