Bah-humbug

John -Melb · 11-25-2003, 05:58 PM

I've just been listening to a documentary on the History Channel about Stalingrad. The narrator madesome remark about how the surrender of Paulus's Sixth Army (in Feb 43) "destroyed the myth of German invincibility"

Bah humbug.

The "myth" of German invincibility was destroyed about eighteen months before this.... at a place called Tobruk!

“The siege was only a couple of months old when the renegade Lord Haw Haw, broadcasting from Berlin, coined the description "Rats of Tobruk," and applied it to the garrison because most of its men could find shelter only underground while the bombers were overhead. Our men accepted the title with relish. To one another, they were "the rats." To the Axis they were rats with razor-sharp teeth.”

George Anderson · 11-25-2003, 06:24 PM

You blokes got the History Channel? Great country America, eh?

John -Melb · 11-25-2003, 08:13 PM

Yes George, we get the History Channel, although I think the docu I was watching was a "pommy" production.

PS> We also get Jerry Springer! <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" />

Lugerdoc · 11-26-2003, 08:57 AM

John, Personally I like these old BBC "Pommy" Productions. I think that your "Aussie" actors are about to take over the US movie industry, since your culture is how most Americans would like to imagine themselves to be, not the rude stereo-types that appear on the Jerry Springer show. Have a nice summer down under since "Bob's your Uncle". TH

11-25-2003, 05:58 PM	#1
John -Melb User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Melbourne, Peoples Republic of Australia! Posts: 145 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Bah-humbug I've just been listening to a documentary on the History Channel about Stalingrad. The narrator madesome remark about how the surrender of Paulus's Sixth Army (in Feb 43) "destroyed the myth of German invincibility" Bah humbug. The "myth" of German invincibility was destroyed about eighteen months before this.... at a place called Tobruk! “The siege was only a couple of months old when the renegade Lord Haw Haw, broadcasting from Berlin, coined the description "Rats of Tobruk," and applied it to the garrison because most of its men could find shelter only underground while the bombers were overhead. Our men accepted the title with relish. To one another, they were "the rats." To the Axis they were rats with razor-sharp teeth.”

11-26-2003, 08:57 AM	#4
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	John, Personally I like these old BBC "Pommy" Productions. I think that your "Aussie" actors are about to take over the US movie industry, since your culture is how most Americans would like to imagine themselves to be, not the rude stereo-types that appear on the Jerry Springer show. Have a nice summer down under since "Bob's your Uncle". TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

11-25-2003, 06:24 PM	#2
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,528 Times in 787 Posts	You blokes got the History Channel? Great country America, eh?

11-25-2003, 08:13 PM	#3
John -Melb User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Melbourne, Peoples Republic of Australia! Posts: 145 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes George, we get the History Channel, although I think the docu I was watching was a "pommy" production. PS> We also get Jerry Springer! <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" />