Arneb wrote:26 September, 1918 - Beginning of the final attack on the Western Front, over a stretch of 65 km. This will last until the end. The AEF will shoot 800 million (!) rounds of Phosgen and mustard gas ammunition until that date.10,600 soldiers gassed, 278 deaths).
Heid the Ba wrote:Aye, don’t get cocky Harry.
Arneb wrote: Of course, "gassing" pushes buttons and rings bells with me, but that is from a different context. To understand that killing people and making them suffer might not be the intention of a poison gas attack doesn't come naturally.
Lianachan wrote:Heid the Ba wrote:Aye, don’t get cocky Harry.
September 27th, 1066 - William the Conqueror/Bastard and his army of approx 7,000 - 10,000 men set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, heading for England.
Heid the Ba wrote:Lianachan wrote:Heid the Ba wrote:Aye, don’t get cocky Harry.
September 27th, 1066 - William the Conqueror/Bastard and his army of approx 7,000 - 10,000 men set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, heading for England.
Still just Billy the Bastard at this point, it’s the EU all over again . . .
Arneb wrote:Oh, not to forget: 20 years ago today -
Arneb wrote:1967 - First airing of Star Trek - TNG
Arneb wrote:
1741 - That day sees one of the crimes under Nazi rule that merit the expression "Zivilisationsbruch", a breakdown of civilisation: The massacre of Babi Yar, in which 33,000 Jews are killed, on e by one, by memeber of the Whermacht, Sicherheitsdienst, Secret Field Police and a brigade of SS men. Yevgeny Yevtuchenko wrote a poem about that day, and it was set, inimitably, terrifyingly, hauntingly, to music by Dmitry Shostakovich
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