Posted on 12/29/2018 12:11:19 AM PST by dennisw
Yup. The mobilization orders for the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914 were printed in eleven different languages. They had chronic and eventually crippling communications problems and were pretty much done as an effective fighting force by the end of the first year. They had a basic German language lexicon of about 70 words - that was the professionals that went into the war. The draftees who replaced them didn't even have that. Their diversity was NOT their strength.
Muck your Fother.
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