tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056210507389709335.post7730632002450888394..comments2024-03-26T20:17:26.619-07:00Comments on Mannie Gentile: Combat Helmets of the 20th Century: Spanish Leather Tankman's HelmetMannie Gentilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06225923971073419275noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056210507389709335.post-17001408547121841792016-01-23T10:59:42.073-08:002016-01-23T10:59:42.073-08:00I fully agree with what this poster said. If you m...I fully agree with what this poster said. If you must make political comments then please research your history before just repeating what one can learn from modern school books. Otherwise I enjoy your helmet collection!<br /><br />" Anonymous said...<br /><br /> Hello,<br /> You know nothing about Spain history to speak so easily about. First Francisco Franco’s was an authoritarian regime rather than a dictatorship in the nasty German nazi stile and despite its defects, incomparably better than the totalitarian regimes with which the Spanish Left has always identified (e.g. the Soviet Union, China, Cuba). Second, that Franco defeated, not a democracy, which the Republic failed to be, but a revolution led and fought over by Stalinists, Marxists revolutionaries, anarchists and left-wing Republicans and separatists. Thirdly, that through his neutrality after the Civil War he spared Spain the ravages of World War II. Fourth, that by suppressing the communist-led guerrilla forces he crushed any attempt to revive the Civil War. Finally, that he watered down the old resentments and hatreds while managing to leave behind a prosperous country at his death. Something that former ruined communist countries cannot say. Keep educating us about helmets and leave the politics apart.<br /><br /> June 17, 2015 at 11:45 AM"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056210507389709335.post-17528378389911599082015-06-17T11:45:38.456-07:002015-06-17T11:45:38.456-07:00Hello,
You know nothing about Spain history to spe...Hello,<br />You know nothing about Spain history to speak so easily about. First Francisco Franco’s was an authoritarian regime rather than a dictatorship in the nasty German nazi stile and despite its defects, incomparably better than the totalitarian regimes with which the Spanish Left has always identified (e.g. the Soviet Union, China, Cuba). Second, that Franco defeated, not a democracy, which the Republic failed to be, but a revolution led and fought over by Stalinists, Marxists revolutionaries, anarchists and left-wing Republicans and separatists. Thirdly, that through his neutrality after the Civil War he spared Spain the ravages of World War II. Fourth, that by suppressing the communist-led guerrilla forces he crushed any attempt to revive the Civil War. Finally, that he watered down the old resentments and hatreds while managing to leave behind a prosperous country at his death. Something that former ruined communist countries cannot say. Keep educating us about helmets and leave the politics apart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056210507389709335.post-41482638640075291512008-08-05T18:45:00.000-07:002008-08-05T18:45:00.000-07:00Noel,I'll look for it. Old tank footage and great...Noel,<BR/><BR/>I'll look for it. Old tank footage and great pix of hairdos on despots are things I never tire of.<BR/><BR/>MannieMannie Gentilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225923971073419275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056210507389709335.post-21775609101238658632008-08-02T13:56:00.000-07:002008-08-02T13:56:00.000-07:00Love your writing, Mannie, whether serious, light,...Love your writing, Mannie, whether serious, light, or somewhere in between. These pix bring to mind one of the best descriptions of combat that I've read (although not involving armor): a George Orwell account of Republicans during the Spanish Civil War taking and briefly holding a fortified Nationalist position somewhere. Also, somewhere out there on the 'net is a short and blurry, but arresting, bit of footage, supposedly showing Republican T-26's in action.Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208105904204867035noreply@blogger.com