I hadn't noticed anyone making fun of Patton. It is not making fun of Patton to believe or suggest that Montgomery was the better general (an...
I am very fond of gay music but am trying to give up the fags :grin:
Are you sure about that? I thought the last few capital crimes ended when the the European human rights convention became a part of British law.
It might be relevant that Britains two most infamous murderers of recent years one (Shipman) has taken his own life, while the other (Huntley) is...
Just a touch! I have to admit that if someone seriously harmed or killed my wife, child or other close relative I woud want them dead. I also...
Split from "Lend Lease repayments" Well, I suppose the nuetrals had suffered losses in trade? Shipping sunk accidently? Or more likely just...
The group I'm in is called Regia Anglorum (www.regia.org), one of two national societies that cover the later part of the period. It's not all...
Definitly, both are classic examples of History written by the victors I spent the time I should have been studying for my O levels drinking...
Not a better memory but a day off and a copy of the Domesday Book :D which lists Dover as being held by the Bishop of Bayeux. I do wonder if...
I agree this one is great fun :grin:
The times where you could carve out a domain in England were long past. By 1051 England had a strong, central govenment with a great deal of...
There were two Godwin men who survived the conquest because they had been hostages in Normandy since 1051 (why they were in Normandy is a...
Whole thing sounds really dodgy to me - why did Eustace and his men stop to don their armour a few miles outside Dover? Its not the kind of thing...
Anglo Saxon England for me, particularly the Viking assaults to 1066. That and football history.
I know, I was having a sacastic dig at The Sun's towering opinion of its own importance :lol:
Germany were trying to find a way out in Autumn 1918, they even tried to negotiate with Wilson independantly of the other allies! Germany had been...
Yeah cos we all do what the scum tells us :angry:
Germany was beaten, her army was being driven back and was crumbling - contrast the Hindenburg line being stormed in two days with the slaughter...
When the Allies turned a blind eye to its terms being violated, totally inefective. Had the treaty been enforced, no WWII simple as that.
Russia crtainly escalated the diplomatic situation, but it was Germany's "mobilization means war" philosaphy that turned a diplomatic incident...
