Comments by "vk2ig" (@vk2ig) on "At the Gates of Moscow - Furthest German Advance 1941" video.

  1.  @annoyed707  LOL! "I am sorry, Comrades OberLeutnant and Feldwebel, but your travel permit is out of date - don't you know there's a war on? Where did you say you were from, again?"
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  2.  @Tuleyne  And then when they were ready to leave they ran into the icecream counter just before the exit. They had no chance!
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  3. @Tobbe Häggberg Indeed. Only ever been there once, but I was impressed. Husqvarna, Silva, SKF, ABB, Kockums, Bofors, Saab, Volvo, Ericcson, Scania, Assa Abloy, Electrolux, Hasselblad, Atlas Copco, Sandvik ... just to name some of the manufacturers of gear I've bought or used over the years.
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  4. Moral of the story: when you bring really nice icecream with you, you get to say a lot longer.
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  5.  @skydiverclassc2031  "Hans, I have the parts - now please assemble this Panther tank ..."
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  6. No no! As someone else posted, it's just leftover furniture that some frustrated IKEA customer couldn't assemble properly.
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  7. Lennongrad? "Imagine there's no heaven ..."
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  8.  @genericdave8420  Indeed. I would bet that anyone trying to invade IKEA wouldn't get more than 10 metres past the revolving door.
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  9.  @QuilinImperator  They were busy concentrating on their plans for a Greater Co-prosperity Sphere in SE Asia.
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  10. If you're talking about that terrible film dating to around 2001 or thereabouts, that was (very) loosely set during the battle for Stalingrad.
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  11.  @tomat6362  As is the nice icecream and meatballs ...
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  12. British
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  13. Ignominy seriously sounds like the name of a small town outside Moscow.
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  14. A very different one. Possibly one where I wouldn't be typing this stuff right now ...
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  15. A remarkable story. There are a couple of other books of similar genre, but not as long, written by German soldiers who ended up in Soviet prison camps, eventually released, and emigrated to Australia.
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