Posted on 04/27/2019 11:38:36 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
....The exercise included US, German, and British soldiers.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Tears to my eyes says it all.
My old man was WWII Airborne. Started out in gliders, then got his jump wings, then went to a PIR.
He said the German Fallschirmjager were “some of the toughest, meanest SOBs he’d ever met...” And he met them in the Bulge.
And all that prowess has come over to the light side of the Force.
A former member of the Sonderkommando reported that the song was spontaneously sung by Czech Jews at the entrance to the Auschwitz-Birkenau gas chamber in 1944. While singing they were beaten by Waffen-SS guards.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatikvah
I like the IDF is in full kit while they sing...!!!
a very nice gesture, thanks
thanks to the wonders of the internet, this translation for all those who may be interested,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatikvah#English_translation
Shame on the other soldiers for not saluting, including the Americans. It is a professional courtesy to salute national anthems and they blew it. (Retired Army Officer)
When I was stationed in Germany, DIVARTY 1AD in Baumholder had a series of sporting events against the German Artillery School at Idar Oberstein. We never saluted during the playing of the German national anthem, and they didn’t salute during ours. We would stand at the position of attention.
If you hadn’t told me, I never would have known, being un-military by profession. To us mere laymen, it was touching. To a professional soldier, it was rude due to lack of salutes. Learn something new every day.
Yes, thank you. I know of Operation Stosser. Von Der Hydte’s thrown-together force were badly mauled.
They didn’t fare so well earlier in the war in Crete, either. It was a victory, but a Pyrrhic victory for them.
But they were absolute HELL to dig out of the ruins of Monte Cassino.
Proper military etiquette is to stand at attention during the playing of another country’s national anthem.
Weren’t they all standing at attention?
Its “inside baseball” type information.
Yes they were, but from what I remember, and witnessed first hand while stationed in Germany one does not render a salute during the playing of another country’s national anthem.
We had an annual contest with our German counterparts, and we didn’t salute during their national anthem, and they didn’t salute during ours. Same for when we went to Belgium for the 50th anniversary celebration of their liberation.
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