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Originally Posted by svenski
Never ceases to amaze me how we (the British and the Americans) always end up trying to score points over who won WWII when what we should be doing is showing a bit of respect to every single Allied soldier who fought in that conflict and not trying to undervalue the role anyone of the allied nations played.
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Totally agree!
WW2 was fought by troops, seamen and airmen on various fronts (not just in Europe), by espionage teams and "freedom fighters" in the background. Many of em, across the board, suffered badly and others paid with their lives.
For some cheap GFY shit to talk crap about stuff they were never involved in and still remain clueless - is a joke.
Both my father and father-in-law were involved, one in a regiment he later became the RSM and the other did "backroom stuff" and went thru internment and torture for a time.
Years back, I was invited as a regimental guest and it was hard to not see the degree of "honor" in these guys from the commanding officers downwards - they "oozed" good conduct/standards and had respect for each other and those around them. I seriously doubt these standards apply any longer.
In the same vien, others from Norway, Denmark, Austria, Italy, France, Poland and loadsa places fought in this war on various levels. One old lady (no longer alive) had her three daughters in very close proximity to Adolf. One ended up coming home badly beaten up and "transacted over" to her homeland at some point, - one was never heard of again and the other did survive. It was "unsaid", or rather "smiled at" - but obvious they were collecting intelligence.