QuoteJohnnie get your gun, get you gun, get your gun, Take it on the run, on the run, on the run, Hear them calling you and me; Every son of Liberty Hurry right away, no delay, go today, Make your daddy glad to have had such a lad Tell your sweetheart not to pine, To be proud her boy's in line.
Johnnie get your gun, get you gun, get your gun, Johnnie show the Hun, you're a Son-of-a-Gun, Hoist the flag and let her fly Like true heros do or die Pack your little kit, show your grit, do your bit, Soldiers to the ranks from the towns and the tanks, Make your Mother proud of you and to Liberty be true.
Over There, Over There Send the word, send the word, Over There That the Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming, The drums rum tumming everywhere So prepare, Say a Prayer Send the word, Send the word to beware We'll be over, we're coming over. And we won't be back till it's over over there!
Over There, Over There Send the word, send the word, Over There That the Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming, The drums rum tumming everywhere So prepare, Say a Prayer Send the word, Send the word to beware We'll be over, we're coming over.
The boys will be home by Christmas. :banana:
EITHER
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It's a good thing that we had the war to end all wars, the great war...Because here in the future, we've civilized ourselves by learning from our past mistakes. It's over, over there, and everything's been just fine since.
It's fortunate that Wilson's League of Nations was able to prevent the harsh conditions the French & British wanted to impose on the Triple Entente. If we'd ground their faces into it, who knows what the fuck might have happened later?
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A young Australian soldier relaxes for a moment before gallantly going at the foe. Our boys' and our allies' morale are high and we WILL prevail.
THIS THREAD JUST TOOK A SHIT ON MY CUPCAKE!
then i ate it anyway.
:horrormirth:
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on May 07, 2012, 06:00:51 PM
THIS THREAD JUST TOOK A SHIT ON MY CUPCAKE!
then i ate it anyway.
:horrormirth:
Just like in the trenches!
oh the memories
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on May 07, 2012, 06:05:06 PM
oh the memories
Yeah, I get nostalgic for the mud and the lice and the corpse-eating rats and the smell of chlorine, sometimes. And the leadership! Over the top, boys, and charge that machine gun! They'll run out of bullets before we run out of you! Or people like you, anyway.
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In 1914, War was beginning.
WHAT HAPPEN?
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SOMEONE SET UP US THE BOMB!
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THIS
thread kicks ass. is that a British tank in frame 3 of "either"?
Quote from: E.O.T. on May 07, 2012, 11:59:15 PM
THIS
thread kicks ass. is that a British tank in frame 3 of "either"?
Yep. A "Mark IV", according to Wikipedia, where I swiped the pics.
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Chlorine? I have to ask... :x
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 08, 2012, 12:30:23 AM
Chlorine? I have to ask... :x
They used to gas each other with it. As a joke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_gas_in_World_War_I
Punches, they weren't pulled. People would have begged for punches.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 08, 2012, 12:33:25 AM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 08, 2012, 12:30:23 AM
Chlorine? I have to ask... :x
They used to gas each other with it. As a joke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_gas_in_World_War_I
UGH. FUCK.
They're STILL finding shit in Flanders, BTW http://www.greatwar.co.uk/article/battle-remains-western-front.htm
Quote from: Reverend What's-His-Name? on May 08, 2012, 12:56:40 AM
Punches, they weren't pulled. People would have begged for punches.
It was in fact so awful that Hitler, who had experienced gas, refused to use it first in WWII.
Churchill said he'd use it if Britain was invaded, but otherwise also refused to use it first. America didn't sign the treaty banning use of gas (no treaty bans the stockpiling of gas) until 1970, but also refused to use it first.
Funny thing is, by the end of the war, it didn't work for shit. 25% of all shells fired were gas, and only caused 3% of the casualties, as gas is pretty easy to deal with if you know how.
It's fucking murder on civilians, though.
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 08, 2012, 12:59:36 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 08, 2012, 12:33:25 AM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 08, 2012, 12:30:23 AM
Chlorine? I have to ask... :x
They used to gas each other with it. As a joke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_gas_in_World_War_I
UGH. FUCK.
They're STILL finding shit in Flanders, BTW http://www.greatwar.co.uk/article/battle-remains-western-front.htm
Mustard gas can last damn near forever in the right conditions. It's filthy fucking stuff. In some situations, gas is worse than a nuke.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 08, 2012, 12:59:54 AM
Quote from: Reverend What's-His-Name? on May 08, 2012, 12:56:40 AM
Punches, they weren't pulled. People would have begged for punches.
It was in fact so awful that Hitler, who had experienced gas, refused to use it first in WWII.
Churchill said he'd use it if Britain was invaded, but otherwise also refused to use it first. America didn't sign the treaty banning use of gas (no treaty bans the stockpiling of gas) until 1970, but also refused to use it first.
Funny thing is, by the end of the war, it didn't work for shit. 25% of all shells fired were gas, and only caused 3% of the casualties, as gas is pretty easy to deal with if you know how.
It's fucking murder on civilians, though.
Scares them pretty good too. Mr Cheney knows a thing or two about that.
Quote from: Reverend What's-His-Name? on May 08, 2012, 01:03:41 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 08, 2012, 12:59:54 AM
Quote from: Reverend What's-His-Name? on May 08, 2012, 12:56:40 AM
Punches, they weren't pulled. People would have begged for punches.
It was in fact so awful that Hitler, who had experienced gas, refused to use it first in WWII.
Churchill said he'd use it if Britain was invaded, but otherwise also refused to use it first. America didn't sign the treaty banning use of gas (no treaty bans the stockpiling of gas) until 1970, but also refused to use it first.
Funny thing is, by the end of the war, it didn't work for shit. 25% of all shells fired were gas, and only caused 3% of the casualties, as gas is pretty easy to deal with if you know how.
It's fucking murder on civilians, though.
Scares them pretty good too. Mr Cheney knows a thing or two about that.
Yeah, as a terror weapon, even the THREAT of maybe potentially being gassed scares the shit out of damn near everyone.