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Rodger Herbst · Post by **Rodger Herbst** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:34 am

I read where some of the crew of the HMCS Uganda in the summer of 1945 off the coast of Japan, wanted to be demobilized because they said they only signed on to fight the Germans. True?

This is a WW1 question, when the French Army "mutinied" there were some Russian troops, some say a regiment, some say a division, who were talking revolution so the French turned thier artillery on them and wiped them out. It seems hard to blieve thay could kill everyone seeing how a weeks bombardment on the Somme left plenty of Germans alive.

Anybody know if these stories are true or false ?

nigelfe · Post by **nigelfe** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:48 am

My understanding is that all rumours of Russian troops on the W Front in WW1 are just that.

Rodger Herbst · Post by **Rodger Herbst** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 6:46 am

I agree nigelfe,but you come acros it ever so often when reading and you wonder if someone has new information or is just repeating a old rumor.

Steen Ammentorp · Post by **Steen Ammentorp** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:00 am

There were a Russian Expeditionary Force in France during WWI. It is not just rumours.

See the following links:

http://www.uea.ac.uk/his/webcours/russi ... d005.shtml
http://members.aol.com/begemot/legion/lrhist.htm
http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_ ... France.htm

Rodger Herbst · Post by **Rodger Herbst** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:57 pm

Thanks Steen,VERY,VERY good links, I know I'll have a different take of Russians in France in WW1.

Every time you read about Russians in France it's a couple of lines,like a after thought, so you become suspicious of the writer, that he don't have facts just rumor. Thanks again.

phylo_roadking · Post by **phylo_roadking** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:06 pm

Rodger, time to use Google!

http://www.naval-museum.mb.ca/uganqueb/index.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/hms-uganda

http://www.hmcsugandaquebec.com/

phylo

nigelfe · Post by **nigelfe** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:49 am

I'm off to look for the Angel of Mons now.

However, a bit of cross checking on facts indicate that the Russian claims of heavy fighting and glorious actions should be taken with a pinch of salt. Even if there was such a French fmn as the Moroccan Shock Division, Amiens is on the Somme and was part of the BEF sector in spring 1918. The German offensive, Plan MICHAEL, had been stopped at Hamel and Villers-Bretonneux on 4 April. The BEF doesn't seem to have noted anything significant in the area until the Australian attack in early July.