Interestingly the member who started this thread on 21/4/2008 has not been back here since !! Wonder why this was thrown into the open by them for discussion , very odd !!
Interestingly the member who started this thread on 21/4/2008 has not been back here since !! Wonder why this was thrown into the open by them for discussion , very odd !!
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
Paul,
"Interestingly the member who started this thread on 21/4/2008 has not been back here since !! Wonder why this was thrown into the open by them for discussion , very odd !!"
Well spotted
Regards to all, Simon.
I meant no disrespect to Estonians - their history has been well disserted in the following link. Paul Maitla was one of the few Estonians who received the Knights Cross fighting against the Russians.Such a highly decorated hero was unlikely to have been allowed to live in Russian captivity bearing in mind Estonians fought a brave guerilla war well into the 1950's against Stalin.
http://www.mnemosyne.ee/hc.ee/pdf/co...s_en_1944-.pdf
But that was OK, you know they were just German soldiers, and they deserved whatever they got.
I'M SO SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING THAT BS STORY WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT, BUT DON'T SAY THAT ABOUT ANY OTHER SOLDIER FROM AMERICA, BRITTAN, OR THE USSR, AS THOSE WOULD BE FIGHTING WORDS...
And people wonder why so many SS men would fight to the death, because they was hearing stories of other SS men that had surrendered being shot just for wearing the SS insignia on their uniforms, so i would be doing the same thing, if i was in their place.
Brian
I see your point and have to agree with it. But at the same time one Estonian Ritterkreutzträger, namely Harald Nugiseks, is still alive and doing as well as an old man can do. He had his long years in Siberia and then lived his life retty much as persona non grata during the Soviet occupation. But the reason why commies didn't execute such person might be that Nugiseks was not the officer (he told that right after being captured both Chechs and Russians wanted to shot him to death, but he always had enaough luck to survive).
I dont normally get drawn into arguments/discussions like this seems to be developing into, but I will mention three words and dates and leave it at that., whilst awaiting for the incoming flak from other parties.
The words are:
Wormhoudt 1940
Lidice 1942
Malmedy 1944
For those that dont know there WW2 history, Google the locations and see what comes up.
Regards etc
Ian D
AKA: Jimpy
Last edited by jimpy; 06-04-2010 at 02:26 AM. Reason: Spelling
We can also add,
Dresden -
Hamburg -
Nurnberg -
All terror bombings that killed tens of thousands of innocent civilians with no military value.
Not to mention scores of German cities where hunreds of thousands of civllians were incinerated by allied firebombings.
But I'm sure we could add to the list.. shooting in cold blood of over 350 invalid SS soldires by the US army in Dachau, starving to death over 1 million German POW's in US custody AFTER THE WAR.
The list is long, long, long my friends....
Thanks Gentlemen, I think this thread has now run it's course.
Cheers, Ade.
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