Seen on the far right, charging with his claymore (scottish broadsword), Mad Jack Churchill leading a training exercise for commandos in scotland 1941.
His other weapons of choice were a longbow (for that he is the only soldier in WW II who killed his enemy with arrows) and a bagpipe.
“Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed.”
After the war he became a passionate surfer who build his own board and surfed in England (!!)…
I maintain that, as long as you tell a German loudly and clearly what to do, if you are senior to him he will cry “jawohl” and get on with it enthusiastically and efficiently, whatever the situation.
Jack Churchill, explaining how he single-handedly made 42 Nazis surrender, armed with only a broadsword. (via zaknafein)
