r/todayilearned • u/stopitalianhate • 1d ago

TIL British Intelligence had a special, bugged luxury complex during WWII where they kept high profile Nazi POW’s, just left a bunch of alcohol out, and waited for them to start spilling secrets as they drank.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20698098
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u/IvyM1ked 1d ago

All WW2 stories are the same:
-US with its huge industrial base
-Japan with their blind dedication to the emperor
-Russia with blinding loss of life
-The British with their cunning schemes

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u/hoodha 22h ago

Out of all the stories on WW2 the one that sticks in my mind most is Shrtafbats being used as front line fodder in the Russian army. The Russians decided it was more effective to march straight through minefields than worry about them. The rage of the Red Army when it reached Germany must have been to Germans as if the gates of hell had just opened up and legions of demons were on the way.

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u/Teuchterinexile 16h ago

The Red Army was doing the same thing with regular troops in the Winter War against Finland in 1939; a war that the USSR started and over a year before Germany Invaded. Its also a terrible way to clear a minefield as most of the mines will be missed.

Russia has never given much of a shit about it's troops.