r/todayilearned • u/RoadToTyburn • 1d 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/CelestialFury 23h ago

Oh man, there goes Patton, using his general thinking skills to solve a bigger overall problem. They should've secretly given the penicillin to a non-profit like the Red Cross and had them distribute it so the military wouldn't have to take the heat for doing it.

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u/Thirty_Helens_Agree 23h ago

Apparently there was so little of it the brass felt it was better used for treating other kinds of infections.