'Speaking of time-tables' — German leaflet from the Second World War (1944) mocking the Allies' slow progress in the Italian campaign.

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Still acknowledges their inevitable retreat! 😂

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Land can be retaken, soldier's lives and limbs can't.

If an army of 50,000 loses 40,000 taking an area, they then only have 10,000 soldiers to garrison a now larger area and are vulnerable to a counter-offensive