Mutemo weKurangarira waratidza kukudza vakafa muhondo vakavigwa muBelgium

Hazvisi zvechinyakare kuti Belgium inozivikanwa se "nhandare yehondo yeEurope" uye chiitiko chakakosha uye chinobaya mwoyo vhiki rino chinoratidza kuzvipira kwakafanana kwemakumi ezviuru zvevanhu vakafa muhondo vakavigwa muvhu reBelgium.

Mutemo wegore negore wekurangarira Mugovera uno (Chikumi 20) muBrussels imhemberero yeAllied inoitirwa nebazi reRoyal British Legion (RBL) muBrussels paCommonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Cemetery muEvere (Brussels Town Cemetery).

Kunyange hazvo musi wa11 Mbudzi (Zuva reArmistice) uri zuva guru rekurangarira varwi vese vakafa muBelgium, Mutemo weChikumi 20 une kukosha kwakasiyana kune veBritain neveCommonwealth ex-pat nevemauto vari muguta guru uye vakakomberedza.

Colonel Nick Thom, mushandi mutsva weUK kuBelgium neLuxembourg, ane sekuru vake vekuFrance-Belgium vakashanda muuto reBelgian muHondo Yenyika II, acharatidza fungidziro yavo pabasa iri.

Count Henri d'Oultremeont, uyo ane makore 101 ekuberekwa, uyo akarwa muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, anogara kuBrussels, anotarisirwawo kutora chikamu mumhemberero iyi. 

Sachigaro weRBL Brussels, Dennis Abbott, akaudza webhusaiti iyi kuti, "Chiitiko chekurangarira paEvere ndicho chiitiko chikuru cheRoyal British Legion muBrussels. Inguva yekukudza avo vese vakapa chibayiro chikuru kuti Belgium isununguke." 

"Magamba anopfuura makumi mana akavigwa paEvere aive achiri kuyaruka. Kunyange hazvo vazhinji vevakafa vari vekuBritain, 124 maCanada, 21 maPolish uye vamwe vakabva kuAustralia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Greece neSouth Africa," akadaro.

Guva guru ndirowo nzvimbo yekupedzisira yekuzorora yevanhu vazhinji vekuBelgium vane mukurumbira.

Ava vanosanganisira maMeya mana ekare eBrussels - Jules Anspach, Adolphe Max, Charles Buls naCharles de Brouckère - pamwe naFrançois van Campenhout, munyori werwiyo rwenyika rweBelgium, muimbi ane mukurumbira wekuFrance Jacques-Louis David, anozivikanwa nemufananidzo wake weThe Death of Marat, naJoséphine de Montholon, anonzi mwanasikana waNapoleon, akaberekwa panguva yaaive muutapwa kuSt Helena.

Mutauriri weRRL akati, "Pamusoro pekuremekedza avo vakafa muzviitiko zvakawanda vari kure nemisha yavo, mhemberero iyi inosimbisa hukama hwepasi rose hunogara kwenguva refu."

Mhemberero iyi, iyo inotanga na11:30am, inoshanda semusangano wekuremekedza pamwe chete vashandi vemauto, varwi vehondo, vamiriri vezvematongerwo enyika nevamwe.

Zuva chairo rinosarudzwa kuti ritungamire mwaka wekurangarira kwezhizha uye chiitiko ichi chine mimhanzi inorumbidzwa kubva kuBelgium Military Wives Choir.

Makuva aya ane makuva anopfuura 11,000 munzvimbo dzayo dzine 380,000 sq mt. Makuva ehondo yeCommonwealth anosanganisira vanhu 641 vakavigwa, kusanganisira makumi mashanu nemana kubva kuHondo Yenyika Yekutanga uye mazana mashanu nemakumi masere nenomwe kubva kuHondo Yenyika Yechipiri.

Nzvimbo iyi ine zvikamu zvakasiyana-siyana zvine mamwe makuva akakurumbira, kusanganisira Major Bob Mélot, muBelgium akashanda muBritish Special Forces panguva yeHondo Yenyika II pamwe chete nengano dzeSAS David Stirling naPaddy Mayne. Mélot akaona Brussels ichisunungurwa munaGunyana 1944 asi akafa apo jipi yake yakadonha musi wa1 Mbudzi. Akasiya mudzimai nevanasikana vaviri.  

