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23 Feb 2015, 16:31 PM
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A place for some of the more human side of WW2.

I have been unable to find a source but saw this somewhere (certainly people knew who they were fighting):

Wehrmacht soldiers said they could tell who they fought by firing a single round in the direction of the enemy. If the response was well aimed rifle and Bren fire they were facing Commonwealth soldiers. If it was a fusillade of rifle and submachine gun fire, they were facing Russians. If it was Americans there would be silence for several minutes and then the entire area would be obliterated by an airstrike or artillery.
23 Feb 2015, 16:33 PM
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http://i.imgur.com/6QAv4B6.jpg basically that right?
23 Feb 2015, 16:34 PM
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avatar of AvNY

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The most famous of Bill Mauldin's cartoons that starred Willie and Joe:

23 Feb 2015, 16:37 PM
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23 Feb 2015, 16:41 PM
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Railings being removed for a scrap metal drive in England, 1940.

23 Feb 2015, 16:43 PM
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Garden in a bomb crater, London, 1943.

23 Feb 2015, 16:47 PM
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Finnish joke: German definition of ideal war = German weapons, Russian winter equipment, British summer equipment, American rations, French entertainment tournees, Italians as foes and Finns guarding flanks.
23 Feb 2015, 17:12 PM
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Based on a real quote, kind of familiar to us CoH players isn't it?

23 Feb 2015, 17:55 PM
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Ha ha love the cheese sandwich! Does it give +3% pen ?
23 Feb 2015, 18:42 PM
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23 Feb 2015, 19:02 PM
#14
avatar of AvNY

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Remember the old COH2 flamers, the ones that took one bullet and then critted their own squad?

I found this:

23 Feb 2015, 19:04 PM
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23 Feb 2015, 19:35 PM
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jump backJump back to quoted post23 Feb 2015, 19:02 PMAvNY
Remember the old COH2 flamers, the ones that took one bullet and then critted their own squad?

I found this:




OMFG, I haven laughed like this in ages. IN AGES.

Thanks mate, lmao.
23 Feb 2015, 20:12 PM
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Coca Cola sold bottles to GIs for a guaranteed same price of $0.05 anywhere in the world. This is also why Coke had such a huge lead over other sodas in the rest of the world for decades.

23 Feb 2015, 20:25 PM
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These cartoons were made for the soldiers during the war and appeared in Stars & Stripes.

26 Feb 2015, 14:43 PM
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26 Feb 2015, 14:52 PM
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oh god acht achter, i haven't laughed like that in a long time, best one on here!
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