You're right, but the First World War was to a certain extent the opposite, though it could be considered the first modern War. The western allies used the phrase "steel not flesh'. You only have to look at Stalin and his slaughter of Soviet citizens to see the 'flesh over steel' consequences.
I was thinking more of things like swords, axes, etc. which date back millennia. I’d wager weapons were the very first things we made when we learned to work with metal.
Was it just me, or did anyone else think that if the planes are already flying that low, they could just use their front guns to shoot up the dam, a la Luke Skywalker’s daring run on the Death Star? Too bad SW wasn’t out at the time.
There was movie made about this in 1955, with Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave. It doesn't get aired much because one of the characters has a black lab dog named the 'N' word!
Those guys carried their balls in wheelbarrows. 🫡 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
James, you speak my language, you m-fer!
Not to overly nitpick here, but aren’t most wars a conflict of metal used to rend flesh from bone when you get right down to it?
You're right, but the First World War was to a certain extent the opposite, though it could be considered the first modern War. The western allies used the phrase "steel not flesh'. You only have to look at Stalin and his slaughter of Soviet citizens to see the 'flesh over steel' consequences.
I was thinking more of things like swords, axes, etc. which date back millennia. I’d wager weapons were the very first things we made when we learned to work with metal.
Yep. Man has always advanced weaponry at the expense of humanity.
Was it just me, or did anyone else think that if the planes are already flying that low, they could just use their front guns to shoot up the dam, a la Luke Skywalker’s daring run on the Death Star? Too bad SW wasn’t out at the time.
There was movie made about this in 1955, with Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave. It doesn't get aired much because one of the characters has a black lab dog named the 'N' word!