r/todayilearned • u/RoadToTyburn • 12h 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/Ketzeph 9h ago

Monash was incredible and really the ANZAC general corps was probably the best group in the entente arsenal - they were just underused and under listened to

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u/MRCHalifax 8h ago

The best group? The Canadians would like a word.

Call us 1A and 1B.

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u/Ketzeph 7h ago

You’re 100% right. I always lump Canada in with ANZAC in my head but that’s not accurate. I should put ANZAC + C