http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/07/05/king_george_mission_accomplished
Heh. Clever.
Very interesting read. Perspective is sometimes everything.
Michael, have you ever considered writing a 'counterfactual' novel or series of shorts around a common divergence point?
There is an old Pentagon story about the use of mercenaries in WWII.
All those german POWS taken in Tunisia, were sick to death of picking peas in Alabama and Mississippi. A number proposed that they be reorganized as a wehrmacht panzer grenadier division to use against Japan.
Well the thought of Panzer Gruppe Kwanto, racing through the rice fields of Japan really got the imagination of some generals.
They brought the idea to Chief of Staff George Marshall. He heard them out and just asked, "Hessians?" Killed the idea right there.
!@#$&!! FP login prompt!!! >:(
I got a kick out of it. :)
Quote from: mirth on July 06, 2013, 09:24:50 AM
!@#$&!! FP login prompt!!! >:(
I got that to and couldn't read it.....
I had already created a profile a while back to read the articles. No biggie, lots of good stuff at the FP site.
Quote from: besilarius on July 06, 2013, 08:46:21 AM
There is an old Pentagon story about the use of mercenaries in WWII.
All those german POWS taken in Tunisia, were sick to death of picking peas in Alabama and Mississippi. A number proposed that they be reorganized as a wehrmacht panzer grenadier division to use against Japan.
Well the thought of Panzer Gruppe Kwanto, racing through the rice fields of Japan really got the imagination of some generals.
They brought the idea to Chief of Staff George Marshall. He heard them out and just asked, "Hessians?" Killed the idea right there.
Interesting.