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Post by herosrest on May 23, 2023 7:00:00 GMT -6
The british also had Intombe Drift, where if I recall correctly, the British forces ws attacked when they were fragmented. Camped in two groups on each side of a river, I believe? Custer-esquw! There is a battle often referred to as "The German Little Bighorn", it may be of interest to you and others here: www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk/battle%20lugalu.htmThere are some similarities here, at least in the "setting"/build-up. Fun fact: Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, known for his role in especially the Warzaw Uprising, was the German commander's nephew, and it is said that the "shame of losing to a force of inferiors" was something which spurred Bach-Zelewski to go as far as he did in cruelty towards Slavic and other "inferior" people. Noggy We do have a big lion, to remind us. Damn RussiansWhat Russia is up to, in Ukraine; has been going on for a thousand and more years. No jest. They want unrequited access to the Med and Atlantic. They are as dumb as ducks unless by extension, they then take Turkey and Spain. Crazy people doing crazy things. Support Ukraine's finger.
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Post by logan on May 23, 2023 7:05:17 GMT -6
Ntombe Drift was a disaster waiting to happen. Lax defence in a V-shape the open ends not adjusted to meet the river, and I think only one or two sentries. Most of the men killed had been sleeping in their tents when the raid happened, emerging without most of their clothes on. The others on the opposite side of the river were the only ones able to put up a fight of sorts.
If Captain Moriarty had survived he should’ve been court-martialed, but he was pretty much the first one killed.
Hlobane was more a disaster involving mounted men, the latter assaulting a hilltop whose only approach was on one end, everywhere else was steep-sided, plus the commanders didn’t believe reports a Zulu Army of 20,000 was nearby and advancing, the mounted men had to escape down an almost impossible rocky slope called a Devil’s Pass, but many of the men were killed the rest routed.
I’ve just recently bought a book about the Shangani Patrol, on the cover it is compared to Custer’s Last Stand.
Funny how the names Sherlock and Moriarty have appeared in this topic.
A lot to be learned from Holmes’ observation skills
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Post by herosrest on May 23, 2023 7:26:00 GMT -6
I'm going off by one into the fraca in Spain which began in 1936 - Remarkable History. What could Russia possibly gain from a European War, 2,500 miles away? Access and control of the Mediterranean Seas. Plain and simple. Just look at a map. From August onward aid started to be sent from Russia, over one ship per day arrived at Spain's Mediterranean ports carrying munitions, rifles, machine guns, hand grenades, artillery and trucks. With the cargo came Soviet agents, technicians, instructors and propagandists.
The Communist International immediately started to organize the International Brigades with great care to conceal or minimize the communist character of the enterprise and to make it appear as a campaign on behalf of progressive democracy.
The movement of arms from Russia to Spain was extremely slow. Many shipments were lost or arrived only partially matching what had been authorised. Stalin ordered shipbuilders to include false decks in the design of ships and while at sea, Soviet captains used deceptive flags and paint schemes to evade detection by the Nationalists.
The USSR sent 2,000–3,000 military advisers to Spain; while the Soviet commitment of troops was fewer than 500 men at a time, Soviet volunteers often operated Soviet-made tanks and aircraft, particularly at the beginning of the war. The Spanish commander of every military unit on the Republican side was attended by a "Comissar Politico" of equal rank, who represented Moscow.
The Republic paid for Soviet arms with official Bank of Spain gold reserves, 176 tonnes of which was transferred through France and 510 directly to Russia, which was called Moscow gold.This is a one half the story which has Hitler's Germany in Pollux to Castor. Russia is still at its fun and games. More than a thousand years of failures knee deep in the blood and guts of Europe's slaughters.
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Post by herosrest on May 23, 2023 7:45:52 GMT -6
Then of course, there was the Incident with the Peking Duck an thank God it was a Catholic affair...........
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Post by herosrest on May 23, 2023 7:53:42 GMT -6
Breaking............. from Bang Mi's Silly News - The EU are to offer Russian citizens EU Membership. Initial response from Moskvaanecdote link
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Post by Jenny on May 23, 2023 10:31:23 GMT -6
Has this thread gone sideways from the topic or what? 😂
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Post by Jenny on May 23, 2023 10:34:58 GMT -6
...and my ggggg-uncle thirty years earlier was a scalper of British soldiers during one of the foremost FUBAR periods of our country's brief (white) history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_LongGood thing there are plenty of "G's" in front of "grandfather"! It reminds me of when Homer Simpson's old father was reminiscing about the time he shot down a German plane. When asked if this was during WW2, he answered "No, last Tuesday". The moral is: There's a time for everything, and we should avoid both scalping Brits and shooting down German planes. Especially now, when everyone are so sensitive! I apologize, I have not had my coffee yet. noggy Scratch that. I meant scalper of officers! Even better! More coffee!!! J
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Post by Yan Taylor on May 23, 2023 12:45:59 GMT -6
i'd feel a great deal more comfortable with his work if'n he had worn a tweed deerstalker hat.A bit of harmless trivia, do you know that in the stories, Holmes only wore a deer stalker hat when he was in the countryside, all other times he wore a black top hat Don't get me started on his choice of pipes or the persian slipper for his tobacco Ian
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Post by logan on May 23, 2023 13:43:44 GMT -6
Sherlock Holmes would likely state that investigating Little Bighorn was a ‘three pipe problem’
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Post by Yan Taylor on May 23, 2023 13:54:50 GMT -6
Well Logan you seem to like colonial histoty, but these guys seem to have too much time on their hands, who the hell could come up with this linkThe outcome was not what I wanted though Sorry if I have taken you all off track "again" Ian
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Post by logan on May 23, 2023 14:10:41 GMT -6
Yes, I’ve seen many videos of this mod....but I think in the Zulu War 1879 Community they would actually like a FPS game like War Of Rights (American Civil War) having a multi-player facility on the defence of Rorke’s Drift, not sure I’ve seen similar videos for Little Bighorn, maybe just as well !
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Post by noggy on May 24, 2023 1:04:26 GMT -6
Well Logan you seem to like colonial histoty, but these guys seem to have too much time on their hands, who the hell could come up with this linkThe outcome was not what I wanted though Sorry if I have taken you all off track "again" Ian You've done it now! I', a video game nerd, so here are two cool one: This is modded Red Dead Redemption 2, one of the finest games ever made, where they have created a Native vs US battle with figures from the game itself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WYhKZWG7_U(I can't stress enough how impressive a game this is. You can spend hours just riding around in the wilderness, camping, taking care of your horse, fishing, hunting...robbing people etc. The first game is also a classic) Weirdly, LBH features in the beginning of what I've been told is a rather mediocre game, Darkest of Days. Basically you start as a soldier in the 7th during the battle but I think you end up in some...time-travel BS and just shoot people throughout history: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XFUXVUnaLcGeir
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Post by Yan Taylor on May 24, 2023 2:09:49 GMT -6
I was exhausted just watching the first one Geir, the bloke on the horse is crazy horse and rambo combined with a bottomless bag of tomahawks.
Ian
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Post by logan on May 24, 2023 3:09:49 GMT -6
I guess there is a place for historically accurate games covering real battlefields. I’m not a gamer myself, but tried a few games years ago, based on more modern situations, I gave up as quickly realised I suffer from motion sickness, the weird unreality of gaming and rapid movements made me sick
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Post by Yan Taylor on May 24, 2023 3:48:50 GMT -6
Its a young persons game
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