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UnassumingAnt t1_j5zahlc wrote

Reply to comment by seakingsoyuz in TIL American WW2 airplanes were sent to war unpainted starting in 1943. The polished surface made the planes faster and lighter, giving more range to all planes and more cargo hold for the bombers by PatmygroinB

Americans asserting dominance by just dropping pianos onto German troops could have ended the war even sooner.

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schmyle85 t1_j60o1at wrote

Piano gets dropped on a German officer, he crawls out from under it with a big bump on his head and piano keys for teeth

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seakingsoyuz t1_j5zgcdj wrote

There’s an RAF and RCAF tradition of burning pianos at social functions, so I was actually willing to believe that it was a destructive air-dropping.

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