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US troops stand in tribute to the 8 million horses and mules that died in WWI, 1910s
Feb 25, 2018 10:01 PM
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Munchman347
Most of them wound up in the mess tent...
moecurlylarry
Then there's the 50 guys at the other end: why do we have to be the ass
daniic233
Sunderlion
greg20151975
Well I salute the tribute - but always against animal cruelty
YouGotMeThere
That's why I loved Spielberg's War Horse
McFluffySundae
Found out recently the few that survived the hell of war were slaughtered right after anyway. Way to show your gratitude.
Zilla12
It's fucking incredible to even comprehend 8 million I got it and that makes me sad
richunclskeleton
Im sure the horses appreciated it. But as we all know mules never forgive and never forget
commentsivehadafew
Not only did the horses have to deal with that shit - they had to do it without any idea what was going on
berdiche
How do you know?
Mikanojo
Horse intelligence is debated: it varies from 1 to the next. Horses almost never receive the amount of training / interaction that dogs do.
donaskme
But, conversely no one thought about the 160 million cows, chickens and pigs that fuelled this army. They too didn't know what was going on.
ThePsychicZombie
Yeah but they were prolly gon' get eaten regardless.
McFluffySundae
And the ones that made it through the war, most were slaughtered and eaten immediately after. No rest, no retirement. Way to show gratitude
RepetitiveStrainInjury
They were neigh-sayers....
Stollig
Thanks, that means a lot. - the 8 million horses
djkr
Always upvote history
sardonislamir
If you think about it...the horse population had to have been decimated.
kitarak7
My grandfather once told me that his units horses were all lost on the transport to Europe during world war 2. His unit was Calvary.
Muzkrat101
I identify as a horse and accept your tribute
EvilBettysKungFuCow
actual question: is humanity the only species to use other species in fights with itself? (sorry if the poor wording makes it hard to read)
TheSublimelyMagnificentJechtUsernameMarkIII
Took me longer to see it than I'd like to admit
dunkyclone
superbmatter
Neat
Amitoolate
Im sure horses around the world will appreciate this gesture.
AmyBethMegJo
That took a lot of planning to get the perspective right. Compare how many people at the nose with how many there are in the ear.
donaskme
No, they only needed a platform and a bucket of sand.
UncleGlum
Look up mass photography, they did this quite a lot. The Cactus Division had a particularly striking example.
andytuba
Neato! https://io9.com/the-bizarre-phenomenon-of-mass-photography-477602933
Juleva
This cool and all but incredibly useless
ChefMIKErowave
They had to execute horses during the battle of Dunkirk for fear that the enemies would steal them, because they didn't have enough space
JesseSlayer
Dude, spoilers! I'm still watching The Great War!
TheHawkRules
@ElbowDeepInAHorse
KinKrow
Duffman26
EggsMayhem
I'm surprised this worked on the Trojans.
ZeP46
Probably was Stalin.
guardian19d
Everyone needs to take a second. 8 million is a huge number. Let it sink in. +1
NotoriousDuchess
I feel like we should invent them a country or something...
flavivsaetivs
For reference, that's about 20 times the number of horses used by the Roman army at its largest (approx. 645,000 men, 395 AD).
flavivsaetivs
(Assuming an approximate infantry to cavalry ratio of 3:1 and three horses per cavalryman on campaign. Not counting logistical chains).
AoKToday
You killed another one? Sick bastard...
guardian19d
I c what you did there.
CaptainDeadpool
Neigh, the sink is staying outside
only90skidswillgetthis
Americans eat 1.35 billion chicken wings in super bowl weekend alone
JerzeeTomato
Horses & Mules were the best pat of the German diet for the last 18 months of the war...
guardian19d
YourLeastFavoriteBanana
Seriously hoping this is a joke and not a factual statistic, but I'm already saddened by the fact that I believe it could be either
StarryPlough
Why
only90skidswillgetthis
It's true according to usa today. Keep in mind though that what we call a wing is half of a wing. So each chicken has 4 "wings".
only90skidswillgetthis
They also have tenderloins to make those 'boneless wings' *chicken nuggets you peasant
poderous
Yes! They are! It's just nuggets! Call it like you see it
Vaderliscious
MetaSomma
Sweatpantsboner
Immediately checked username for @ElbowDeepInAHorse
MetaSomma
Honestly haven't seen them around in a while, which is weird