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Do what you can, and it may be enough (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm not saying it happened, but it is a "known" story. Example: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/12/28/all-we-can-do-for-you-now-how-czech-sabotage-saved-a-b-17-crew/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's an apocryphal story.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It looks like the source is a memoir written by a soldier. So I guess you'd have to take that one guy's word for it, assuming interviews etc. with other people who would have seen the same event don't exist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I err on the side of people, especially people from generations prior to being able to verify a lot of stuff on the internet, being entirely full of shit.