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varnell_hill t1_j1doxgt wrote

Reply to comment by pete1901 in TIL that Vidal Sassoon (his real name) started styling women's hair in wartime London as a teenager, but he took a hiatus at age twenty to join the elite Israeli commando force known as the Palmach. by p38-lightning

Imagine a bomb being thrown into your home. After it explodes, you wade through the smoke and find your way to the window. You look outside in hopes of catching a glimpse of the assailant. Through the haze, you see a man running down the street with the most glorious bob cut you’ve ever laid eyes on.

Nothing will ever be the same.

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pete1901 t1_j1dpqx4 wrote

I don't think their aim was to allow their victims to walk out of their houses...

>Around Jaffa, Palmach units destroyed houses in Yazur and Salama.
An order dated 3 January 1948 said "The aim is ... to attack northern
part of the village of Salama ... to cause deaths, to blow up houses and
to burn everything possible."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmach#Retaliation_raids

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varnell_hill t1_j1dqoit wrote

I’m sure, but no group has a 100% kill rate.

Even the best miss sometimes.

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I_love_pillows t1_j1e51cq wrote

POV: you are a soldier in active battle. Enemy comes up to you, mildly bloodied, screaming, he throws a grenade. The last thing you ever see is his glorious hair billowing in the wind before the grenade takes you out.

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looktowindward t1_j1fwicn wrote

That was in the middle of the Israeli War of Independence and was against combatants

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whiffitgood t1_j1h0f38 wrote

Imagine that, entire villages of combatants. All those houses just full of combatants.

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