I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters
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" S6 w& W4 x; q) Z; FWanting the trojans to win - Z7 ]2 x8 ^6 O2 p+ S
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
" f/ f" B) U8 V6 d) {cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french )
( u6 A! ?, t4 j4 R' y" usupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal
- B% P$ F& v* c$ _( T( w3 u9 xcivil war, and now i want to support the palestinains as we really let them down in the 1st 30 years of the 20th century.(not condoning suicide bombing in any way) % |. Q0 `% J+ s% Z r
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was ' ~& R* V9 w; x4 }/ O$ w5 r
primarily stopped by norway and sweden. 7 P" s; Q& y6 ~7 D. K8 U3 W2 k
and oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile.
' q& F6 R9 Z/ k8 B. S: Nsame with Rommel , almost a folk hero to some vets even though he was the enemy. (first hand testimony from an ex-pow held in italy ).
0 }, C$ o" t% C+ a, }supporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 0 t. c; r& W, s- y1 i5 \
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
, z7 P- c4 ]/ w" J! B% b+ ZRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |