And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A long time ago, I read somewhere that when Russia was developing the concept of airborne military operations, that they experimented with having troops lying prone on the wings of the aircraft as it flew, and jumping without parachutes into snow banks.
Due to too many casualties, that technique was abandoned.
And, furthermore, although many Russians don't agree with the theory, it has been posited that the Rus, who were Vikings from Scandinavia, are the ancestors of today's Russian populace.
A long time ago, I read somewhere that when Russia was developing the concept of airborne military operations, that they experimented with having troops lying prone on the wings of the aircraft as it flew, and jumping without parachutes into snow banks.
ReplyDeleteDue to too many casualties, that technique was abandoned.
And, furthermore, although many Russians don't agree with the theory, it has been posited that the Rus, who were Vikings from Scandinavia, are the ancestors of today's Russian populace.
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