Hello to all my fellow WWII buffs

[PactOfSteel]

I am a huge WWII fan, I'm 21, my uncle was a P-51 Mustang pilot and was shot down over the English channel, he escaped the Nazis while they were marching them away from the Russian invasion and he spent VE Day in Paris. I visited him once over a weekend, what surprised me the most about him is how much he respected the German military, he said they had best weapons/tactics. My top 3 favorite WWII movies are

The Downfall

Saving Private Ryan

Das Boot

[Sloniksp]

Welcome,

Though im not sure as to what Russian invasion you are referring to.... Perhaps you mean Liberation?

[PactOfSteel]

Russian invasion of Eastern Germany, well I guess you could call it a liberation. I think Russia were invading not liberating, they wanted to control Europe and spread communism.

[Troglodyte]

I think it's wrong to call them Russians - Soviets looks more appropriate to me.

Welcome to the Forum!
I have a HUGE respect for German military from WWII myself!

[PactOfSteel]

their helmets were so far ahead, if you look at our (USA) helmets they have the same design.

[Sloniksp]

Originally Posted by PactOfSteel

Russian invasion of Eastern Germany, well I guess you could call it a liberation. I think Russia were invading not liberating, they wanted to control Europe and spread communism.

Then what might you consider Germany's unwelcomed visit to Russia?

[Skipper]

Welcome Pact. Tell us more about your uncle. Which unit was he flying. Did he escape during the death march in1945?

[PactOfSteel]

Originally Posted by Sloniksp

Then what might you consider Germany's unwelcomed visit to Russia?

Germany could have been liberating Russia from Stalin but Hitler instead went for conquest. I'm not sure what unit, he trained at the California Orange County fairgrounds which used to be a airforce base, from there he was deployed to England, I'm not sure how many missions he flew, like I said he was shot down over the English channel, his plane crashed near the coast and he bailed out, shortly after he was captured by the Germans, the German shepherds found him. The German who interrogated him said he should have stayed in his plane. I believe this was in 1944, he spent around six months in a POW camp near the East side of Germany, they had to relocate them because of the Russian onslaught. He said one night a low flying plane flew over them and the Germans started firing at it thats when he said him and his friend ran off and hid themselves underneath snow. The next morning they ended walking into a small town, several armed German soldiers were sitting on a sidewalk and he said him and his friend started walking away, the Germans got up and started following them, him and his friend started running away when they started shouting German at them. The Germans finally caught up with them and surrendered, one spoke a little English. This is really funny, he said they ended up spending the day with them, his friend got on this big bike and fell off of it and the Germans and my uncle laughed at him, the Germans even offered them cigarettes. But they kept their weapons on them, the next day two American jeeps entered the town, him and his friend approached them with the Germans behind them, the CO got mad at him for not taking their weapons! And he ended up spending VE Day in Paris.

[T. A. Gardner]

Originally Posted by Sloniksp

Then what might you consider Germany's unwelcomed visit to Russia?

That was tourism! Yea, that's it! The Germans just came for a visit and a look around. They didn't mean to steal all those hotel towels........

[Skipper]

Where was your dad captured? I suppose this was somewhere in the Calais area, or wa sit more neat Normandy? Maybe you know the area?

[PactOfSteel]

wasn't my dad, my uncle. He passed five months agao, age 89. I need to dig up this info, I believe I have it somewhere.

[Sloniksp]

Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner

That was tourism! Yea, that's it! The Germans just came for a visit and a look around. They didn't mean to steal all those hotel towels........

[PactOfSteel]

ha ha. They would have done the world a favor if they defeated the Bolsheviks, they became a greater threat then the Third Reich. Patton had it right when he said we should invade them while our military is here.

[S.Vestae]

Welcome to the Forum !!!

[GrossBorn]

Originally Posted by PactOfSteel

ha ha. They would have done the world a favor if they defeated the Bolsheviks, they became a greater threat then the Third Reich. Patton had it right when he said we should invade them while our military is here.

While no fan of Communism...I think that many millions of Dutch, Belgians, French, Danes, Norwegians, Yugoslavs, Greeks, Poles, Czechs, Russians and Jews might disagree with your thesis...

BTW...Welcome to the Forum!!!

[PactOfSteel]

Originally Posted by GrossBorn

While no fan of Communism...I think that many millions of Dutch, Belgians, French, Danes, Norwegians, Yugoslavs, Greeks, Poles, Czechs, Russians and Jews might disagree with your thesis...

BTW...Welcome to the Forum!!!

the same could be said of those mass-murdered under Stalin's Russia and Stalin's conquered countries, the communists were just as bad if not worse than the Nazis. and thanks for the welcome! -I'm not being sarcastic.

[SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer]

Originally Posted by PactOfSteel

the same could be said of those mass-murdered under Stalin's Russia and Stalin's conquered countries, the communists were just as bad if not worse than the Nazis. and thanks for the welcome! -I'm not being sarcastic.

There is no glamour in Nazi Chic and two wrong don't make a right. However, welcome I very much hope to enjoy these forum as much as I do. There is a huge array on issues, colourful characters and subject matter to consume your life if you let it. Good luck

[Flying Tiger]

P-51 mustang pilot huh, my grand father was a P-51 pilot as well. Anyways mostly anyone who have been through that war turned out to respect the other side they were fighting.

Welcome to the forum!

[Vince Noir]

Originally Posted by PactOfSteel

ha ha. They would have done the world a favor if they defeated the Bolsheviks, they became a greater threat then the Third Reich. Patton had it right when he said we should invade them while our military is here.

Good to see Neo-Nazi apologists are still alive and well.

Thought they had died out... or all joined the Stormfront Forums...

[PactOfSteel]

excuse me? why am I a Neo-Nazi? care to explain.

[JCFalkenbergIII]

Brian and Stewie are on a German tour bus]
German Tour Guide: You vill find more on Germany’s contributions to ze arts in ze pamphlets ve have provided.
Brian Griffin: Yeah, about your pamphlet… uh, I’m not seeing anything about German history between 1939 and 1945. There’s just a big gap.
Tour guide: Everyone vas on vacation. On your left is Munich’s first city hall, erected in 15…
Brian Griffin: Wait, what are you talking about? Germany invaded Poland in 1939 and…
Tour Guide: We were invited. Punch vas served. Check vit Poland.
Brian Griffin: You can’t just ignore those years. Thomas Mann fled to America because of Nazism’s stranglehold on Germany.
Tour guide: Nope, nope. He left to manage a Dairy Queen.
Brian Griffin: A Dairy Queen? That’s preposterous.
Tour guide: I vill hear no more insinuations about the German people. Nothing bad happened. Sie werden sich hinsetzen. Sie werden ruhig sein. Sie werden nicht beleidigen Deutschland. You will sit down. You will shut up. You will not insult Germany. [Throws his hand up in a Hitler salute.]
Brian Griffin: Uh, is that a beer hall?
Tour guide: [Snapping out of it] Oh yes, Munich is renowned for its historic beer halls.

Welcome to the Forum Pact.

[PactOfSteel]

um... ok.