A whole battalion was destroyed except for the 17 that were captured

most were shot down in their parachutes

Well. There's two different definitions of savage here lol

ha yeah

"f*ck the geneva convention". How do you think of that? It's just the heat of the moment I guess

lmao

also when the New Zealand battalions on Malta saw the paratroopers, most did not even know that parachutes existed

an officer explained to a gunner how parachutes worked and the gunner replied "Bullshit!"

Wow

oh wait this was Crete

not Malta

but yeah

it was a crazy battle

Can really see a lotta detail in that

Source?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan_resistance

I was listening to a podcast

So I don't have a direct source for the barn thing

Random question. Which Roman, or Byzantine, Emperor was you lads favorite, and why?

@Soulman hmm, hard question. For me probably Ceaser because of how short his reign was and how he was struck down by his own comrades

@A Person Julius Caesar was never the Emperor of Rome

But he was emperor caeser right?

I'm not well versed with that time frame of history

WW1 and 2 are my thing

It's fine, thats a common misconception. Julius Caesar was never Roman Emperor, and the office was created by his Nephew Augustus decade's after his death.

ok

@Soulman how about Magnus Maximilius? Wasn't he the super thicc emporer?

Magnus Maximus?

Justinian had a glorious reign for sure

I got some history for y’all

Operation Mockingbird was a CIA operation started in the 50s during the Cold War to take control and influence mainstream news networks. At first, the CIA used the mainstream to project anti-communism and pro-nationalism into the minds of Americans. This quickly changed, as the media was nothing more but a puppet of the CIA that was only spewing their satanic interests from the 60s and onward.

“Operation Mockingbird did not end.”
- Kevin Shipp, former CIA officer, 2017

Yeah Julius and Augustus

Pecan pie

Nice

Nice food fact

The fortune cookie was originally founded in California

Oh yea you are right about that! It's funny in my mind!

Psychological warfare is an extremely useful tactic regardless of the time period https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-jy_1-65q4

wait aminute

i recognize him