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  1. 10-19-2007, 03:14 AM #1
     Liddabit
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    Jack Churchill.

    Here's a link to the wiki:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill

    A british soldier in WWII who fought with nothing but a sword, bow and arrow, and a set of bagpipes.

    One night, he single-handedly took forty-two German prisoners and captured a mortar crew using only his broadsword. He simply took one patrolling guard as a human shield and went around from sentry post to sentry post, sneaking up on the guards and then shoving his sword in their faces until they surrendered. His response when asked about how he was able to capture so many soldiers so easily:

    "I maintain that, as long as you tell a German loudly and clearly what to do, if you are senior to him he will cry 'jawohl' (yes sir) and get on with it enthusiastically and efficiently whatever the situation."

    "The convoy lights are dead ahead The Merchantmen lay in their bed....
    A cunning fox in the chickens lair, A hound of hell and the devil don't care"
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  2. 10-19-2007, 03:35 AM #2
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    Thats incredible! I guess he got handful of medals didn't he?

    Originally posted by Liddabit:


    ...and a set of bagpipes...
    The deadliest of all weapons...
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  3. 10-19-2007, 03:48 AM #3
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    Zhe next time ze jermans and ze brittisch vill face each ozher on ze battlefield both vill look like zis again !


    Just for the sake of the "good old dark times"


    British Knight





    German Knight



    "That one over there" - Oswald Boelcke pointing at Manfred von Richthofen after having been asked who of the rookies shows most of whats required to become a great fighter pilot.
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  4. 10-19-2007, 05:20 AM #4
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    Eccentric until the end, Churchill would toss his briefcase out of the window of the commuter train he rode home every day. Passengers and conductors were shocked because they didn't know he was throwing the luggage into his own backyard as the train passed by. It saved him the trouble of carrying it all the way home from the station.
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  5. 10-19-2007, 08:55 AM #5
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    What an amazing story!

    He once said "any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed".


    Thanks for sharing that find with us Liddabit


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  6. 10-19-2007, 05:21 PM #6
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    Originally posted by VikingGrandad:


    What an amazing story!

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">He once said "any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed".


    Thanks for sharing that find with us Liddabit </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

    My pleasure! glad you guys liked it

    I personaly believe anyone without a sword is improperly dressed :O! EN GARDE!

    Originally posted by GoldenEagle8:
    Thats incredible! I guess he got handful of medals didn't he?

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Liddabit:


    ...and a set of bagpipes...
    The deadliest of all weapons...
    </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Hey now, you do know that 8 Scots and a set of pipes makes for a rebellion! Atleast once we decide what to rebel against, perhaps polyester!

    "The convoy lights are dead ahead The Merchantmen lay in their bed....
    A cunning fox in the chickens lair, A hound of hell and the devil don't care"
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  7. 10-19-2007, 05:35 PM #7
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    When I look at those pics of the crusader standing with his arms on this sword, I think of that scene with the Black Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail: "None shall pass!"



    T'is only a flesh wound:



    Come back you ******* and I'll bite you to death!:

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  8. 10-19-2007, 06:05 PM #8
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    well he is in black. that makes him a hospitaller right? And they are french :P

    "The convoy lights are dead ahead The Merchantmen lay in their bed....
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  9. 10-20-2007, 04:22 AM #9
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    Originally posted by Kaleun1961:
    When I look at those pics of the crusader standing with his arms on this sword, I think of that scene with the Black Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail: "None shall pass!"



    T'is only a flesh wound:



    Come back you ******* and I'll bite you to death!:


    I just love the scene just after the black knight lost his second arm.

    Arthur knees down and begins to pray "My Lord ! I thank thee for this vic......." and exactly in that moment , he recieves a kick in the arse by the black knight and falls over

    And here it is !

    Battle with the black Knight


    Oh i just saw it was a kick against the helmet not his arse


    But my absolute favourite is the french taunting

    French taunting

    "Is there someone else up there we could talk to ?"

    "What are you doing in England anyway ?"

    "Now go away you english thuds or i will taunt you a second time! "


    Thats inner-european diplomacy in its finest , purest and most artful form.

    Ah...where have these times of clear words gone ?


    Notice the similarity between the british and the german crusader shields.

    But our helmets were much more fancy



    "That one over there" - Oswald Boelcke pointing at Manfred von Richthofen after having been asked who of the rookies shows most of whats required to become a great fighter pilot.
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  10. 10-20-2007, 03:37 PM #10
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    This dudes a definite typical English eccentric but what a story.......
    And the Seaforth Highlanders get another mention!...........
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