tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post184339410639815386..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Sisu¹OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22913046371563675112022-02-10T05:05:44.704-08:002022-02-10T05:05:44.704-08:00Deny the enemy their humanity and you deny your ow...Deny the enemy their humanity and you deny your own.<br /><br />Many systems are evil, most prosper because good men choose to do nothing.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2955296037849403762022-02-10T05:02:29.165-08:002022-02-10T05:02:29.165-08:00A most excellent post indeed!A most excellent post indeed!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51617687756862715292022-02-10T02:43:04.107-08:002022-02-10T02:43:04.107-08:00Yes, individually, nice people just trying to live...Yes, individually, nice people just trying to live. But the evil of the system and the overall people? <br /><br />Like Japan. Nice people before the war. But better them than us.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2249846245359320462022-02-09T18:47:05.918-08:002022-02-09T18:47:05.918-08:00As Beans noted, yes, the Finns DID like the Brewst...As Beans noted, yes, the Finns DID like the Brewster Buffalo. They achieved a 32 to 1 kill ratio against the Russkies, and will remind you. Our beloved Neptunus Lex made a memorable post about Buffaloes, Finns and their lifestyles. Well worth the refresher:<br />https://thelexicans.wordpress.com/2018/01/23/fighters-in-finland/<br />John BlackshoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67114012057254779802022-02-09T17:01:14.139-08:002022-02-09T17:01:14.139-08:00Thanks Suz!
Ah yes, the names, there are a few re...Thanks Suz!<br /><br />Ah yes, the names, there are a few really good name generators on the internet, I am familiar with a number of European names and languages (recognize, not speak, I speak bad English, weak German, and terrible French) so I know a good one when I see it. I pick them judiciously, some look far too modern, many are just right.<br /><br />I stay busy. 😏OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64962639709226751912022-02-09T16:22:42.529-08:002022-02-09T16:22:42.529-08:00Thank you (and the Muse) for another installment. ...Thank you (and the Muse) for another installment. <br />I am again in awe of not only learning more history, but also some language skills in both Finnish and Russian. Plus tank tactics of what not to do, and infantry tactics of how to kill a tank. <br />Are you sure you weren't a teacher in another life??<br /><br />And where do you find all those names?!?!?? Not just first names, not just a last name, not just a nickname but the entire full name that mom would use when you were in deep trouble!!! Just wow!!Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81363976298123749512022-02-09T11:36:02.291-08:002022-02-09T11:36:02.291-08:00If a country is led by politicians ...
And bureau...If a country is led by politicians ...<br /><br />And bureaucrats.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24117142864117192522022-02-09T11:35:02.959-08:002022-02-09T11:35:02.959-08:00You can throw any flag you like, the average Russi...You can throw any flag you like, the average Russian isn't a bad sort. Hate and kill the fanatics if you will, remember the American West, ask Sitting Bull how he felt about Americans.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47224614408921139112022-02-09T10:54:07.142-08:002022-02-09T10:54:07.142-08:00Especially when their allies are being led by squi...Especially when their allies are being led by squishy leftist morons and entitled piles of garbage. Oh, wait, I just described the US, didn't I?Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63571969423671157132022-02-09T10:52:43.907-08:002022-02-09T10:52:43.907-08:00Humanity? What humanity in the Soviet machine? T...Humanity? What humanity in the Soviet machine? The humanity that killed their best, that starved the Ukranians, that stabbed and killed the Poles in the back, that had commissars shooting their own troops for not moving quick enough?<br /><br />Sorry, gotta throw a flag on this play. Yes, individually the Soviets overall were individual humans. Same with the Norks and the ChiComs and the Cubans and the Mexicans and the Venezuelans and the Iranians and the Afghanis and and and. But as part of the system of hate, destruction and stupidity, eh, kill them all, God will know his own.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67449788179773251052022-02-09T10:09:28.166-08:002022-02-09T10:09:28.166-08:00Little countries always seem to get shanked by the...Little countries always seem to get shanked by their allies.