A Silly Story

I got two stories:

The first one is a bit frightening but anyway ...

Mannerheim made a thank you-visit to Germany in July 1942 after Hitler´s visit to Finland in June. Jodl descbribed the situation in the eastern front, and ended it "...and after the offensive we have captured Leningrad. Which will be destroyed and burned down to the ground."

Hitler replied " Except if the Finns have some use for Leningrad?"

According to the text Mannerheim was quite upset by this change of words...

The second is on Mannerheim´s trick on his adjutants and other officer´s. As he had learnt his trade in the Zaar army, there was a habbit of a toast before food. During the ww2 they made a special drink for Him and called it the Mannerheim drink ( Mannerheim ryyppy in Finnish ).
The trick was that the glass was filled full, and often during the drinking ceremony it would spill and Mannerheim had a laugh on those officers. His drink did not spill...But there was a trick to this, not just a stable hand. The story says that keeping the glass in fridgerator temperature and the alcohol in freezer until the last minute it does not spill. Indeed what nice habbits those big generals have!!

In the early 1900´s Mannerheim had a big problem in France. He and other officers of Zaar army were in France, and the cook thought that having a toast was unacceptable in his restaurant before dinner. After long talks the cook still refused the toast and Mannerheim and staff had to go to a bar for the drink, that was a must for them. You know, even Mannerheim had to give in sometime.

 

Hahaha!!! Really funny! I didn't know much on Mannerheim until you, Finns came in!

 

Hey! Here is my silly story, finally!

After the tank-battle of Sidi Rezegh in June 1942. Three British divisions stopped existing then. Many prissoners were taken.

There were lines of dirty "Aussies" walking to Bengazi. Then, a German NCO comes towards them and sings, with a British accent, the song that the BEF sang in the Western Front in 1940:

We'll go and hang out our clothes in the 'Siegfried line'

The Australians go mad, the fury can be seen in their eyes, they want to jump on the German who is mocking them. Then, an Australian sergeant sings it two, then another soldier, then three soldiers, then all the POWs are singing:

We'll go and hang out our clothes in the 'Siegfried line'