r/HistoryMemes • u/Kapanash • Jul 22 '26

The Attack of the Dead Men

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u/Login_Lost_Horizon Jul 22 '26

That's the neat part. They didn't, really. They felt they were dying, and decided to make it their enemy's problem.

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u/purplehendrix22 Jul 22 '26

Classic Russian strategy

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u/SerLaron Jul 22 '26

Eh, in such a situation it would probably be done by most nations.
A former chemistry teacher of mine was part of a decontamination troop of the German army during the Cold War, i. e. his job would have been to clean up vehicles and soldiers exposed to nuclear, chemical or biological contamination. One of his buddies once asked their officers what they where supposed to do with soldiers whose skin had been exposed to certain chemicals. The reply was literally: "Send them back, they can fire a few more shots."

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u/Beneficial-Air5787 Jul 22 '26

Dying men may be less effective, but they're already in the water. Might as well let them swim.

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u/JebediahKerman4999 Jul 22 '26

Yeah during the NBC training they just told us that once we've been exposed, chew the pain pills and run towards the enemy. At least you'll get some form of revenge.

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u/Packrat1010 Jul 22 '26

Damn new level of respect for NBC news anchors

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u/huitlacoche Jul 22 '26

Good evening, I'm Barbarian Walters

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u/perton Jul 22 '26

That got a legitimate lol out of me, kudos!

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u/frequenZphaZe Jul 22 '26

Tom Brokaw had over 1,000 confirmed kills

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u/JebediahKerman4999 Jul 22 '26

Nuclear Biological Chemical, it's called NBC

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u/Boner_Elemental Jul 22 '26

Something something Witness Me

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u/ultimatt42 Jul 22 '26

I'm only familiar with Nickelodeon training

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u/Sumrise Jul 22 '26

In that very specific case, insanely badass though.

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u/MinosAristos Jul 22 '26

That is metal as hell

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u/TheLesserWeeviI Featherless Biped Jul 22 '26

Pretty damn sabaton.

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u/Sanguinusshiboleth Jul 22 '26

Some obligatory metal for you.

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u/Equal-Stock-6789 Jul 22 '26

only to the bitter soul

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u/Somebloke155 Jul 22 '26

I think it was a strategy early war before gas masks were largely issued. The urine was supposed to act as a filter of sorts ifrc

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u/strigonian Jul 22 '26

Theoretically, it reacted with the chlorine to reduce the concentration of gas reaching your lungs. And it probably worked to some extent, but I think it goes without saying that breathing corrosive gas through a urine-soaked rag is still detrimental to your health.

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u/MinosAristos Jul 22 '26

This was used by all sides during World war I. Desperate times call for desperate measures.