• ItsPequod [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    Famously, soldiers have no use for time pieces, and keeping accurate time for strategies or anything especially back then in the analogue age.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      11 months ago

      Word. Afaik having an accurate time piece, at least for NCOs and officers, was literally life or death since they needed them to do any kind of coordination at a time when radios sucked or were rare and precious, or just couldn’t keep up with an advance.