I'm back people and with a new parking zone

[AtW]

The Siberian troops were recruited from Asiatic Russia... doh!

No - Siberia is not the same as Asia: those troops were so bad, they would often not even speak Russian and understand what to do, they'd just run away, complete waste of effort.

Siberian divisions were made of Russian people who moved to live in Siberia, either voluntarily or by force (more common), since conditions were very harsh there this made them pretty good troops during winter periods.

Say a lot of snipers that win Olympic games (biatlon and all that crap) come from my region of West Siberia - some of the largest snipers schools located there because traditionally Siberian hunters were very accurate - they had to shoot squirrel into an eye to avoid damaging fur.

[expat]

No - Siberia is not the same as Asia: those troops were so bad, they would often not even speak Russian

Shame on them!

and understand what to do, they'd just run away

Shocking. They shouldn't have volunteered then. Oh, wait....






I'l spell it out: if an invading army conscripts you to fight and die in one of its wars elsewhere, it is neither treason not cowardice to run away from that.

[chef]

welcome back RR

[sasguru]

welcome back RR

2006 called. They want their sockie back.

HTH, but IDI

[DaveB]

welcome back RR

You going for some sort of Necro-bump record Chef?

[chef]

You going for some sort of Necro-bump record Chef?

bored

[EternalOptimist]

bored

bored eh ?

well I've got one for you

[xoggoth]

You did this to trap me didn't you? After my last week's post of a ten year old news story.

[chef]

You did this to trap me didn't you? After my last week's post of a ten year old news story.

old but not quite senile yet eh Xog

[OrangeHopper]

How do we know this the original roger rabbit?

Stockbridge : Half way point on a regular trip I do. Somewhere that I can take a break and fondle some expensive fly rods.