Amusing report by the SS on the despair they faced by cocky Brits in captivity. Just goes to show you can be beaten in battle but not in spirit!
http://www.warhistoryonline.com/feature ... in-germany
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Plus ca change.
You've got to love the Brits abroad...
And at work for that matter.
I have a small skewer hidden in the collar of my jumping jacket, and a razorblade in my gaiter, as well as my knife.
The descriptions of their work ethic in the German factories sounds pretty similar to mine...
The descriptions of their work ethic in the German factories sounds pretty similar to mine...
Must be a hell of a commute to get from the midlands to a German factory every day.
The descriptions of their work ethic in the German factories sounds pretty similar to mine...
Must be a hell of a commute to get from the midlands to a German factory every day.
My wife runs the house like a German factory.
The descriptions of their work ethic in the German factories sounds pretty similar to mine...
Must be a hell of a commute to get from the midlands to a German factory every day.
My wife runs the house like a German factory.
What era?
Efficiently and with an excellent safety record, or are you forced to work until you collapse and die from starvation?
My wife runs the house like a German factory.
What era?
Efficiently and with an excellent safety record, or are you forced to work until you collapse and die from starvation?
Cold war, early eighties. I'm forced to work efficiently until I collapse, but when I do, it's safely onto a crash mat.
Efficiently and with an excellent safety record, or are you forced to work until you collapse and die from starvation?
Laughed out loud at that one, not so good when I'm at work, its deadly silent and I'm not supposed to be on my phone.....but I can relate, great article
