'Twas ever thus.
Churchill, for example, was the first man to order a gassing of the Kurdish. Churchill, the great war hero. Of course, when Saddam Hussein does it, it's absolutely despicable.

The British invented concentration camps.

Whether the RAF were more stylish than the Nazis is still hotly contested, however.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 30 Jul 2013, 8:55, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I like the 1WW German helmets.
With the spike on. They're ace.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 30 Jul 2013, 8:57, Reply)

The Germans invariably had better kit/technology
but had poor leaders (with some notable exceptions) and eventually got outbuilt by the US and outmanned by the Russians.
History is written by the winners, one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrrist, etc.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 30 Jul 2013, 8:58, Reply)