DeVision
- Anywhere

Neuroticfish
- Modulator

Z Prochek
- Desperate

Haujobb
- Penetration

(this a good one, - i recommend)

...Infestation in the Trenches.

why are the battles often called GREAT? i think it's always a misery, adrenaline infested misery.

In 1881 the American inventor, Hiram Maxim, visited the Paris Electrical Exhibition. While he was at the exhibition he met a man who told him: "If you wanted to make a lot of money, invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each other's throats with greater facility."

Here is another [version]:
In 1881, a friend of Hiram Maxim, the American inventor, told him: "If you wanted to make a lot of money, ..." (and blah, blah, bloody-blah)

and a result is...

"1st July 1916 saw the onset of the predominantly British-led Somme Offensive. Planned as a means of relieving German pressure upon the French at Verdun, and viewed by British Commander-in-Chief Sir Douglas Haig as a means of achieving a breakthrough on the Western Front, the offensive opened with significant British casualties, some 60,000 on the first day alone. The British had mistakenly expected German resistance to be crushed following a week-long preliminary bombardment of the German lines but instead found machine-gunners awaiting their infantry advance.

The Somme Offensive did not provide the much sought after breakthrough but largely resulted in continued trench stalemate, although some territorial gain was achieved by Allied forces. Casualty estimates vary widely: the Allied losses (chiefly British and French) have been put at 600,000 with German casualties estimated to be 500,000."

[from FirstWorldWar.com (emphases are mine)]

"The Victoria Cross is Britain's highest award. Established in February 1856 by Queen Victoria, the medal is is awarded for 'most conspicuous bravery, a daring or preeminent act of valour, self sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy. A total of 633 members of the [British] armed forces were awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War. Of these, 187 had been killed during their act of heroism."