Sharwood
Rich, doctor nephew
That was my thought, but I figured it was just my inherent sarcasm preventing me from figuring out what it was an abbreviation of by jumping to the first smartarse answer.
Admirable Losers
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You said the Greeks, not "Greece", and Greeks definitely lived in Gallipoli. And the fact that the Greek government didn't own Gallipoli at the time has little to do with the rightful owners of the land, which was the joke I was trying to make. Jeez.
And oic = oh, I see. I mean, what else could it be? Honestly.
Sharwood
Rich, doctor nephew
No-one actually lived at Gallipoli Dachs. Therefore I emerge victorious via semantics. Yay!
Considering this is the internet, land of nonsense abbreviations, OIC could mean a lot of things. After all, it took me several years to discover what lol meant, and I still fail to see the point of OTOH, AFAIK, and IIRC, among others. JUST WRITE THE DAMN WORDS!
Uh, Krithia? Maidos?
Oh, by the way, another actual loser of admirable quality: Friedrich V, Elector Palatine.
holy king
Deity
what exactly does "elector palatine" refer to? "kurfürst"?
Specifically, the Kurfürst of Pfalz.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Charles Cornwallis was a rather admirable as well as respectable loser. Funny that Americans only know him for his role in their Revolution, when he gets so much more fame for his work as the first Governor-General of India.
Sharwood
Rich, doctor nephew
No-one lived there, it was a beach. Semantics rule!Uh, Krithia? Maidos?
Oh, by the way, another actual loser of admirable quality: Friedrich V, Elector Palatine.
Forgot about the Winter King, good choice.
Gallipoli is a peninsula, on which are situated several towns. One of these is Krithia. It had a not insignificant Greek population, a remnant of the time during which Greeks had political control of the territory. Due to this political control and the fact that many Greeks still lived there, Gallipoli can be considered to be rightfully Greek territory at the time of the Allied invasion. I know you're trying to be amusing, and honestly I don't care.
dagriggstar
King
Manco Inca Yupanqui - leader of the Incan rebellion against the Spanish...
Almost succeeding in ridding south america of the Spanish (well atleast kicking them out of what was the Incan empire), retook Cuzco (well all of Cuzco except the palace complex). Tried to take Lima but lost heavily, everything went downhill after that...
Almost succeeding in ridding south america of the Spanish (well atleast kicking them out of what was the Incan empire), retook Cuzco (well all of Cuzco except the palace complex). Tried to take Lima but lost heavily, everything went downhill after that...
holy king
Deity
ha, in the german version he says "auveh!".
Quildavyr
Man of sick jokes!
Aehm what? Unopposed?
My admirable losers are;
Romanos IV Diogenes,Constantine XI,Boudicea
Pyhrrus of course.@holyking: au weh?
holy king
Deity
exactly. not sure how it is spelled in the comic, but yeah, ave/au weh.
Sharwood
Rich, doctor nephew
We landed completely unopposed, at least in certain areas. The Turks were absolutely nowhere near us, largely because we actually landed at the wrong beach, if I recall. Instead of taking advantage of this fact to assume defensible positions in the unoccupied nearby highlands we dug trenches on the beach, much to the Turks' bemusement and delight.Aehm what? Unopposed?
A lot of casualties came in the initial landing, with the invaders coming under heavy machine gun fire from the Turks. One of the main reason why the wrong beach didn't work out was that sheer cliffs prevented cover from being sought in this initial amphibious landing, causing massive casualties in this first phase and leading to great problems in attaining a good position. Sure, these areas weren't as heavily defended as some, but we were definitely not unopposed.
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