I thought we Brits were the ultimate underdog supporters ! t+ R8 A M$ _# Z" x: z, K& o. K
/ m/ W4 ]+ r7 L4 eWanting the trojans to win + J. g" f Z& I4 r
supporting the confederacy (not slavery though)
) s! G+ G, h; ^+ ~) ?cheering on vercengetorix (even though he's french  )
& i' q) [ j3 O, j/ nsupporting (eventually ) an israeli state even after the brutal 5 K2 {9 n' x; {) K) i
civil 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) , y0 e1 I+ f9 J/ H& j9 d3 C; @
morally supporting the finns vs the USSR in 39, and shamefully not sending men, although that was
2 Q! w/ g& l7 d3 cprimarily stopped by norway and sweden.
9 ]2 d4 Q3 B# Iand oddly likeing Napoleon as a great man while plotting his downfall and exile. # X. X) |( n0 f5 j$ D3 ]1 w1 c. |
same 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 ).
$ h( g) O& v. p: e' r6 q2 R8 C. ysupporting protestanism <sp> against the all powerful catholic church from 1548 onwards ( again though nowt to do with real religous conviction but just convenience). 3 P. u& S& F C# n
huge respect for Yuglavia's and greece's(crete esp) partisan actions during WW2.
: r" n- q1 ?( j6 Y" f9 pRome vs the all conquoring huns held at bay finally in eastern france. |
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