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Here's a story of the interestingly designed tanks that helped the Allies win on the D-day beaches of Dieppe. Tanks designed by an unconventional thinker (but who wants to think conventionally?). This is the story of 'Hobart's Funnies'. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160603-the-strange-tanks-that-helped-win-d-day
On 19 August 1942, Allied armies put their plan for an invasion of Occupied Europe to the ultimate test – by landing troops on the beaches and trying to capture a French port [Dieppe].
The landings were a disaster.
In less than 10 hours, more than 60% of the 6,000 British, Canadian and American troops who landed on the beach were either killed, wounded or captured. All of of the 28 tanks which came ashore alongside them – essential if the troops were going to be able break through the German strongpoints – were knocked out. Many were stranded, unable to move on the loose shingle, and picked off by anti-tank guns.
The failure of the Dieppe landings provided many lessons. Trying to capture a heavily defended port was likely to fail, commanders realised. Troops would have to land on sandy beaches, and their tanks would have to be able to make their way across these beaches and punch holes through the seawalls or other concrete obstacles the Germans had built up.
One man, it turned out, had a solution. And two years later, his fleet of highly specialised – and often bizarre-looking tanks – would be one of the major reasons why the D-Day landings were a success.
My personal favourite: the Sherman DD swimming tank. Or as the Americans discovered, the Sherman submarine.
(Score: 4, Funny) by RamiK on Wednesday June 08 2016, @09:31PM
The quality of neo-nazis has fallen drastically. In the good old days of stormfront, people knew not to make stupid claims that can be dismissed with just point to the Nuremberg trials or linking to something like Kommandobefehl [wikipedia.org].
Seriously, we should make a fundraiser or something... What would the Internet be without the joy hate and racism gives to millions of trolls? A cesspool of free porn and lolcat memes. *shudders*
compiling...
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 08 2016, @10:50PM
stupid claims that can be dismissed with just point to the Nuremberg trials or linking to something like
For a long time now our opponents have been employing in their conduct of the war, methods which contravene the International Convention of Geneva. The members of the so-called Commandos behave in a particularly brutal and underhanded manner; and it has been established that those units recruit criminals not only from their own country but even former convicts set free in enemy territories.
[...]
Orders have indeed been found in which the killing of prisoners has positively been demanded of them.
[...]
This order does not apply to the treatment of those enemy soldiers who are taken prisoner or give themselves up in open battle, in the course of normal operations, large scale attacks; or in major assault landings or airborne operations. Neither does it apply to those who fall into our hands after a sea fight, nor to those enemy soldiers who, after air battle, seek to save their lives by parachute.
What a way to incriminate yourself and lose credibility, jew scum. And for Nuremberg trials to be taken "seriously" is seriously funny. There was no justice or truth in the Nuremberg Monkey Courts.
The quality of neo-nazis has fallen drastically.
The number of full-time jews hired by the Jewish Internet Defense Force [wikipedia.org] is quite high and are continually being funded with money extracted from goy.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 09 2016, @01:47AM
"incriminate yourself" -> disprove oneself\yourself (no laws were broken)
"jew scum" -> Jew scum (nationalities, ethnicities and religions take a capital letter)
"And for" -> As for
"Nuremberg Monkey Courts" -> Nuremberg Kangaroo Courts (Unless you're a Texas senator and it's 2013)
"The number...are quite high" -> is quite high (should agree with the singular subject)
"extracted from goy" -> extracted from Goy (same as before)
And remember children, only YOU can prevent Nazi functional illiteracy.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 09 2016, @01:58AM
Everyone does not speak English as their mother-tongue. And everybody does not have a Masters in English literature.
"jew scum"
Here, jew does not deserve to be capitalized, just as rat does not need capitalization. Its a pest. A disease.
(Score: 3, Funny) by kurenai.tsubasa on Thursday June 09 2016, @02:54AM
Make neo-Nazism Great Again™!
I jest! I jest! MNGA? You can't really even pronounce it. And it looks too much like “mangina” to go on a hat. Er… wait, forget that part.
Yes, start cranking out the Make neo-Nazism Great Again™ hats!
(My sense of humor may be set too far towards morbid. I'll check it into the shop.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 09 2016, @02:09PM
You have to localise it a bit. Make American Neonazism Great In Nevada Again.