To: Homer_J_Simpson
Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm
2 posted on
10/14/2009 4:25:11 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; GRRRRR; 2banana; henkster; ...
I hope nobody gets eye strain trying to read this. The dang stripe down the page is heavy for a couple days here.
President is Firm – 2
Incidents in the European Conflict – 3
London is Jubilant – 4-5
3 posted on
10/14/2009 4:26:11 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
If 0baam was around back then, he’d most certainly “sit down and talk.”
To: Homer_J_Simpson
I cut out a line from Churchill’s account of the Royal Oak sinking in reply #2. The last sentence of the first paragraph should be: “Most of the men were at action stations, but the rate at which the ship turned over made it almost impossible for anyone below to escape.”
5 posted on
10/14/2009 4:45:02 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
HMS Royal Oak at Battle of Jutland 1916
HMS Royal Oak in port:
Path of U-47:
U-47 returns to port after sinking Royal Oak. German battlecruiser Scharnhorst in background:
Model of U-47, Type VIIB:
Crew of U-47
12 posted on
10/14/2009 8:15:34 AM PDT by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
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