tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post7979306378815881864..comments2024-03-29T04:38:28.940-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: RemnantsOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11975745819201379132021-04-12T05:06:42.394-07:002021-04-12T05:06:42.394-07:00I'm sure Xiden has already nixed that, well hi...I'm sure Xiden has already nixed that, well his puppet masters anyway.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18941916008402347122021-04-12T05:06:07.009-07:002021-04-12T05:06:07.009-07:00Oops, fixed it.Oops, fixed it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45737435581406046392021-04-11T20:07:37.958-07:002021-04-11T20:07:37.958-07:00True, but I wonder if NATO countries will keep pay...True, but I wonder if NATO countries will keep paying the amount Trump got them to agree too. We've extended ourselves to the point where we can't stop anyone anywhere.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13107540085900827872021-04-11T19:46:48.860-07:002021-04-11T19:46:48.860-07:00Possible correction?
we SS don't believe it ...Possible correction? <br /><br /><i>we SS don't believe it <b>in</b> that formal shit. </i><br /><br />On the SS, I certainly won't defend them but towards the end of the war they were drafting people to fill their ranks. Happened to the father of my Mercedes shop friend, and the fact that they didn't have time to give him the tell-tale tattoo, the Russians probably would have shot him. He said that his father had some stories. Of course those people wouldn't have been diehards. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82139243944347854092021-04-11T14:55:55.498-07:002021-04-11T14:55:55.498-07:00It certainly seems that way.It certainly seems that way.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14288690701883598402021-04-11T14:40:17.360-07:002021-04-11T14:40:17.360-07:00Sarge - Agreed that it always takes reaching to a ...Sarge - Agreed that it always takes reaching to a "point" for this to happen. One wonders if such things could happen earlier so less people would have to die.<br /><br />It is a rhetorical comment. On the whole, we are too stupid to learn.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41732987622052775342021-04-11T13:49:27.847-07:002021-04-11T13:49:27.847-07:00Well it worked, didn't it?Well it worked, didn't it?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65948213245376030942021-04-11T12:36:21.683-07:002021-04-11T12:36:21.683-07:00Or, as one British diplomat put it about the point...Or, as one British diplomat put it about the point of NATO: "To keep the Russians out, the Germans down, and the Americans in."virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30295686226536674222021-04-11T12:10:05.352-07:002021-04-11T12:10:05.352-07:00To keep the Russians in check as well.To keep the Russians in check as well.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81632922286390817412021-04-11T12:09:40.088-07:002021-04-11T12:09:40.088-07:00On the condition that they kept the Imperial house...On the condition that they kept the Imperial house.<br /><br />So technically it wasn't an unconditional surrender. Upset a lot of Americans at the time.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2854710201079357882021-04-11T12:08:09.796-07:002021-04-11T12:08:09.796-07:00👍👍OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61682605255050719012021-04-11T11:39:38.580-07:002021-04-11T11:39:38.580-07:00No argument there, Sarge. No argument there, Sarge. Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74915657559169971352021-04-11T11:23:15.997-07:002021-04-11T11:23:15.997-07:00I think leaving troops in Germany was one reason w...I think leaving troops in Germany was one reason we didn't have to do it a third time in the 20th century.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68958340598432134002021-04-11T11:19:10.167-07:002021-04-11T11:19:10.167-07:00Japan signed an unconditional surrender, after the...Japan signed an unconditional surrender, after the second bomb.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67744225009737667062021-04-11T10:48:53.549-07:002021-04-11T10:48:53.549-07:00Well, if they won't pay for their own defense....Well, if they won't pay for their own defense...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47145130529978642402021-04-11T10:47:51.622-07:002021-04-11T10:47:51.622-07:00Beans - Yup, if you're in an infantry unit, ne...Beans - Yup, if you're in an infantry unit, never study the statistics of war.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64404897045965608902021-04-11T10:47:17.361-07:002021-04-11T10:47:17.361-07:00The Panzergrenadiers evolved from the motorized in...The Panzergrenadiers evolved from the motorized infantry units. A very useful unit type but thankfully (for us) there weren't that many of them. They were overused in many instances, hence the constant rebuilds.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2201157503551110172021-04-11T10:45:37.796-07:002021-04-11T10:45:37.796-07:00Odds are pretty good that they would have fought o...Odds are pretty good that they would have fought on if the Emperor said so. The surrender was a close run thing, a number of mid-level Army fanatics wanted to take over the Imperial Palace and keep fighting. Once the Emperor spoke directly to the people (a very rare thing indeed) it was all over but the shouting.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74209344881492371612021-04-11T10:43:41.016-07:002021-04-11T10:43:41.016-07:00👍👍OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32187215100080160872021-04-11T10:43:27.865-07:002021-04-11T10:43:27.865-07:00He wasn't a camp official, just the local SD m...He wasn't a camp official, just the local SD man being a pain in the ass to everybody in his "realm." As there was a slave labor camp nearby, go terrorize them as well, none of the responsibility, all of the "authority." He deserved a slower death.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20303293841394388762021-04-11T10:42:10.779-07:002021-04-11T10:42:10.779-07:00Indeed.Indeed.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15443660366945363712021-04-11T09:42:25.683-07:002021-04-11T09:42:25.683-07:00Finally! Good men can only take so much before th...Finally! Good men can only take so much before they break, one way or another. Shooting the camp guard was the best solution overall. Too bad it wasn't done when the Shermans were first spotted.<br /><br />Sad seeing a once powerful nation destroyed from both inside and out. The Marshal Plan must have seemed like a Godsend, literally Mana from Heaven, to the Germans after the war. Come to think of it, the Berlin Airlift literally was Mana from Heaven, so to speak.<br /><br />You capture the emotional feel of the time very well. I could almost smell the defeat, the unwashed state of the Germans, the funk that poor nutrition makes, the dustiness of an empty village that's been hit a couple of times (burnt wood and powdered masonry is a very un-nice smell, you smell it once and your mind immediately identifies it as 'Not Good Smell, Boss!) Toss in the dead smell of animals or humans and, well, it always surprised me that they rebuilt so many places.<br /><br />Come to think of it, many of those towns or buildings have been rebuilt over and over again. Same basic building, maybe added on, but semi-destroyed one year, rebuilt, semi-destroyed another year, repeat repeat repeat. The time since 1945 must be the longest period there hasn't been active war in Germany since forever, well, until Merkle and her 'refugee' program... <br /><br />Weird to think that the US has been keeping Western Europe safe for so long. Even safe from themselves.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62611637719984145642021-04-11T09:31:11.754-07:002021-04-11T09:31:11.754-07:00You see that reconstitution of numbers in Vietnam,...You see that reconstitution of numbers in Vietnam, too. XYZ Provisional Regiment loses 75% casualties this week, in three months they lose 50%, in four months they lose 45%, then they lose another 50%...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1155973734158502592021-04-11T09:28:41.798-07:002021-04-11T09:28:41.798-07:00At least the Japanese got to keep their Emperor, a...At least the Japanese got to keep their Emperor, and some other things. Don't know if they would have surrendered if they had to dismantle everything.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53832889086512044142021-04-11T09:26:03.904-07:002021-04-11T09:26:03.904-07:00Yup. STxAR wins the daily make-up word contest!Yup. STxAR wins the daily make-up word contest!Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com