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TIL the American commanders of the invasion of Tarawa in 1943 were Major General Smith, Major General Smith and Major General Smith

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 4:52 am

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[SERIOUS] Not including firearms, what is your weapon of choice during a potential home invasion?

by QuestionGuy September 1, 2022, 6:28 pm

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TIL Last invasion of UK failed when French mistook Welsh women in traditional dress for troops

by whatilearned August 24, 2022, 3:26 am

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TIL the first ally soldier to step onto the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion was Leonard Treherne “Max” Schroeder Jr. He made it out alive and was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. He died in 2009 at the age of 90.

by whatilearned August 14, 2022, 8:48 pm

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TIL the Japanese word “kamikaze” translates to “Divine wind” and originated from the typhoons that struck down the Mongolian invasion attempts in the late 13th century.

by whatilearned July 21, 2022, 7:53 am

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TIL Helsinki has a 200 mile network of underground tunnels and bunkers that could shelter the city’s entire population of 630,000 in the event of invasion.

by whatilearned July 18, 2022, 5:04 am

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TIL the iconic black & white stripes on the allied D-Day airplanes were a last minute idea to help the allied naval anti-aircraft gunners more easily identity friendly planes. This was done after frequent “friendly fire” incidents during the previous invasion of Sicily

by whatilearned July 16, 2022, 1:33 am

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How to Defend Against Home Invasion Using an Implosion Assembly Thermonuclear Weapon

by CopyPastaArchive July 10, 2022, 11:29 am

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TIL about Sir Guy Carleton a British commander who defeated an American invasion force in Quebec, by sending smallpox infected prostitutes into American lines.

by whatilearned July 1, 2022, 11:42 pm

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Single women of Reddit, how do you feel about the Union fall in the battle of Frederiksberg, Virginia on December 11, 1862, during Ambrose Burnside’s invasion into confederate held land?

by QuestionGuy June 25, 2022, 4:33 am

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TIL the Ottawa Convention is a 1997 treaty signed by 133 countries to ban antipersonnel land mines. The U.S. never signed. The U.S. placed thousands of mines in the DMZ between the Koreas during the Cold War to help deter an overwhelming ground invasion from the North.

by whatilearned June 22, 2022, 1:43 am

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Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin decides to try and intimidate Ukraine.

by cringeyjokesman June 8, 2022, 9:44 pm

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