Yes, but hindsight is 20/20, and these things need to be taken into
context. An entire generation of French and British men had been cut to
pieces in the battlefields of Europe, and at the time, Germany was
perceived as the sole culprit. Some voices (most notably Woodrow Wilson)
tried to tone down the wording of the Treaty, to no avail. In reality,
the time between the Armistice and the invasion of Poland wasn't really
one of peace, it was a time-out between two wars.
That said, there are STILL a lot of unresolved issues regarding World
War II. It irks me that Japan has NEVER acknowledged the atrocities
committed by its armed forces during the war. I was forcibly removed
from a lecture in college for interrupting a woman who was going on and
on about the horrors of the bombing of Hiroshima ands Nagasaki. I
pointed out the Rape of Nanking and the Death March of Bataan, the
horrors experienced by Allied POW's in southeast Asia and the forced
prostitution of Korean women. She had no answer, of course.
Back to MV's, a friend who lives in Egypt just sent me pictures of a
pretty tired, partially stripped G503 that appears to have most of the
grille slats removed. Is there any way of determining whether this was a
period modification, or whether it was done afterwards? The faint
markings appear to be Egyptian Army, and the camo scheme is definitely
not WWII-era....
Cheers!
Henry Cubillan
Jay wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the second world war start out (in
> no small part) due to built-up resentment over being slowly bled dry
> with just these types of reparations as spelled out in the Treaty of
> Versialles? Do we REALLY want to continue pushing in this same
> direction, and tempting fate for a third time?
>
> Jay Travis
>
> Jim Rice wrote:
>
>>> From: Douglas Greville <dgrev@ruralnet.net.au>
>>>
>>> The Court of First Instance of the Court of Justice of the European
>>> Community sitting in Luxemburg today ruled in favor of a German
>>> engineering company in a multi million dollar case against the
>>> British Government for illegal patent breaches dating back to 1942.
>>
>>
>>
>> Perhaps the Brits should sue for damages for the V weapons!!!!
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>
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