Originally posted by spruce112358They didn't risk it and they lost like they've never lost before. And to think that the Maginot Line was going to do more than delay an invading army is ridiculous. Wars cannot be won on the defensive.
Every small town in france has a monument to the lads "mort pour la patrie 1914-1918". Risk that again? Or build that Line a little higher? But they ran out of money.
Originally posted by MerkI agree, but the Wehrmacht did not punch through the Maginot Line. They knew they could not, so they went around it. The line facing the Italians held.
They didn't risk it and they lost like they've never lost before. And to think that the Maginot Line was going to do more than delay an invading army is ridiculous. Wars cannot be won on the defensive.
Originally posted by spruce112358Put yourself in German shoes. Why go through the wall when the door is open?
I agree, but the Wehrmacht did not punch through the Maginot Line. They knew they could not, so they went around it. The line facing the Italians held.
And the Italian army was a far cry from the German army.
Originally posted by spruce112358WOH!
All the Poles I work with are great people. Hard-working -- not really the life of the party -- but totally reliable.
Once, I accidently tried to bring a pocketknife through boarding in Warsaw that had high sentimental value to me. I was ready to say goodbye to it, but a tough-looking army security guy actually crawled back through check-in and found ...[text shortened]... ever hired is Polish -- unbelievable. Worked in a coal mine when he was young.
I like Poles.
Stop. Right there.
1. I have nothing against Poles working in my country (or other European countries).
2. I have nothing against Poles (I wouldn't recognise one if he was shagging my wife).
3. Well...three's just a good number to end with, I just don't have much to say on the matter.
My critisism of Poland (although, obviously for technical reasons of provocation, slighty rude) is two-fold:
1. There workers are sub-contracted and pay Polish taxes instead of the tax rate of the country they are working in. If Polish, Danish, American, Australian workers pay the tax rate of the country they are working in, I have no problem with them working there.
2. The Polish politicians of this moment are... well... backwards. And that needs adjusting.
As long as they are not willing to adjust, kick Poland out of the EU until they do.
No more. No less.
Although, admittadly, slightly less funny than my first post...
Originally posted by kmax87Well, besides cheap Mercedes' and square skate board wheels, what have the Polish ever done for us?
You are so wrong.
Really cheap Mercedes Benz.
Square skate board wheels. (courtesy MAD magazine circa 1978.)
Thats two things already.
(A wee pythonesque turn here for the fans).
Originally posted by shavixmirThe worlds first state ministry of education
Well, besides cheap Mercedes' and square skate board wheels, what have the Polish ever done for us?
(A wee pythonesque turn here for the fans).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_of_National_Education
I also saw a dead wolf whilst walking down the side of a "motorway" there (which had indents in the road where all the cars drive - so deep that you don't even need to steer the vehicle)
Originally posted by shavixmirIf you are referring to the Poles, they have shown a wiilingness to work, unlike the millions of fit 'Britons' who prefer to live on 'benefits' provided by the taxpayers.
[b]Well, besides cheap Mercedes' and square skate board wheels, what have the Polish ever done for us?