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62240289013631912202022-02-09T10:08:44.866-08:002022-02-09T10:08:44.866-08:00Literally.Literally.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86928189650561967962022-02-09T10:08:25.581-08:002022-02-09T10:08:25.581-08:00True.True.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34785791018194316992022-02-09T10:07:56.467-08:002022-02-09T10:07:56.467-08:00Which completely overlooks their essential humanit...Which completely overlooks their essential humanity.<br /><br />Which I try to avoid in my writing.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52552535396592270992022-02-09T09:58:55.821-08:002022-02-09T09:58:55.821-08:00Very nice. And then the Finns get shanked by thei...Very nice. And then the Finns get shanked by their allies. <br /><br />Though the Finns really liked the Brewster Buffalo. Wish we had sent them Lend-Lease instead of the Soviets. That would make for a very interesting alternative history novel or two.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1760218037111323852022-02-09T09:57:27.790-08:002022-02-09T09:57:27.790-08:00Problem is that in comparison to the number of Fin...Problem is that in comparison to the number of Finns, the Russkies are Legion. Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37598443161931337002022-02-09T09:56:37.775-08:002022-02-09T09:56:37.775-08:00Tanks need infantry. Infantry need tanks and arti...Tanks need infantry. Infantry need tanks and artillery. It's a very sybiotic relationship.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91483135933196592932022-02-09T09:55:57.913-08:002022-02-09T09:55:57.913-08:00I agree with MM here. Though they may have been v...I agree with MM here. Though they may have been very diverse, they were still pawns of an evil government. Since the evil government couldn't be killed, time to kill the pawns.<br /><br />It's what has sucked about warfare until the US invented precision-guided munitions. To the point we can take out a single car on a busy street with little to no collateral damage.<br /><br />But back in the day... Well, the Russkies were where they weren't supposed to be. And there's only one sure way to handle it. Much better than arresting and deporting them like we do with the Mexican army today.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37237483343221061712022-02-09T09:03:24.723-08:002022-02-09T09:03:24.723-08:00Do you know any Russians?Do you know any Russians?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24998630720052466872022-02-09T08:28:56.345-08:002022-02-09T08:28:56.345-08:00They all WERE, however, dancing to the tune of the...They all WERE, however, dancing to the tune of their owners. Who WERE Communists!MARK MATISnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50513604323996930312022-02-09T07:22:46.505-08:002022-02-09T07:22:46.505-08:00Oh some of them will survive, they'll probably...Oh some of them will survive, they'll probably be sergeants when the Germans come.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44235835304437638432022-02-09T07:21:54.789-08:002022-02-09T07:21:54.789-08:00Yup, lots of changes made to the Red Army after th...Yup, lots of changes made to the Red Army after that war.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71904465841268513292022-02-09T07:13:32.117-08:002022-02-09T07:13:32.117-08:00If the Finns keep killing all the Soviets they mee...If the Finns keep killing all the Soviets they meet you won't have any characters for the Poles to meet when they get to the eastern front! :-)<br /><br />(I have to ay something to get the rest of the comments...)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-567357045825862022-02-09T07:00:00.359-08:002022-02-09T07:00:00.359-08:00Hey Old AFSarge;
Man that little T-26 got stu...Hey Old AFSarge;<br /><br /> Man that little T-26 got stuck and threw a track....Ahhh the joys of driving armored vehicles(Insert eyeroll here). When I had read up on the Winter War years back, the poor performance of the red Army encouraged Hitler to view the red Army in a poor light, the purges that Stalin did on the Officer corp in the late 1930's showed the effect on its first major outing against a motivated foe (the Poles didn't count, the Germans had already beaten them, then Stalin shanked them and the flaws in the Red Army were not apparent.)MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22387145395552172752022-02-09T06:10:57.069-08:002022-02-09T06:10:57.069-08:00Thanks TB!Thanks TB!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com