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13 Aug 2015 16:42:09
As your interested in world war two history have you ever looked at the role of women in the red army?

13 Aug 2015 13:45:39
I honestly don't buy this whole thing of a group that's been around for over 5000 years trying to control the planet, surely in that time they would have achieved something.

The media don't need to plant the seeds of hate, they existed for centuries, they just stoke them up.now and then.

13 Aug 2015 12:46:22
Sorry but I have to disagree there. Germany in any version of history official unofficial or whatever did not win the war in 1914.

Whilst yes there is certainly different versions of who was to blame for starting the war but based on all available existing documents you can argue that every way.

German victory conditions in 1914 was the capture of Paris and the destruction of the BEF. Neither was achieved. Germany wasn't able to fight a war on 2 fronts so fought defensively in the east and for the next 4 years just kept switching emphasis between fronts. If anyone had any success in the east in 1914 it was Russia over running a big chunk of eastern Prussia before being stopped by Hindenburg and ludendorff. Eventual German victory in the east was only archived by the revolutions. And the mensheviks and social democrats wanted to continue the war. The only party who wanted peace was the Bolsheviks hence the Germans assisting in helping Lenin get back to Petrograd. Even though the Bolsheviks were Zionist agents.

13 Aug 2015 10:35:49
Did Germany win the war in 1914? The main objective in the west was to capture Paris. They didn't. And they fought a defensive action in the east whilst they concentrated on the west. They didn't launch any major offensives in the east until 1915.

Now if you meant they won the war in 1940 then yes I could agree with that even though Britain was still standing. And you are correct they did make peace overtures. Sensibly rejected.

12 Aug 2015 20:55:11
Your welcome, one is never too old to learn. Samovars' and Sophie school? Or Russian sports?

Have you ever considered a holiday to Russia?

12 Aug 2015 19:44:12
That would suggest that they are not very successful then if they been around for 4000 years and not succeeded and keep getting thrown out. Sorry if I seem sceptical. I think I need to go look at some stuff on this. This is why I come here apart from to chat to ed1.

12 Aug 2015 17:29:28
It is indeed. I have enjoyed this chat.

12 Aug 2015 17:27:57
Christian religion may be in decline franky, certainly in Europe, but it isn't in Latin America or Africa. Islam remains a strong religion, although I suppose threatening any potential leavers with death gives a strong incentive to stay in. Also religions like Hinduism and Sikhism seem to be thriving. So in a wider perspective religion doesn't seem to have weakened and in places is growing stronger. If anything is getting weaker it is the new religion of politics as people become disillusioned. Hence the success of fringe groups like ukip or true labour.

I don't understand the Zionist hyksos link.

12 Aug 2015 11:01:15
I was never one of the hard liners, back 91 I was in the Gorbachev camp of economic reforms and less centralisation. My boss was a hardliner and one of the gang of 8. That was a heated discussion. I kept myself out of things as I know it wouldn't work but then we got Yeltsin instead. And then Putin.

It does work on a small scale but the problem is someone will always envy what someone else has, someone will always try to cheat the system so they get more and power will always corrupt.

There's a che Guevara quote I'm trying to remember, might need to pay google a visit, about true socialism.

12 Aug 2015 08:01:24
Philby made his choice based on ideology. He recognised the flaws in capitalism and thought communism was the better way. In principle it is, in practice it isn't because Marx was only concerned with the economic side of things and forgot human nature.

But the best ones are the ones who do it for principle, ideology, they believe something. The worst are the ones in it for money, personal gain drives a lot of people (Marx didn't take that into consideration) and then you have those after the glory, seen too many James Bond films, have a need to show there a hero. Like our friend Putin.

I am a patriot. Its too deeply ingrained. The other night watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy the anthem came on and I was half way out of my seat.

Regards Sophie scholl she's pretty much unknown in Britain so I wasn't surprised but at least you knew the white rose. Again its that courage of conviction, she knew the end result yet did it anyway.

11 Aug 2015 21:11:45
The winters are terrible, makes me laugh how you have an inch and England grinds to a halt. Survival training was nasty. But the snow hid the dirt.

There were several sports clubs in the soviet era, most famous dynamo, as in Moscow, Kiev, Minsk etc. The army team was cska, the nkvd team was spartak.

As for Philby yes here he's a traitor but I think to play a role for 30 years took a lot. A nice man even if he was treated shabbily.

I needed a name and it was that or famous cosmonauts, who can be difficult to pronounce, or Sophie scholl but thought she'd be too obscure.

11 Aug 2015 16:50:44
Cycling you get to see all the different scenery. Cricket is quintessentially English. And my namesake was a big fan.

Winter sports obviously, skiing, ice hockey, anything involving ice and snow. Tennis as we do have a few players around especially in the women's game, football obviously as well but its a summer game of course due to the winters, don't think the overpaid prima donnas could handle January in Sverdlovsk or Omsk. Chess is popular, again lot of Russian grand masters.

11 Aug 2015 13:46:33
It was a good meeting place. There was a wonderful sense of irony in corrupting the British establishment at a place like Lords. I have found the recent games with australia thoroughly compelling. Also I've gotten into cycling recently with the tour de France.

11 Aug 2015 13:26:01
Your welcome. Never really been a fan of sports in general. Used to play tennis and most of the other racquet based games, needed to stay in shape for all these western fashions, with the big shoulder pads. Got into cricket a bit.

11 Aug 2015 08:02:13
Google. Was looking for something on conspiracies. I was looking something up and this was one of the links.

10 Aug 2015 21:33:10
Cheeky

10 Aug 2015 16:49:11
My father yes, Stalingrad through to Berlin.

Myself and my brother, no this was the 60's. Just in case of wolves. Good teacher though.

Hard winters.

10 Aug 2015 13:09:49
Me neither but my father did. Said you needed them to keep awake in the snow on sentry duty.

Regards tea u would suggest Russian caravan, its the most famous. You heat some up in a teapot on the top of your samovar, then each person can add as much of the concentrate as you need depending on if you like it weak or strong, then you add the hot water from the samovar. A good sized pot should last you awhile and remains hot because of the samovar. Only takes 5 minutes to warm up do you can get a constant cycle if needed. You can even buy electric samovars now. Back in the day if we had no charcoal I was sent out with one of my brothers and the rifle to gather pinecones.

10 Aug 2015 11:00:44
I wouldn't recommend the cigarettes though. Quite strong.

10 Aug 2015 07:59:48
Well personal preference. Russian tea is quite different.