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PanzerKing	Posted: February 20, 2004 08:14 pm
Sergent major Group: Members Posts: 216 Member No.: 29 Joined: July 07, 2003	When and where was the first encounter with American troops on the Western Front? I suppose the war was already over by then or am I wrong? Thanks

Alexandru H.	Posted: February 20, 2004 08:28 pm
Sergent major Group: Banned Posts: 216 Member No.: 57 Joined: July 23, 2003	There was none but it could have happened if the americans would have taken Prague...

C-2	Posted: February 20, 2004 08:34 pm
General Medic Group: Hosts Posts: 2453 Member No.: 19 Joined: June 23, 2003	I belive it was in Austria after the war. Now I want to write a story that Me and Victor heard from Dragos Stinghe a 109 vet. While he was in Wiena (Mai Juin 45),he was visiting the city,when he saw a few American soldiers throwing from a car pacs of cigarets ,food and other things.The Austrians were figting for the goods and the GI's were laughing and filming the scene. Not far away was a Russian soldier,a rezervist.Over 40 ,unshaved badly dressed,with a long rifle... Suddenly he took from his pochet some tabaco,and made from a pice of a newspaper a cigarett.Imediatly he was surrounded by people who asked him for some tabaco.. He began insulting them in Russian but between the words he gave them little by little all his tabaco... After that he took the cigarett out of his mouth and gave half of it to a pearson near him...

Victor	Posted: February 20, 2004 08:45 pm
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	Romanian troops did not enter in contact with American or any other allied troops (except for Soviet or Soviet sponsored, like the Cezch Corps). But after the war ended, some made trips to Germany, mainly to visit the cities or what remained of them. That is where they made contact with other allied troops.

Dénes	Posted: February 20, 2004 08:57 pm
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4368 Member No.: 4 Joined: June 17, 2003	Slt. av. Aurelian Barbici returned to Rumania from a US-ran POW Camp. In March 1945, he defected to the German side together with his wingman.

C-2	Posted: February 20, 2004 09:43 pm
General Medic Group: Hosts Posts: 2453 Member No.: 19 Joined: June 23, 2003	Very interesting! Is that the Barbici that shoot down Boris Cap batut? What happened to him after he was back in Rom.? The two Barbici brothers were from Oradea and were sons on a priest. ALL vets say about them that they were IDIOTS. And I see I'ts true;to defect to the German side in March 45 :loool: :rollroll: :loool: :rollroll:

DevanG	Posted: February 26, 2004 04:10 pm
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 17 Member No.: 213 Joined: February 04, 2004	not necessarily , perhaps they waited fo the war to end and they wanted to be as close to the us and english troops as possible ... politrucs and siberians weren't known for they'r good maners ...

Dr_V	Posted: February 26, 2004 10:29 pm
Caporal Group: Members Posts: 146 Member No.: 71 Joined: August 05, 2003	Romanian troops never encountered the Americans on the western front. But they did encountered quite a few Americans when they shot down the planes attacking Ploiesti I'm sure that the mighty USAF never expected such losses when they first attacked the Romanian oilfields and refinerys.

C-2	Posted: February 27, 2004 11:44 pm
General Medic Group: Hosts Posts: 2453 Member No.: 19 Joined: June 23, 2003	Also the ARR didn't expected the hight rate of losses... :?

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