"On the off-chance"

[stilltrucking]

I love that phrase.

Murdering Hundreds Of Thousands Of Men On The Off-Chance

To help him make up his mind he jotted down some notes, which ran:

"Western Front remains.

(II) Larger Objective.
(1) Secures Ostend and Zeebrugge and north coast and Navy Saved.
(2) Extracts us . . . in case of French collapse.
(3) Forces Germany to Antwerp-Brussels-Namur line.
Losses at 100,000 per month—less than half a million, whom we can make good.
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Darkest Before The Dawn