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Funny, somewhat related story: on D-Day, the British only pushed as far as it took to get off the beach, but then all of their forces stopped. It turns out that after they had gotten that far, they all stopped for a tea break. It happened at least one other time (in the Pacific theater, I think), and the American unit under the British command got so pissed, they risked being court-martialed by advancing themselves against the British orders. If I remember correctly, one of the soldiers threatened to shoot the British commander.
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i really really enjoyed this WWII anecdote.
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WWII has to be one of the most ironically amusing wars, simply because of all the crazy/ stupid crap both sides pulled. I mean, the U.S. tried to develop a weapon that would make the enemy soldiers fall in love with each other and spend too much time sexin' it up to fight. Really.
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