V. Illych L. posted:

lol have they just invented the untermenschen approach to dehumanisation and used computer game terminology for it

jesus

13th KRRC War Diary, 8th October 1918 posted:

Up to ZERO the night was quiet; nothing abnormal was to be seen or heard; only the usual spasmodic shelling, intermittent M.G. fire and frequent Very Lights. As our own artillery were shelling the BEAUREVOIR LINE and wire no patrols were carried out.

By 3-30 a.m. A & B Companies had taken up their prearranged stations and had reported in position.
At 4-30 a.m. our guns opened.
By 5-10 a.m. the barrage had passed obliquely across our front and the forward movement of D Coy had begum. After advancing to the trench line it became evident that the barrage excellent though it had been had by no means broken the resistance for D. Company came under heavy fire from emplacements cunningly constructed and well concealed situated in the support trench of the BEAUREVOIR LINE. The wire had been very little damaged by our shell fire and there were few gaps. These circumstances combined to create a very critical situation for had any check occurred the success of the operations on our front and on the flanks would have been imperilled. D Company, however rose to the occasion and acted without delay, defiling quickly through the gaps in the wire and deploying immediately on the other side. The enemy machine gunners however offered a stubborn resistance and kept their guns going until skilfully outflanked and entirely surrounded. Having thoroughly cleared the trench lines and machine gun nests D Company pushed on and gained their objective shortly after 7-22 a.m. - their scheduled time. Almost immediately the 15th R.Fus of the 112th Brigade began to pass through in the attack on the Division's second objective; the line of HURTEBISE FARM and the west edge of BRISEUX WOOD. By 8 p.m. all companies of the Battalion were in position as arranged and by 8-30 p.m. B Company had extended their front to the left and were in touch with the right of D Company. It was at this stage only that one could fully appreciate the difficulties of the task set and so successfully carried out. The wire was deep thick and practically untouched by the barrage; the enemy machine guns and their crews were well protected by concrete emplacements while the strength of the garrison was considerably greater than had been estimated.

Out of one M.G. nest alone 48 prisoners were taken, while the total taken by the Battalion in those operations at a moderate estimate was 300. Among others were men of the 143rd Inf.Regt. & 12th Jaeger Regt. During the remainder of the day no movement took place on the part of the Battalion. The 112th Inf.Bde. gained their objective established themselves on the line HURTEBISE FARM - N.W. Corner of BRISEUX WOOD - Sunken Road N to 500 yards S of KE GRAND PONT

At 6 p.m. the 63rd Inf. Bde. attacked from the that line and captured the high ground N.E. of BRISEUX WOOD. At 8-13 p.m. a warning order was received to the effect that the advance was to be continued on the following morning. The objectives of the 37th Division were -
1st - from HAUCOURT (inclusive) 1500 yards S
2nd - from LIGNY (inclusive) 1500 yards N
Exploitation Objective - CAUDRY.

The 111th Infantry Brigade were ordered to assemble N.W. of BRISEUX WOOD at 9 a.m. on the 9th October ready to move off - transport to accompany units. Approximate orders were issued to Companies and transport at 10 p.m.

13th KRRC War Diary, 9th October 1918 posted:

At 0715 hours the Transport joined the Battalion in the valley West of HURTEBISE FARM. Lewis guns were loaded on limbers and at 0820 hours the Battalion marched off and reached its allotted position near Chateau BRISEAUX at 0855 hours. Here information was received that the Division's first objective had been taken and at a conference at Brigade Headquarters verbal orders were issued to continue the advance at 1100 hours the 13th Battn K.R.R.C. leading.

At 1150 hours the Battalion was halted and verbal orders were received to line a sunken road running E and W about 2 miles south of LIGNY, as it was reported that the enemy were still in LIGNY. The Battalion remained in this position until 1630 hours during which time several mines were seen to explode in LIGNY.

At 1630 hours the Battalion was ordered to advance to a sunken road about a 1000 yards S of LIGNY and bivouac there for the night. The Battalion was under orders to be ready to move at 1 hours notice.

Clarence posted:

quote:

D Company, however rose to the occasion and acted without delay, defiling quickly through the gaps in the wire and deploying immediately on the other side. The enemy machine gunners however offered a stubborn resistance and kept their guns going until skilfully outflanked and entirely surrounded

V. Illych L. posted:

lol have they just invented the untermenschen approach to dehumanisation and used computer game terminology for it

jesus

HEY GUNS posted:

their whole schtick is "the ______ but with computer game terminology for it"

Comrade Gorbash posted:

P-zombies for moronic racists, that’s just great.

It’s straight up “anyone who doesn’t agree with you isn’t a person” which is way worse than the sheeple thing. That at least presents as something people can “wake up” from. This NPC thing precludes even that.

Rockopolis posted:

Wait, poo poo, no, it's the modern version of those peasants from A World Lit Only By Fire.

SeanBeansShako posted:

You know a book is bad when we throw it away.

Cessna posted:

So, for pure schadenfreude, what's the deal with World Lit Only By Fire?

