RandomBilly91
RandomBilly91 t1_jaevtk8 wrote
Reply to comment by HotAd8825 in TIL American paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade mistakenly raided a working olive oil factory in Bulgaria as part of a large-scale joint exercise with NATO forces. by delano1998
Yeah, theost serious accident was when Swiss artillery accidentally targeted Liechteinstein, causing minor damage to the landscape.
Reparations were paid
RandomBilly91 t1_j5zkyuw wrote
Reply to TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller
Depends on the versions. It could be a lot higher with lower caliber weapons, but they were overall quite ineffective.
A spifire mk XXIV ( last version), had around 800 shells, with a total fire rate of 2800 rounds/min
RandomBilly91 t1_j4ukinu wrote
Reply to comment by yolkadot in TIL: There's a square in Bucharest (Romania) that was renamed after Adolf Hitler during World War II, then renamed after Joseph Stalin during the Cold War, and is now currently named after Charles de Gaulle. by Fifth_Down
I don't think Stalin or De Gaulles were in favour of segregation, especially in another country...
It would piss off Hitler ?
RandomBilly91 t1_jd9alks wrote
Reply to comment by Psycko_90 in TIL that a French Soldier called Albert Severin Roche, had personally captured 1,180 prisoners. He was called the "first soldier of France" by allied supreme commander Marechal Foch by miragen125
Yeah, he brought back to his line a captain, and was mistook for a deserter/spy when coming back (to another unit). The captain woke up and explained everything