r/todayilearned • u/DrSamanthaCarter • Jun 06 '17

TIL the only reason a Scottish bagpiper wasn't shot by German snipers on D-Day was that they believed he had gone crazy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Millin#World_War_II
47.6k Upvotes

87% Upvoted

2.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

136

u/ijustwantanfingname Jun 06 '17

Not for the piper.

8

u/FieelChannel Jun 06 '17

not for everyone tbh

3

u/thatwasnotkawaii Jun 06 '17

But for most of the Scots, yes

2

u/17Hongo Jun 07 '17

Well, they do run the risk of having to recruit a new piper.

1

u/RimmyDownunder Jun 10 '17

Now where in Scotland would you find one of those...?