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Various infantry bunkers laying about are also a reminder, but what really gets me are the bonkers last-ditch defensive weapons you can still find in places, li
by aerostable_slug 1y ago
Various infantry bunkers laying about are also a reminder, but what really gets me are the bonkers last-ditch defensive weapons you can still find in places, like preset positions for flame fougasse batteries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_fougasse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_fougasse
They speak to the particular combination of desperation, urgency, and ingenuity found in the UK at that time.
- prox 1y agoI think we are seeing similar tactics and mobilization in Ukraine. They had to invent and be practical on the battlefield without the overwhelming numbers of the Russian empire.
- hermitcrab 1y agoIIRC Churchill was prepared to use chemical weapons as well. He wasn't messing around.
- euroderf 1y agoThe Germans were prepared to also. It would have been horrible on both sides.
- hermitcrab 1y agoThe Germans didn't use chemical weapons, even when Germany was invaded.
- euroderf 1y agoTo be specific, I meant that they were prepared to use them in the invasion of Britain.
- hermitcrab 1y agoI don't think I've seen anything about that. Do you have any links?
- euroderf 1y ago'Fraid not. I picked it up from many years of reading everything about Seelöwe that I could get my hands on.