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25-10-2007, 09:59 AM
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__________________ _________________  Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. |
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25-10-2007, 10:05 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2  | Thanks Kyt, Saved me a job. I can't believe how many are on there.
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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25-10-2007, 01:54 PM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | I have not seen these for a while on TV. In the first one I noticed the Australians and the 6th division were not even mentioned in the taking of Bardia and Tobruk. (It was 30,000 "British" troops) In the second the only mention of Australians said "Tobruk was manned by Australians", then went on to say the British Navy evacuated troops and they started to talk about the British Rats who denied Rommel the fortress. Oh well....................................!
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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25-10-2007, 02:12 PM
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You're Top Poster: #1 | I have mentioned it elsewhere but I think that even though the series was/is excellent for its use of original footage and interviews of the participants, the actual historical content was clouded by the politics of its time, and has been superceded by 30 years of further research and writings. In a number of episodes I have found the statements and conclusions made then to be either inaccurate or plainly false. However, the series has become so ingrained in peoples' consciousness that any critiscism of it is considered blasphemy. But as I said - great for the footage and some of the interviews.
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26-10-2007, 07:19 AM
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You're Top Poster: #18 | Bet if I used parts of that on my site, I'd get a warning from Thames tv.
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26-10-2007, 07:33 AM
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You're Top Poster: #5  | Quote:
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26-10-2007, 12:24 PM
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You're Top Poster: #1 | Quote:
I have seen this on many sites, across many genres. And to "embed" a youtube video: http://www.google.com/support/youtub...d&topic=&type= http://www.google.com/support/youtub...d&topic=&type=
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26-10-2007, 06:43 PM
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You're Top Poster: #18 | Good point. I'll think about it, trouble is I am running out of free web space.
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