tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post5694462163395609465..comments2024-03-28T10:50:29.895-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: A Close CallOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48914756894397104792021-02-18T06:38:18.711-08:002021-02-18T06:38:18.711-08:00Good eye, grammatical errors, er, I mean typos, ha...Good eye, grammatical errors, er, I mean typos, have been corrected.<br /><br />There were men of honor on both sides, one of my goals was to show that. I also need to show that there were dishonorable men on both sides.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91486132407578441492021-02-17T21:02:57.865-08:002021-02-17T21:02:57.865-08:00The thought occurred to me as to why I like most o...The thought occurred to me as to why I like most of those German characters - they were (are) men of honor. <br /><br />A typo or 2? <br /><br />"... I'd like more but who wouldn't the men have been fed " Reading it again after who wouldn't - a hyphen perhaps? <br /><br /><br />"He'd seen what the Luftwaffe had done to Warsaw, why should a German city be any different." <br /><br />A question mark after different? Although I understand it is more of a statement so perhaps not. <br /><br />One thing I came to learn - among bomber crew shot down it was a very real prospect of getting killed on the ground by angry recipients. <br /><br />In the Vietnam War in Laos very few - a handful - of those shot down were ever accounted for. More than a few in Vietnam. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73748159566229812372021-02-17T18:04:50.694-08:002021-02-17T18:04:50.694-08:00I've been there a couple of times, it was stil...I've been there a couple of times, it was still the seat of the government until 1999 I think. Then all of the functions were moved to Berlin. There was a lot of resentment outside of Germany about moving the capital back to Berlin.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78523418166152376812021-02-17T18:01:48.920-08:002021-02-17T18:01:48.920-08:00👍👍OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19787228791825432792021-02-17T18:00:39.957-08:002021-02-17T18:00:39.957-08:00Sarge, it always gives me a jolt when I read about...Sarge, it always gives me a jolt when I read about comings and goings from Bonn. I am old enough to remember it as the capital of West Germany; one forgets it was just another city once upon a time.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57957884923568162112021-02-17T17:20:51.796-08:002021-02-17T17:20:51.796-08:00(Don MxCollor)...Juvat, Welcome back!!!....(Don MxCollor)...Juvat, Welcome back!!!....Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67337822693701913372021-02-17T16:32:52.539-08:002021-02-17T16:32:52.539-08:00Maybe the Wehrmacht didn't make trousers that ...Maybe the Wehrmacht didn't make trousers that big...<br /><br />We know the Luftwaffe did!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4611071156693713922021-02-17T16:32:05.255-08:002021-02-17T16:32:05.255-08:00Old Guns - Still is a big fella!Old Guns - Still is a big fella!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48868602217750498192021-02-17T16:31:33.123-08:002021-02-17T16:31:33.123-08:00Welcome back!
Glad to hear you're coming out ...Welcome back!<br /><br />Glad to hear you're coming out of the deep freeze and have rejoined!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-8574455361517549792021-02-17T16:15:08.220-08:002021-02-17T16:15:08.220-08:00Agreed, Sarge, They'd probably have a 40-50 m...Agreed, Sarge, They'd probably have a 40-50 mile section of road to cover and attack. Assuming they patrolled at 300K, or 5 miles a minute, that's 8-10 minutes. But, if hit ant they turned away, now you're squaring the search area. And pieces of wreckage from a mid-air tend to float apart, it's not just a smoking hole in the ground.<br /><br />On a separate note, First day above freezing since last Thursday. Made it to 37 wonderful degrees, snow is mostly all gone, roads are back in good condition and most importantly, Electricity and Water is back on (or at least has been for about 8 hours). Going to get back into the teens tonight according to the forecast, but tomorrow's high is forecast for the mid-40's and 60's and 70's over the weekend.<br /><br />As you might have guessed, I have a subject for Monday's post.<br />juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58565442445514336592021-02-17T15:39:45.933-08:002021-02-17T15:39:45.933-08:00Look at his lower trouser leg. It looks like overa...Look at his lower trouser leg. It looks like overalls.