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WWII attitudes to conscription and going into the service
I don't know if this can be of interest: I'll post this only as a reference or a comparison. In my country we had conscription since a very recent time. No real war was in sight, and in the few occasions in which conscripted soldiers actually had to fight (Lebanon in the '80s or Somalia in...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #25
- Forum: WWII
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Favorite Uniforms
Carabinieri have their bicorne too, and sometimes even wear it.. [huh]- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #102
- Forum: WWII
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Unpopular movie opinions...
I personally didn't really enjoyed it; just tired of Johnny Depp johnnydeppizing around, and the 3D keeps looking like a pop-up book in scenes with crowds of people...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #125
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Unpopular movie opinions...
You can not believe how I liked to read this thread: turns out I'm not crazy, after all! It may happen to think you are, when you are the only one who dislikes what is generally liked... Ben Stiller (funny?) , Tarantino's movies (I don't think having a fetishism for feet and loving crappy...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #89
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Sopranos
Plus, James Gandolfini's family is from the hillside near my town... :)- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #5
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Historical clothing that Hollywood has trouble with
Not really "golden era", but it bothers me nonetheless as I graduated in Classical Humanities (Greek Philology): for some reason, in almost every recent movie about Rome/ classical Greece and related eras, people wear dirty, badly stitched if not completely reaped off clothes. It's like...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #68
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Ever seen AN6552 M442 or G1 with sheepskin D1 or B3 type collar like in this photo?
Ops, I didn't read you already stated that. Sorry. Anyway, to me it doesn't look like he just added side entries: the jacket as a whole seems too much different from a military issue to be a real repro, for what I know, so I guess he bought simply what he liked, or had it made. It surely sends...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #4
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Ever seen AN6552 M442 or G1 with sheepskin D1 or B3 type collar like in this photo?
He seems to be keeping his hands in side-entry pockets, and the jacket lacks a storm flap... so I'm guessing it's not a G1 or M422, and not military issue: am I wrong? PS Looking better, I noticed that the jacket has an "A2 style" external flap, the zipper starts higher than the...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #2
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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GTH Leather jackets
I seriously doubt that anything actually made in Italy could be reasonably priced...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #11
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Italian Americans persecuted during WW II in the US
As for people freeing themselves form tyrants, as others yet told you, it happens; not so often. Why some succeed in doing so, and others not, should be a matter of serious investigation, not a way to demonize or blame whole nations: which indeed is racistic. Fascism was openly and actively...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #28
- Forum: WWII
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Italian Americans persecuted during WW II in the US
This is way simplistic and wishful thinking. I already stated how things had gone, but if you still want to conveniently ignore them for the sake of "blame a whole people makes me feel so good", I'm not going to repeat them infinitely. That's all I can do for you. You seem to consider a people...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #19
- Forum: WWII
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Italian Americans persecuted during WW II in the US
No, they shouldn't be blamed for the actions of a Government iif they didn't vote for it (especially not the ones living in the USA); and no, they couldn't change that Government by any mean. First of all, Mussolini was expressely chosen as a frist Minister by the King himself, instead of...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #14
- Forum: WWII
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Italian Americans persecuted during WW II in the US
I don't quite agree with you, and not because I'm italian (actually, as I stated elsewhere, my family was antifascist and had to face internment in prison here...) First of all, I don't think foreign nationals should be blamed for their government, even (or especially) when it's a dictatorial...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #5
- Forum: WWII
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Favorite Uniforms
I'd don't know... I love the look of more ore less "historical uniforms" (as British "no 1" dress uniforms or USMC blues and the equivalent all around the world... we have some fine specimens also here in Italy); Navy uniforms are fine too, though they look all basically the same due to...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #29
- Forum: WWII
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Inception Jackets
Both the jackets seem to fit, to me; it's only that DiCaprio has larger shoulders than the other guy, different body frames so different visual impressions, but I'd don't say one fits better than the other... there's a '70s "vibe" nonetheless. Well, I guess not every one loves the '40s... Ciao!- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #5
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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My new Peacoat
I'd had let them on! (correct english? :o ) I own a peacoat with Italian navy ranks on it, and wear it very often (well, in the winter!), which strictly speaking would be forbidden in Italy, and nobody ever told me anything, not even Police forces during routine traffic controls, so... well...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #18
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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B3 surplus in postwar Italy
Well I was not sure about what section does this belong, so... anyway, as sheepskin and leather flight jackets (repro and originals) seem to have a confirmed position in the Outerwear section due to their costant appeal, I post this here; if mods things WWII would be more apopriate, they can...- Italian-wiseguy
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Opinions on this heavy black cowhide leather jacket...
As for what my opinion is worth (I own vintage, but not leather jackets... my only leather jacket is strange "luftwaffian- A2 indian made hybrid"... and... I like it!) I'd go for the first posted cowhide jacket. Why not, after all? At least it's particular and not identical to every other...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #19
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Stop for Nazi posts?
Chas I never intended to say that the Axis armies and the Allied ones were on the same level. I clearly stated that there was a right and a wrong side, and these were right or wrong for a reason. I only disagree with the demonization of the whole of the german soldiers of the period...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #76
- Forum: WWII
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Stop for Nazi posts?
Chas I understand your point of view but I still can't completely agree. First of all, cause not only the Germans committed atrocities: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_war_crimes_during_World_War_II I'm not a jurist and I have no idea if serving in a democratic army, while...- Italian-wiseguy
- Post #73
- Forum: WWII
