Stalin's Organ Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 A good site - some photo's and hisory of WW2 Roumanian army, incl some stuff about various armoured vehicles made there, some battle accounts (capture of Odessa, Stalingrad from the Roumanian pov), organisations down to sectino level, etc - quite interesting stuff: The Dutch Helmet [ 06-17-2001: Message edited by: Stalin's Organ ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalin's Organ Posted June 18, 2001 Author Share Posted June 18, 2001 bump - it's worth a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yank Posted June 19, 2001 Share Posted June 19, 2001 Your right that is interesting.And that's one WWII participant I haven't read all that much about.Thank you for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 19, 2001 Share Posted June 19, 2001 Stalin's Organ, Thanks for a most unusual site! I'd like to kindly note, though, that the country is called "Romania" and the adjective is "Romanian," instead of being as shown. The country takes its name from a Roman province. Regards, John Kettler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted June 19, 2001 Share Posted June 19, 2001 Am I seeing things, or is that a photo of two Rumanians proudly posing with the headless corpse of a Ploesti raider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalin's Organ Posted June 19, 2001 Author Share Posted June 19, 2001 Roumania seems to be the European spelling - it's used in many official papers from GB, Germany, etc. Romania appears to be the American spelling, and is therefore inherently wrong! And it isn't named after a Roman province - the province in that area was "Dacia". I read somewhere that it's actualy named after Rome itself, but I forget teh whole story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yank Posted June 19, 2001 Share Posted June 19, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Roumania seems to be the European spelling - it's used in many official papers from GB, Germany, etc. Romania appears to be the American spelling, and is therefore inherently wrong!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hey I resemble that remark The inherently wrong part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalin's Organ Posted June 19, 2001 Author Share Posted June 19, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: Am I seeing things, or is that a photo of two Rumanians proudly posing with the headless corpse of a Ploesti raider?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Dunno about the proudly bit....but I think that's what the extensive english caption to the photo says - yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted June 19, 2001 Share Posted June 19, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Stalin's Organ: Dunno about the proudly bit<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> One wonders why they are smiling - or posing at all while holding bits of him up... <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>....but I think that's what the extensive english caption to the photo says - yes.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah, but is that actually a headless corpse? I think I can make out a hand but the photo is pretty small on my monitor.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalin's Organ Posted June 19, 2001 Author Share Posted June 19, 2001 Looks like the right shape for a torso, and the caption says "An american Pilot", so it's my guess that it's teh remains of said pilot. You can only see 1 soldiers face, and he doesn't look like he's smiling - more straight lipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphablade Posted June 24, 2001 Share Posted June 24, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: Am I seeing things, or is that a photo of two Rumanians proudly posing with the headless corpse of a Ploesti raider?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The guy obviously has a head but his legs are crushed. Well, I suppose you can't expect people smiling when they carry a corpse. The Romanian Military Museum has much worse looking pictures of American pilots shot down over Romania -- some of them look like the men actually passed through a meat-grinder. There are also a lot of pictures of other mutilated men -- Romanian soldiers, Russian and German soldiers... You can't have an accurate historical depiction of a war without photographing some of the casualties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphablade Posted June 24, 2001 Share Posted June 24, 2001 Take a look at this "morbid" picture: Picture That's war -- right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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