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Post by stevep on Sept 6, 2021 21:07:06 GMT
Too many didn't - or don't nowadays, although tolerance of losses are far lower in the modern period in many countries. Life was a lot cheaper back then and often shorter but even so you get people seeking to distract from the actual casualties.  And after the Great War the British suffered from it with the large male deaths that occurred I assume.
Not as much as France, Germany or Russia - the latter also having the civil war which screwed them over far more than WWI and then totalitarian rule. However it definitely hurt numerically and economically, with a lot of widows and handicapped people. Possibly the biggest blow might have been social and psychological however. Britain was a country with a small professional army and a long history as such. While WWI dwarved earlier conflicts in total casualties, especially in such a brief time period the continental states had some familiarity with mass casualties. britain far less so so there seems to have been a loss of self-confidence in Britain after the conflict. |
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Post by gillan1220 on Sept 9, 2021 12:27:39 GMT
UNITED STATES At 6 AM in the Pacific off the coast of Oregon, Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita takes off in his “Glen” floatplane from Japanese submarine I-25, flies inland and drops 2 incendiary bombs into the forest on Wheeler Ridge, Mount Emily. The intention is to start fires but rain-soaked brush renders the bombs ineffective. 1 small fire is put out by the US Forest Service. This is the only bombing of mainland USA in WWII. Nobuo Fujita will return to Oregon several times between 1962 and 1995 as a goodwill ambassador. Some of Fujita’s ashes are now buried at the bomb site. Interesting story! I dug up some of this and found that he actually presented his family katana of over 400 years old to the citizens of Bookings, Oregon. Photo: Fujita presenting his sword to the people of Bookings, 1962.  |
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Post by stevep on Sept 10, 2021 12:02:47 GMT
On today's WWII thread the picture labelled
Actually it looks more to me as if he's bowing his head somewhat, possibly in respect for what seems to be the grave of a German soldier to the left. You can see an upturned rifle stuck in the ground with a German helmet on its top and could be a spade leaning against it so they could have just buried a dead former opponent.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 10, 2021 14:02:45 GMT
On today's WWII thread the picture labelled
Actually it looks more to me as if he's bowing his head somewhat, possibly in respect for what seems to be the grave of a German soldier to the left. You can see an upturned rifle stuck in the ground with a German helmet on its top and could be a spade leaning against it so they could have just buried a dead former opponent. Steve
Took the photo and description from Wikipedia thus I assume they are right. |
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Post by gillan1220 on Sept 12, 2021 14:41:37 GMT
Suggestions for the next real time projects:
- Tiananmen Square 1989
- Invasion of Afghanistan Oct.-Dec. 2001
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Post by lordroel on Sept 12, 2021 14:46:50 GMT
Suggestions for the next real time projects: - Tiananmen Square 1989 - Invasion of Afghanistan Oct.-Dec. 2001 If there are day to day updates somewhere on the net (will have some of my trolls check out), i can put them on the list. The Tiananmen Square 1989 looks interesting. |
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Post by stevep on Sept 16, 2021 11:02:12 GMT
Just to check do you realise that what you said about Stalingrad on today's WWII post:
is what you said yesterday?
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Post by lordroel on Sept 16, 2021 12:22:16 GMT
Just to check do you realise that what you said about Stalingrad on today's WWII post:
is what you said yesterday? Steve
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Post by stevep on Sept 23, 2021 13:23:33 GMT
All
If anyone is interested and wasn't already aware the comment in today's WWII post:
This name came from the Germans who faced them in WWI because of their ferocity and the fact that as an Highland division at the time they wore kilts. 
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Post by lordroel on Sept 26, 2021 12:02:05 GMT
All If anyone is interested and wasn't already aware the comment in today's WWII post:
This name came from the Germans who faced them in WWI because of their ferocity and the fact that as an Highland division at the time they wore kilts. Steve
The Germans must be shocked and stunned to see men in kilts charging them during the Great War. |
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Post by stevep on Sept 26, 2021 15:09:51 GMT
All If anyone is interested and wasn't already aware the comment in today's WWII post:
This name came from the Germans who faced them in WWI because of their ferocity and the fact that as an Highland division at the time they wore kilts. Steve
The Germans must be shocked and stunned to see men in kilts charging them during the Great War.
IIRC they had to give up the kilts and wear trousers later in the conflict because they were markedly more vulnerable to gas attacks, especially blister agents.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 26, 2021 15:13:04 GMT
The Germans must be shocked and stunned to see men in kilts charging them during the Great War. IIRC they had to give up the kilts and wear trousers later in the conflict because they were markedly more vulnerable to gas attacks, especially blister agents.
Scottish whetting no kilts, the horror. |
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Post by stevep on Sept 28, 2021 11:55:28 GMT
On today's WWII post you have:
This sounds odd? Does it refer to being unable to read an allies mail - possibly the Soviets or British - or that Japan will be unable to read allied mails - or possibly their saying that Japan [not the allies] is copying US methods the US will be unable to read Japanese mail?
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Post by lordroel on Sept 28, 2021 14:40:16 GMT
On today's WWII post you have:
This sounds odd? Does it refer to being unable to read an allies mail - possibly the Soviets or British - or that Japan will be unable to read allied mails - or possibly their saying that Japan [not the allies] is copying US methods the US will be unable to read Japanese mail? Steve
It is strange stevep, cannot find anything about this, but will keep looking. |
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Post by stevep on Oct 3, 2021 9:58:42 GMT
On today's WWI post it mentions that the Germans had already used forced labour in the Baltic states but seem to suggest that they already occupied the entirity of the region. It was actually only the southern half with a Russian defensive position on the Daugava River south of Riga holding until Sept 1917. There is a little about it Battle_of_Jugla, although that largely mentions a Latvian force fighting against the Germans in the final stages of the battle.
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