The Daily Populous Saturday November 16th, 2024 evening edition
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Fishfindr on November 16th, 2024 at 01:39 UTC »

What’s great and horrific photo, all in one shot.

UncoolSlicedBread on November 16th, 2024 at 02:07 UTC »

I can’t imagine being in one of those boats and facing what those men faced.

I heard of a story, or a saying, about not shaking the rope. Because these boats were even dangerous just to get in from the big ships they developed the rule to not shake the rope.

If someone got scared be started shaking, they were likely to cause others to fall to their inevitable death or grave injury as they lowered themselves 40+ feet down cargo netting.

So there were accounts of officers having to push soldiers off the ropes because they were shaking.

HeadmasterPrimeMnstr on November 16th, 2024 at 02:22 UTC »

I would argue that the original anti-fascists were activists in Italy during the rise of Mussolini, or at least the International Brigades fighting against Franco Spain, but that's just me.