Why British NCO's and Australian Officers?
Out of curiousity, could you explain why?There was a saying among the Allied troops at Gallipoli that the ideal army would be made up of Turkish privates, British NCOs and Australian generals.
Out of curiousity, could you explain why?![]()
Well, the Turks fought bravely in Korea under American NCOs, why shouldn't they fight bravely under the British ones?
A more interesting idea would have been a foreign legion style force, based on mercenaries paid by a tax/contribution levied on the LoN members. That force would then be equipped with the best
(or the cheapest
) weapons available on the world market.
With Turkish soldiers, British NCO's and Australian officers.
(In some ATL's I'm doing something productive right now)
Now that would be interesting; how about American uniforms, British aircraft, German hand weapons and Russian tanks.....
Or Russian uniforms, French aircraft, Japanese hand weapons and Italian tanks......
It's like Canada. We could have had British government, French cuisine, and American know-how. Instead, we have American government, British cuisine, and French know-how.![]()
American government?
Has Dave Howery taken over Canada when I wasn't looking???
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Well, no, not really. But the joke doesn't work otherwise.
...Actually, French government, American cuisine, and British know-how works fairly well as well... we just got one of the suck versions, I guess.![]()
Well, me heard that Canadian Maple Syrup is pretty tasty, so I wouldn't think the cuisine bit sucks at all.![]()
That's cuz all our good food comes from Quebec, ie France (well, except for dulse, but I haven't found anyone outside the maritimes who likes it.)