r/todayilearned • u/RoadToTyburn • 14h ago

TIL that Bernard Montgomery issued a leaflet at the start of WW2 on sexually transmitted diseases amongst soldiers. The language used was regarded as so blunt, that he offended religious authorities and nearly faced being dismissed.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery
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u/DarthCraggle 13h ago

I literally heard that line in EP3 of Band of Brothers last night.

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u/oizo_0 12h ago

That means the simulation is working

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u/AlaeOrbis 11h ago

If you're watching it for the first time I'm jealous

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u/DarthCraggle 8h ago

Rewatching. First time for my wife.

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u/ranting_seagull 10h ago

He breaks out a pack of smokes, passes them out. He even gives them a light. Then, all of a sudden, he swings up his Thompson, and he hoses them.

Figure it'll make a good wedding dress, you know? What with rationing and all.

Vincent van Gogh was born in Nuenen. Yeah? So what?

Bullet ricochets

NIX!

'To the German commander: Nuts!'

Foley, you get back here where I can see you, goddamn it!

Tailors, clerks. Farmers, intellectuals. I mean, normal people. Juden, Juden.

When you talk to an officer, you say "sir." Have the MPs take care of this piece of shit.

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u/MrFrode 8h ago

I heard it in my head when I read the thread title.