One of the great lessons in history I learned at about 14. In our classes the young(ish) history teacher would use the phrase Kaiser Bill liberally when discussing the Great War etc. When I used it i… (View Post)

Just go back to the original bone shakers on iron rimmed wood. (View Post)

One assumes that they've heard of soldiers lives being saved when a bullet hits 'x' on their chest and went the whole hog. (View Post)

That was more a feature of 1945, I think. (View Post)

Eventually. The plan as per The Somme, etc was that there would be no-one left after the prolonged bombardment. Add in the green-ness of the attacking troops (many of them Kitchener's battalions… (View Post)