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Jake
What was it like to be a soldier facing the germans and what did they have to endure as compared to WWI where it was mostly trench warfare, sniper fire etc?
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If you've really taken this on, then you've a lifetime's work ahead of you ! Firstly, there is no such thing as "the experience of the American soldier" - or any other soldier. Each man's experiences ae unique ro him, and depend as much upon his personal characteristics as on the events. I'm not American, by I am an example of this. From a very "sheltered" upbringing, I went - voluntarily - into litrally horrendous living-conditions aboard a very small, very overcrowded ship, but it was by far the best time of my life - I was doing what I'd always dreamed of doing. So with every individual, the "experiences" are different, and the only way to get an overall picture is to talk to a great many of the men involved. But you've left it a bit late for that ! Unless, in the USA, you have something comparable to our enormous archive of first-hand personal experiences of every kind from every sort of person, built up and catalogued by the BBC and the Imperial War Museum.
And a moment's thought will reveal how different would be the "experiences" of those fighting on Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Iwo Jima from those on the Italian Front, in Normandy and the Ardennes(Though Tarawa and Omaha Beach do have a lot in common, as do Guadalcanal and the Ardennes)
If you've really taken this on, then you've a lifetime's work ahead of you ! Firstly, there is no such thing as "the experience of the American soldier" - or any other soldier. Each man's experiences ae unique ro him, and depend as much upon his personal characteristics as on the events. I'm not American, by I am an example of this. From a very "sheltered" upbringing, I went - voluntarily - into litrally horrendous living-conditions aboard a very small, very overcrowded ship, but it was by far the best time of my life - I was doing what I'd always dreamed of doing. So with every individual, the "experiences" are different, and the only way to get an overall picture is to talk to a great many of the men involved. But you've left it a bit late for that ! Unless, in the USA, you have something comparable to our enormous archive of first-hand personal experiences of every kind from every sort of person, built up and catalogued by the BBC and the Imperial War Museum.
And a moment's thought will reveal how different would be the "experiences" of those fighting on Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Iwo Jima from those on the Italian Front, in Normandy and the Ardennes(Though Tarawa and Omaha Beach do have a lot in common, as do Guadalcanal and the Ardennes)
What is the best 4 man pop up tent that i can get for £70?
Dead Pixel
What are the best makes of pop up tents and which one would you say is the best for a 4 man highly waterproof tent. I do not want anything but a pop up/quick pitch tent, and it's need to be easy to buy online from the uk
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Millets have some good deals on at the moment. Eurohike have a corny name but they are pretty good for the price.
Buy online or in your local shop....link below.
You want highly waterproof pop-up 4-person tent for £70 though.
Ok. I'd like a Mercedes Sl35 but pay for a Ford Fiesta. We can dream.
The waterproofing is still OK though even on budget tents as long as you're not going to the Highlands or the Hebridean islands on a wet blowy day or expecting it to let in absolutely no rain during a four day rainy festival.
I use one to save wear and tear on my good tents for fishing off the rocks and beaches and for local walks in the hills where it can blow pretty bad and chuck it down, but that's close to home.
Nothing too bad if the tent fails. So far it's been OK but I pitch tighly and in as much shelter as I can find on our windswept hills with the tent orientated for the best wind protection.
To get the best performance you need to pitch it tight with no loose bits anywhere. Water runs off tight fabrics instead of collecting in puddles or making little rivers.
If it's got guy lines (some pop-up's don't) then get them well placed and tightened up all round to keep even pressures on the tent in wind. Pop-up's are not made for rough conditions-
If you buy a tunnel tent, as the pop-up's mostly are, you can use a sheet of polythene or a big lightweight groundsheet from B&Q, Aldi, Homebase etc as an extra cover. They have eyelets already fitted and you can use plastic coated washing line for guy lines.
It also gives more wind protection by helping to keep the tent stable in wind and aids the pegs in keeping the tent fixed to the ground if it's pegged out well enough, and it saves wear on the tent.
When you pitch the tent it's best to put a groundsheet down first and pitch the tent over it. Then tuck in the groundsheet all round and water flowing off the tent will stay outside and not soak in under the floor. It also keeps the base of the tent clean and dry and again saves wear and tear.
Like this groundsheet for a small one. It looks like Glencoe but it's in Peru.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://home.erbmail.com/hendrikfalk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc02414.jpg&imgrefurl=http://home.erbmail.com/hendrikfalk/%3Fauthor%3D2&usg=__B1tWQId266F3RUzZrlN_PWxLlkg=&h=2112&w=2816&sz=636&hl=en&start=141&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=u4PTDBpSSWA6vM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Datacama%2Bbolivia%2Bstorm%26start%3D140%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1 . . . . .
It's best to buy some strong pegs. The pegs supplied with budget tents are never much good and for a pop-up tent in a wind you could be saying bye-bye to the tent as happened at Glastonbury this year.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/uk-ireland/glastonbury-off-to-a-flying-start-14856067.html . . . . .
http://www.millets.co.uk/home.html . . . . . .
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100408090712AA1U0FZ . . .
Millets have some good deals on at the moment. Eurohike have a corny name but they are pretty good for the price.
Buy online or in your local shop....link below.
You want highly waterproof pop-up 4-person tent for £70 though.
Ok. I'd like a Mercedes Sl35 but pay for a Ford Fiesta. We can dream.
The waterproofing is still OK though even on budget tents as long as you're not going to the Highlands or the Hebridean islands on a wet blowy day or expecting it to let in absolutely no rain during a four day rainy festival.
I use one to save wear and tear on my good tents for fishing off the rocks and beaches and for local walks in the hills where it can blow pretty bad and chuck it down, but that's close to home.
Nothing too bad if the tent fails. So far it's been OK but I pitch tighly and in as much shelter as I can find on our windswept hills with the tent orientated for the best wind protection.
To get the best performance you need to pitch it tight with no loose bits anywhere. Water runs off tight fabrics instead of collecting in puddles or making little rivers.
If it's got guy lines (some pop-up's don't) then get them well placed and tightened up all round to keep even pressures on the tent in wind. Pop-up's are not made for rough conditions-
If you buy a tunnel tent, as the pop-up's mostly are, you can use a sheet of polythene or a big lightweight groundsheet from B&Q, Aldi, Homebase etc as an extra cover. They have eyelets already fitted and you can use plastic coated washing line for guy lines.
It also gives more wind protection by helping to keep the tent stable in wind and aids the pegs in keeping the tent fixed to the ground if it's pegged out well enough, and it saves wear on the tent.
When you pitch the tent it's best to put a groundsheet down first and pitch the tent over it. Then tuck in the groundsheet all round and water flowing off the tent will stay outside and not soak in under the floor. It also keeps the base of the tent clean and dry and again saves wear and tear.
Like this groundsheet for a small one. It looks like Glencoe but it's in Peru.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://home.erbmail.com/hendrikfalk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc02414.jpg&imgrefurl=http://home.erbmail.com/hendrikfalk/%3Fauthor%3D2&usg=__B1tWQId266F3RUzZrlN_PWxLlkg=&h=2112&w=2816&sz=636&hl=en&start=141&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=u4PTDBpSSWA6vM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Datacama%2Bbolivia%2Bstorm%26start%3D140%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1 . . . . .
It's best to buy some strong pegs. The pegs supplied with budget tents are never much good and for a pop-up tent in a wind you could be saying bye-bye to the tent as happened at Glastonbury this year.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/uk-ireland/glastonbury-off-to-a-flying-start-14856067.html . . . . .
http://www.millets.co.uk/home.html . . . . . .
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100408090712AA1U0FZ . . .
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