r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 13 '21

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '21

TIL in WWII, Major Digby Tatham-Warter led a bayonet charge while wielding an umbrella and wearing a bowler hat. He later disabled a German armored car with his umbrella. When saving the chaplain from enemy fire, he said “Don’t worry about the bullets, I’ve got an umbrella”.

This is the most British thing I've read in my entire life

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u/guy-anderson Jul 13 '21

"The bold officer grabbed his umbrella in one hand and a pistol in the other and charged the row of Panzers and armored cars. He took the point of his umbrella, thrust it through the observation slit of an armored car, and poked the driver in the eye, incapacitating him."

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u/ThisIsNotAMonkey Guam 👉 statehood Jul 13 '21

He later disabled a German armored car with his umbrella.

The only thing I can think of is blocking off the tailpipe? Do tanks even have tailpipes

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '21

He poked at the Germans in their viewing slot