Couple of questions

[rh_LiteVixeN]

1) Are there reenactments in UK and Europe anywhere?

2) Can women join?

[Mak Los Mien Schnitzel]

There are plenty, it all depends on which side you are thinking of.

Here is a great one for Axis and Allies all around the world:

http://www.kompanie1.co.uk/12thss/links.htm

As far as women are concerned, most do not allow women in front line units, as there is a historical basis for this, however, there are plenty of uniformed women in these units.

[Mak Los Mien Schnitzel]

Heres a great site on womens reenactors groups:

http://www.reenactor.net/ww2/axis/womens_main.html

[rh_LiteVixeN]

Thankyou for posting the links, and the second one looks excellent

Regards

Midnyx

[voorst]

Yes, there are a lot of events in the UK and Europe. Expecially in France (only this year), Czech Republic, Poland,Belgium and Holland, Italy and Spain....just to choose

Some women, some dressed as Panzergrenadiere ( ) some as Helferin (better )

[rh_LiteVixeN]

Sounds exciting

[Eden Zhang]

I just find it weird that I've heard stories of men of Asian and African origins dressed as Panzergrenadiers, but many don't allow women.

Just a though.

[DarExc]

I just find it weird that I've heard stories of men of Asian and African origins dressed as Panzergrenadiers, but many don't allow women.

Just a though.

Thats because there were African, Asian and Mideastern volunteers in the German army. Only a handful of Africans and German blacks but many Middle-easterner and some Asians.

[Mak Los Mien Schnitzel]

Yes that is correct, in fact I should know as I am one of them

I reenact a chinese exchange unteroffizer in the 352nd defending the beach head at normandy where this lovely quote comes from:

http://www.worldwariihistory.info/in/USSR.html

The Wehrmacht in Normandy in June of 1944 was an international army. It had troops from every corner of the vast Soviet empire -- Mongolians, Cossacks, Georgians, Muslims, Chinese ... captured by the Germans in 1941 or 1942. There were some Koreans, captured by the Red Army in the 1939 war with Japan. In Normandy in June 1944, the 29th Division captured enemy troops of so many different nationalities that one GI blurted to his company commander, "Captain, just who the hell are we fighting, anyway?"

Another quote from a friend of mine, a Royal engineer who landed on sword beach in 1944 : D-day

You asked about the capture of prisoners of war with Chinese or Mongolian appearance? We captured so many with what appeared to be Mongolian features, that we carried them to the rear in lorries with boards up the sides just like carrying hay. So many, lorry after lorry load, many of them quite happy to be taken prisoner, sadly, we learned in later years that they were repatriated to the land of their birth, and legend has it that they were all executed, but I have no first hand knowledge of that. Certainly we captured very many. I am unable to say exactly what nationality they were.

If you're still skeptical, check this out, 6 pages of photos:

http://www.geocities.com/alvinlee_81/WarPics1.html

Eden, you in Oz then? I'm coming back to Melbourne in March.

[Eden Zhang]

Whats happenening in Melbourne in March?

[Mak Los Mien Schnitzel]

Nothing except my Visa in the Uk expiring . Back home to stay hopefully and I hope not too far from reenacting events ... only one I know is in Sydney dammit!

[CHRISCHA]

I hope going home won't lessen your input in the forum.

[Mak Los Mien Schnitzel]

Awwww... thats the nicest thing anyone has said here

definitely not but it will seriously lessen the places I can go (ie NO airsoft and probably zero reenactment) and the things I can get hold of (ie. riskier & more costlier shipping).

[Eden Zhang]

Mak Los, if you are over 18 you have the option of going paintballing. But that would ruin your nice uniform and we don't want that to happend.

[Mak Los Mien Schnitzel]

over 18? My gosh do I sound *that* immature

I'm am definitely WAAAY past that

Also, have you seen my kit?



I know it aint all genuine ww2 but you can't get a paintball gun that looks like that!

Thanks Eden, but once airsoft always airsoft. [/img]