I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters 7 N0 S0 j- o( r* x* S O h+ O
1 }( G. X$ l4 h v. I$ ~2 m6 YWanting the trojans to win 0 @" u& N# w" s0 B- |
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though) & g L. h0 u; c7 v; M6 ^/ B
cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french ) 6 W: e# C! D, K+ t
supporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
: `, t- D' T) i" Q: Ocivil 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) % Q* b5 j- Y j
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was 4 n# F8 o5 [; k( x4 X& X& p8 @& C
primarily stopped by norway and sweden.
0 l1 ~& `8 w* h3 D6 c9 q3 cand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
( d5 N- p9 T; A7 I9 Vsame 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 ).
9 q+ b, Z6 M$ ?: bsupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). ! x! ^1 r+ d) v+ s
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
7 n/ V( o$ S" q0 _% o, {7 n7 iRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |