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by maceurt 2748 days ago
WW1 was the first war with tanks. Pretty fascinating all the technology developed in WW1, and the war itself is really cool also.
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“and the war itself is really cool” that is such a weird statement to read. Maybe “interesting“ would fit, but “cool“? I wonder if any of the people who died in the Ypres/Passchendaele region, or Somme, would call the war “cool“.
Please mind that you may not be talking to a native or fluent English speaker, and your comment just comes across as rude and unwarranted then.
The documentary has plenty of shots of tanks entering the battlefield. Probably my favorite part of the whole thing to be honest. It goes from men on horses to seeing tanks roll through.

Highly recommend this documentary.

And now we are back in a situation where the British Army has more horses than tanks!
Seriously? That's fascinating.
Fascinating isn't the word I would use... :-|

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-229...