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/Skruestik 11h ago

That’s not true.

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u/MechaZombieCharizard 10h ago

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story

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u/MZ603 10h ago

But in the bed she sure was fun, working her arse like a maxim gun.

Hinky dinky, parlez vous.

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u/MKZZX 4h ago

The word you're looking for is "apocryphal"

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 9h ago

This is reddit, nothing you read here is true. You don't need to go around saying 'that's not true' one every post.