12 year olds!?
Keep it together, soldier!
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The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to historymemes@piefed.social
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Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Abyssian@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Yeah, they’re pretty useless in combat so they carry things around and play music to make the constant threat of death more upbeat and chipper.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Yes, drummers/music, powder boys, water, care of animals…
GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 day ago
William J. Johnston (July 12, 1850 – September 16, 1941) was a drummer boy in Company D of the 3rd Vermont Infantry during the American Civil War. When his division was routed during the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign of June to July 1862, he was the only drummer to come away with his instrument. His superiors considered this a meritorious feat, given that the regiment’s other soldiers had thrown away their guns and equipment to lighten their loads as they retreated. As a result, he received the Medal of Honor in 1863; at age 13, he remains the youngest recipient of the award.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Kid when hearing why he’s getting a medal: Wait, I could have just thrown it away?
Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Amazing story thanks for sharing
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You reckon any savants came up with a legendary melody from all the emotions mid-battle?
SuperEars@lemmy.world 2 days ago
7th grade me asked teacher “Did they shoot at the drummer boys too?” and without hesitating she says “YES!” I’m sure she’s right, but she had a gleeful face which made me think she was happy to answer regardless of its truthfulness.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, in the age of muskets and field cannons they didn’t really shoot at anybody in particular since the guns were not very accurate. They probably did try to hit the bagpipe dudes, though.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Fun fact. Rifling wasn’t invented until right before the Civil War. That spiraling in a gun barrel helps the bullet keep aim and hit the target. Before that the balls just bounced out of the musket any old way.
That is one of the reasons the Civil War was so bloody. The armies still lined up, but this time the rifles shot straight.
TheRealKuni@piefed.social 2 days ago
This is basically the plot of Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
Anchorxiety@reddthat.com 2 days ago
I’ve been playing “Over the top: WW1” recently on Steam and this reminded me of it. Playing bagpipes while everyone around you is getting shot and blown up. Love the humour in that game lol
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Pipers actually did that. Germans shot one. They regretted their actions.
LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You can play music when driving cars or motorcycles in BF6, its also very fun.
thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.app 2 days ago
Same with CoD Cold War, highly recommend. Surviving zombies while jamming to Karma Chameleon..
- The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This looks fun!
gibmiser@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It does, I just looked it up but it looks like active players has tanked from thousands down to a few hundred a day. One of the big selling points is matches with up to 200 players… If the devs want to save their game they need to either do a give away or a massive 90% off sale.
megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 hours ago
My favorite is that the “clown song” is originally an Austro-Hungarian marching song called “entrance of the gladiators”
And up in to WW1 they would have bands playing during battles. So there is a very good chance that someone had to charge a machine gun nest while the fucking clown song was playing.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
“Fuckin magnets, how do they work?”
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Appropriate song for WWI offensive tactitians that spent like 3 fucking years sending wave after wave of young men at machine gun nests until Germany ran out of bullets.