PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago"So, how much ground have we actually taken, in square footage?"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down12
arrow-up1179arrow-down1image"So, how much ground have we actually taken, in square footage?"lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareLauchs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 days agoI’ve always lliked Blackadder’s description of an advance as “another gargantuan effort to move [Haig’s] drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin.”
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoDirected according to the grand plan!
minus-squareLauchs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoIt’s a good plan except for the one small problem of everyone always getting slaughtered in the first ten seconds…
I’ve always lliked Blackadder’s description of an advance as “another gargantuan effort to move [Haig’s] drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin.”
Directed according to the grand plan!
It’s a good plan except for the one small problem of everyone always getting slaughtered in the first ten seconds…