PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoImperial German soldier next to an artillery shell, WW1, 1916lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down13
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minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 months ago“Blindgänger” is probably the same as a the Swedish word “blindgångare”, or in English “dud”.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 months agoDictionary agrees. 38cm dud from England. 1916-07-30. Maybe 238 236th battalion? Not sure on that part.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoAh, yep. I can’t type, apparently.
“Blindgänger” is probably the same as a the Swedish word “blindgångare”, or in English “dud”.
Dictionary agrees. 38cm dud from England. 1916-07-30.
Maybe
238236th battalion? Not sure on that part.236, but I think so too.
Ah, yep. I can’t type, apparently.