Hondo isati yatanga Mélot, akatsanangurwa naGavin Mortimer, munyori webhuku rinonzi "Stirling's Men: The Inside History of the SAS in World War II", se "mumwe wevarume vakashinga zvikuru muhondo", aishanda semutengesi wedonje muAlexandria.

Damien Lewis, munyori wenhoroondo yehondo anonyanya kutengeswa uye aimbove munyori wenhau dzehondo paterevhizheni uyo akanyora zvakawanda nezve SAS, akati nezvake, "Bob Melot aive nemakore makumi mana nemapfumbamwe ekuberekwa paakafa muna 1944 - saka nekudanwa kwake, nerudo rukuru, kuti 'Sekuru' ve1 SAS." 

"Murwi wehondo yeHondo Yenyika Yekutanga akashongedzerwa, paakazvipira kushanda mumauto eBritain panguva yehondo, akarambidzwa nekuda kwezera rake. Kuti asazonetswa, akabatana ne"ISLD" - zita rekufukidza reSecret Intelligence Service kuNorth Africa, uye reISLD ops murenje rakashongedzerwa zvakare. Izvozvo zvakazoita kuti abatane neSAS, iyo yaakapa chibayiro chikuru mubasa rayo. Aive akashinga kupfuura vese."

Mushakabvu Duncan Ridler, uyo akashanda pamwe chete naMélot mu1 SAS HQ Squadron Intelligence Section, akanyora kuti: "Kunyangwe kuboka revanhu rakaona kufa kwakawanda, kufa kwaBob kwakashamisa vanhu vazhinji."

Nhengo dzeSAS dzakaita semutakuri weparufu rwake pamariro ake.

Kuvigwa kumwe kwakakurumbira kuEvere ndekwakahwina Victoria Cross Flight Sergeant George Thompson, wechikwata cheNo 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 

Thompson, wekuPerth neKinross kuScotland akapihwa VC nekuda kwekuponesa vamwe vake mubhomba raipfuta kuLancaster.

Mashoko ake aiti: “Mutyairi wendege uyu ndiye aishanda nemhepo mundege yeLancaster yakarwisa Dortmund-Ems Canal masikati musi wa1 Ndira 1945. Mabhomba aya akanga achangobva kuburitswa apo bhomba guru rakarova ndege pamberi pegomo repakati pedenga. Moto wakatanga uye utsi hwakakora hwakazadza fuselage. Mhino yendege yakarohwa uye mhepo yakapinda, ichibvisa utsi, yakaratidza nzvimbo yekuparadza kukuru.

"Chidimbu chikuru che perspex chechikamu chemhino chakanga chabviswa, maburi akavhurika akatsemuka mudenga riri pamusoro pemusoro wemutyairi wendege, waya dzekutaurirana dzakachekwa, uye pakanga paine buri guru pasi pendege. Magumbeze nezvimwe zvishandiso zvakanga zvakuvara zvakanyanya kana kuti zvakatsva; imwe injini yakanga ichibvira moto."

Mutauriri weRBL akati: "Pamusoro pekuremekedza avo vakafa muzviitiko zvakawanda vari kure nemisha yavo, mhemberero iyi inosimbisa hukama hwepasi rose hunogara kwenguva refu."

"Sajeni Thompson wendege akaona kuti mupfuri wepfuti akanga afa muturret yaipfuta iri pakati pekumusoro. Asingazenguriri akadonhedza fuselage mumoto nemabara aiputika."

"Akaburitsa mupfuri wepfuti kubva pagomba rake, ndokufamba-famba achitenderedza gomba raiva pasi, ndokumutakura kubva mumoto. Nemaoko ake asina kupfeka, akadzima mbatya dzaitsva dzemupfuri. Iye pachake akatsva zvakanyanya kumeso kwake, mumaoko nemakumbo. Sergeant Thompson akabva aona kuti gomba rekumashure raibvirawo. Pasinei nekukuvara kwake kwakanyanya, akafamba zvinorwadza achienda kumashure kwefuselage kwaakawana mupfuri wepfuti wekumashure aine mbatya dzake dzichibvira, akakundwa nemoto neutsi.

