I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters , r. ]' t$ P+ c. ~
( ]1 L/ @' u% a+ RWanting the trojans to win - S2 d1 K7 e5 a- x q) y
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
4 o. }/ Q- L# g: w1 o) Fcheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
2 V5 R+ U+ S. j8 A/ asupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal & J% B8 f" A, B( S. G+ k ^9 x1 F
civil 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)
) _4 L T' `8 t D, mmorally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was , U% J3 H h$ i* y
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
- w8 u( |0 V/ `and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
# r0 g6 I# t# S* v5 U" xsame 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 ). ; b0 v1 o* S) H( W$ d+ c
supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience).
, t# R7 c @) ihuge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2. ' I! p- S6 Z$ L& |, d) q2 Y$ s
Rome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |