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diopter said:
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Talk about having your bell rang
 
Desert_Fox said:
in regards to German Stahlhelm production...[youtube]dqyaOvXvSnE[/youtube]
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Who knew? My estimation of the humble Stahlhelm just took a dramatic rise. That's a lot of resources tied up to make them. I note the absence of safety equipment on the workers by today's standards - no safety glasses, aprons, hard hats, masks, gloves, etc.

What was that milky looking solution the stamped pieces were being dipped in?

I've read that the French Adrian helmet was a difficult one to make and quite expensive compared to others.
 
George Orwell. Recently, I listened to an audio book written by him, Homage to Catalonia, which describes his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. The narrator has a strong British accent of some sort, and gave a very good presentation. Orwell viewed the whole affair with a keen sense of humor and some cynicism as well.
 
Sharps '63 said:
Who knew? My estimation of the humble Stahlhelm just took a dramatic rise. That's a lot of resources tied up to make them. I note the absence of safety equipment on the workers by today's standards - no safety glasses, aprons, hard hats, masks, gloves, etc.

What was that milky looking solution the stamped pieces were being dipped in?

I've read that the French Adrian helmet was a difficult one to make and quite expensive compared to others.
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Probably a lubricant. Like a mold release.
 
kjohn said:
George Orwell. Recently, I listened to an audio book written by him, Homage to Catalonia, which describes his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. The narrator has a strong British accent of some sort, and gave a very good presentation. Orwell viewed the whole affair with a keen sense of humor and some cynicism as well.
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He went there like a lot of 30s leftists and communists thinking he was fighting for "democracy" and found out he was fighting for Stalinism and the NKVD. Some like Orwell clued in, but many never did. The truth about the Spanish Civil War got clouded by German and Italian intervention and WWII. It remains a happy fantasy for many leftists. Fortunately the communists and their fellow travellers lost, but not after massacring tens of thousands of people, including thousands of priests, monks and nuns. There were also mass killings of "intelligentsia", anyone who was overtly religious, the middle class, etc. The kind of killing that Soviet style regimes always begin as soon as they come to power in to get rid of those who might oppose them.

The "popular front" government sent Spain's gold reserves to the USSR, from where they have never returned AFAIK.

If the communists had won, Germany would have invaded Spain after France, probably with Italian help, Gibraltar would have fallen and that would have been end of Malta, North Africa, Egypt, Suez and probably the war.

Some good info here: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/spanish-civil-war-75-years-later

The communists lost the war, but won the propaganda war thanks to piggy-backing on the anti-fascist struggle of WWII.
 
RRco.: You nailed that right on. Guys like Orwell were idealistic enough to completely fall for the "save the world" BS and be sucked in as cannon fodder for the communists. The book I listened to kind of laid it out.
 
Ganderite said:
Probably a lubricant. Like a mold release.
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It will be a draw lube. The most common lube used at that time would be either beef or pork tallow emulsified in water possibly with some sulpher added. It still works in some applications. But it rots where it can accumulate on the machine, and stinks. Also attracts rats that will eat the lard lumps that will settle out of it. And great for causing dermatitis due to bacterial and fungal contaminates that will grow in it.
 
Cocked&Locked said:
It will be a draw lube. The most common lube used at that time would be either beef or pork tallow emulsified in water possibly with some sulpher added. It still works in some applications. But it rots where it can accumulate on the machine, and stinks. Also attracts rats that will eat the lard lumps that will settle out of it. And great for causing dermatitis due to bacterial and fungal contaminates that will grow in it.
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Nothing like dead pig and cow bits mixed with sulphur to clear your sinuses!
 
Orwell saw the Spanish Civil War for what it was - a cluster fukk of the highest order. His cynicism about war and ''Big Brother" government is best expressed in "1984". His predictions about the turn of events was right on. We are living in the world he described - 24/7 surveillance, government intrusion into all aspects of our lives, "Newthink", "Newspeak", "Rightthink", "Doublespeak", "Thought Police", (all euphemisms for Political Correctness), "Ministry of Truth" (Propaganda Ministry), etc.

"Winston could not remember a time when Oceania had not been at war with either Eurasia or Eastasia. It didn't really matter which."

Pick a war, any war .... yesterday's enemy is today's ally. Today's Bogeyman is ISIS/Al Qaeda. The 'Yellow Peri'l and the 'Russian Bear' are taking a brief respite to regroup and rearm.
 
Thomas Henry (Tom) Wintringham (15 May 1898 – 16 August 1949) was a British soldier, military historian, journalist, poet, Marxist, politician and author. He was an important figure in the formation of the Home Guard during the Second World War and was one of the founders of the Common Wealth Party.

In the first picture, the guy with the "pistol" is as worthless as mammary glands on a boar.
 
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