Tango01  | 13 Jul 2020 10:30 p.m. PST |
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| ConnaughtRanger | 15 Jul 2020 11:05 a.m. PST |
They went to seize the Danish Fleet (before Napoleon seized the Danish Fleet)? I had presumed from this forum that the purpose was solely to slaughter countless thousands of Danish orphans and widows? |
| Tango01 | 15 Jul 2020 12:41 p.m. PST |
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| Brechtel198 | 15 Jul 2020 5:05 p.m. PST |
Copenhagen was subjected to a planned terror bombardment that burned a significant portion of the city and killed between 200 and 2,000 civilians. |
| Gazzola | 16 Jul 2020 9:29 a.m. PST |
ConnaughtRanger The British went to capture the Danish fleet, which they thought the Danes, in face of the mighty land and sea force they sent to the unsuspecting 'neutral' country, would meekly hand over for 'safekeeping'. (When did neutral matter in the face of a good robbery, eh!) The British went there based on false intelligence (that reminds me of something more recent) that gave the impression that the Danish fleet was ready to sail, when the reality was the exact opposite and one of the reasons the British stayed there so long. Beforehand, the Danes were expecting to possibly have to fight the French, not the British, which was why their main land forces were elsewhere positioned in order to combat any French attacks. In the end, after the British deliberately bombarded the civilian areas of Copenhagen (I believe Wellington opposed the bombardment) in order to force the 'stubborn' Danish military to surrender, the military reluctantly surrendered. Along with the ships they captured, not many that they were able to actually use, which raises the question of why they bothered in the first place, they took everything they could lay their hands on, including door handles! (My God, had Napoleon got their hands on them! LOL) And of course, Napoleon gained an ally and England an enemy. |
| ConnaughtRanger | 16 Jul 2020 3:20 p.m. PST |
Just shows the Brits were among the first to appreciate the stylishness of Scandanavian Interior Design? |
| Gazzola | 19 Jul 2020 6:17 a.m. PST |
Perhaps the British thought the ships were in flat packs and easy to assemble? |
| ConnaughtRanger | 19 Jul 2020 9:02 a.m. PST |
Aren't we missing a "LOL"? |
| Tango01 | 20 Jul 2020 8:57 p.m. PST |
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| Gazzola | 25 Jul 2020 5:19 p.m. PST |
ConnaughtRanger One can't just go throwing LOL in anywhere, you know. There is a correct time and place for such intricacies. LOL |
| Brechtel198 | 26 Jul 2020 3:44 a.m. PST |
It's an art, not a science. LOL :-) |
| ConnaughtRanger | 26 Jul 2020 2:13 p.m. PST |
It's the resort of someone who hasn't advanced beyond teenage. |
| Gazzola | 28 Jul 2020 3:20 p.m. PST |
ConnaughtRanger Come on, lighten up, man! And I suppose your insult is being very grown up? LOL |
| Brechtel198 | 28 Jul 2020 5:23 p.m. PST |
Seems to me that the throwing of insults meant to diminish what others might say is the greater adolescent problem. Especially when done behind the relative safety of a keyboard. |
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