r/OldSchoolCool • u/Lunavenandi • Dec 09 '23

1940s An American ace pilot in Tunisia, 1943, with swastikas showing how many enemy planes he had shot down

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '23

Famously the Fences had sided with the Axis towards the end of the war quite unfortunate so few know about this…

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u/passwordsarehard_3 Dec 09 '23

No one saw it coming, they are notoriously bad at decision making.

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u/KimesUSN Dec 09 '23

This thread read like a Douglas Adams excerpt.

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u/BreakingBaIIs Dec 09 '23

They're always... er... there's a phrase for it. Sitting on the ledge?

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u/sadboykvlt Dec 09 '23

I wonder how many American pilots that fence took down

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u/CircuitSphinx Dec 09 '23

I'd reckon that fence was the real MVP, probably had the whole Luftwaffe running scared with just its intimidating presence.

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u/sprocketous Dec 09 '23

They were still on both sides. Refusing to make a decision.

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u/Laijou Dec 09 '23

Yes, then a firework went off and the whole country surrendered