Attention Roger Waters fans

[Roon]

That song...when the tigers broke free...was it about the battle of the bulge?

[Catch22Dem]

1. Good question

I'd like to hear the answer to that as well.

[Beware the Beast Man]

2. I believe Waters' father died in the battle of Anzio.

It may be about that.

I just checked: it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Tigers_Broke_Free

[Roon]

4. WOW!!!

Good ol' wikipedia.

[Dukkha]

3. the battle of the Anzio Bridgehead

It is where Roger Waters' father died in WWII. So that part of The Wall is based on truth. As a child he also found the death notice sent to his family as shown in the film.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWanzio.htm

It was just before dawn one miserable
Morning in black 'forty four.
When the forward commander was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
And the Generals gave thanks as the other ranks
Held back the enemy tanks for a while.
And the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives.

And kind old King George sent Mother a note
When he heard that Father was gone.
It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll,
With gold leaf and all.
And I found it one day
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
His Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp.
It was dark all around, there was frost in the ground
When the Tigers broke free.
And no one survived
From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
They were all left behind,
Most of them dead, the rest of them dying.
And that's how the High Command
Took my daddy from me.

[Roon]

5. OK

Thanks for the great info!

[fishwax]

6. no, it mentions the anzio bridgehead

in italy, so I assume that the father in the song died in Italy ...

[fishwax]

7. looks like i was a little late to the party

i see now the answer has been posted elsewhere :toast: