Page 1 of 1
Joke about Swedish conversion......
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:59 am
by Helmut Von Moltke
hi kameraden, heh heh I feel like making a funny joke, fiction. Towards the end of the war, when the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS were short on uniforms, a German guy working at the German embassy in Stockholm in Sweden notices that the Swedish soldiers wear field gray uniforms similar to German ones. So, the embassy guy goes to a shop and buys some Swedish uniforms without Swedish insignia, then flies them to the Reich in a Junkers plane, and when it arrives in the Reich the Wehrmacht/Waffen SS quartermaster just adds on German insignia onto the Swedish tunic.. and wa la! ready for combat!
lol
cheers,
helmut
Sveedish
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:59 pm
by haen1
Helmut,
Actually that joke was not too far fetched.
Sweden had a brisk commerce going with Germany, From ballbearings (made in the USA), to Zimmer Bofors anti Aircraft guns, to what have you.
Since the uniforms did indeed look alike to an extent, that "joke' could even have been true.
Hail and salutations !
HN
Re: Sveedish
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:59 am
by Helmut Von Moltke
haen1 wrote:Helmut,
Actually that joke was not too far fetched.
Sweden had a brisk commerce going with Germany, From ballbearings (made in the USA), to Zimmer Bofors anti Aircraft guns, to what have you.
Since the uniforms did indeed look alike to an extent, that "joke' could even have been true.
Hail and salutations !
HN
lol, thanks.