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History is just one bloody thing after another.
I like this man, Sarko, he speaks the truth:
“The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, described the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, as a “liar” in a private exchange with Barack Obama at last week’s G20 summit in Cannes that was inadvertently broadcast to journalists.
“I cannot stand him. He’s a liar,” Sarkozy told Obama. The US president responded by saying: “You’re fed up with him? I have to deal with him every day.”
Neither leader apparently realised that microphones that had been attached for a press conference had already been switched on, allowing journalists waiting for a press conference to hear the conversation.” – today’s Guardian
-the last time he delivered the same line (in Moscow, during the Georgia troubles) he also gave the Russian Defence Minister a good shake
- Dave rode to the rescue of our good Baroness when she was failing in the early days of Libya (in doing her EU job)
I have yet to meet an Israeli I haven’t liked. The same can’t be said of the French or Americans.
crying sniff…
Stop your snivelling garcon. Now you live in the Greater German province of Frankreich snivelling is strictly verboten…….
I didn’t say I disliked all Frenchmen or all Americans. Gawd!!!!!!! Anybody would think I accused you of being Australian……..
Do you like me ? bisou :), sorry, Kuss :)
As long as you stop snivelling. :)
Probably the best toys ever. If anyone is stuck as to what to get me for Christmas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_vgiH5i4Bg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43973924@N07/page10/
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Saw this too. The story of Sgt Winterbottom. Compelling, brutal, tragic; such needless slaughter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqCqbbdh7co&feature=related
Saw this VintageWings gallery link on warisboring.com
Some quite scary looking flying; worth a look.
http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/325/language/en-CA/Lower-than-a-Snakes-Belly-in-a-Wagon-Rut.aspx
@ Brian – awesome pics!
Heimevernet’s specialist maritime units are called Bordingslag. “‘Ere who are you calling a slag?”
World War two as a bar fight
The story so far.
Since the last bar fight Germany has been left lying on the floor after France and Britain had gone through its pockets. The landlords demands for damages had left it broke, it had tried to work of the debt, but failed. Since 1933 Germany has been sat in a corner at the bar drinking on tick, getting increasingly stroppy and aggressive, talking loudly about how the last fight ‘wasn’t fair’ and how it would have won if it’s trousers hadn’t fallen down and it ‘will get them all next time’.
There had already been some trouble that night, Germany had told France to get it’s coat off Germanys peg called ‘The Rhineland’, and after a bit of a face off, Britain had shouted out to France that ‘He wasn’t worth it’ and France had taken it’s coat and put it on the chair next to itself and Germany have its peg back.
After a nasty argument Austria had decided that it really was Germany’s absolutely best buddy and from now on whatever Germany did was all right by Austria’ and their bit of the bar was now Germanys.
A little later Germany then started arguing with Czechoslovakia over half its bit of the bar; about how that it was really Germanys all along, and Czechoslovakia had nicked it when Germany was unconscious earlier. There was a big row. France and Britain got off their bar stools and started to walk towards the arguing couple. Britain thinks better of it and starts telling everybody to calm down, asks France to ‘ Hang on a bit’, and takes Germany onto a corner and has a little chat, comes back and announces that If Czechoslovakia give Germany half its bar then Germany has agreed it will play nice with everybody. Czechoslovakia has no choice and gives in leaving itself with hardly arm room to down a pint.
Germany quietens for a bit, and everyone returns to their pints although France and Britain are now sitting at the same table, waiving at Poland from across the other side of the bar. Germany then starts messing with Spain’s head, whilst muttering at Poland about its bit of the bar and when every ones back is tuned swipes the rest of Czechoslovakia’s bar pushing it onto the floor.
Then it all goes quiet. But Russia, who hasn’t said much, having just had its own bloody punch up with Finland outside in the car park, (but who has also been messing with Spain’s head), goes into a corner with Germany, they mutter for some time Germany comes out of the corner, punches Poland, who falls backwards. France and Britain shout out that’s not fair, tell Germany to stop or else they will have to get up and come over to that side of the bar and sort Germany out. Germany tells them to go %*!! themselves. Both announce they are going to sort out Germany and line up on their side of the bar; shouting encouragement to Poland without actually hitting Germany. In the meantime Russia knocks out Latvia Lithuania and Estonia, and hits a recoiling Poland over the head with a bottle, finishing it off.
Germany then punches France. Almost knocking it out; and beats up Britain pushing it into the corner. Britain hurls defiance at Germany but does not try to come out. Germany threatens destruction but also does not try to go in for the kill as Britain has a broken bottle in its hand. They throw insults and the occasional ashtray at one another.
