• Vncredleader@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    God I can’t believe you hate Belgians and the French, why must you be so against them being shredded by artillery and choking on mustard gas? Don’t you know that Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori?

    • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      During the war of 1864 Denmark should’ve fought to the last man. Retreating after the battle at Dybbøl Mill and ceding Holstein to the Prussians is a breaking of their obligation to die as cannon fodder

      • ChapoKrautHaus [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        You could have picked ANY hopeless last stand from 2000+ years of military history and you went for an obscure sideshow war in the German unification wars that less than 1% of humans are even aware of.

        Impressive.

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          1 year ago

          Thank you! I was hoping to start a thing where we went further and further back in time and obscurity. Sadly I chose something too obscure to being with