2 Comments TIL: The Norwegian army’s Kings Guard Regiment has a penguin called Sir Nils Olav as it’s appointed Colonel-in-Chief. Sir Olav lives in Edinburgh Zoo. by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 1:03 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL in 2021 classified details of the British Army’s Challenger 2 tank were leaked online. A War Thunder player leaked details after a disagreement over the tank’s in-game design. However the classified documents weren’t considered “valid source material” & no changes were made to the in-game design by whatilearned May 8, 2022, 10:48 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL that only 2 foreigners reached the rebel army’s highest rank “comandante” during the Cuban revolution. One of them was Che Guevara. The other was a American soldier named William A. Morgan. He joined the revolution in 1957, claiming to seek revenge for a friend who was killed by Batista’s regime by whatilearned February 10, 2022, 1:00 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that in WWII, the Imperial Japanese Army’s Dragon Division suffered a brutal defeat when they fought against the Chinese Expeditionary Army in the Chinese town of Longling. In Chinese, Longling means “Dragon’s Mausoleum”. by whatilearned September 13, 2021, 12:20 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL of the “Yankee Samurai,” Japanese-American translators who served during WW2 with the US Army’s Military Intelligence Service. They deployed to numerous battles, and one general even credited them with “[shortening] the Pacific War by two years and [saving]…a million American lives.” by whatilearned March 19, 2021, 1:46 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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