"The Chinese volunteers who fought in the Spanish civil war " Topic
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Tango01 | 27 Apr 2017 12:41 p.m. PST |
"In the autumn of 1937, Zhang Ruishu was enjoying a rare break from his 14-hour days on the frontline. One of very few, if not the only, Chinese in Madrid, he hadn't asked for time off – there was so much to do – but his commander had insisted he take a break. The Spanish capital was decorated with defiant if raggedy banners reading No pasarán ("They shall not pass") and Madrid será la tumba del fascismo ("Madrid will be the tomb of fascism"). Zhang had seen many such signs before. At a newsstand, however, a large promotional poster for Spanish news magazine Estampa caught his eye. The intriguing poster featured a man's face in profile. It wasn't a handsome face, but ruddy and weathered, with tightly cropped hair, hollow cheeks and a muddle of crooked teeth in a mouth set slightly agape – the face of a no-nonsense man who had known hardship. Suddenly, a crowd was gathering around Zhang; eyes were widening and fingers pointing. "That's him!" they cried, lunging forward to shake the stranger's hand…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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chicklewis | 27 Apr 2017 5:16 p.m. PST |
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Legion 4 | 28 Apr 2017 7:41 a.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 28 Apr 2017 11:40 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friends!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
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goragrad | 28 Apr 2017 10:57 p.m. PST |
Interesting. Particularly interesting was the survivor who was purged decades later in China for having been involved with Europeans in Europe… |
Tango01 | 29 Apr 2017 10:29 a.m. PST |
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