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July 17th, 2002, 05:53 PM
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Hallo, gentlemen!
I have been given an splendid present (I think). It is the momoirs of Standartenführer Otto Skorzény, tittled "The Unknown War".
Have you got any opinions on it? I want to know what I am going to read... But no ending telling, OK! I hate that  !
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I've got a copy of 'Skorzeny's Special Missions' written by him and published in 1957. Is it the same thing ?
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July 17th, 2002, 06:07 PM
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God, you're fast, Martin!!!
I have no idea. What do you say if I post later the names of the chapters so we can compare them and we will find out if it is the same. OK?
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Strangely, 'Skorzeny's Special Missions' has no chapter headings, only numbers. There's no index, either ! But it is his own story of his WWII experiences until 1948 and is an important source of information for his activities in the Ardennes.
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July 17th, 2002, 07:05 PM
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Well, I will check it anyway, Martin. I owe you this one! Youu have cleared my mind some times. Athought I do not like your fim-tastes... I like you. 
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( Strictly off-topic, Friedrich, but just for you I'll divulge that my all-time favourite film ever is Sam Peckinpah's 'The Wild Bunch'. No romance in that one, mate !!  )
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July 17th, 2002, 08:21 PM
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Bla, bla, bla... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Then, after the old-fisherman's tale...
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Wild Bunch IS good, but I have to like Cross of Iron better--I cant help it--its a disease.
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But 'Wild Bunch' has the best opening line... ever ! 
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Would you clear my mind here, Carl, Martin? 
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'IF THEY MOVE...KILL 'EM!'
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Are those the lines or are you very angry with me?
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You should know me better than that by now, Friedrich !
That is the immortal line, spoken by William Holden ( as 'Pike' ) as the Bunch break into the bank just before the first shootout . . .
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