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To: House Atreides
I’ve noticed a lot of misunderstanding of this war with folks thinking of World War 1 style human wave assaults.

Yes, we're getting the "Russian hume-ing wave" spiel from semi-literate perfessors of history in Scotland now.

3 posted on 09/01/2024 8:02:47 AM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: kiryandil; House Atreides
House Atreides: "I’ve noticed a lot of misunderstanding of this war with folks thinking of World War 1 style human wave assaults."

kiryandil: "Yes, we're getting the "Russian hume-ing wave" spiel from semi-literate perfessors of history in Scotland now."

"Meat Wave Assaults", or similar, is the term used by both Ukrainians and Russians for the modern Russian analogy to the old Chinese Korean War era (and other) "Human Wave Attacks".

Japanese infantry charge in the Russo-Japanese War, circa 1905:

163 posted on 09/02/2024 3:19:10 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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