Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well if your family is from England, and you have gaps in your family tree caused by those warriors of the master race, I suggest you re-read the utterly racist crap you've been posting and then spend some time apologizing to those members of your family who fell to the Huns. B. D. Colen Alan Hull wrote: > From: Marc James Small > > Well, to be fair, the French and British armies late sliced through > the Wehrmacht "like a hot knife through butter" > > I wouldn't call a five year campaign "like a hot knife through butter" > > >-- after all, Germany DID lose > > Not surprising when you consider that ranged against them was the whole > of the USSR and China and the British Empire (which in those days was > half the world), and the USA. Incidentaly, do you think it a > coincidance that the two axis powers of Japan and Germany at war with > virtually the whole world and despite defeat they picked themselves up > and are still today the only players in cameras and optics and a major > player in autos and electronics. In my humble opinion (spelt out) one > would have to wear blinkers not to recognise that there is something > special about the abilities of the German and Japanese people. > > With respect > Alan (defensive info below) > My family is from England and we have many gaps in our family tree > caused by German action. My mother in particular was devastated by her > losses so I was brought up to hate Germans. I mention this only > because it seems from the discussion that I am a lover of the German > army. I did, however spend nine years in the military and it did give > me a perspective of German equipment. In one word, it WORKED.