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Originally Posted by JScones
Wrong myths are that Jerry comes from "Jerrycan" (the Wehrmachtskanister didn't exist until the late-1930s) or from "Tom and Jerry", which didn't exist until 1940 (although a pre-cat and mouse team existed from 1930+) - remembering of course that the Brit soldiers had been known as Tommies since about the 1800s (again, depending on which myth you follow).
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I had actually read that during the African campaigns the fuel cans the Brits were supplied with were horrible leaking affairs and they liberated the Germans of thier 'Jerrycans' whenever possible. So the myth you speak of is actually a reverse of the truth
I am however surprised that you all left out Klaus and Olga..