Horrible war [I Am Interested In Ww1 and Ww2]

The 1914-1918 War was arguably the most horrible of all wars at least in my opinion. If a man was in a an infantry battalion and ordered into an attack, his chances of survival were about 80 to 20 against. Fliers in the RFC had an expected life span of 2 weeks. After 6 weeks they were veterans.
At times, 1 in 4 merchant ships crossing to or from the UK were torpedoes by submarines.
Hellish thing, war.

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Thevy29 · 41-45, M

And horses were a mode of transportation. That's why when the Aussies showed up on them at Beersheba the enemy waited for them to dismount so they could shoot them. The Aussies didn't get that memo. And charged the f#ckers.

Mandalorian

@Thevy29 The last great successful cavalry charge of modern warfare...

..the Poles also did it in WW2 against german tanks..that one didnt go so well, but you gotta admit they had some fkn balls to do it!