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** [[wikipedia:Paris Gun|The Paris Gun.]] |
** [[wikipedia:Paris Gun|The Paris Gun.]] |
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* [[Body Horror]]: Soldiers who survived the [http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/mask_pair4.jpg worst] [http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/attachments/f149/89557d1251704696-world-war-1-facial-injuries-ww1pic3.jpg imaginable] [http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/attachments/f149/89555d1251704681-world-war-1-facial-injuries-ww1pic2.jpg injuries] often had to exist in a state of [[A Fate Worse Than Death]] ''[[And I Must Scream|for the rest of their lives...]]'' If you were injured and disfigured young? Too bad for you... |
* [[Body Horror]]: Soldiers who survived the [http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/mask_pair4.jpg worst] [http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/attachments/f149/89557d1251704696-world-war-1-facial-injuries-ww1pic3.jpg imaginable] [http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/attachments/f149/89555d1251704681-world-war-1-facial-injuries-ww1pic2.jpg injuries] often had to exist in a state of [[A Fate Worse Than Death]] ''[[And I Must Scream|for the rest of their lives...]]'' If you were injured and disfigured young? Too bad for you... |
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* [[Break Out the Museum Piece]]: Rear line troops often got quite outdated equipment with black powder firearms seeing regular use. |
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* [[Didn't See That Coming]]: The Germans were caught by surprise by the French using tear gas on their soldiers, and the Allies were even more surprised when the Germans deployed poison gas. Also, [[Tank Goodness|tanks]] was an absolute and terrifying surprise. |
* [[Didn't See That Coming]]: The Germans were caught by surprise by the French using tear gas on their soldiers, and the Allies were even more surprised when the Germans deployed poison gas. Also, [[Tank Goodness|tanks]] was an absolute and terrifying surprise. |
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** The MAS (short for ''motobarca armata SVAN'', SVAN being the original manufacturer), the torpedo boats of the Italian Navy, were essentially speedboats with a torpedo strapped on either side, and discounted as nothing more than a nuisance. The Austro-Hungarian Navy literally failed to see two of them having a chance encounter with their flagship, sink it and run away, and thought the ''Szent Istvan'' had been sank by submarines until the Italian propaganda started boasting. |
** The MAS (short for ''motobarca armata SVAN'', SVAN being the original manufacturer), the torpedo boats of the Italian Navy, were essentially speedboats with a torpedo strapped on either side, and discounted as nothing more than a nuisance. The Austro-Hungarian Navy literally failed to see two of them having a chance encounter with their flagship, sink it and run away, and thought the ''Szent Istvan'' had been sank by submarines until the Italian propaganda started boasting. |
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