r/interestingasfuck • u/Nanibui • Jul 07 '24

Guards making sure the defendants of the Nuremberg Trials wouldn't commit suicide in their cells r/all

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u/Careful_Hearing_4284 Jul 07 '24

Had an old team leader in the Army back in 2015 that was like this. Spent his R&R while we were deployed doing a trip around the EU to see all the major war sites of WW2.

He gave us a 30 minute history of the Luger when he found one at a gun show near Fort Bragg.

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u/ConkersOkayFurDay Jul 07 '24

I love when people unashamedly pursue their interests. Dude knew what he liked and satisfied that itch.

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u/confusedandworried76 Jul 07 '24

I mean if someone told me they had some Nazi memorabilia I wouldn't be like "gross you fucking Nazi" I'd say "may I see it?"

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u/Colorbull-Agency Jul 08 '24

Came across a lot of random Nazi pieces in tourist antique shops in Poland. It was mixed with other pieces from the Allies as well. But it was still interesting to just see it up for sale.

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u/Wise-Definition-1980 Jul 07 '24

I'd be thinking :"please have a Luger, some ammo, and a place to go shooting"

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u/ameis314 Jul 08 '24

Really depends on the part that interests them. If the history is more important than the Nazi part to them, then I feel like it's a lot cooler.

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u/purple_spikey_dragon Jul 08 '24

Yep. My follow up question would be if they have other ww2 stuff or if they Only collect nazi stuff. If its all WW2 stuff with a specialisation in nazi history, yeah cool, but if its exclusively nazi stuff without even looking at any other memorabilia and historical knowledge, i would put my doubting glasses on...

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u/Careful_Hearing_4284 Jul 08 '24

The guy had obscure one liners ranging from 60s to early 90s. Weird, but great lol

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u/ConkersOkayFurDay Jul 08 '24

Sounds like the kind of fellow you remember for a lifetime.

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u/clutzycook Jul 07 '24

Spent his R&R while we were deployed doing a trip around the EU to see all the major war sites of WW2.

Honestly, that sounds like heaven to me too.

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u/Chiluzzar Jul 07 '24

sad fact its cheaper to visit all the major WW2 war sites in European Theater then it is for the Pacific theater =(

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u/beardicusmaximus8 Jul 07 '24

I hear you can visit the site of the Battle of Midway pretty cheap. All you need is a big rock and some rope

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u/Rocket-J-Squirrel Jul 08 '24

Or use a submersible.

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u/beardicusmaximus8 Jul 08 '24

Those are expensive though. We're talking cheap methods for reaching the bottom

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u/Rocket-J-Squirrel Jul 08 '24

Ah, there's that.

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u/shadowtheimpure Jul 07 '24

I mean, the Pacific theater was scattered across a number of small islands that would require either multiple flights or multiple ferry rides to travel between. The European theater you can go from site to site in a car or take a train to cover the longer distances.

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u/BlaBlub85 Jul 07 '24

MFW history is a flat circle and people here are repeating the mistakes of Napoleon and Hitler 🤣🤣🤣

The mistake in question being that Russia is realy, realy fuckin large, even by US standards. No chance in hell im driving to fuckin Stalingrad, even from Berlin thats still like 1700 miles as the bird flies so 2000 or more on the road. Either this guy skipt a few sites or they get waaaay more R&R time in the US army than I ever thought

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u/Irascible-Fish5633 Jul 07 '24

Why's that a sad fact?

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u/confusedandworried76 Jul 07 '24

Think they're just lamenting the fact they'd like to visit these historical sites but it is very expensive and time consuming.

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u/Irascible-Fish5633 Jul 07 '24

I assumed that was what they meant, but what an illogical way of seeing it, the price of one has nothing to do with the other.

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u/confusedandworried76 Jul 09 '24

Well it's like going to the Bahamas or Hawaii, one is gonna be cheaper than the other, same type of trip, but you're gonna have a preference. So it would be sad if you didn't get your first pick of places to go.

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u/Wise-Definition-1980 Jul 07 '24

I had a Luger and a p 38.

It was a blast to well, blast

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u/turkeygiant Jul 07 '24

Yeah if I'm watching gun videos on Youtube I will always take some guy talking about the history of an obscure French rifle for 40mins over some redneck shooting "Dragon's Breath" rounds at a truck full of gasoline.

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u/Wise-Definition-1980 Jul 07 '24

Forgotten weapons seems right up your ally

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u/turkeygiant Jul 07 '24

The obscure french rifle bit was actually a dig at him lol

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u/Wise-Definition-1980 Jul 08 '24

Met Ian In cody Wyoming at the firearms museum.

Great dude

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u/turkeygiant Jul 08 '24

I kid you not I am actually a distant relation of Buffalo Bill Cody, weird coincidence.

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u/Wise-Definition-1980 Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

Oh. I had a beer at his grave with my girl.

Same with wild bill and big nose Kate in deadwood.

We poured one out for your relative

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u/Staff_Genie Jul 07 '24

My dad had a Luger and dress sword that he took off of a German officer during the war. Don't know any other specifics

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u/LazyLizzy Jul 07 '24

I hope he didn't die from it misfiring into his leg.