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ItsallaboutProg t1_irkipn9 wrote

Reply to comment by Mitthrawnuruo in TIL Boeing B17 pilots often accidentally raised the undercarriage after landing, destroying the propellors and damaging the underbelly, due to the undercarriage lever and the flap lever looking the same. by Lkwzriqwea

The French got their ass kicked by Germany 40 years earlier, and the British had the only standing professional army at the time, though it was small. Out of the 5 European powers the Germans were the rising country at the time. It was a pretty logical decision.

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