От smertch
К Дмитрий Козырев
Дата 10.06.2009 15:19:21
Рубрики 1941;

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>Это немного не те аналогии.
>А есть скжем исследования на тем ы "Техасцы в Нормандии" или "валлийцы в Бирме?"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/japanese-remember--and-the-tears-flow-veterans-of-the-war-in-burma-are-here-in-hope-of-reconciliation-but-the-visit-has-divided-our-survivors--12400-britons-died-in-captivity-1553985.html

Japanese remember - and the tears flow: Veterans of the war in Burma are here in hope of reconciliation but the visit has divided our survivors - 12,400 Britons died in captivity
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The Englishmen, the Welshmen and the Scotsmen who have joined them on their tour of Britain listen impassively, mumbling about Jap from time to time, but without grudges. It took them a long time to reach this stage and they do not mind telling you they used to feel they could never forgive Jap.

Речь идет о ветеранах Бирмы. 12 400 бриттов умерло в плену. Второй абзац - разделение состава ветеранов по нацпризнаку:)

Поиск по Welshmen in Burma дает
http://www.google.com.by/search?hl=ru&q=welshmen+in+Burma&btnG=%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA+%D0%B2+Google&meta=&aq=f&oq=

Поиск по Texans in operation Overlord дает
http://usschamplin.com/sw_1201_page1.html

From pages 213-214 we are told, "It was nearing midnight when Lt. Col. James Critchfield's battalion of the 36th Infantry Division dug in for a short rest near La Napoule, on the road to Cannes. The Texans were exhausted after two days and a night of almost continuous marching and fighting.

"General Dahlquist's Texas army had been pushing eastward along the Cote d'Azur in the direction of Cannes and Nice. VI Corps commander Lucian Truscott was intent on capturing these two world-renowned resort cities for reasons more psychological than military, although the docks at Nice would be useful to the invader's cause. It would be humiliating to Adolf Hitler to have the Wehrmacht chased out of these two famous communities.

"As Colonel Critchfield's Texans fell into fitful slumber, large-caliber shells began screaming into their positions. German batteries on the Ile Sainte-Marguerite off Cannes had zeroed in on Critchfield's men.

Техасцы в каждом абзаце.
Америкосы, как и бритты, и германцы постоянно подчеркивают территориальную\национальную принадлежность солдат - "бравые баварцы", "несгибаемые шотландцы", "техасские сорвиголовы".
Для америкосов, если придерживаться тональности, которую приняла настоящая дискуссия, такое вообще смерти должно быть подобно - все-таки США - это соединенные ГОСУДАРСТВА, со всеми вытекающими последствиями. А никто вроде там тельник не рвет по поводу растаскивания единой истории.


"Как можно смешивать такие разнородные понятия - война и армия?" (с)