Violent anti-fascists pose with a flag they stole from a gathering of right wing demonstrators

[packman]

1944

[KS Toronado]

1. Anti-fascists rule!

[Traildogbob]

2. Well done packman

Nice tee shirt artwork. I may make this my screen saver.

[Fritz Walter]

3. Not to mention disarming the fascists

I wonder what’s the story behind the sword the one GI is holding.

[Aristus]

6. Looks like a machete.

Used for clearing dense undergrowth in tangled forests like the Ardennes.

[yagotme]

7. This. n/t

[Aviation Pro]

11. Or going all Inglorious Basterds on stubborn Nazis

But I'll accept the hedge row answer too.

[yellowdogintexas]

30. My dad was in the Bulge, tromping through the snow, laying signal wire across

the Ardennes. Nearly lost his feet from frostbite, too. He was a corporal; due to loss of men he ended up the highest ranking soldier in the unit and was awarded a Bronze Star.

He Never Talked About the War except to mention a companion here and there.

We have two bayonets he brought back with him. I have one and my sister has the other. One of them has the double lightening bolts on the hilt.

[uponit7771]

4. K&R,

[NoMoreRepugs]

5. Thee Greatest Generation bar none.

[calimary]

8. Dayum! No kidding!

What an amazing photo!

[BobTheSubgenius]

9. Nice one!

[AllaN01Bear]

10. nice one packman.!

the real anti fa.

[KatK]

12. Good one! FYI, a Paratrooper US 101st Airborne Division is holding the Nazi flag n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

28. Screaming Eagles!! I grew up not far from their home base Ft Campbell KY nt

[cstanleytech]

36. And these days a number of Republicans are holding it.

[ThatJustHappened]

13. Yep

[liberalla]

16. Good question... and EXCELLENT graphic!

Welcome!

[niyad]

34. Welcome to our DU family

[Tactical Peek]

14. Another antifascist protestor:

[Chipper Chat]

15. And in a brown suit even .

The hills are alive.

[momta]

17. RIP Christopher Plummer

Great clip.

[displacedtexan]

18. ANTIFA!!!!!

[SpankMe]

19. Sometimes it's all about perspective, isn't it? n/t

[FakeNoose]

20. My Dad was AntiFa too

... but he trained for flights over the Pacific. He would have been flying over Tokyo if they hadn't surrendered after Hiroshima-Nagasaki.

AntiFa rules!

[The Jungle 1]

21. That would be a great bumper sticker!

My father was also Antifa. 82 Airborne. He made a bunch of combat jumps, D day for one, and the Battle of the Bulge.
I think I will get that bumper sticker made. I know my father would be outraged by current events.

[Mopar151]

24. Some people meet their heroes - I was raised by mine!

Dad was a little scary.....

Decorated, (Bronze Star, Purple Heart), Disabled veteran of combat in the Vosges Mountains of France, 100th Division, 3rd Army. 3 of my uncles served. Our neighbors were vets too - Airborne, and Seabees. You did'nt point a STICK like it was a gun, around those hard combat vets! Even if you were the town cop........

[Roy Rolling]

22. Right-wing cultists cheered Putin and called this guy scum

[FakeNoose]

29. Ike was one of our very best generals - ever!

He was a decent POTUS also, the last good Republican.
Thank you General Eisenhower!

[Red Pest]

23. My father-in-law was a non-violent anti-fascist.

He was a dentist with the US Army and helped to liberate Dachau Concentration Camp. He gave testimony to the US Holocaust Museum. I saw his pictures of the camp on the day of liberation. He was able to communicate with many of the survivors because he spoke Yiddish. My wife said that when he told me of his experiences of helping in the liberation, it was the first time she ever heard him speak of it. Shortly after that he went to give his testimony to the museum.

[DashOneBravo]

26. Great picture

Germans feared those devils in baggy pants.

[Aristus]

31. I read an interview once with a German veteran of World War II.

The interviewer asked him which Allied troops did he and the other Germans fear most.

He replied: "The Americans."

When asked why, he replied: "Well, the French go into battle shouting, and the British go into battle singing, but the Americans fight in complete silence. There was something terrifying about these silent, implacable troops making their way across the battlefield."

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. That quote gave me goosebumps.

[Aristus]

33. I got the same reaction the first time I read that.

It sure is different from the Hollywood image of the cheerful, gum-cracking citizen soldier handing out Hershey bars to little kids, bathing out of their helmets, writing letters to their girls back home on toilet paper, etc.

[DashOneBravo]

40. I've never heard of that.

It’s a great point I’d never considered before.

It’s kinda funny.

I know the Germans called some of the paratroopers, “Devils in baggy pants “.

In the picture that was posted, you can see the baggy pants

[Aristus]

41. Yeah, one thing the Germans really didn't like was the American uniform.

They called them "golf clothes."

The U.S. Armed Forces were the first to make a distinction between combat uniforms and off-duty or dress uniforms.

The German soldier was issued a rig he was expected to wear in combat, and also in parades, inspections, etc. For "dress" functions, the uniforms would be cleaned and pressed, and decorated with the soldiers medals and awards. But basically, it was the same uniform that was expected to stand up to the rigors of battle. So it was expected to look smart, well-fitted, and reflective of centuries of Teutonic military tradition.

The American combat uniform design stressed comfort and durability. So baggy 'golf clothing' look or not, it got the job done.

[yellowdogintexas]

27. I have one of the big banners my dad brought home from the war

It is neatly folded on the top shelf of my closet. It is made of wool, too.

I have considered giving it to the little county museum back home, as they have a display about the war veterans, along with a picture of my dad in uniform.

[Faux pas]

35. Excellent

[Chicago1980]

37. So what's happening in Portland,

Violent anti-fascism or Anarchy?

[colsohlibgal]

38. Yep Antifa Saved The Day Back Then

And Eisenhower would be appalled at what happened to the Republican Party. If he was here now he would join most of his family now as a Democrat.....same as the Rockefeller family.

They didn’t leave the Party the Party left them.

[El Mimbreno]

39. More anti-fascists