Category Archives: war

Laos – a Potted History

Posted on May 3, 2015 by findmeahomespain

Laos is a landlocked country squeezed between China, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia; it has a small population of about seven million yet it’s almost the same size as the UK.      A 50,000 year old skull was found recently; the oldest … Continue reading →

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Roland Garros

Posted on May 20, 2014 by findmeahomespain

Inspiration has many sources for my weekly scribbling’s; the impending French Grand Slam tennis tournament lead my dear wife Katherine to mention she needed some facts to Twitter out as part of her job at William Hill. So quicker than … Continue reading →

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Guernica

Posted on September 19, 2013 by findmeahomespain

The town of Gernika (Basque spelling) is strategically important as 2 main roads intersect there with links to the port town of Bermeo and the Basque capital Bilbao. The river also becomes deep enough for trading boats to navigate the … Continue reading →

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The Pot and the Kettle

Posted on August 14, 2013 by findmeahomespain

The Islas Chafarinas are three small islands located just 3.5km off the coast of Morocco, they have been occupied by the Spanish since 1847 with the only residents being a 190 strong military garrison. There used to be a colony … Continue reading →

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Hiding behind the shadow of the rock

Posted on August 13, 2013 by findmeahomespain

The Spanish government, the Partido Popular is mired in a huge corruption scandal; on Thursday 1st August after months of denials PM Rajoy admitted to Parliament that he was personally guilty, but only of over-trusting the ex-party treasurer Luis Barcenas. … Continue reading →

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Bomber Harris

Posted on July 23, 2013 by findmeahomespain

Arthur Harris was born in 1892; his parents didn’t think him clever enough to go to Eton as his brothers had before, so gave him the choice of joining the army or going to the colonies. He chose the latter … Continue reading →

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Il Duce – Mussolini part 1

Posted on February 5, 2013 by findmeahomespain

70 years ago a huge swathe of Europe was under the control of three dictators; Hitler, Franco and Il Duce – Benito Mussolini! Mussolini came to power in Italy in1922 a full decade before Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. He … Continue reading →

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Curiosity may kill the cat

Posted on January 24, 2013 by findmeahomespain

‘Man make fire’ is a favourite saying of mine when lighting the barbecue. 800,000 years ago early humans mastered the art of making fire by rubbing sticks together and cracking flints together. This kept them warm plus they could cook … Continue reading →

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Oh what a lovely war II

Posted on December 14, 2012 by findmeahomespain

As a young boy in the early 1970s I watched M*A*S*H which was set in the Korean War that raged from1950 until 1953. Jolly funny it was too and only years later did I realise that my childhood laughs were … Continue reading →

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Oh what a lovely war

Posted on December 1, 2012 by findmeahomespain

The start of 20th Century signalled the demise of the 700 year old Ottoman Empire which was centred around modern day Turkey; it was a bloody end however and they went down fighting slaughtering over 2.5 million Macedonians, Armenians, Assyrians, … Continue reading →

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