Post stories of funny shit happening during wartime. From North Africa in 1941:
>Similarly, one day Leonard Tutt was in a small forward weapon pit with some Australian infantrymen, observing for his guns. As the day dawned one of the diggers went through the first light task of seeing if anything had happened in the enemy-held area during the night:
>This meant scanning the whole area with a periscope to look for the first giveaway that they were becoming freshly ambitious: freshly turned earth, revealing that they were digging new earthworks or installing extra machine guns. Quite unexpectedly, one of their men climbed above ground, moved a few steps from the edge of his trench and started to urinate. I waited for the Australians to open fire on him but, suddenly, there was a great laugh from someone on our side then two or three of them climbed out and began to do the same. It was contagious. In a few minutes there must have been fifty men, German and Australian alike, relieving themselves, shaking out their blankets, trying to toss cigarettes across the intervening space, and generally enjoying a holiday from hate. This must have gone on for about six or seven minutes before the whine of a shell sent everyone diving below ground again and the war resumed.
Anyway, heres one for you: >Bosses granddad >In Normandy, serving as a truck driver in the British army >Leads his convoy up to resupply some units >On the way back the road they came through is being bombarded so they take a different route >Divert along a track through the woods >Stop innawoods to get bearings >Suddenly a German emerges from the woods >And another >And another >An entire battalion of heavily armed Germans walks out infront of these truck drivers >8 trucks, with 2 men in each, they know they are fucked and prepare to surrender >One of the germans walks up to bosses granddad (because he was the highest ranking there) >"Ve surrender" >Entire battalion of Germans surrender to 8 tommies >Bosses granddad leaves 6 men to guard the 100+ prisoners and drives off to find HQ >eventually finds them and gets a task force sent back to accept the surrender of the Germans and bring them in
Hudson Turner
Its been awhile since I thought about this story so ive forgotten a few details >be Eric Hartmann >about to get medal so celebrating with best buddy Gerhard Barkhorn >up all night drinking cognac >blind drunk >stumble on over to medal ceremony >shit wheres my hat? >grab whatever hat off the hat rack >doesnt fit but itll work >major comes in and starts losing his shit >take that hat off right now, thats Hitlers hat >wow he has a big head, must come with the job, ja? >Barkhorn is losing his shit laughing off to the side.
I also know one of eino juutilainen. >youre finnish mad man eino juutilainen >on r&r >most people in your group decide to walk on down to the sauna >but not you, you have better plans >you walk out into the forest before them and find a nice big rock near their path >all your buddies are laughing on their merry way >start shooting at their feet >they start freaking out and ready whatever weapons they have >they hear your manly laugh >jesus christ Eino we could have shot you! >no you couldnt, im behind a very large rock!
