Thread: Why SEPPOS

Why "Issues"?
A typical Cap's Lounge topic.

If Rhyming be the case then I would think that Shermos would be more apt
Rhyming with Sherman Tank because of the following reasons.

essay . Well thought out and presented. Historical Significance
Sixty-three years ago, Nazi Germany had overrun almost all of Europe and hammered England to the verge of bankruptcy and defeat . The Nazis had sunk more than 400 British ships in their convoys between England and America taking food and war materials.
At that time the US was in an isolationist, pacifist mood, and most Americans wanted nothing to do with the European or the Asian war.
Then along came Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and in outrage Congress unanimously declared war on Japan, and the following day on Germany, who had not yet attacked us. It was a dicey thing. We had few allies.
France was not an ally, as the Vichy government of France quickly aligned itself with its German occupiers. Germany was certainly not an ally, as Hitler was intent on setting up a Thousand Year Reich in Europe. Japan was not an ally, as it was well on its way to owning and controlling all of Asia. Together, Japan and Germany had long-range plans of invading Canada and Mexico, as launching pads to get into the United States over our northern and southern borders, after they finished gaining control of Asia and Europe.
America 's only allies then were England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Australia, and Russia. That was about it. All of Europe, from Norway to Italy (except Russia in the East) was already under the Nazi heel.
The US was certainly not prepared for war. The US had drastically downgraded most of its military forces after WW I because of the depression, so that at the outbreak of WW II, Army units were training with broomsticks because they didn't have guns, and cars with "tank" painted on the doors because they didn' t have real tanks. A huge chunk of our Navy had just been sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor.
Britain had already gone bankrupt, saved only by the donation of $600 million in gold bullion in the Bank of England (that was actually the property of Belgium) given by Belgium to England to carry on the war when Belgium was overrun by Hitler (a little known fact).
Actually, Belgium surrendered on one day, because it was unable to oppose the German invasion, and the Germans bombed Brussels into rubble the next day just to prove they could

Is there a link to this inaccurate piece of patriotic back-patting?

New Zealand were also a 'mate' of the septic tanks.Something that many yanks tend to forget.....same as when you ask them to find NZ on the map.....

Some small poxy island outside Australia isn't it ?

Originally Posted by blackgang

always wonder why English as well as most Brit subjects always find that they need to make biting remarks about Americans in general.

Because in general we find Americans to be ignorant and arrogant. Nothing personal.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by blackgang

always wonder why English as well as most Brit subjects always find that they need to make biting remarks about Americans in general.

Because in general we find Americans to be ignorant and arrogant. Nothing personal.

The way you and most others tend to carry on and you have the audacity to make a statement like that?? Jesus Christ.. I can't believe it.

Oh, and you don't have the ability to laugh at yourselves.

I hear the poms want to ban the word "POMS" silly pommy bastards...

Originally Posted by Butch

I hear the poms want to ban the word "POMS" silly pommy bastards...

i didnt realise you were australian Butch.

i mean i am very tolerant of homosexuals but i draw the line at australians

Originally Posted by Butch

I hear the poms want to ban the word "POMS" silly pommy bastards...

I thinks that's just the silly pommy bastards who do their best to ruin cricket in England.

Originally Posted by shazbut

New Zealand were also a 'mate' of the septic tanks.Something that many yanks tend to forget.....same as when you ask them to find NZ on the map.....

Slightly overstated.....


Ever been to the combined cemetery north of Nadi? Seppos, Aus and Kiwi buried there. Been there done that, no T-shirts though, not a popular place at the time.

Interesting history of WWII in that region of the S Pac.

E. G.

Originally Posted by blackgang

Why SEPPOS

Septic Tank is a better rhyming slang for a Yank because it is full of shit

Originally Posted by lom

Some poxy island outside New Zealand isn't it ?

nope,that's Australia mate.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Oh, and you don't have the ability to laugh at yourselves.

Oh yes, it can be done quite a bit, but continued bashing by some gets a little old, don't you think, Or is it just that some are so simple minded that they can think of nothing else to say.

"Limeys" "Poms" might be funny as hell sometimes but I would think that it would wear on anyones humorous side after awhile.

Due to the fact that this is an international site/forum where people from a lot of places post it just seems very juvenile for some to continually denigrate other nationalitys.
IMHO.

i think all nationalities get their fair share of bashing here Blackgang.

i guess you have to just relax and take it when its your turn.

It seems that only some type of "seppos" lack a sense of humor

Originally Posted by Butterfly

It seems that only some type of "seppos" lack a sense of humor

What types are they?

Originally Posted by blackgang

But do you see it as an inaccurate rendition of what actually happened?? I just thought that it was pretty well an accurate thing that was a significant part of what actually happened, as thats what I seem to remember and always wonder why English as well as most Brit subjects always find that they need to make biting remarks about Americans in general. Maybe just jealousy because they have never been able to best American in a military contest and Brit subjects maybe jealous because they have never been able to do what America did no matter how many times they have tried.

A load of crap.

Some Americans think the war begun in 1942.

You came in to the war when both sides were exhausted, economically and physically.

The Russians beat the Germans anyway.

well I guess that you are right.
So I guess that the fukin limeys, pollocks and dagos will just have to learn to live with it if there is goint to be all this juvenile behavior on here,
To bad tho as this could be a nice place to exchange ideas and info. But I do realize that it does take over a 36 IQ to qualify for that type mentality,

^ Sorry you failed

Originally Posted by Lily

Originally Posted by blackgang

But do you see it as an inaccurate rendition of what actually happened?? I just thought that it was pretty well an accurate thing that was a significant part of what actually happened, as thats what I seem to remember and always wonder why English as well as most Brit subjects always find that they need to make biting remarks about Americans in general. Maybe just jealousy because they have never been able to best American in a military contest and Brit subjects maybe jealous because they have never been able to do what America did no matter how many times they have tried.

A load of crap.

Some Americans think the war begun in 1942.

You came in to the war when both sides were exhausted, economically and physically.

The Russians beat the Germans anyway.

Well that was a stated fact if you go back and read the post again, altho it was not a full report on the war and yes Russia did come into Berlin ahead of the Americans, but this wasnt a post on the full war. just on US-Brit affairs, here is some for you to read if you want the Kraut-Russian part.So after you go back and read it again then come back and explain why you would say a thing like that..

Actually, Belgium surrendered on one day, because it was unable to oppose the German invasion, and the Germans bombed Brussels into rubble the next day just to prove they could .
Britain had already been holding out for two years in the face of staggering losses and the near decimation of its Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain, and was saved from being overrun by Germany only because Hitler made the mistake of thinking the Brits were a relatively minor threat that could be dealt with later. Hitler, first turned his attention to Russia, in the late summer of 1940 at a time when England was on the verge of collapse.
Ironically, Russia saved America 's butt by putting up a desperate fight for two years, until the US got geared up to begin hammering away at Germany.
Russia lost something like 24,000,000 people in the sieges of Stalingrad and Moscow alone . . 90% of them from cold and starvation, mostly civilians, but also more than a 1,000,000 soldiers.
Had Russia surrendered, Hitler would have been able to focus his entire war effort against the Brits, then America. If that had happened, the Nazis could possibly have won the war.
All of this has been brought out to illustrate that turning points in history are often dicey things.

^ Sorry you failed

could be, but I am miles ahead of you tho.
But anyway I can see that you do understand by reading your very intelligent post..