6 definitions by A solid cube of tungsten
“Lest we forget” is a phrase that is commonly used in remberance of the millions of men who died in the Great War. It is difficult to describe exactly what it means, but it is a warning of sorts. A warning that we should not forget the soldiers who fought in WWI, and what they endured.
Person 1: “The 100th year anniversary of the end of WWI is on 11/11/2018.”
Person 2: “Lest we forget...”
Person 2: “Lest we forget...”
by A solid cube of tungsten October 25, 2018
A dreadnought was a type of battleship that emerged in the early 20th century. It all started in 1906, when the Royal Navy launched HMS Dreadnought. With its steam turbine engine, and uniform “all big gun” battery, its design was so superior that it made literally every other battleship in the world completely obsolete. The USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and even Chile, Brazil and Argentina frantically began building and buying ships of this type, which collectively became known as “dreadnoughts”. This “dreadnought race” is comparable to the nuclear arms race of the Cold War. Dreadnoughts were enormously expensive, and a nation’s technological, economic and industrial power was measured by how many dreadnoughts it possessed. Dreadnoughts ruled the waves up until WWII, when the age of battleships in general came to an end. Aircraft carriers and naval aviation superseded them as the key striking power of a modern fleet.
British and German dreadnoughts clashed inconclusively during WWI in 1916 at the battle of Jutland, considered by some the largest naval battle in history.
Spain built three dreadnoughts of the España class. Because of the feeble Spanish economy, they were the smallest dreadnoughts ever built. They did see combat action, but all three were destroyed in rather ignominious ways.
Spain built three dreadnoughts of the España class. Because of the feeble Spanish economy, they were the smallest dreadnoughts ever built. They did see combat action, but all three were destroyed in rather ignominious ways.
by A solid cube of tungsten November 2, 2019
This basically is a synonym for “a long shot”, or an overly ambitious plan.
The story behind it is that during WWII in 1944, the Allies came up with a plan (Operation Market Garden) to use paratroopers to secure three bridges over three key rivers behind enemy lines in The Netherlands. British forces would then rush forward across all three bridges to relieve the paratroopers, and later push into Germany itself.
It was an extremely ambitious plan. A British commander is alleged to have said “I think we may be going a bridge too far”, and he was right. The American airborne divisions were able to capture the first two bridges, and were relieved. But the British and Polish paratroopers at the third and final bridge at Arnhem were basically wiped out before tanks of the Irish Guards could punch through to reach them. Market Garden was an operational failure.
The story behind it is that during WWII in 1944, the Allies came up with a plan (Operation Market Garden) to use paratroopers to secure three bridges over three key rivers behind enemy lines in The Netherlands. British forces would then rush forward across all three bridges to relieve the paratroopers, and later push into Germany itself.
It was an extremely ambitious plan. A British commander is alleged to have said “I think we may be going a bridge too far”, and he was right. The American airborne divisions were able to capture the first two bridges, and were relieved. But the British and Polish paratroopers at the third and final bridge at Arnhem were basically wiped out before tanks of the Irish Guards could punch through to reach them. Market Garden was an operational failure.
Person 1: “I’m going to try to finish the essay the morning it’s due.”
Person 2: “I think that’s a bridge too far buddy...”
“I think we may be going a bridge too far.”
— Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning
Person 2: “I think that’s a bridge too far buddy...”
“I think we may be going a bridge too far.”
— Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning
by A solid cube of tungsten October 29, 2018
USS Maine was an armored cruiser of the US Navy. The ship was ordered in 1886, and due to various construction delays it took 9 years before the ship was commissioned, by which time she was obsolete. In 1898 she was sent to Havana Harbor to protect American interests in Spanish Cuba, where she suddenly exploded in the middle of the night. This was almost certainly caused by an ammunition fire or powder explosion, but the media immediately began claiming it was a Spanish torpedo or naval mine or saboteur. Through wild exaggerations, and often completely fabricated information, they whipped up a storm of anti-Spanish war-lust. They turned the USS Maine’s explosion into a catalyst for the Spanish American War, which began two months later.
After the USS Maine sank, people demanded a war with Spain with the cry:
“Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!”
“Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!”
by A solid cube of tungsten August 7, 2018
What you say when you know what is expected of you, but you dont care.
Origin:
In an animated short film called “So You Want to be a Pirate!”. There’s a part where a character says “good guess, but actually no”. Someone posted a screen cap of it on Reddit, but captioned as “Well yes, but actually no”
Origin:
In an animated short film called “So You Want to be a Pirate!”. There’s a part where a character says “good guess, but actually no”. Someone posted a screen cap of it on Reddit, but captioned as “Well yes, but actually no”
My friend: Don’t you feel bad about taking his stuff?
Me: Well yes, but actually no.
Me: So you’ll for sure be here to fix my internet tomorrow?
Comcast: Well yes, but actually no.
Me: (clicks not interested on the same YouTube video for the millionth time)
YouTube: Well yes, but actually no.
Me: Well yes, but actually no.
Me: So you’ll for sure be here to fix my internet tomorrow?
Comcast: Well yes, but actually no.
Me: (clicks not interested on the same YouTube video for the millionth time)
YouTube: Well yes, but actually no.
by A solid cube of tungsten March 31, 2019
The “Clean Wehrmacht” is the myth that during WW2, the regular German army (Wehrmacht) was an apolitical, honorable army that did not participate in crimes against humanity. People who believe this think that only the Waffen SS carried out Nazi atrocities.
This is a total fantasy. It was a myth designed after the war to shift blame and downplay the German military’s crimes against humanity. The Wehrmacht took part in the Holocaust, routinely shot POWs, and committed countless massacres of civilians. All of which was documented in Wehrmacht reports drawn up by Wehrmacht officers who gave Wehrmacht soldiers explicit instructions to do so. It’s true that SS soldiers were even more fanatical, and not all German soldiers committed war crimes. Bur never, ever let anyone tell you that the Wehrmacht isn’t culpable for the crimes of Nazi Germany.
This is a total fantasy. It was a myth designed after the war to shift blame and downplay the German military’s crimes against humanity. The Wehrmacht took part in the Holocaust, routinely shot POWs, and committed countless massacres of civilians. All of which was documented in Wehrmacht reports drawn up by Wehrmacht officers who gave Wehrmacht soldiers explicit instructions to do so. It’s true that SS soldiers were even more fanatical, and not all German soldiers committed war crimes. Bur never, ever let anyone tell you that the Wehrmacht isn’t culpable for the crimes of Nazi Germany.
Wehraboo: “The regular German army didn’t actually do anything bad. They were just fighting for their homeland.”
Person with a brain: “No, that’s the Clean Wehrmacht” myth. The regular German army fought a war of racial extermination, and did things more barbaric than you can even imagine.”
Person with a brain: “No, that’s the Clean Wehrmacht” myth. The regular German army fought a war of racial extermination, and did things more barbaric than you can even imagine.”
by A solid cube of tungsten May 23, 2019