A complex track from Kev Trundley, being based on two different songs with the same tune which were popular in World War Two - one with the allies, one with the German Forces. The English version here is the irreverent send up of the original song, based on a largely forgotten and rebuked section of the British Armed Forces, where the likes of the 8th Army were ridiculed as "D-Day Dodgers" for not taking part in the D Day allied offensive - despite facing some of the most intensive fighting in the entire war.
Meanwhile, over in Germany, we have an equally complicated song - first used as a simple love song, then becoming a firm favourite with German troops on wartime radio, and then re recorded as a propaganda tool in English, sung by the gorgeous German actress, Marlene Dietrich, then living in America. This is based around the original version - in German with original lyrics.
As confusing as war itself, with two themes interwined around a single tune.
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