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re: WWII: Would You Choose the Pacific or Europe?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:43 am to undecided
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:43 am to undecided
My grandfather served in the Pacific and he never went into much detail about the things he saw but some of the stories he did tell me were horrifying. I'd say Europe because from what I know, the Germans treated American, British and French POW's with some kind of humanity.
The Germans and Hitler had a certain amount of respect for the Brits, Americans and French but those bastards really hated the Polish, Russians and of course the Jews. The treatment of western enemies was night and day compared to their treatment of eastern enemies.
The Germans and Hitler had a certain amount of respect for the Brits, Americans and French but those bastards really hated the Polish, Russians and of course the Jews. The treatment of western enemies was night and day compared to their treatment of eastern enemies.
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 10:46 am
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:49 am to Henry Jones Jr
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The Germans and Hitler had a certain amount of respect for the Brits, Americans and French but those bastards really hated the Polish, Russians and of course the Jews. The treatment of western enemies was night and day compared to their treatment of eastern enemies.
^This. My wife's Grandfather spent three years as a POW courtesy of the Germans. There were both kinds of guards - some humane and some not so much. From what I gather, it was a whole different world for Japanese held POWs.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:53 am to Henry Jones Jr
My Grandfather had an identical twin, they were both marines
His brother died, and I was told at the service or funeral that a lot of his brothers friends he served with didn't know he had a twin or weren't prepared and they were visibly shaken at the sight of him.
Of all the family heirlooms I've been cut out of, it was all worth it to have the samurai sword he pulled off a dead japanese nco (not traded or bought)I keep it in my office. Motherfricker is still sharp.
His brother died, and I was told at the service or funeral that a lot of his brothers friends he served with didn't know he had a twin or weren't prepared and they were visibly shaken at the sight of him.
Of all the family heirlooms I've been cut out of, it was all worth it to have the samurai sword he pulled off a dead japanese nco (not traded or bought)I keep it in my office. Motherfricker is still sharp.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:56 am to Henry Jones Jr
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The treatment of western enemies was night and day compared to their treatment of eastern enemies
That's because Hitler fought the East in order to exterminate the people living there to allow Germany's growing population to settle Eastern Europe. Hitler fought the West because France and Germany declared war on him for invading Poland. Hitler's conquest of France went far better than even his generals dreamed. They were completely unprepared for how easy that went.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:45 am to Henry Jones Jr
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My grandfather served in the Pacific and he never went into much detail about the things he saw but some of the stories he did tell me were horrifying.
So did both of my grandfathers. One was a torpedo pilot on the same aircraft carrier as George H.W. Bush. He was hit by a kamikaze and was the only one of his crew to survive, he ended up swimming in the Pacific for a day before being picked up by a Japanese fishing boat and turned over to the Japanese army. He spent two years as a POW over there and hardly talked about it to us besides things he found to be funny while he was there and that he was much luckier than some of the other POW's you would have read about in Flyboys. He has not had any real teeth since he was 21 because of beatings and poor nutrition; he was 6'2" and only weighed 100 pounds when he was released from prison. His first wife before he married my grandmother was a French woman who was captured spying on the Germans, and according to him her stretch as a POW was much more brutal than his; he never specified why, I always assumed it was because she was an attractive woman.
My other grandfather was stationed on an island somewhere near New Zealand. He said their only job was to protect a radio tower, and they spent the majority of their time killing wild pigs and cooking them in pits on the beach.
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