Kinda like the French putting too long dipsticks into military vehicles going to Germany. They would show a good oil level even though it was way low, and the engine would seize
One shell, however, wasn’t quite empty.
Inside the casing was “a carefully rolled piece of paper” written in Czech, he noted. “This is all we can do for you now,” the message read.
the concentration camp prisoners were responsible for the production of the shells
guess what they did
"The people we're exterminating sabotaged the bombs?!" - shocked pikachu Nazis
Kinda like the French putting too long dipsticks into military vehicles going to Germany. They would show a good oil level even though it was way low, and the engine would seize
That is sneaky, I would never think to check the length of the dipstick.
Think with your dipstick Jimmy!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj5ms9PJDNY
That's gold!
I need some context here, pretty please
It’s probably related to this possibly apocryphal story:
And here is an AskHistorians Reddit link with some additional context.
Huh?