tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post2888371526815621649..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: 78 Years Ago, The West Went to War, For PolandOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56313385203221044262017-09-03T07:39:01.730-07:002017-09-03T07:39:01.730-07:00Thanks Cap'n. The West going to war on 1 Sep 3...Thanks Cap'n. The West going to war on 1 Sep 39 was a bit of hyperbole on my part.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75081670507379791012017-09-03T07:37:18.219-07:002017-09-03T07:37:18.219-07:00Quite right Paweł.Quite right Paweł.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34051980651366834542017-09-03T07:36:38.643-07:002017-09-03T07:36:38.643-07:00Yes, yes, exactly. People too often forget that on...Yes, yes, exactly. People too often forget that on the hard edge of air strikes, TLAM strikes, and the like, there are people who are just going about their daily business. Working, feeding their families, war is terrible and it is always the innocent who suffer.<br /><br />My son commented to me once that while the rest of the crew was rather exultant about their launching TLAMs at Iraq in the opening rounds of the second Gulf War, he thought of what was happening on the other end. He said it bothered him that innocents would die at the "hands" of his ship. Hard, but necessary. War is best avoided, but is sometimes absolutely necessary.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37594643413803688392017-09-02T23:19:49.085-07:002017-09-02T23:19:49.085-07:00Nice post Sarge!
It wasn't the West that decl...Nice post Sarge!<br /><br />It wasn't the West that declared war on Germany in September 1939. It was France and Britain and the english speaking Empire nations plus the Trucial States. Everybody else pretended that there was nothing to see including US. You can check it out at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declarations_of_war_during_World_War_II<br />HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50159959499814082582017-09-02T23:13:38.975-07:002017-09-02T23:13:38.975-07:00There were a lot that haunted me. 'The Last Je...There were a lot that haunted me. 'The Last Jew in Vinnitsa' and pictures of little children in the ruins of bombed cities. I was called in to help plan a TLAM strike against Iraq a long time ago and took a few minutes to step back outside, light up and consider what exactly I was doing. It's interesting how one rationalizes the taking of innocent lives.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87228864537130721282017-09-02T21:46:52.178-07:002017-09-02T21:46:52.178-07:00the part about sabers is mostly German propaganda....the part about sabers is mostly German propaganda...<br />Polish cavalry was well equipped with 37mm bofors ATG, and native AT rifles<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wz._35_anti-tank_rifle<br />on 1st September at battle of Mokra a well led "Volhynian" Cavalry Brigade held out against 4th Panzer Div. inflicting heavy losses<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_MokraPaweł Kasperekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636249014878876718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77104170961381757562017-09-02T16:11:55.789-07:002017-09-02T16:11:55.789-07:00And that whole attacking tanks with swords thing? ...And that whole attacking tanks with swords thing? Media mayhem, what you might call "fake news."<br /><br />Didn't happen, the Poles aren't stupid. Never have been.<br /><br />Gutsy though, damned fine fighters.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51887891202706691162017-09-02T15:34:42.038-07:002017-09-02T15:34:42.038-07:00Hey Old AF Sarge;
The Germans were not read...Hey Old AF Sarge;<br /><br /> The Germans were not ready for war, the generals and admirals planned it around 1945 but Hitler jumped the gun along with the ineptness of the British and French. Their tactics were superior to the French and Polish, but that the Polish cavalry attacked German tanks with sabers says something for their fortitude.MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25153695924247969352017-09-02T07:10:02.130-07:002017-09-02T07:10:02.130-07:00High praise indeed.High praise indeed.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44259901665329106492017-09-02T07:09:49.862-07:002017-09-02T07:09:49.862-07:00I'll have to expound upon that someday, the Ge...I'll have to expound upon that someday, the Germans weren't as mechanized as popular legend likes to make us think. In reality their level of mechanization was perhaps less than that of the British and on a par with the French.<br /><br />It's just that their doctrine and training was far superior in the early stages of the war. Most of the <em>Wehrmacht</em> went to war the same way their grandfathers had, on foot.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28961927223714345022017-09-02T01:43:24.665-07:002017-09-02T01:43:24.665-07:00The Poles are about as Badger Approved as you can ...The Poles are about as Badger Approved as you can get!SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7033748757931772132017-09-01T21:17:17.267-07:002017-09-01T21:17:17.267-07:00Interesting to note in the photo that despite the ...Interesting to note in the photo that despite the Wehrmacht's advanced mechanization, their infantry even in 1939 moved their supplies with horses. RHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77371463682952491582017-09-01T11:17:02.791-07:002017-09-01T11:17:02.791-07:00303 Squadron!303 Squadron!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26213442241404008032017-09-01T10:56:52.012-07:002017-09-01T10:56:52.012-07:00Amen!Amen!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1197116831624958402017-09-01T10:27:01.608-07:002017-09-01T10:27:01.608-07:00From the days of Cain and Abel to Berkeley's d...From the days of Cain and Abel to Berkeley's demonstrations, "Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV) 9 The heart is deceitful above all things,<br />and desperately sick; who can understand it?"Dave's Daily Day Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491764990082380190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65337231018582847472017-09-01T10:19:37.793-07:002017-09-01T10:19:37.793-07:00That is a great link! I had no idea about their in...That is a great link! I had no idea about their involvement , it helps understand their current fortitude!Dave's Daily Day Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491764990082380190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36455262970460099542017-09-01T08:03:01.573-07:002017-09-01T08:03:01.573-07:00You haven't posted that before, great link! I ...You haven't posted that before, great link! I need to make some time to watch the whole thing.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50175696165845814632017-09-01T08:01:16.179-07:002017-09-01T08:01:16.179-07:00I was going to use that photo which I have from a ...I was going to use that photo which I have from a different angle. The caption indicates that they are sisters, 11 and 14, the older sister killed by a German strafing run on a refugee column.<br /><br />That photo is the essence of war, horrible.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4715069972966039132017-09-01T07:59:04.874-07:002017-09-01T07:59:04.874-07:00Double underdog, twice as tough!Double underdog, twice as tough!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79462937603804543532017-09-01T07:58:48.125-07:002017-09-01T07:58:48.125-07:00Agreed!Agreed!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27358400281397383362017-09-01T07:58:15.716-07:002017-09-01T07:58:15.716-07:00The Nazis and the Commies wanted to rid Poland of ...The Nazis and the Commies wanted to rid Poland of anyone who could think for themselves, the rest would be slaves. Poles don't knuckle under to any one.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50715254972719376152017-09-01T07:57:02.312-07:002017-09-01T07:57:02.312-07:00Excellent observation on the fake news then and no...Excellent observation on the fake news then and now.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27427543494365696972017-09-01T07:55:53.846-07:002017-09-01T07:55:53.846-07:00I think you're right about this being a new ph...I think you're right about this being a new phase, in a very old war.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60498837239198883122017-09-01T07:04:34.537-07:002017-09-01T07:04:34.537-07:00I'm sure I've posted this here before, but...I'm sure I've posted this here before, but it is apropos to put it up here as well.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptijNcDanVwRHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29143128782423369272017-09-01T06:46:17.838-07:002017-09-01T06:46:17.838-07:00This image has always haunted me.
http://1.bp.blo...This image has always haunted me.<br /><br />http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jxUhZ7WcGtc/VeRTZV-0OqI/AAAAAAAAC5I/5BWdT5mHBrM/s1600/First%2Bcasualty%2Bof%2BWorld%2BWar.jpgPrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.com