Tango01 | 09 Nov 2016 12:24 p.m. PST |
"War brings with it many things. Death, destruction, chaos, loss; these are all innate features of battle. War also has the tendency to draw about itself rich folklore, mysteries, and amazing stories from the battlefield. One of the most well-known and certainly more bizarre tales of wartime mystery comes from the bloody battlefields of WWI, when an entire battalion of men is said to have marched bravely into battle to fight their enemy, only to inexplicably disappear without a trace off the face of the earth. The setting for the incident was the battlegrounds of World War I, in particular the Gallipoli campaign, which took place on the Gallipoli Peninsula of the Ottoman Empire from 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916. The objective of the campaign was for the Allied powers of Britain and France to launch an ultimately unsuccessful naval and amphibious assault against the Turks to secure the Dardanelles, which is a strait that connects the Mediterranean with the Black Sea and served as an essential sea route for their ally, Russia. At the time, the strait was controlled by Turkey, an ally of Germany's. The eventual plan was to push through and forcefully claim the city of Constantinople (present day Istanbul), which was the Ottoman Empire's capital, and expel the Turks from the war…" More here link I still remember the movie… Amicalement Armand
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Old Smokie | 09 Nov 2016 1:00 p.m. PST |
interesting, but the 5th picture down is not of the Norfolk's, looks more like WW2 American soldiers |
Major Tom | 09 Nov 2016 1:24 p.m. PST |
I think the last conclusion was that the Royal Norfolks had been overwhelmed and summarily executed in the field by the Turks. In a tragic instance of history repeating itself the SS executed 97 men of the Royal Norfolks in France 1940. The SS alleged that the Norfolks had used dum dum bullets against them and had misused a flag of truce or a german flag to lure the SS into an ambush. |
brass1 | 09 Nov 2016 3:05 p.m. PST |
The photo of the soldiers in general service caps and gaiters may be of the Norfolks but certainly doesn't date from WWI. Judging from their Asian facial structure, I'd guess the soldiers in the fifth photo were members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. I really don't believe they were involved in the Gallipoli campaign. LT |
ITALWARS | 10 Nov 2016 2:25 a.m. PST |
when i saw the moovie my first tought and the the thing i was most disgusted was the simple fact that instead of going at war themselves, the Royal Family Sandringham loafers send to fight and dye in their place their already over exploited workers… |
bsrlee | 10 Nov 2016 4:04 a.m. PST |
I thought this had been thoroughly thrashed out 20 or so years ago. They got lost then were surrounded and finally surrendered after running out of water and ammunition. Most if not all who surrendered did not survive POW camp, which were appalling (see Kut el Amara survivors). |
Supercilius Maximus | 10 Nov 2016 9:40 a.m. PST |
when i saw the moovie my first tought and the the thing i was most disgusted was the simple fact that instead of going at war themselves, the Royal Family Sandringham loafers send to fight and dye in their place their already over exploited workers… Unsurprisingly, your history is even worse than your English; here are the war records of George V's five sons in WW1 and WW2:- - Edward VIII (then Prince of Wales) was originally in the Royal Navy, then served in the Grenadier Guards on the Western Front and won the Military Cross; - George VI (then Prince Albert) served in the Royal Navy and saw action at Jutland, then later joined the RAF, becoming the first member of the Royal Family to learn to fly; - Prince Henry was too young to serve in WW1, but joined the Army in 1919, served as a Liaison officer in France in 1940 and was wounded; - Prince George (the Duke of Kent) was also too young for WW1, but served in the RAF in WW2 and was killed in an air crash; - Prince John died in 1919, at the age of 14. Four of the present Queen's great-uncles, on her mother's side, served in France during WW1 one was killed, the other three were all wounded, one of them being a PoW for over 2 years. One of her two male first cousins, on her mother's side, was killed on active service in WW2. The Queen's second son, Andrew, served in the Falklands War, and one of her grandsons served in Afghanistan. Oh, and her husband is a decorated RN veteran from WW2. If you really must inflict your bigoted view of our monarchy on the rest of the world, try and at least get the facts right, there's a good chap. |
Texas Jack | 10 Nov 2016 10:32 a.m. PST |
Supercilius, that is really poor form to criticize a non-native speakerīs English. What if you wrote in Italian instead? Your point was well made, but your insult was not necessary. |
Tango01 | 10 Nov 2016 10:53 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed the article boys. Amicalement Armand |
Supercilius Maximus | 11 Nov 2016 6:21 a.m. PST |
Supercilius, that is really poor form to criticize a non-native speakerīs English. Possibly (and it's not something I do normally), but I wanted to make it clear just how bad his history was and I couldn't think of a better comparison. |
Texas Jack | 11 Nov 2016 8:33 a.m. PST |
I can understand that, he definitely hit a nerve. But your response was certainly eloquent enough without it. I teach English to Czechs and Germans along with the occasional Hungarian, so you kind of hit a nerve as well. |
ITALWARS | 11 Nov 2016 2:09 p.m. PST |
S Maximus..my view is about your agitated reaction..that make me laugh ..and confirm my point |
ITALWARS | 11 Nov 2016 2:23 p.m. PST |
just the very fact that you dare to call, today , those guys.."prince"…and it happen that you say that seriously…says a lot about bigotry and lack of respect for other human beings…. |
Supercilius Maximus | 11 Nov 2016 3:35 p.m. PST |
…says a lot about bigotry and lack of respect for other human beings…. Yes it did – yours. |
ITALWARS | 14 Nov 2016 12:15 a.m. PST |
Yes supercillus…but don't forget to curtsy!… |
Supercilius Maximus | 14 Nov 2016 5:37 a.m. PST |
A whole weekend and that's the best you can come up with? Why not ask mummy and daddy if they can help you? |
ITALWARS | 14 Nov 2016 5:56 a.m. PST |
happy that you appreciated….at you disposal also for the next weekend to teach you another lesson..:-)) |
Henry Martini | 14 Nov 2016 3:30 p.m. PST |
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Old Peculiar | 18 Dec 2016 12:14 p.m. PST |
Italwars stop acting like an idiot. You have the right to state your opinion, you do not have the right to act like a playground bully. |