“The following Emperors were Field Marshals in the British Army wilhelm 2nd of Germany, franz-josef of austria-hungary, hirohito of japan, sadam hussain of iraq”
amazing what you find on wikipedia. Love it!
My Friend Simon texted back saying he had a picture of Kaiser Bill in a kilt so did text him with
“I remember as a lad watching the news, a kilt was auctioned and bourght by Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada VC President of Uganda and conquerer of the british empire b”
anyway, noting wrong with men in skirts.
But back to Field Marshals. Funny, having made 2 enemy emporers high ranking officers in the British Army, you would think they would have learned a lesson. But no, the late Showa emporer as well was a 5 star general in “our” army. Pehaps, though finally that was the last straw and was the only reason why Sadam Hussain was not given a baton by the Queen. He was on our side once as well.
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