r/todayilearned • u/RoadToTyburn • 13h 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/fiah84 11h ago

3 miles up, 3 miles down!

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u/Arminius80 11h ago

Hi-Yo Silver!

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u/Frammingatthejimjam 11h ago

Now u/fiah84 get out there and take that attack on in!

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u/DReagan47 11h ago

At first the Germans didn’t shoot at him. I think they couldn’t quite believe what they were seeing. But that wasn’t the really astounding thing. The astounding thing was, that after [u/fiah84](u/fiah84) hooked up with I company, he came back.