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Reply #420 on: February 26, 2020, 08:39:32 PM
He is revered in Israel. Seems he was responsible for training and organizing the first Israeli settlers to defend themselves against Arab attacks in Palestine back in the '20's. Some there consider him the Father of the IDF.

Actually, he was active in promoting a British- sanctioned Zionist defense force in the later 30's.

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Reply #421 on: February 26, 2020, 11:08:55 PM
Yeah, that was it, the '30's. Don't know why I put '20's.  :idiot2:

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Reply #422 on: February 27, 2020, 08:14:42 AM

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Reply #423 on: February 27, 2020, 10:16:42 AM

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Reply #424 on: February 27, 2020, 12:06:15 PM

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Reply #425 on: February 27, 2020, 12:32:38 PM
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Reply #426 on: February 27, 2020, 01:28:19 PM
I always though it was a really impressive aircraft.

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Reply #427 on: February 28, 2020, 06:53:15 AM

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Reply #428 on: February 28, 2020, 07:05:04 AM

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Reply #429 on: February 28, 2020, 09:09:46 AM

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Reply #430 on: March 04, 2020, 11:46:18 AM

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Reply #431 on: March 04, 2020, 03:09:33 PM
I hear the airship was only slightly smaller in size than the man. And considerably less gassie.  :P

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Reply #432 on: March 04, 2020, 07:11:02 PM
Hugo Eckner, Graff Ferdinand von Zeppelin's successor at the Zeppelin Works, was absolutely horrified at having to sport swastikas on the tail planes for the Hindenburg. He was a strong anti-nazi who tried to run against Hitler in the 1932 elections, putting him near the top of the new regime's naughty list. Afterwards, he still wouldn't top vilifying the Nazis , and it's likely that only his friendship with P. von Hindenberg himself and Eckner's own fame for his airship exploits kept him from a firing squad.

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Reply #433 on: April 02, 2020, 10:03:33 PM

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Reply #434 on: April 02, 2020, 10:23:17 PM
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