WWII for People Who Have To Be Told To Come In Out Of The Rain

The word 'invoke' means conjuring up unsubstantiated phenomenon. The word 'evoke' means stimulating a memory of something or someone.

Never mind the bravery of the the US First Marine Division at Guadalcanal, the Rats of Tobruk from Australia, the Canadians from Canadia. Without doubt... the world as we know it... would not exist without Winston Churchill having been there to guide it.

The Great Man was in his cups at the time. He irresponsibly said something at a dinner party, to Lord Roberts. Winston Churchill said "If only the Royal Navy was in command here." Lord Roberts replied " Yes... having to return a salute to a swab at four o'clock in the morning is a real pain in the arse."

Poor man. Imagine! A woman meets Mrs Kimmel on the sidewalk. "Oh, dear! You don't look well." "I know, it's bad... and they blame it on my husband!"

General Patton came from a rich family. Like a lot of people from rich families he had to prove himself. Unfortunately... he chose a career playing 'horsey-soldier'.

With the lives of countless men at stake at the wave of a finger... it is important for the the world to know your guns are made for walking and talking... even though the elephant might have trouble doing either. General Patton was not renowned for having an inkling of imagination. When his raw troops were being shot up at Kasserine Pass by veteran troops of the Afrika Korps, 'Blood and Guts' was being honoured with pretty, red sashes by an Egyptian king and visiting the ruins of ancient Carthage to ponder and hopefully be inspired by the ghost of Hannibal.

Yes. MacArthur had a mother fixation. She designed his uniforms. At age 41, the faithful son even asked mummy for permission to marry.

Tanked up on saki, geisha girl promises and a faulty compass brought on by radiation... it is highly unlikely a Japanese pilot would know himself. Why ask us?

According to conspiracy theories he was 'silenced' by American intelligence or Russian intelligence for his war-like ravings at a time when the world just needed a big, long nap. Highly likely, he was killed in an accidental motor vehicle accident.

Before the Zeroes and bicycle riders came too close to a cinema near him too soon, Pipe Face had his enlisted men digging a huge underground bunker for his personal safety. The GIs assigned to the task nicknamed him 'Dugout Doug.' First Soldier -"Hey, Billy Bob! I gots me a three day pass to Manila! What's y'all doin'?" Second Soldier - "Not much today, Billy Joe... 'cept diggin' another dug-out for 'Dugout Doug'.

Little bit of trivia for ya! My grandfather was shooting at Shinto's in New Guinea in 1942. I dunno. It seems that everyone, who wasn't a Shinto themselves, was shooting at them. General Eichelberger was visiting Australian lines. My grandfather was doing sentry duty. Eichelberger rocked up and my grandfather challenged him "Halt! Identification and password!" "I'm General Eichelberger! Let me through, God damn it!" My grandfather replied "Certainly, General Eichelberger. Just as soon as you say the password. And in the next three seconds please, General Eichelberg or it will be my sad duty to put a round through your Niagara's." To cut a long story short, General Eichelberger had my grandfather transferred to the Solomon Islands to build Cargo Cults after a three week stay in the Glasshouse.

Perhaps this little sweetheart got the idea for her iconic brand logo from the alliterative 'SS' badge. If so, this adorable belle went one better. Hers are interlocked and evoke serene thoughts of a lunar eclipse of the moon. Not the violent, potentially fatal image of a lightning strike.

Sadly, a lot of Nazi war criminals escaped their just desserts by ingratiating themselves to their US captors and proving themselves 'invaluable' in the 'new' fight against communism.

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