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"Still, it’s certainly fun to imagine how a bicycle battalion might have evolved to fight in a jungle or urban combat situation." The VC in Vietnam made good u

"Still, it’s certainly fun to imagine how a bicycle battalion might have evolved to fight in a jungle or urban combat situation." The VC in Vietnam made good use of pushing bicycles to carry heavy loads in jungle terrain.

WeylandYutani 3y ago
The Japanese defeated the Dutch on Indonesia by using bicycles. It was the most ironic of defeats. Colonialism never recovered from that blow.
- Daz1 3y ago
  Uhh what, the Japanese were trying to incorporate the DEA into THEIR empire.
- lostlogin 3y ago
  > Colonialism never recovered from that blow There are still plenty of colonies and things that look a lot like colonies (but aren’t as their rulers are against empires).