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  1. KmPok

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    Congratulations, Kai. [​IMG]

    Sir John Churchill was also Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Grand Uncle to "That little upstart". (I think that is the right number of Greats! [​IMG]

    You turn, my friend, but nothing too difficult, please. I've had a hard day.
     
    KmPok, Jun 10, 2003
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  2. Kai-Petri

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    Thanx KmPok!

    Ok next question: What in the world was this:

    They called it " Churchill's War," "The Great Russian Gamble," and "Whitehall’s Folly."

    More than 600 British and Commonwealth soldiers were killed and wounded there, but it rated only as a sideshow with the War Office.

    No official history was ever written of it, no medals or stars were struck. Not even a ribbon- was issued. In cash, it cost Britain £49,631,000.

    :confused:
     
    Kai-Petri, Jun 10, 2003
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  3. Kai-Petri

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    Hint: It has something to do with the birth of communism in Russia...

    ;)
     
    Kai-Petri, Jun 11, 2003
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  4. KmPok

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    Kai, does this have something to do with Britains invasion of Palestine and their arrival in Jerusalem, December 1917, led by General Allenby and the the British Governments support for Zionist aspirations for a permanent national homeland in Palestine?

    [ 11. June 2003, 01:01 PM: Message edited by: KmPok ]
     
    KmPok, Jun 11, 2003
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  5. Kai-Petri

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    KmPok,

    Unfortunately not.This goes NORTH...and EAST...
    Next hint: White Russian.

    ;)
     
    Kai-Petri, Jun 11, 2003
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  6. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

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    THE Allied North Russian Expedition


    Mind you the bulk of the fighting was done by Americans [​IMG]

    CvM
     
    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Jun 11, 2003
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    Kai-Petri, Jun 12, 2003
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  8. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

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    Name the Date on Which the Last Samurai of the Last Traditional Samurai Army in Japan Launched a frontal assault into the guns of 30,000 Imperial Army Soldiers.

    Hints: It happened near Kagoshima
    There were only 40 Samurai that made
    the Charge

    BANZAI!


    CvM

    ~edit- They Commander was Feild Marshall Saigo of the Imperial Army

    [ 13. June 2003, 10:48 PM: Message edited by: Carl G. E. von Mannerheim ]
     
    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Jun 12, 2003
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    CvM-I love the little dancing guy in your postings-he's great!!! :D
     
    Panzerknacker, Jun 16, 2003
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    Yes - I thought it was pretty :cool: too ! I also rather like No. 9's 'alien abduction' seen in the 'member's areas of interest' thread.... ;)
     
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  11. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

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    Heh, thanks. A friend of mine showed it to me a few days back. Who knows, maybe i can get peppy to give the dancing guy a german uniform?


    Also, if my question is not answered by Wednesday, i will give a new one.


    CvM
     
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  12. KmPok

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    How about late 1800's CvM?

    Just a wild stab in the dark, but I seem to remember that the Samurai were abolished in 1890 or so, so it couldn't be after that.

    I may also be VERY wide of the mark. :D
     
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  13. Kai-Petri

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    August 1877...????

    :confused:
     
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  14. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

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    ok, forgive me, i lost the magazine, but as i recall the was Sept 20 1877


    Sorry Kai, if u had gotten the right month i wouldve given it to you, they entered the fortifications near Kagoshima in August, they lasted through the month However.


    Next question on the way
     
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    Name the Date of the Battle of Stiklestad.

    Hint: This is where Harold Sigurdsson, fought along side his half-brother King Olav II Haroldsson


    HAVE FUN!


    CvM
     
    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Jun 18, 2003
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  16. Kai-Petri

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    July 29. 1030.
     
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  17. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

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    Nice Job Kai, figured one of you scandanavians would get it.


    Ur Question
     
    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Jun 19, 2003
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    Thanx Carl!

    The question:Who was this person?

    He carried with him a gruesome photograph of a British flier he had horribly shot apart, the photograph given to him by an admiring German infantry colonel.

    :confused:
     
    Kai-Petri, Jun 19, 2003
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  19. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

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    Oswald Boelke
     
    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Jun 19, 2003
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  20. Kai-Petri

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    Close but not Boelke...
     
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