James Holland

and technology so that you don't have to bring to bear too many of your young men's lives and you don't have a repeat of the slaughter of the First World War.

and technology so that you don't have to bring to bear too many of your young men's lives and you don't have a repeat of the slaughter of the First World War.

and technology so that you don't have to bring to bear too many of your young men's lives and you don't have a repeat of the slaughter of the First World War.

and technology so that you don't have to bring to bear too many of your young men's lives and you don't have a repeat of the slaughter of the First World War.

So, you know, it is really interesting that in our mind's eye, when we're thinking of, you know, the Western allies in the Second World War, probably the first thing that comes into mind is Americans jumping out of landing craft on Omaha Beach on D-Day, for example. Those are infantrymen. They're the front line. They are the coal face. They're the first people going into the fire of the enemy.

So, you know, it is really interesting that in our mind's eye, when we're thinking of, you know, the Western allies in the Second World War, probably the first thing that comes into mind is Americans jumping out of landing craft on Omaha Beach on D-Day, for example. Those are infantrymen. They're the front line. They are the coal face. They're the first people going into the fire of the enemy.

So, you know, it is really interesting that in our mind's eye, when we're thinking of, you know, the Western allies in the Second World War, probably the first thing that comes into mind is Americans jumping out of landing craft on Omaha Beach on D-Day, for example. Those are infantrymen. They're the front line. They are the coal face. They're the first people going into the fire of the enemy.

So, you know, it is really interesting that in our mind's eye, when we're thinking of, you know, the Western allies in the Second World War,

Probably the first thing that comes into mind is Americans jumping out of landing craft on Omaha Beach on D-Day, for example.

Those are infantrymen.

They're the front line.

They are the coal face.

They're the first people going into the fire of the enemy.

And we tend to think about guys in tanks, infantrymen with their Garand rifles or, you know, machine guns or whatever. That's what springs to mind. Yet actually, they're a comparatively small proportion of the army. So no more than 14% to 15% of any allied army is infantry.

And we tend to think about guys in tanks, infantrymen with their Garand rifles or, you know, machine guns or whatever. That's what springs to mind. Yet actually, they're a comparatively small proportion of the army. So no more than 14% to 15% of any allied army is infantry.

And we tend to think about guys in tanks, infantrymen with their Garand rifles or, you know, machine guns or whatever. That's what springs to mind. Yet actually, they're a comparatively small proportion of the army. So no more than 14% to 15% of any allied army is infantry.

And we tend to think about guys in tanks, infantrymen with their Garand rifles or machine guns or whatever.

That's what springs to mind.

Yet actually, they're a comparatively small proportion of the army.

So no more than 14 to 15% of any army, allied army, is infantry.