Polar Bears

[LV426]

Sorry to chime in at this point… but the polar bear here is a dummy and the whole thing is a mock up… at least here… not the pic with the U-Boot crew killing a living polar bear (not nice at all by our standards) for food/proteins and survival of the crew…
A lot of french/belgium civilians may also find it very „disturbing“ to say the least when bomber crews put X-Mas greetings on hheir bombs they jettisoned onto eastern France and southern Belgium ( end of 44 early 45) … collateral damage excuses did not help /sooth the victims feeling’s of lost Family members at all…
Just to say…

Yes ! I was always aware that the bear was a dummy I just wanted to react to creepy situation seeing -SS- smilling with their knife , in term of symbolic , not situation . I'm not the kind of guy to over react to some situations like a Uboot crew posing with theire next meal fiull of protein ( I would act the same ) and painting a "happy Xmas Hitler" , I would have done exactely the same . If the soldiers have been from the Heer I think I would have not react the same and just put a thumb up . My father was born in 22 in France and was sent to Germany for compulsory work service ( STO in french ) He worked in a ball bearing factory . He told me that he was happy to hear the sirens screaming for bombing , he knew that the allies did their job. My mother was born in 32 and much younger but enough to feel the war and see the result of the bombing , she was clever enough to understand the need of such raids . She told me that the British were trowing down some flyers to warn about that the next bombiong raid would point a briodge for example . But in all wars civilian have to endure the crualty of it. Thanks Pilot

 

[Adama36]

I think Blackboxr1200S is incorrect, the trend actually did not fade in the 70s ...