actually no… i wasted on books.. i don’t have a few books,,
i have a library….
my sperm donor would not buy modern stuff.. i did not know what VHS
was till mid 80s.. when i bought one myself (after i moved out..)
an no,, not because it was newfangled,, he would only buy it,
if it befitted him.!!
Buy books written before 1930. Everything since then uses an acidic
to manufacture, so they fall apart in a couple of decades unless you
get something Really good, like hardcover collector’s editions.
Books written before 1930 can last a Very long time.
IF you can find them in decent shape….
Yes, it is. And it is the duty of their opponents to recapture them alive,
if possible, and to punish everyone who had a role in their escape humanely.
In WWII, for example, the Germans and Italians, for the most part, did so.
The Japanese, however, saw everyone who was not Japanese as less than human,
and surrender as dishonorable, so they treated prisoners with great brutality.
They easily killed Allied soldiers and civilians when keeping them alive
became inconvenient.
You notice that I called opposing soldiers “opponents” and not “enemies”.
It is my belief that wars are begun by men who are enemies, but fought by
men who would be, in the absence of war, friends.
There were some aberrations, true. Like Joachim Piper. And
the treatment of Russian prisoners, especially women. But,
if my memory serves, most of the regular soldiers didn’t
abuse prisoners all that much. Now, the fanatics…
According to the history documentaries I watched (as well as to what I
remember from school), treatment greatly varied with who the prisoner was.
A polite British officer of impeccable racial status? Sure. Treat him nice.
Someone from Poland? Who might even be Jewish? … Well.
Russian Political officers where to be isolated and executed.
Female soldiers (the Russian did have a few) were to be shot on sight.
Not taken prisoner.
And I’m not talking about what they did to “Partisans” or the “cleansings” …
My father’s family immigrated following WWI and more following WWII family reunions were…
interesting… My late great-uncle Otto used to tell me often and in great detail about his time in
the German army etc… so yes unless you were important or cooperative things were very “rough”
for you at best. It wasn’t easy for german immigrates ether my grandmother spoke with a heavy
accent and was very outspoken caused a lot of problems for the family before I was born.
My wife – who was born decades after WWII – said that she can’t understand why Germany hasn’t been just wiped out after the war.
(Turn the whole place into farmland, build a giant fence around it and forget)
I have ro agreenwith you. My father-in-law was “fortunate” enough to have participated in the German Death March after the B-24 he was on the crew of was shot down over Poland. The German death march was very different from the one the Japanese perpetrated on Bataan. While brutal the Bataan death march was necessary because the Japanese forces’ base was on the other side of the island from where the allies were when the Japanese attacked. It also wasnrathernshort in duration. The German death march lasted for months, occurred in the dead of winter and was conducted under terribly harsh conditions. It was also done for absolutely awful reasons. The Germans marched my father-in-law around in the woods without a coat and with woefully inadequate food merely to keep the prisoners from being repatriated. Bottom line is the Japanese did their march for valid operational reasons (lack of fscilities on that side of the island) versus the Germans who were merely being snotty.
.. space invaders.!!
Well, now we know how you wasted your youth.
actually no… i wasted on books.. i don’t have a few books,,
i have a library….
my sperm donor would not buy modern stuff.. i did not know what VHS
was till mid 80s.. when i bought one myself (after i moved out..)
an no,, not because it was newfangled,, he would only buy it,
if it befitted him.!!
Same here. I have more than I can shelve. Storing paper so that it
doesn’t deteriorate is a pain, especially cheap paperbacks.
Buy books written before 1930. Everything since then uses an acidic
to manufacture, so they fall apart in a couple of decades unless you
get something Really good, like hardcover collector’s editions.
Books written before 1930 can last a Very long time.
IF you can find them in decent shape….
AH, Planned Obsolescence. (Probably really just the cheap end of
capitalism. Save money where the customer doesn’t see it —
at first.)
Is trying to escape really a soldier’s duty if captured during war in real life?
That would make it less likely for their captors to treat them well.
Yes, it is. And it is the duty of their opponents to recapture them alive,
if possible, and to punish everyone who had a role in their escape humanely.
In WWII, for example, the Germans and Italians, for the most part, did so.
The Japanese, however, saw everyone who was not Japanese as less than human,
and surrender as dishonorable, so they treated prisoners with great brutality.
They easily killed Allied soldiers and civilians when keeping them alive
became inconvenient.
You notice that I called opposing soldiers “opponents” and not “enemies”.
It is my belief that wars are begun by men who are enemies, but fought by
men who would be, in the absence of war, friends.
As a German I fear I have to point out that the way “we” treated war
prisoners wasn’t really something to be used as an example.
There were some aberrations, true. Like Joachim Piper. And
the treatment of Russian prisoners, especially women. But,
if my memory serves, most of the regular soldiers didn’t
abuse prisoners all that much. Now, the fanatics…
According to the history documentaries I watched (as well as to what I
remember from school), treatment greatly varied with who the prisoner was.
A polite British officer of impeccable racial status? Sure. Treat him nice.
Someone from Poland? Who might even be Jewish? … Well.
Russian Political officers where to be isolated and executed.
Female soldiers (the Russian did have a few) were to be shot on sight.
Not taken prisoner.
And I’m not talking about what they did to “Partisans” or the “cleansings” …
My father’s family immigrated following WWI and more following WWII family reunions were…
interesting… My late great-uncle Otto used to tell me often and in great detail about his time in
the German army etc… so yes unless you were important or cooperative things were very “rough”
for you at best. It wasn’t easy for german immigrates ether my grandmother spoke with a heavy
accent and was very outspoken caused a lot of problems for the family before I was born.
My wife – who was born decades after WWII – said that she can’t understand why Germany hasn’t been just wiped out after the war.
(Turn the whole place into farmland, build a giant fence around it and forget)
Instead the victors help us rebuilt.
I have ro agreenwith you. My father-in-law was “fortunate” enough to have participated in the German Death March after the B-24 he was on the crew of was shot down over Poland. The German death march was very different from the one the Japanese perpetrated on Bataan. While brutal the Bataan death march was necessary because the Japanese forces’ base was on the other side of the island from where the allies were when the Japanese attacked. It also wasnrathernshort in duration. The German death march lasted for months, occurred in the dead of winter and was conducted under terribly harsh conditions. It was also done for absolutely awful reasons. The Germans marched my father-in-law around in the woods without a coat and with woefully inadequate food merely to keep the prisoners from being repatriated. Bottom line is the Japanese did their march for valid operational reasons (lack of fscilities on that side of the island) versus the Germans who were merely being snotty.
Yes,. yes it is.. as a Marine during an active conflict.
and in any conflict (with exceptions), prisoners’ in
general were treated well..