PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 19 hours agoVolunteer "Doughnut Girls" preparing treats for the troops in the trenches, Western Front, WW1, 1917 or 1918media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11
arrow-up151arrow-down1imageVolunteer "Doughnut Girls" preparing treats for the troops in the trenches, Western Front, WW1, 1917 or 1918media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 hours agoI wonder if the Great War-era Euros felt like we in the modern day would if a sudden massive contingent of fresh troops joined WW3, but introducing themselves with "Hewwo, we are set to defend democracy Mr. Pwime Minister •̀⩊•́ "
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours agoThat just makes American troops sound like Human Peons from Warcraft. “Wha is et?” England: “Um, we need to defeat the Kaiser.” “More work?” England: “Y-yeah. Can you help us?” “Right-o.” England: “Um, Germany is that way.” “Off I go then.” America rolls across the countryside “Job’s done!”
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours agoAmerican with a shotgun: “I SHOT THE SHERIFF, AND THE DEPUTY, AND YOUR WEE DOGGY TOO” Germans: “Scheiße, who invited these lunatics to a civilized war?”
I wonder if the Great War-era Euros felt like we in the modern day would if a sudden massive contingent of fresh troops joined WW3, but introducing themselves with
"Hewwo, we are set to defend democracy Mr. Pwime Minister •̀⩊•́ "
That just makes American troops sound like Human Peons from Warcraft.
“Wha is et?”
England: “Um, we need to defeat the Kaiser.”
“More work?”
England: “Y-yeah. Can you help us?”
“Right-o.”
England: “Um, Germany is that way.”
“Off I go then.”
America rolls across the countryside
“Job’s done!”
American with a shotgun: “I SHOT THE SHERIFF, AND THE DEPUTY, AND YOUR WEE DOGGY TOO”
Germans: “Scheiße, who invited these lunatics to a civilized war?”