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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The prisoners at Castle Itter included several former prime ministers, field marshalls, generals, Charles de Gaulle's sister... and a champion tennis player.

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* AcceptableTargets: The hosts have no qualms cursing out Nazis, racists and Rhodesians. [[CreatorProvincialism And in Joe's case, Ohio.]]



* BerserkButton: As noted under AcceptableTargets, all of the hosts hate Nazis, racists and Rhodesians, but Liam in particular will get audibly mad when the subject comes up.

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* BerserkButton: As noted under AcceptableTargets, all BerserkButton:
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of the hosts hate Nazis, racists and Rhodesians, but Liam in particular will get audibly mad when the subject comes up.



* CatchPhrase: "It gets worse!" [[note]]"He said the thing!" *airhorn*[[/note]]
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** The co-host noting that something bad/worse is about to happen because Joe just gave a more specific date/time.
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* CrazyEnoughToWork: Cited as a major reason for the success of "Mad" Jack Churchill since he intimidated a German bunker into surrendering after having his troops run forward while yelling "Commando!" (so they wouldn't accidentally shoot each other) and he threatened the Germans while holding a 4 foot Scottish claymore.

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* CrazyEnoughToWork: Cited as a major reason for the success of "Mad" Jack Churchill since he intimidated a German bunker into surrendering after having his troops run forward while yelling "Commando!" (so they wouldn't accidentally shoot each other) and he threatened the Germans them while holding a 4 foot Scottish claymore.

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What An Idiot is now Flame Bait. Removing for not fitting any other tropes.


* WeHaveReserves: Luigi "There were ''twelve'' Battles of the Isonzo River" Cadorna is basically the show's patron saint of this trope, even with the USSR's penchant for human wave attacks.

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Luigi "There were ''twelve'' Battles of the Isonzo River" Cadorna is basically the show's patron saint of this trope, even with the USSR's penchant for human wave attacks.



* WhatAnIdiot: Often invoked due the premise of the podcast, naturally. In the episode about the sinking of the USS ''Indianapolis'', for instance, the hosts are particularly aghast at the stupidity of the guy who decided that it was ''no big deal'' that a ship traveling unaccompanied through a war zone hadn't shown on schedule, and who subsequently marked her as arrived anyway and didn't alert anyone.
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* PrecisionFSTrike: Nick's "holy fuck" in response to something truly bad.

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* PrecisionFSTrike: PrecisionFStrike: Nick's "holy fuck" in response to something truly bad.



* WhatAnIdiot: Often invoked due the premise of the podcast, naturally. In the episode about the sinking of the ''USS Indianapolis'', for instance, the hosts are particularly aghast at the stupidity of the guy who decided that it was ''no big deal'' that a ship traveling unaccompanied through a war zone hadn't shown on schedule, and who subsequently marked her as arrived anyway and didn't alert anyone.

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* WhatAnIdiot: Often invoked due the premise of the podcast, naturally. In the episode about the sinking of the ''USS Indianapolis'', USS ''Indianapolis'', for instance, the hosts are particularly aghast at the stupidity of the guy who decided that it was ''no big deal'' that a ship traveling unaccompanied through a war zone hadn't shown on schedule, and who subsequently marked her as arrived anyway and didn't alert anyone.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Among many other things throughout the show, the first recorded kill by submarine took place during the American Civil War.
** There's also the possibility that the Nazis accidentally broke the sound barrier three years before Chuck Yeager's confirmed supersonic flight.

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