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On 24 Oct 2003 06:03:33 -0700, (Stuart Wilkes)
wrote: German troops in France in 1941 were equipped largely with captured Czechoslovak, Polish, Yugoslav, and French equipment. The troops of Germany's sattelites were equipped with their own (generally poor) etc. Good post. Thank you! all the best -- Dan Ford email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9 see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com |
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russia fought japan until the german invasion of russia. you don't have to look in obscure sources to find out about it. Well, not really. While there was a major border war at Nomonhan in 1939, that was entirely defensive on Russia's part. Once the Japanese withdrew, there was no further military action. Nearly two years passed between Nomonhan and Germany's invasion of Russia. readers of rec.aviation.military are undoubtably familiar with the accounts of the flying tigers in china. these books describe the russian conflict with china in this period, both as mercenaries for china and direct conflict on the soviet border. Russia did provide planes and indeed entire squadrons (planes, pilots, and I assume ground crews) to fight on behalf of the Chinese Nationalist government in 1938. By the end of 1940, these had all been withdrawn. Indeed, it was the loss of the Russian squadrons that prompted Chiang Kai-shek to send Claire Chennault to Washington in the winter of 1940-41 to help organize a volunteer American air force to fight in China--the genesis of the AVG Flying Tigers. all the best -- Dan Ford email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9 see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com |
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The book title, by the way, is Flyboys: A True Story of Courage, by James Bradley. After initially being put off by the moral equivalence (oh sure, the Japanese murdered, cooked, and ate bits of seven American fliers off Chichi Jima, but hey! Americans behaved badly at the Battle of Wounded Knee!), I've decided it's worth the read. There were Japanese soldiers at Wounded Knee ? No, there were American soldiers. The Japanese treated their enemies badly, but hey! so did the Americans. (Mind you, I have not yet read the book. The moral equivalance of Chichi Jima and Wounded Knee was pointed out by a reviewer.) You will find this sort of equivalance in most people edcuated after say 1980. It was famously express by a high-school student who wrote that the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, so the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. all the best -- Dan Ford email: see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com |
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Subject: Flyboys
From: Cub Driver Date: 10/27/03 3:08 AM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: The Japanese treated their enemies badly, but hey! so did the Americans. While the Japs were beheading American flyers we were sending German prisoners to Kansas where they got better food and medical attention than they ever had in their miserable Nazi lives, Many stayed to marry American woman and are among us to this day. Your comparison to how the Japs treated prisoners and how we did is odious and disgusting. I can only attribute it your ignorance of the history of the period.. Now why don't you take your crappy Piper Cub and shove it where the sun don't shine..Imbecile. |
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message ... The Japanese treated their enemies badly, but hey! so did the Americans. Different eras. During WWII the Americans treated their enemy captives far better than the Japanese treated their enemy captives. |
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"Autocollimator" wrote in message ... Now why don't you take your crappy Piper Cub and shove it where the sun don't shine. Some Piper Cubs are nicer than other Piper Cubs, but there are no crappy Piper Cubs. |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
"Autocollimator" wrote in message Now why don't you take your crappy Piper Cub and shove it where the sun don't shine. Some Piper Cubs are nicer than other Piper Cubs, but there are no crappy Piper Cubs. We've had some heated arguments in the past, but on this I agree with you 100,000,001-percent (just like there ain't no such thang as bad pussy -- just that some pussy is better than other pussy! ) signed, ....Still waiting for the hooded coward to take off his "anonomator" Halloween mask and reveal his real name. |
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