I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters , h7 j; h" K' p& S) F" J
1 G6 T8 q# e, b! U0 e
Wanting the trojans to win
) Q) r4 P% E, C( D9 H0 Lsupporting the confederacy (not slavery though) 8 V, s! B: p9 e$ b2 O
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
+ r6 [3 b% }6 o; z- Z1 rsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
0 F4 I0 H+ [. h5 T3 x5 d [/ Kcivil war, and now i want to support the palestinains as we really let them down in the 1st 30 years of the 20th century.(not condoning suicide bombing in any way)
) h" O: z6 v( ~7 C& z7 Y4 }+ mmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was ' J5 ~2 @1 Z' x) |* e( j8 a5 O
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. 7 |; Z( K, R/ y4 T$ Q: ] h$ W, }
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
& R- {# L( |4 a) s# `. Q) usame with Rommel , almost a folk hero to some vets even though he was the enemy. (first hand testimony from an ex-pow held in italy ). # E- L$ \8 @8 [+ F& [
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
3 @5 H1 O9 ]' t% |( Nhuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
8 N% D4 M1 r8 {( {9 y7 i/ LRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |