Nidan1

Thank you much! All published in English in the last 15 years, hopefully this trend continues.

In my reading experience over the years, I have seen very few, if any, personal accounts of the war experiences of the common Red Army soldier in WW 2. Unfortunately the mass of written material released in the west over the last 60 years has been from Generals and upper echelon Soviet personalities. One would think that of the millions of human beings that served in the Red Army during the war, some personal records of common soldiers would have survived destruction or political repression. You make excellent points about the conduct of both German and Soviet soldiers as the battlefield switched from one country to the other. The savagery visited on the civilian populations of both countries is inexcusable. However German behavior was political and mostly a matter of policy, where the behavior of the Red Army was a result of lack of discipline in some cases, and pay back for German behavior. It would be great to have some novels or factual accounts written by young Red Army soldiers, The world deserves to read and understand what was going through their minds during the most brutal battles ever seen. BigDuke6 or anyone else, if you can turn us on to any published accounts of common Red Army grunts please do. I have read Beevor's "Stalingrad" and found it a good read, without a lot of new information. I have not read "D-Day".

Remember the Pudlians?

We are supposed to be inseperable, wise-cracking magpies, I don't complain about the untidy state of your paddock.

I could not agree more sir..(we sound like Heckle and Jeckle). He graces many pages of the Outreboards with his wit, wisdom and knowledge of things military and spiral bound. Never ceasing to enrapt his audience with tales of mirth and mayhem.

Perhaps we should not put words in our Michael's mouth. We keep saying "wonderful" 111 page (including the index) manual. Michael actually refers to it as a "very nice" 111 page (including the index) manual. We should always strive for accuracy when quoting Michael.

And to think that in the past we mocked John Kettler......when Emrys starts ranting that he has been abducted by space aliens and forced to play CMFI against their top players without the aid of the wonderful 111 (counting the index) page manual, that would be cause for a special thread. Does he actually play the game, or merely writes reviews of the packaging and so forth?

Very weak and getting weaker.

You mean like you got your lobotomy? You had such promise.

yes i did ............

Maybe, not the forehead but elsewhere? He has made himself scarce...perhaps a touch of the soldiers disease?

Glad your life is that empty.

That's just so 60s schoolyard. I'm rubber you're glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!!!!! ******Loud Bronx Cheer*******

Transfixed? "To hold in awe"....that would mean that Emrys possessed some sort of intelligence, which is doubtful. I prefer the definition that decsribes...."to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon; impale." or "to hold or fasten with or on something that pierces." Better word usage would be " Emrys is crucified before his monitor even as we type."

Birds are nice, especially when stuffed. Just ask Norman Bates.

Great work Patch !!!

When you sing it with a Cajun accent it does....you peckerwood!

Down in Louisiana Where the alligators grow so mean There lived a girl that I swear to the world Made the alligators look tame

Actually it was one of those large two-pronged jobbers that one uses on the bar-b-que. Still way too many sensory nerves located in the forarm. Its tough being an upper primate. I'd love to be like a crab and have the ability regrow a new limb.

He has a reputation for stupidy and ignorance to uphold. Perhaps to him it is the only positive thing in his miserable life. I'm sure he misses us all greatly. I know I do.

I just watched "127 Hours" again...how many here think they could saw their own arm off in order not to die? I was all twitchy just pricking myself lightly with a fork. Now that dude had a goddam pair, I say!!!

Goshes, we are on pagina dos again.

What is the Law?........ Not to eat meat! What is the Law?....... Not to walk on all fours......are we not men!

See, that was quite easy, even a dolt like you was able to sort it out.

As the sun slowly rises in the east, so does the MBT from the back pages....but for how long? Have we grown too old and jaded after twelve years of juvenile nonsense. I dont know I haven't taken my dementia meds yet today.