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My favorite WW2 morale detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_barge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_barge

• pasc1878 4mo ago
  The British did better Put beer into drop tanks on Spitfires https://planehistoria.com/flying-pubs-spitfires-flew-beer-to-normandy/ https://planehistoria.com/flying-pubs-spitfires-flew-beer-to...
  • zulux 4mo ago
    That still happens in America. Hike to a remote place, and get your friend to drop a keg in a mountain lake from his plane. "Alpine Lake Keg Drop".
  • topgrain2 4mo ago
    > When we get over the beachhead drop out of formation and land on the strip. We’re told the Nazis are fouling the drinking water, so it will be appreciated. There’s no trouble finding the strip, the battleship Rodney is firing salvoes on Caen and it’s immediately below. Oh god. Yeah just follow the path of the 9 x 16" gun salvos from Rodney blowing big-ass holes in the ground, you can't miss it. LOL. Now those are some directions!
  • tracerbulletx 4mo ago
    Even though this is tongue in cheek, an ice cream barge with the requisite refrigeration and dedication of ship space 1000s of miles out in the south pacific is on a whole different scale of investment than this and they also had beer on the ships already. Though it probably wasn't as good as the british beer.
    • pasc1878 4mo ago
      The British also had a brewery on a ship for use in the Pacific https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Menestheus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Menestheus