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02-01-2005, 03:38 AM
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02-01-2005, 12:28 PM
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#32 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | well that pretty much sums up your knowledge of WWII..........
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02-01-2005, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by tino Buddy you missed the point............
Average person in United States doesn't even know that there were any Polish fighters at the Battle of Britain. |
None of us here are exactly average people... | |
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02-01-2005, 11:47 PM
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Country:  | Many Poles stayed in the UK after the end of hostilities some because of the political situation in their homeland ,some because they fought on the axis side and had been taken POW (going home was not an option for them as they feared reprisals) and some got married and decided to stay in the UK.
I use to work with quite a few polish veterans in my industry (railways) as it was a popular choice for them after de-mob, I heard some interesting tales but only from the allied veterans (one fella was in a calvary unit at the outbreak of hostility's).
Every time any of the Poles where on the same shift together and they fought on different sides it was a pain in the arse (nearly always ended in a punch up).
And even though they weren't in the flush of youth some of them were tough old buggers and I've been on the receiving end of a few good right handers trying to part them. For myself I can say hand on heart I know (perhaps not first, but second hand) what quite a few Poles did for the allies. | |
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02-02-2005, 01:01 PM
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#35 | | Master of Ewes
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Originally Posted by GermansRGeniuses Quote: |
Originally Posted by tino Buddy you missed the point............
Average person in United States doesn't even know that there were any Polish fighters at the Battle of Britain. |
None of us here are exactly average people... | that works on so many levels...........
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02-04-2005, 09:02 AM
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Country:  | To damn right im not, has your average person been 6 foot 3 since they were about 12? Does the average person have 2 different coloured eyes, one of which changes colour? Does the average person learn how to drive a car when they are 11? Does your average person have a - no perhaps I shouldnt go there 
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02-05-2005, 05:59 AM
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02-05-2005, 06:40 AM
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#39 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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Country:  | I have always been interested by the insanities of war, some examples.
An Italian POW jumping into a river in flood to save an english boy & dying in the attempt.
An englishman awarded a VC while in a POW camp was feted by the Commandant who insisted that the guards had to salute the man.
U-boats / subs surfacing to pick up the men whose ships they had just torpedoed.
German medical staff moving heaven and earth to save a Russian pow...
and the list goes on....
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02-05-2005, 07:26 AM
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#41 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Indeed, Kiwimac. War brings out the best and worst in people. There are alot of interesting stories like that. Look how many times, especially with pilots where the vistor would fly over the guy who was shot down to either make sure he gets down okay or to salute him.
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02-05-2005, 11:57 AM
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#42 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | stories like that are absolutly amazing i find..........
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02-06-2005, 07:33 AM
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Country: | Funny about the U-Boat commanders, more so because 'Skip' Miers used to gun down German survivors from ships he'd sunk and he was awarded a VC.
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