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TIL that a French Soldier called Albert Severin Roche, had personally captured 1,180 prisoners. He was called the “first soldier of France” by allied supreme commander Marechal Foch

by whatilearned March 22, 2023, 12:54 pm

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TIL that the only sound recordings in existence of someone born in the 18th century speaking, are of Helmuth Von Moltke the German field commander.

by whatilearned March 13, 2023, 2:39 pm

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TIL that Doors frontman Jim Morrison, one of the most iconic figures of the 1960s counterculture, was the son of U.S. Navy Admiral George Stephen Morrison, commander of U.S. forces in the Gulf of Tonkin incident that jumpstarted America’s involvement in the Vietnam War.

by whatilearned March 6, 2023, 12:08 am

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TIL that Louis Coulon de Villiers was the only commander to make George Washington surrender, having defeated Washington at the Battle of Fort Necessity in 1754.

by whatilearned March 5, 2023, 4:52 pm

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TIL Nazi General Loringhoven was inside the Führerbunker during the last days of Nazi Germany. He attempted to escape, was captured by Allied forces, and later became a NATO commander, retiring as Inspector General of the Armed Forces of West Germany in 1973.

by whatilearned February 16, 2023, 10:56 pm

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TIL on the night of 22-23 July 1945 USN Commander Eugene Fluckey sent a shore party from his submarine USS Barb (SS-220) to sabotage a railroad. The raiders became the only Allied force to invade mainland Japan in the war, and the Barb became the only sub in history with a confirmed kill on a train.

by whatilearned January 29, 2023, 7:17 am

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TIL that the chief of the Memphis PD that tried to cover up Tyre Nichols’s murder was, herself, once caught trying to cover up CP while working as a Unit Commander in Atlanta.

by whatilearned January 28, 2023, 1:20 pm

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UwU Little Pet Kitty Commander 🐱🐱🐱🙀😳😳

by CopyPastaArchive January 19, 2023, 4:53 am

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Who did Hitler plan to install as commander of the Indonesian air force if they agreed to join the Axis powers?

by cringeyjokesman January 10, 2023, 10:59 am

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TIL that Ulysses Grant was made commander of all Union armies at 41 and President at 46

by whatilearned November 28, 2022, 7:16 pm

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TIL of the Canadian commander Charles De Salaberry who defeated the American invasion of Montreal. Salaberry deployed marching buglers to play in all different directions, meaning his American opponents didn’t know how many men he had or what direction they were coming from.

by whatilearned November 13, 2022, 12:46 am

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TIL: a German SS commander, Priebke, was personally responsible for murdering 335 Italians, confessed. escaped to Argentina, eventually taken back to Italy, tried, convicted, and died happily at home at the ripe old age of 100.

by whatilearned October 22, 2022, 4:08 am

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