• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    27 days ago

    Explanation: On the Western Front in WW1, unofficial truces were sometimes honored between the warring sides for holidays, especially religious holidays, though the brass tried to crack down on it (often successfully).

    On the Eastern Front in WW1, unofficial truces were sometimes honored between the warring sides because fucking wolves developed a taste for human flesh from starvation from all the war scaring off their usual prey. These included officer-approved truces, because being attacked by wolves was something both sides agreed was a poor way to go in a shooting war.

        • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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          27 days ago

          It can be so bleak on here lately what with… everything. But every morning I see a bunch of owls and there’s usually a post or two from PugJesus and I appreciate them both

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          26 days ago

          Learning about history through memes is fun!

          Good memes, but keep in mind they’re occasionally pure American propaganda.

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                  26 days ago

                  What do historical relations have to do with you parroting propaganda?

                  Also, check your notes again, Yugoslavia was never formally allied with the USA… And while you’re at it, remind me how many of the unaligned countries were invaded by the USA?

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                    26 days ago

                    What do historical relations have to do with you parroting propaganda?

                    … considering that I generally praise Yugoslavia on here, it would be pretty fucking questionable to claim that I’m parroting “American propaganda” in doing so.

                    Also, check your notes again, Yugoslavia was never formally allied with the USA

                    … yeah, that’s kind of the point I was making. Accusing praising Yugoslavia of being pro-US propaganda is pretty fucking absurd in light of the fact that Yugoslavia was pretty prominently non-US aligned.

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                26 days ago

                Post history is public. If you want to make a statement like that without providing a simple example, you’re clearly trolling and stirring up bullshit.

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      27 days ago

      These included officer-approved truces, because being attacked by wolves was something both sides agreed was a poor way to go in a shooting war.

      This is how I cement my understanding that this is the Russians v Germans, not China v Japan (or other Asian countries). They would have used the wolf attacks to gain an advantage. /S, mildly