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The Dutch Have An Army And This Is How They Roll (Original Post)
Scuba
Sep 2013
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Aristus
(66,462 posts)1. The idea of a bicycle army seems a little comical to we motorized Americans.
But a lot of transportation on the Western Front in WWII took place on bicycles.
And the Japanese conquered the Malay Peninsula on foot and on bicycles. The few undergunned, underpowered tanks they had were much less effective than a determined infantry army powered by bicycles. And they were fighting against British troops who possessed much more effective armored vehicles.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)2. I don't know what's more comical, bikes or Elvis
rug
(82,333 posts)3. I'd send them to Syria and cut out all the rest of this crap.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)4. Now That is an impressive display of multi-tasking!
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)5. Not impressed, wasn't a bass player in the lot.
That was really pretty cool.
Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)6. Not one cello player, either
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)7. "A" for effort, but with a strap he might've been able to do this...