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Offline whgates3

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Anyone see 'The Color of War' tonight? - 362nd P47s
« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2002, 01:51:45 PM »
Jabos in France - that had to be nasty - I've read at least 4 different books by guys who flew over that Falaise pocket and reported that they could smell the rotting corpses several thousand feet up

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« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2002, 02:08:18 PM »
Yeah, there was footage of the defeated German soldiers/POWs walking back to Germany along the roads by the thousands.  You could see the various military branches represented by the uniforms - even a u-boat sailor missing a leg.  You could tell the paratroopers from the infantry by the type of boots they were wearing.  A lot of young boys and old men in that bunch.

The footage was great and the editing was well-paced.  I'd love to get the thing on DVD with no interruptions, but I don't want to shell out a hundred dollars for the full set.

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« Reply #17 on: July 02, 2002, 03:07:48 AM »
Was surprised to hear mention in the program that over 50 million died in WWII!

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« Reply #18 on: July 02, 2002, 03:57:14 AM »
Yep 50 million plus, some 27 million of those were Russians.