Thread: Short WW2 Movie named ".303"

Originally Posted by WallyR

Crap ending - the 'fortunes of war' eh.

Yes, that is war. You could view it in a way that Brits shooting Germans was similar crap. Brits and Germans are really quite similar people, both speaking Germanic languages. Just see how at Waterloo they worked together and licked the French. It was quite a successful venture but quickly forgotten.

If we'd done that in 1914 (face it, we could as unjustly have joined any side of that squabble) WW1 would have been over as fast as the French could organise their surrender (just look how they dropped the British Expeditionary Force second time round). Then, going back to end of WW1, the French would not have pushed for such a vindictive humiliating Versailles "treaty", and there would have been no National Socialist Workers Party arise from the bog this created, never mind WW2.

I digress. The Lee Enfield: a great rifle incorporating great features. Including even a half-cock safety.