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In WW2, Admiral Ernest King is reputed to have said "When they get in trouble, they send for the sons of bitches." There were a lot of utter assholes and bulli
by bloopernova 2y ago
In WW2, Admiral Ernest King is reputed to have said "When they get in trouble, they send for the sons of bitches."
There were a lot of utter assholes and bullies around at that time. There were huge inter department feuds that resulted in many thousands of deaths. Part of why Eisenhower was a good supreme commander was that he could wrangle the assholes into at least not fighting each other!
- potato3732842 2y ago>Part of why Eisenhower was a good supreme commander was that he could wrangle the assholes into at least not fighting each other! That's a spicy take on the British. (I kid, but the joke is in fact based in historical fact, managing relations with the British was a key reason he was given the job)
- pfdietz 2y agoAnd the French. As General Jacob L. Devers wrote to French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny in 1945, "For many months we have fought together, often on the same side."