JcDent posted:

Attacking through nearly intact wire and into hardened MG nests is no joke, and I wonder how many lads made it

Cessna posted:

Okay, so...

I've never read the book. I have a deep and abiding hatred of William Manchester ever since I read Goodbye Darkness, an utterly awful book. It was bad, bad, bad.

No, really. It's supposed to be a memoir about his time in the USMC in WWII. The problem is that it quickly becomes abundantly clear that he simply can't distinguish between his "kid, let me tell you 'bout how I killed a [slur for Japanese]" fantasies and reality. For example, he writes about numerous battles in terms of "we." "We landed on Guadalcanal," etc. If I was being generous I'd say he was referring to the whole USMC as "we," but no, he's talks at length in terms of "we" about battles that went down when he wasn't even in boot camp. "We" hell, you're just telling sea stories. Then follow this up with page after page of bloviating bullshit about what a tremendous burden it is to have such a large penis... It's one of the few books that I've actually thrown away rather than donate or give away. Yes, it was that bad.

So, for pure schadenfreude, what's the deal with World Lit Only By Fire?

If this is a topic that has already played out, ignore this post, please.

SeanBeansShako posted:

Only book I've ever tossed was a really smug obviously pumped out during the Brexit hype smug POS explaining why beating the Napoleonic French clearly made my country some sort of 19th century supermen and everything is wrong because.

What a piece of poo poo. Even being sold for nothing was too good. Waste of paper.

Comrade Gorbash posted:

P-zombies for moronic racists, that�s just great.

It�s straight up �anyone who doesn�t agree with you isn�t a person� which is way worse than the sheeple thing. That at least presents as something people can �wake up� from. This NPC thing precludes even that.

Milo and POTUS posted:

Rolling papers?

chitoryu12 posted:

1. Peasants had no sense of time, as the churches were the only ones who held calendars or clocks and no other method of timekeeping existed. Peasants would only have a vague sense of seasons and aging to know how long ago anything had been.

quote:

William Dawson, one of the jurors, remembered the date because he "was in Pontefract on the day that Edward was born, and there saw a man unknown to him, who had been arrested for casting the evil eye on the horse of his neighbour, John de Hirn, and he then heard that Anne Hastings had been delivered of a male child, whom he afterwards heard called Edward."

quote:

Juror Ralph Oudeby remembered the date because he saw "William, late Lord Ros, John’s godfather with a huge stomach, raise him from the font at baptism."

Thomas Stokes of Folkingham, 60 and more, was sent at the command of Elizabeth [Willoughby] mother of John, late Lady Beaumont, to tell Henry Beaumont, chevalier [knight], father of John, the good news of John’s birth on the day of the birth.

William Ledbeter of Sleaford, 60 and more, sold a white palfrey on the day of the birth at Folkingham for £10 to Henry Beaumont, chevalier, father of John.

quote:

Richard Pinneys says that he was at Winchester with Miles's father and led three greyhounds, and the greyhounds strangled three swans of the abbess of Romsey, whereupon the abbess purchased the king's writ of trespass and recovered 100 shillings therefor at the time of Miles's birth

Nebakenezzer posted:

SeanBeansShako posted:

Only book I've ever tossed was a really smug obviously pumped out during the Brexit hype smug POS explaining why beating the Napoleonic French clearly made my country some sort of 19th century supermen

JcDent posted:

There's the bit of me that's always disappointed that these don't come with detailed casualty reports.


Attacking through nearly intact wire and into hardened MG nests is no joke, and I wonder how many lads made it

lenoon posted:

It sure as poo poo played into 19th century nationalism, every bloody empire claims its the resurrection of Rome after the nasty bits of the past - we are the true bringers of culture due to our historic links to rome/charlemagne/HRE/Greece/Rum/whatever bit of history you choose to not have been �dark�

Trin Tragula posted:

They're not being pulled out and there were enough of them made it through to continue fighting afterwards, so I think there's room to be optimistic on that score.

Jobbo_Fett posted:

https://i.imgur.com/Z80njup.gifv

B-29 Tail Gunner POV

Geisladisk posted:

That rules.

The B-29's gun turret system is loving crazy. Not only are a whole bunch of turrets linked to one gun station and controlled by a single gunner, the analog gunnery computer automatically compensated for things like distance, relative velocity between bomber and target, and even air density. I can't fathom how any fighter pilot would willingly fly into that.

As if that wasn't enough, it could outrun most contemporary fighters at high altitudes - Making it practically impossible to intercept.

Panzeh posted:

The B-29 was I think the second most expensive WW2 project that the US armed forces engaged in.

Phanatic posted:

Most. It was considerably more expensive than the Manhattan Project.

I think the most expensive WW2 project for anyone, by far, was the Atlantic Wall.

Ensign Expendable posted:

The British tested poison gas anti-tank weapons extensively, they turned out to be quite effective, but never deployed.

Crazycryodude posted:

Tanks aren't airtight so if you drop a bunch of gas in their general area the crews all choke to death, I'd assume