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Bomber Harris
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
Posted in Britain, Education, History, Politics, Spain, Transport, Uncategorized, war
Tagged Arab, area bombing, bomber, bomber command, Bomber Harris, britain, carpet bombing, Churchill, Dresden, Germany, Hamburg, Hitler, India, Palestine, Persia, Royal Air Force, total war, World war 1 . World war 2, Worldwar 2
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The Spirit of Ecstasy
Again the squirrels appeared out of nowhere sending this week’s missive spinning off in a obtuse direction. I was quietly minding my own business looking at a classic car collection when I spotted a figurine of 2 horses heads mounted … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, History, Motors, Politics, Transport, Travel
Tagged 2CV, America, Beaulieu, bonnet ornament, britain, Canada, car bonnets, cars, Charles Rolls, Citroen, citroen 2cv, Class, classic car collection, Eleanor, Frederick Royce, German, hood, India, John Sykes, love story, motor cars, Rolls-Royce, Spirit of ecstasy, SS Persia, transportation, travel, U Boat, World war 1 . World war 2, WW1
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Oh what a lovely war
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
Posted in Britain, Bureacracy, Current affairs, Education, History, Politics, Technology, Travel, Uncategorized, war
Tagged China, Ethiopia, Hoolywood. Lend-lease, India, Japan. Balkan, Ottoman, Pakistan, peace, Spain, Stalin, Tibet. Italy, Turkey, war, weapons
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