Family Military Traditions

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[quote author=Slaninar link=topic=11292.msg131274#msg131274 date=1393828728]
My grandfather fought with the Yugoslav Partisans ( Europe's most effective anti-Nazi [color=rgb(11, 0, 128)]resistance movement[/color], holding a lot of German divisions busy) in the north of our country. Never liked to talk about war. Never hated Germans, just fascists. When I asked him if he got wounded, he laughed and said "yes, in the arse once".    He was decorated after the war (got those medals on his chest on some special occasions, but never talked about them).




Father was with the police during 1999. NATO bombing of my country, when the police were mobilized along with the army, entering police buildings that were targeted to save, or keep com. equipment working, but was lucky to get out in time every time.

That's really interesting Slaninar,  the various resistance movements around Europe did an amazing job in keeping the German army busy. A very dangerous thing to do.


Mickey
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Certainly was. Photos from a trip to France and Flanders last year, this was in Arras where resistance fighters were shot by the nazis.
It was one of those places that has an aura about it, really quiet, no one around except us. Sobering.