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RRCo, What I was and am getting at is not your knowledge of history but what you've left out to make a point.

if you're talking about WWI, I will wholeheartedly agree with you. WWII came about because of a bizarre set of events intentionally perpetrated by ruthless vigilantes looking for revenge for the damages caused during WWI. Their Draconian measures put into legislation by the Versaille's Treaty, placed not only Germany but several other European nations into complete fiscal collapse, where starvation and excruciating living conditions were the rule of the day. This caused Germany to create an unholy alliance with Russia and we all know how that ended.

I agree that WWII was a totally pointless war and should never have happened.

All I was alluding to is that the dreaded rise of the little corporal that was totally mad would never have come about if the insanely stringent measures against the WWI axis allies had been far more temperate, the Great Depression of the 30s wouldn't have come to fruition and WWII would not have seemed to be necessary at the time.

Whatever, there is an awful lot more to this than either of us have said and it is a fact that one of the most destructive and brutal wars in history was forced onto the plebes of the world. There are no excuses for those that perpetrated such atrocities then or now. War is always ugly, even at its best.
 
Good day Gunnutz :) New day new picture :)

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Joe
 
Can you imagine the paperwork nowadays to bring a friggin' tank into the country!?! It's nearly impossible to bring a little .22 rifle in.....
 
angrysoldier said:
this pic was taken in cfb bordan just late or end war. that tank was one that farly mowat brought back to canada and now sits in the war museum in ottawa.
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Im more inclined to think that this photo was taken in the 50's {Korean War} or even the early 60's, note the troopies are wearing puttees, not the web anklets that the troops wore in WW2, also they are wearing neckties under their battledress jacket.

Even as late as 1972 , as a member of the Miltia as the Army Reserve was called, {Royal Westminster Regiment} we wore battledress with puttees and trouser weighs to "blouse" the battledress trousers over our puttees, it was a very smart looking uniform, but a PITA to keep everything looking sharp, as those Armored troopies look
 
x westie said:
Im more inclined to think that this photo was taken in the 50's {Korean War} or even the early 60's, note the troopies are wearing puttees, not the web anklets that the troops wore in WW2, also they are wearing neckties under their battledress jacket.

Even as late as 1972 , as a member of the Miltia as the Army Reserve was called, {Royal Westminster Regiment} we wore battledress with puttees and trouser weighs to "blouse" the battledress trousers over our puttees, it was a very smart looking uniform, but a PITA to keep everything looking sharp, as those Armored troopies look
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They don't appear to be wearing puttees or web anklets...something different. Too short to be puttees and too high on the boot to be anklets, armor have weird kit. Can anyone clarify?
( my father was in the Lorne Scots Militia circa 1966 :D}
 
Post WW2 the BD blouse(jacket) for all pers had the lapels pressed down and neckties were worn with a collared shirt. During WW2 the BD blouse was worn buttoned at the neck by other ranks over a collarless shirt. Officers wore the blouse unbuttoned with shirt and tie. Puttees were a post WW2 change brought in at the instigation of Guy Simonds along with other Brit-like trappings such as the newly invented Regt of Canadian Guards. Puttees were a curse, especially when worn in the field.

That Panther tank, along with quite a few other tanks, was on outdoor display at the Armoured Corps School in Borden when I went thru there as a young troopie in 1965.
 
I agree.
I wore exactly the same uniform except for unit/regimental stuff.

From mid 'Fifties to mid 'Sixties.
I suffer major circulation problems in lower limbs to this day.:(

the weights required to keep the bloused battle-dress trousers looking sharp, were fairly heavy.
To keep the whole arrangement from falling appart, especially during parade square drill.
A Rifleman had to wrap them sum#####es puttees TIGHT.:p


tiriaq said:
Center and right are wearing puttees.
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I was wondering if the Armored troopie not wearing puttees, is in fact wearing the Canadian high topped combat boot that the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division was issued with prior to the D-Day landing, these boots were sometimes refered to as "Invasion Boots", they were secured with 2 buckles at the top of the boot, these were a popular boot, but for some reason or another were not regular issue with the post-war Canadian Army, troops in Korea wore puttees, a PITA contraption, compared to the modern combat boots
 
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