Posted on 03/19/2018 3:12:06 PM PDT by BBell
“Anyone else have any stories like these?”
Breslau almost made the list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Breslau#Aftermath
No, it’s true. The Soviets kept arms caches in the U.S. I know I read several articles about such a find just a few years ago - one that apparently dated back to the 1950s - but I can’t find info on that. I did find these, however:
U.S.: http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jan/25/local/me-57346
U.K.: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10949730/Russians-hid-arms-caches-around-Britain.html
Well ok then.
My spell checker keeps fixing the spelling in site of my best efforts!
For later.
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My High School German, vaguely remembered, leads me to imagine an army of wolves.
From old English. Werwulf. Man wolf. Wer = man.
We are fighting for our homes and families not Nancy Pelosi.
“I remember a great movie called “The Postman” with Kevin Costner.”
If you thought that the movie was good, you may enjoy the book even more. The book was great, IMHO, but when they made it into a movie, they used the name, but almost nothing else. I can’t even watch it now, I am so mad at the producer for ruining a great book.
LOL
nancy pelosi
maxine waters
hillary ( even now )
and all the swamp creatures
Just saw that! VERY OUTSTANDING!!
Our gov surrendered a long time ago.
The war ended then 1000 Nazis came to America and started NASA.
I’ll have to get the book. I did like the movie though. We’ll see after I’ve read it. On the other side, I love the movie Christine, the only movie by King that I like. The book was awful. They did better with the film.
The unlucky ones ended up in Soviet space program
Some time ago I read about a group of Russian-speaking Balts (dressed as Soviet troops) dropped behind the Soviet lines to create mayhem late in the war; I don’t believe any returned.
When Berlin was encircled (prior to the surrender) General Walther Wenck, with his 12th Army, was directed to break off from the Americans and attack the Soviets around Berlin. He attempted to do so, but was stopped short; at that point he started radioing to any who could hear that his army was waiting for them so they could escape to the west and surrender to the allies there. He held on for as long as possible, allowing between tens of thousands - possibly over a hundred thousand - including civilians - to surrender to the Americans instead of being captured by the Soviets. The description of the scene at the Elbe River is absolutely bizarre; the Germans were engaged in a fighting withdrawal against the Soviets, within view of the Americans - who are holding their fire as the Germans drop their rifles in the water to surrender on the American side. Wenck may have been the last one across.
That is one sad story; originally there were a couple of other guys with him, and they’d tangle with local villagers when they’d set fires at night. Afterwards, when asked why they did that, he explained that they were signaling Japan that they were ready for the re-taking of the Philippines. They had a radio and heard news of the war in Vietnam - and assumed we were fighting the same Viet-Minh that had plagued Japan’s occupation there; when they heard news of the Olympics in Japan, they interpreted that as a sign the war was going well.
Some of these guys couldn’t adjust to life in modern Japan, and set up a little colony in Brazil.
From German:
Wehr = war (As in Wehrmacht = German Army).
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