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690195704568635237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77036911461131678322021-02-17T15:37:24.520-08:002021-02-17T15:37:24.520-08:00Having owned one of those quilted camo parkas, I w...Having owned one of those quilted camo parkas, I would venture to say it is his apparel that inflates his size. Old GunsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690195704568635237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54900937966084451042021-02-17T15:33:35.212-08:002021-02-17T15:33:35.212-08:00Damn! The man is huge!Damn! The man is huge!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52779081034638455922021-02-17T15:04:34.624-08:002021-02-17T15:04:34.624-08:00Ok, sometimes you just see weird things. Is the Ge...Ok, sometimes you just see weird things. Is the German in the turret too small? (appears to be normal in proportion to turret) Or is the big buffalo-gorilla on the trailer behind him freakishly huuuge? I know this isn't up to the normal historical discussions going on here, but damn... just look at the difference in the sizes of their heads. Guy in back has to be at least 6-8 ft behind guy in turret. Looks like they couldn't even find a helmet to fit that enormous melon. Talk about a master race... I now return you to the normal thought provoking banter we all read the comments for.Dakota Vikingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1184476745215345922021-02-17T09:31:09.935-08:002021-02-17T09:31:09.935-08:00I'm not sure that I'm looking forward to t...I'm not sure that I'm looking forward to that encounter.<br /><br />You know it's going to happen.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74370576447717575192021-02-17T09:30:25.683-08:002021-02-17T09:30:25.683-08:00Ouch.Ouch.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87576021888100748662021-02-17T09:29:58.187-08:002021-02-17T09:29:58.187-08:00Not necessarily, often pilots were given carte bla...Not necessarily, often pilots were given carte blanche to beat up things they saw going from Point A to Point B. If they went missing somewhere in that area, tough to know where. What mission might they have been on? Who knows?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23253927713742541142021-02-17T09:28:59.871-08:002021-02-17T09:28:59.871-08:00The German's Replacement System made so much m...The German's Replacement System made so much more sense than the US system. Of course, by late '44 and in '45, instead of slotting in a few replacements the Germans were slotting in whole companies of fresh newbies, lambs to the slaughter.<br /><br />You're building up quite the tension there with the Germans and the Americans both making turns to go north and not meeting yet.<br />Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22757932532438191552021-02-17T09:28:01.009-08:002021-02-17T09:28:01.009-08:00Unlikely.Unlikely.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31254700198666325112021-02-17T09:27:34.628-08:002021-02-17T09:27:34.628-08:00You had to be pretty isolated to be out of that lo...You had to be pretty isolated to be out of that loop.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57056526836524904162021-02-17T09:26:29.941-08:002021-02-17T09:26:29.941-08:00I've been lamenting my Squad Leader games that...I've been lamenting my Squad Leader games that went missing when the in-laws who were visiting for two weeks moved their #1 son in while wife and I were at work. Many neat things gone...<br /><br />Eh, well, not like I have the room for all that now. But still...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69372155905652629522021-02-17T09:24:54.838-08:002021-02-17T09:24:54.838-08:00And knowing roughly where the two Spits were patro...And knowing roughly where the two Spits were patrolling will make a follow-up reconnaissance-in-force with the missing pilots squadron a good possibility. <br /><br />Unless the tricky Sauer does some neat concealment of the two birds forthwith and quickly.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6720380613831547372021-02-17T09:23:01.694-08:002021-02-17T09:23:01.694-08:00Be funny if the Kubel ran into an Ami patrol that ...Be funny if the Kubel ran into an Ami patrol that didn't shoot the scheisse of of them. A giant lethal game of Red Rover, so to speak.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56386042058109771462021-02-17T09:21:59.504-08:002021-02-17T09:21:59.504-08:00Between the bombing of Dresden, the constant flow ...Between the bombing of Dresden, the constant flow of fresh bodies away from the cities and the trickle of broken bodies returning, and the very annoying habit of the RAF to interrupt any state news-broadcasts or speeches with carefully timed air attacks by Mosquitos, the people were getting the message.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24799363828453010522021-02-17T09:05:19.027-08:002021-02-17T09:05:19.027-08:00I had a similar thought!I had a similar thought!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com