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Cannon fodder is an informal, derogatory term for combatants who are regarded or treated by government or military command as expendable in the face of enemy fire. The term is generally used in situations where combatants are forced to fight against hopeless odds (with the foreknowledge that they will suffer extremely high casualties) in an effort to achieve a strategic goal; an example is the ...
The Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa, a French Army penal military unit, depicted in battle during the French conquest of Algeria in 1833. A penal military unit, also known as a penal formation, disciplinary unit, or just penal unit (usually named for their formation and size, such as penal battalion for battalions, penal regiment for regiments, penal company for companies, etc.), is a ...
The term useful idiot, for a foolish person whose views can be taken advantage of for political purposes, was used in a British periodical as early as 1864. [3] In relation to the Cold War, the term appeared in a June 1948 New York Times article on contemporary Italian politics ("Communist shift is seen in Europe"), [1] citing the Italian Democratic Socialist Party's newspaper L'Umanità []. [4]
In “Expend4bles,” the action is more digitally propulsive than it was in “The Expendables” (2010), “The Expendables 2” (2012), or “The Expendables 3” (2014).
Here's everything you need to know about who dies in 'The Expendables 4' aka 'Expend4bles' and what actually happened at the end.
Expendable is a science fiction novel by the Canadian author James Alan Gardner, published in 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers under its various imprints. [1] It is the first book in a series involving the "League of Peoples", an assemblage of advanced species in the Milky Way galaxy.
President Joe Biden announced he would commute the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row. Here's what that means.
Expendable is a novel by James Alan Gardner. Expendable may also refer to: "Expendable" (short story), a science fiction story by Philip K. Dick; The Expendables (2010 film), an action film by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone; Millennium Soldier: Expendable, a video game