"Kechipiri Flight Sergeant Thompson akatsungirira moto. Nekuoma kukuru akabvisa mupfuri wepfuti asina simba ndokumutakura achienda naye pachena. "Zvakare, akashandisa maoko ake asina chinhu, akanga atotsva, kudzima moto pahembe dzemumwe wake. Flight Sergeant Thompson, panguva iyoyo ava kuda kuneta, akanzwa kuti basa rake rakanga risati rapera." 

"Anofanira kuudza mukuru wechikwata nezveramangwana rechikwata kumukuru wechikepe. Akaita rwendo rwakaoma kudzokera nemumugero wemoto, akabatirira kumativi nemaoko ake akatsva kuti asvike paburi riri pasi. Kuyerera kwemhepo inotonhora kwakamukonzera kurwadziwa kwakanyanya uye kurumwa nechando kwakatanga. Mamiriro ake ezvinhu ainzwisa tsitsi zvekuti mukuru wechikepe chake akatadza kumuziva. Kunyange zvakadaro, chaaingofunga chete chaive chevarwi vaviri vaakanga asiya kumashure kwendege."

"Akapihwa kutarisirwa kwakasimba kusvika kwaitika kuputika kwendege mushure memaminitsi makumi mana."

"Ndege payakarohwa, Flight Sergeant Thompson angangodaro akashandisa simba rake rose kudzima moto uye nokudaro akabatsira kuti azvichengetedze. Akasarudza kupfuura nepakati pemoto kuti abatsire vamwe vake. Aiziva kuti ipapo aisazokwanisa kunzwa kana kuteerera chero murairo waizopiwa wekusiya ndege." 

"Akaisa hupenyu hwake panjodzi kuti aponese hupenyu hwevamwe. Achiri mudiki mumakore uye ruzivo, zviito zvake zvaive zvemurwi wehondo. Mavhiki matatu gare gare Flight Sergeant Thompson akafa nekuda kwekukuvara kwake. Zvinosuwisa kuti mumwe wevapfuri akafawo, asi mumwe wacho ane mubairo wehupenyu hwake nekuda kweushingi hwaFlight Sergeant Thompson, ane ushingi hukuru uye kuzvipira zvichagara zvichikurudzira mauto."

Mutauriri weCWGC akati, "Brussels yaive mumaoko eGermany kubva musi wa20 Nyamavhuvhu 1914 kusvika pazuva reArmistice. Chikamu chemakuva eBrussels Town chine makuva evanhu 54 vakafa muCommonwealth, 49 vavo vakadzoserwa kubva kuGermany neCanadian Corps muna Kubvumbi 1919."

Mauto eBritish Expeditionary Force akabatanidzwa muchikamu chekupedzisira chekudzivirira Belgium mushure mekupinda kweGerman muna Chivabvu 1940, uye akarasikirwa nevanhu vakawanda mukuvhara kudzokera kwavo kuDunkirk.

Mauto eCommonwealth haana kudzoka kusvika munaGunyana 1944, asi mumakore anotevera, varwi vazhinji vemundege vakapfurwa kana kupunzika muhondo dzehondo muBelgium, kana pavakanga vachidzoka kubva kumabasa ehondo pamusoro peGermany.

Vazhinji vevakaurayiwa muHondo Yenyika II vakavigwa mumakuva eguta vakafa vachiita mabasa ekutaurirana mushure mekusunungurwa kweBrussels pakutanga kwaGunyana 1944, asi vashomanana vavo vaibva munguva pfupi iyo BEF yakapedza muBelgium muna Chivabvu 1940.

Chirangaridzo cheWaterloo chiriwo mumakuva eBrussels Town. Chakaburitswa musi wa26 Nyamavhuvhu 1890, chiyeuchidzo ichi chine chifananidzo chikuru cheBritannia chakagadzirwa neAnglo-Belgian Jacques de Lelaing chine chivande pasi chine zvasara zvevarume gumi nevanomwe vanosanganisira Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon, mubatsiri weWellington Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon naDeputy Quarter-Master General Sir William Howe De Lancey, avo vese vakafa nemaronda avo mushure mehondo, Captain John Blackman weColdstream Guards, akaurayiwa kuHougoumont, uye ega asiri mukuru, Sergeant-Major Edward Cotton we7th Hussars, akapona muhondo uye akava mutungamiriri wehondo anozivikanwa. 

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