ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agoUS Military never really trained for these types of dog and pony showsdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square267linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoIt’s common knowledge that soldiers don’t walk in unison on bridges. It dates back to 1831. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge Same thing happened in France twenty years later: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge It also postponed the opening of a bridge in London by two years in 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge,_London
It’s common knowledge that soldiers don’t walk in unison on bridges. It dates back to 1831.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge
Same thing happened in France twenty years later:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge
It also postponed the opening of a bridge in London by two years in 2000:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge,_London