Gen. Sosaboski

Gaffertape, Glad to hear you know a vet! Are you sure he was in one of THE two "Polish Squadrons" in BOB itself? Just asking because I never heard of 303 or the other one flying Spits during the Battle of Britain itself. (I am NOT questioning the guy by a long shot, just checking because all my books say Hurricanes during BOB). Glad to hear he's doing well! ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Lewis, if it makes you feel any better, I'm also driving Marko insane with that same tank, same spot (must be lucky ). ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

ROFLMAO! What about an A-10 pilot versus snake? ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Hee hee hee! . That is my "super Sherman". It is manned by some really mad Polish-Americans who managed to put Tiger armor on the turret without any loss of speed or manueverability! Honestly, I don't know how that happened. I was just so happy that the guys survived in that thing. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member! [This message has been edited by Gen. Sosaboski (edited 03-13-2000).]

Quote: Gee Fionn, that sounds an awful lot like a game we just completed... where the German's (you) ran screaming from the field Had a run of bad luck lately? Ouch, Fionn, ouch. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Thanks Kettle! That's the last thing I want to say over there when I take my "great battlefield tour" . ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Let me explain Fionn. My friend said I couldn't win as Germans.Although hurt that I would have to fight as them , the $5 reward for winning sounded good. I said that I would have to play as Regular Wermacht though (Just something iny mindset). Well, he came over and watched me beat the AI real good. $5 more for buying CM 2! Madmatt, didn't you say that the winners of the caption contests would get their own POTD requests fulfilled by you? I could be wrong, but I thought I heard this somewhere. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

NICHT SCHEISSEN! NICHT SCHEISSEN! It was just something I had read, sorry! ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Have some more opinions coming, but I'll just keep my mouth shut and let this get over with. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Read an interesting thing (I think from Stephen Ambrose) a while ago. Something to the effect that American NCOs and junior officers would take command right away while Germans needed orders froma higher level, sometimes even Hitler. Interesting. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Well said Major Tom . ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Madmatt, You did get my pic and citation of that VG team I sent you with the 88 right? Just checking. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Fionn, I'm 75% Irish! Okay, no more replies. Farewell to arms on this topic. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

HAHA! You missed a good chat if you weren't at the club tonight! We exclusively spoke to Madmatt right when he came home! . The chat also included me firing my cyber-Sten gun several times and lindan firing his cyber MP44 back at me! Oh well, what else can you do while waiting for CM? ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

I am at the club now, waiting. Also have been to Foobar's site. Figures the one night I have available no one's online. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

In reply to Archangel: Same view here! Damn fog! ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Back then, I was young and stupid. being a bona fide WWII movie critic, I expected to have fun picking away all the small things that came up. Then, the crosses showed up and a started tearing a little. That was okay though. I was always patriotic. Then though, the ramp lowered and BY GOD! I was cowering in my seat for about 15 minutes, cringing and closing my eyes and I felt so helpless. The same was much true in the final battle. I didn't notice that the Tiger wasn't 100% real. IT LOOKED REAL THEN! Especially when it was rolling into all the craters and making that awful squeaking sound. The end scene just did it for me. I didn't say a word for about 3 hours. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Fionn, thank you for the clarification. I can definitely see your point in deporting the villagers or capturing (or killing , TO a certain degree, after trial when they are found guilty) the menfolk. I'm sorry if it sounded real bad the first time I replied to you, but the Polish blood gets stirred when I hear "SS" and "civilians" and "shot". I indeed think the guys who got the ideas should be held responsible, but also those who followed the orders (willingly) to a degree. I have to agree I don't like your phrasing Oradour as a "great piece of propaganda". I also admit that yes, there were Polish units who did shoot SS prisoners. However, the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade never shot a single POW. Sort of off the Germans here, but why'd the USSR shoot all the Poles at Katyn? Sorry if I sounded irrational, but just my opinion with the first message. Thanks Gary T for your message. Didn't bombing civilians work against the Luftwaffe in BOB and against us later? So much for weakening the morale ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member! [This message has been edited by Gen. Sosaboski (edited 03-11-2000).]

From what I see in Fionn's battles against the Amis, you can repair knocked out and immobilized vehicles as long as they aren't brewed up. That's why Fionn pumps rounds into already knocked out Shermans . But, I could be wrong. Fionn? ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Let's clear up a few things here. In no way shape or form am I completely blaming the Waffen SS for what happened in Auschwitz, etc. Also Fionn, there were no partisans in Oradour. And why would you take an ENTIRE village and destroy it? That would just make the resistance all the more mad and in the result, you'd lose more men as you went on. Burning women in a church? Doesn't sound all that soldierlike to me. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Germanboy, I just read a book about that titled "War For an Afternoon". I am with you 100%. War is hell...don't take it out on civilians...especially doing that to them. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Just scrolling through here again... Hakko Ichiu: On the first page you didn't comment about the Red Army. AHEM! KATYN FOREST ANYONE? Sorry about that. Just had to get it out of my system. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

ROFL! They flew Hurricanes in BOB. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

Indeed, 303 Sqdrn. accounted for the highest enemy loss percentage during BOB (I think it was like 14%). Polish pilots flew to neighboring countries not already conquered by the Russkies or Germans. From there they got transportation to either France or England. Polish troops in '44 either came from Russian prison camps or they found their own way to Britain. In fact, my screen name namesake, Gen. Sosabowski, was a rifle regiment commander in the siege of Warsaw who found his own way to the UK before he commanded the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!

I'm not even going to recognize this with comments. ------------------ Sosabowski, 1st Pol. Abn. Yes, I know my name is spelled wrong as a member!