They wouldn't have put his name on the Haig Fund if he hadn't been generally, on balance, respected. . (View Post)

Not to mention delayed gratification. (View Post)

French. The poilus had had enough of brainless and bloody-handed generals and just refused. Amazingly the Germans never found out and the markedly saner Petain had to take over and isntitute a somewh… (View Post)

Definitely a thing. Maybe it's one of the new yoof culture memes on their social media networks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgqnzy9ej0do (View Post)

And of course the final German collapse in 1918 was partly caused/mediated by the IMperial Navy's seamen not being keen to salve their officers' self-perceived honour by a final and suicidal battle w… (View Post)