George MC Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) I fell down this rabbit hole when doing some research on panzer crew training for my panzer tactics series. Its interesting this approach still resonates in more modern military manuals, guess attention spans of teens has not changed that much in 80 odd years...! Edited January 5 by George MC 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Informative and interesting as always, George. Vielen Dank! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 7 hours ago, George MC said: I fell down this rabbit hole Worse than that George, at a comedy night in our village, the comedian asked if anyone had any Nazi books (whatever they are) and my wife shouted out that I did, based on such classics as Panzers in Normandy and The Battle of the Bulge Then and Now. I am now the 'Nazi in the village' . More oddly, I was approached afterwards by a lady I knew, who offered me a copy of Mein Kampf. I refused, saying it is not a good read . 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 9 hours ago, George MC said: Its interesting this approach still resonates in more modern military manuals, guess attention spans of teens has not changed that much in 80 odd years...! If anything, I'd guess it's worse now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 7 hours ago, Vacillator said: Worse than that George, at a comedy night in our village, the comedian asked if anyone had any Nazi books (whatever they are) and my wife shouted out that I did, based on such classics as Panzers in Normandy and The Battle of the Bulge Then and Now. I am now the 'Nazi in the village' . More oddly, I was approached afterwards by a lady I knew, who offered me a copy of Mein Kampf. I refused, saying it is not a good read . I hear you, Tim. First time my cleaning lady cleaned my study room, she thought I was some military nut, with all my books,military medals, battle paintings, swords and other weapons. She now knows me as quite harmless and peaceful, but one can't be too careful with proclaiming our 'hobby'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 11 hours ago, Vacillator said: Worse than that George, at a comedy night in our village, the comedian asked if anyone had any Nazi books (whatever they are) and my wife shouted out that I did, based on such classics as Panzers in Normandy and The Battle of the Bulge Then and Now. I am now the 'Nazi in the village' . More oddly, I was approached afterwards by a lady I knew, who offered me a copy of Mein Kampf. I refused, saying it is not a good read . Ha! Ha! Excellent story! I always have to explain my book collection when people come to visit. I feel I need to provide context to what they are seeing! Luckily majority of my close friends ‘get it’ and are mildly interested in the subject themselves Yeah never read MK and never will. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 3 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: I hear you, Tim. First time my cleaning lady cleaned my study room, she thought I was some military nut, with all my books,military medals, battle paintings, swords and other weapons. She now knows me as quite harmless and peaceful, but one can't be too careful with proclaiming our 'hobby'. He! Aye for sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 9 hours ago, Vergeltungswaffe said: If anything, I'd guess it's worse now. I suspect it is. I notice it in my professional life with younger people. Requires a whole different approach based around very short snappy chunks of info! Still too much text on these old books and you can’t interact with anything 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 3 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: but one can't be too careful with proclaiming our 'hobby'. Correct SA can mean Sturmabteilung but also Salvation Army. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 11 hours ago, Vacillator said: Worse than that George, at a comedy night in our village, the comedian asked if anyone had any Nazi books (whatever they are) and my wife shouted out that I did, based on such classics as Panzers in Normandy and The Battle of the Bulge Then and Now. I am now the 'Nazi in the village' . More oddly, I was approached afterwards by a lady I knew, who offered me a copy of Mein Kampf. I refused, saying it is not a good read . I couldn't help but imagine this as an episode of "Keeping up Appearances" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 6 hours ago, Bulletpoint said: I couldn't help but imagine this as an episode of "Keeping up Appearances" I'm not sure if that's a reflection on me, or our village? Either way, I think you're saying I should be called Hyacinth, not 'the Nazi in the village'? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 45 minutes ago, Vacillator said: I'm not sure if that's a reflection on me, or our village? Either way, I think you're saying I should be called Hyacinth, not 'the Nazi in the village'? This really minds me of the Father Ted episode when Ted is seen (mistakingly) doing a Hitler impression… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 28 minutes ago, George MC said: Father Ted Used to watch that a lot George, good stuff. Anyway sorry if your thread has been derailed . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 9 hours ago, George MC said: I suspect it is. I notice it in my professional life with younger people. Requires a whole different approach based around very short snappy chunks of info! Still too much text on these old books and you can’t interact with anything Very much so. I hire about 400 lifeguards every summer and though we have some as old as 62, the vast majority are teens and 20's and it gets worse every year. 2 line emails have to be sent 4 times to get most of them to read it and so on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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