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Think of something appropriately witty for this picture and leave your caption as a comment below. The best caption will be judged by the editorial team and published in the next issue of Military History Monthly!
MHM36
Early training for Operation Seelowe
-How deep do you think it is?
-Uh…4 feet.
Zee enemy vos just about to make hamburgers of us.So, ya! I prefer deep vater to deep shit.
Vee haf to stop meeting like tzis, Wolfgang! I tzink Magda knows tzat vee are horsing around.
I was a German Warmblood before I joined this outfit. Now I’m Freezin’ Cross.
Ze Inglisch Channel is not as vide or deep as I thought, Hermann.
Deutschland uber water, eh Hans?
Neigh, bugger your bullets, what about my balls? Knock it off “Kaiser” you’re a gelding, neigh!
Herr Hauptman this Blitzkrieg on horseback doesn’t make sense…
Dolt, it makes perfect sense…….just like issue 36 crossword!!
If this is a Blitzkreig shouldn’t we be in Panzer’s..?
Don’t be daft the horses wouldn’t fit in a Panzer!
well Klaus, it looks like we’re knee deep in… well, water…hot water
Zis is ridiculous, Hans. I bet the Polish horses have been issued with legs.
The German remake of “The Magnificent Seven” depicts how the small group of stormtroopers ride to the assitance of besieged villagers in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Belgium, Holland, France…etc!
Is zis really how ve are going to invade England, on zees horses.
When I first joined the 1st Panzer Corps, this wasn’t the kind of horsepower I had in mind.
A Wolfgang, do you think we look like a group of sweet water babies, no Hansel, just a bunch of sour krouts.
A Gustav, they say you can smell fear, yes, Gunter, but I think your horse is taking zee dump and I fear that he is not zee only one.
So, this is the picture that inspired the famous Liverpool song, Jerry across the Mersey
Fritz! Fritz, this waters cold?
Schimdt for ze last time we are ze SS. And SS does not stand for School Girl Social Club so keep on riding in the name of the Fuher or you will be shot.
Yes Fritz but ze water is awfully cold?