N'Golo Kante

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[Vesper 30,122]

Just now, Jason said:

 

smart move

it is not like they need wee baldy to just crush those two shit teams, especially Andorra

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[MoroccanBlue 5,379]

What the fuck? Seriously?

No offence, but winning the WC gives you the same merit as a soldier risking his life or going beyond the call of duty?

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1 hour ago, MoroccanBlue said:

What the fuck? Seriously?

No offence, but winning the WC gives you the same merit as a soldier risking his life or going beyond the call of duty?

welcome to 2019 m8

counting both world wars, France and Russia lost over 20% of their under 40yo men

millions upon millions

Battle of Stalingrad alone cost 5 million lives, soldiers, civilians, on both sides

but a footie player now gets equal glory

it is sickening

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15 minutes ago, Vesper said:

welcome to 2019 m8

counting both world wars, France and Russia lost over 20% of their under 40yo men

millions upon millions

Battle of Stalingrad alone cost 5 million lives, soldiers, civilians, on both sides

but a footie player now gets equal glory

it is sickening

Utterly disrespectful. Imagine a world where bellends like Griezmann and Pogba having the same merit  as a soldier going beyond the call of duty. 

Embarrassing and they should be ashamed. I wouldn't of accepted it. 

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24 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Utterly disrespectful. Imagine a world where bellends like Griezmann and Pogba having the same merit  as a soldier going beyond the call of duty. 

Embarrassing and they should be ashamed. I wouldn't of accepted it. 

The French are the most falsely shit-on military of the 20th century. They are insanely fearless in WWI.

I cannot recommend a yank's book enough.

Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August

SUPERB and shows the truly nightmarish scenarios that lead up to that meat grinder (and that set the stage for WWII as well)

https://www.amazon.com/Guns-August-Pulitzer-Prize-Winning-Outbreak/dp/0345476093

 

 

also I SO recco the Dan Carlin massive podcast, the 6 part monster....  Blueprint for Armageddon

It is one of the best historical multimedia documents ever and is still free to download

https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-50-blueprint-for-armageddon-i/

https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-51-blueprint-for-armageddon-ii/

https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-52-blueprint-for-armageddon-iii/

https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-53-blueprint-for-armageddon-iv/

https://www.dancarlin.com/home-hh-54/

https://www.dancarlin.com/hh-55/

you will never look at WWI the same again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[BlueLyon 9,359]

2 hours ago, the wes said:

 

Also his mom had to take for 8 kids after father died. Nothing but good wishes for all of them. 

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[OhForAGreavsie 6,067]

On 06/06/2019 at 11:12 PM, Vesper said:

The French are the most falsely shit-on military of the 20th century. They are insanely fearless in WWI.

I cannot recommend a yank's book enough.

Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August

SUPERB and shows the truly nightmarish scenarios that lead up to that meat grinder (and that set the stage for WWII as well)

https://www.amazon.com/Guns-August-Pulitzer-Prize-Winning-Outbreak/dp/0345476093

 

 

also I SO recco the Dan Carlin massive podcast, the 6 part monster....  Blueprint for Armageddon

It is one of the best historical multimedia documents ever and is still free to download

https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-50-blueprint-for-armageddon-i/

https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-51-blueprint-for-armageddon-ii/

https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-52-blueprint-for-armageddon-iii/

https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-53-blueprint-for-armageddon-iv/

https://www.dancarlin.com/home-hh-54/

https://www.dancarlin.com/hh-55/

you will never look at WWI the same again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Vesper,

Just downloaded the podcast and an audio version of the book. I'll let you know what I think.

If you like history, and you're prepared to risk another yank, try One Summer by Bill Bryson. I won't try to write a summary because you'll read better ones if you search for the book. Just to say that the summary made the book seem really interesting to me, but in fact it's even better than I imagined. Way better. Check out a summary and see if it seems like your sort of thing.

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2 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Thanks Vesper,

Just downloaded the podcast and an audio version of the book. I'll let you know what I think.

If you like history, and you're prepared to risk another yank, try One Summer by Bill Bryson. I won't try to write a summary because you'll read better ones if you search for the book. Just to say that the summary made the book seem really interesting to me, but in fact it's even better than I imagined. Way better. Check out a summary and see if it seems like your sort of thing.

I will check it out! thanks so much

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Guys like Ngolo are the ones who always work hard, perform well but often get exploited in an office job as they are too shy and modest to take credit for their work. I am happy for him that he has a stage to shine for everyone to see and appreciate so every bully has to respect him for who he is. No one deserves it more