Italy attacks France managing to lose a fight with a barely conscious opponent. It punches Greece and Britain and is so crap at fighting Britain holds it off with one hand. Italy calls out to Germany for help.
Germany then punches Russia, keeps punching and punching, driving Russia across the bar but cannot knock it out.
The USA and Japan have been in a gentlemanly quarrel, ever since Japan started beating up china. Suddenly Japan kicks the USA in the knackers but only hits one testicle. USA Grunts bends double but gets up and says “right I’m gonna do you”. Germany shouts out whilst still punching Russia, that it and Japan are mates and that the USA had better watch out. The USA shouts back that fine it will do Germany as well.
Whilst sill hitting Japan, The USA walks over to Britain shakes hands and offers it medical attention and all the assistance it can handle, shouting out to Russia the same. Coming round the back way it starts helping Russia and Britain. Russia starts punching Germany, Britain and USA punch Germany and Italy; Italy has a change of heart and decides it was Britain and the USA’s side all along.
Britain and USA finally coming over to Germanys side of the bar to finish the job, and what’s more start kicking it as well, France gets up and joins back in, Germany is finally knocked out by a double blow from Russia and USA.
The USA gets fed up with punching Japan which won’t quit or fall over, so the USA pulls a gun out and shoots it in the foot, Japan then says it’s had enough.
In fact everybody has had enough, Britain and France now very tired and worn out slump back in their chairs telling the USA that so long as it’s over, whatever is all right by the USA is alright by them. Russia and the USA have a pint together. They agree to split the bar into Public and private lounge, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, and Poland get told whether they like it or not they are drinking in lounge bar with the Russians from now on. Russia shouts out ‘My friends!’ and puts its arms round their shoulders and taking a very firm hold, frog marches them into the lounge. Austria decides that in fact it was never best mates with Germany and that in fact the ‘big nasty man made me do it’. But is allowed to stay in the public bar although Russia Realy Realy wanted it to come into the lounge with its friends.
Germany is allowed to get up of the floor after a while, and told to sit in the corridor between the two bars on it’s own AND be very very quiet for the next few rounds or else it will be kicked out the pub for good.
:’D But when is Germany next going out on the piss, IXION?
they’re not. what’s happened is when everyone was busy they bought the bar, and put up a set of rules, with the right to ban anyone who doesn’t obey the rules gets barred from the pub.
obviously these rules included only being allowed to use special beer tokens called euros to buy beer. Luckily GB being the main accountants for the bar have been allowed to use their own different tokens, sadly though greece went on a massive party all on the slate and due to hangovers failed to turn up to work to make any money to pay the slate.
now everyone has agreed to pay greeces slate for them, but now they’ve had another party with that money and GB, being accountants have refused to bail them out.
France likes drinking in the bar and are sucking up to germany and telling them to ban GB, germany are unsure as GB spend a lot of money in the bar and greece have had a hissy fit and are threatening to go drink in their own bar with their own beer tokens.
Apparantly there’s going to be a big party in the new year, but nobody’s sure who’s invited and if it’s going to be in germanys bar, some fancy dancing on a brazilian beach while some fancy going for a sit down chinese.
BB
I have friends in weird places, In the 90′s when the wall fell down, the unified Germany was asked whether it would accept the post WW2 border including Poland’s Oder Line.
Chancellor Kohl refused to do so, stating publicly that Germany’s borders were not settled, and would be a matter of future negotiations.
Poland went apeshit, What is really funny is what happened next.
Nothing.
Not a sausage.
No one, not a single country said anything for a few days or so; and suddenly Germany realised that no one was doing anything BUT staring at it, very intently, AND saying nothing.
Within the week Germany had fully recognised and accepted it’s WW2 borders and we were all friends again.
My friend said that diplomatic circles had never seen anything like it. He described it as the silence you get before the shssssh sound of lots of people, deciding as one that no further discussion would be necessary, this time they would all act as one at the very start; drawing their swords….
I have to confess I didn’t know about this bit of history; fascinating:
http://conflicthealth.com/the-red-cross-box/
It popped on wiki a couple of months ago.
Michael Yon has a bee in his bonnet about US “Dust Offs” at the moment, I’d figured on his adherants had done a bit of background work on how red cross Helivacs are supposed to work
Army: A Very British Institution
A collection of (about 20, not incl. episodes) BBC programmes about the British Armed Forces, featuring classic documentaries and historic events dating back to the 1950s(all the way up to 1990), available online to watch in full.http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/collections/p00hl622/army-a-very-british-institution
This is from the Daily Fail….
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/19/article-0-11CF2BAA000005DC-575_634x869.jpg
That’s discipline for you!!!!!!