Posted on 04/25/2015 9:39:10 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
Totally in agreement. I’d love to buy you dinner and chew over these events. Where are you located? PM me if you’re in Oregon or California.
The Brits have been brain-washed by their liberal leaders and Islam.
When asked who in his opinion was the greatest general of his day, The Duke of Wellington replied:
“In this age, in past ages, in any age, Napoleon”
This is a very sad story. I wonder about the state of education today, and how our young people learn, from stories such as you told here.
So there are kids today who don’t believe about the Holocaust. What the heck kind of world are we living in?
I recommend The Campaigns of Napoleon by Jeff Chandler.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/389341.The_Campaigns_of_Napoleon
I once read it alongside/concurrently with the West Point Atlas for the Wars of Napoleon. Chandler’s narrative is great, but the maps in the West Point text are much superior, and I like maps.
http://www.amazon.com/Point-Napoleon-Military-History-Series/dp/0757001556
LOL, great!
Always thought Frida was the hotter of the two, but her hair there was ridiculous.
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J3gX47rHGg
*NEIGH*
Ouch.
And very true. Or Indonesian. But certainly not culturally an American.
Walking Back to Waterloo by The Bee Gees, from the Trafalgar album. Before they went disco.
https://youtu.be/F8QpGS9i91c
I had forgotten about “Young Frankenstein” I never did quite get that particular joke.
I think “Blucher” in German means “Glue”
Nana’s little hand in the air
I’ve been to both Gettysburg and Ft Sumter..
I know that if it wasn’t for the presence of American soldiers, sailors and marines in the Pacific my birth country of New Zealand would have been invaded and taken over by the Japanese..
The Bulge refers to the Maginot Line..
Jimmy Doolittle was later court-martialed..
16th-century navigator Francis Drake,
Drake was Elizabeth’s “sea-dog” and beat the Spanish Armada in 1588...
He sailed into San Francisco Bay and charted it on his around the world voyage...
Wot?! Of course oi’ve got wa’er in me loo! That’s ‘ow it works!!
No that’s Nickajack Lake..
Relevance dear cabbie, relevance...
my children.
That’s where the word Infantry comes from.
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