..."The military and naval origins of the [First World] War" but it was clearly actually made during the war itself, between 1914 and the end of 1915, as French is one of the field marshals shown in the centre, alongside Kitchener; presumably Haig would have been shown after 1915. Not that either French or Kitchener rose through the ranks to field marshal (who had by then? Wully Robertson didn't until after the war) of course, but it's interesting t...
...real combat. Being opposed to them wasn't self-evidently foolish. Admittedly, flying aircraft carriers were even less tested and even more vulnerable (and could carry far fewer aircraft) than floating ones. But they were also faster and -- not unimportant in the cash-strapped 1920s -- much cheaper. And while you're right, by the end of 1918 it was easy to shoot down airships, all that means is that they wouldn't be used as bombers and wouldn't be...
...com/ Brett Holman Thanks, Chris. I had heard that about Newquay, but I really only care about it has a transport hub (and a place to sleep) -- I won't have a car and will be on the buses (so to speak). I must do Tintagel as I'm a bit of an Arthurian (or at least was before becoming overspecialised). But I'll keep your comments in mind! (Though you shouldn't enable my bookaholism by telling me where the good bookshops are ...) Thanks, Ricardo -- I'...
...r her temper, never very equable, would not survive the strain of continually interrupted meals. Mr. Slope, like his successor of to-day, would be drafted firmly into the A.F.S., be forced to put on a scratchy uniform at a most undignified speed, and then to work under the firm and fluent direction of one of the cathedral vergers. 1 It's very dryly done, and I doubt I would have picked it up except that I've read Framley Parsonage. I'm sure that m...
...ound like), so even if it's not plausible the detail is added, quite probably subconsciously. Much like the whole phantom airship thing, in fact. Which brings me to my last point. Previously, Churchill's known involvement in the history of the UFO phenomenon essentially consisted of two episodes. The first was the Sheerness incident in 1912, when as First Lord of the Admiralty he oversaw an investigation into the possible overflight of a naval bas...
...the war, at Seymour in central Victoria. A resistance movement is eventually suppressed after increasingly brutal reprisals. The south-eastern part of Australia eventually regains a limited independence in 1966, but the majority of the population still labours under the Cambasian yoke. But I've also been reading Augustine Meaher's The Australian Road to Singapore: The Myth of British Betrayal.3 Meaher argues that Australians were not in fact part...
...lucky. The B-26 always had a poor reputation, as a dangerous aircraft to fly in. That was largely undeserved by this stage of the war, and it had also proved to be an effective and accurate medium bomber. But surely its most important attribute is its sleek good looks. By contrast, the P-61 night fighter was a bit of a brute, though a capable one. This is Wabash Cannonball IV of 425th Night Fighter Squadron. A display of American airpower in the...
...nihilist I'd suggest that the Nazis were anything but nihilistic. They really believed in something, were absolutely convinced they were right, and went to great lengths to put their vision into practice. And it isn't Nietzsche's fault that they misunderstood and misappropriated him. Or that his name contains the letters n, i, and z... Jonathan Dresner By the way, this is a fantastic format for a review: very nicely done! Brett Holman Thanks Jonat...
...do" these places, particularly in the absence of a car? 10 days is presumably only enough for two (plus Hamburg) once travel is factored in. As you can see, I'm pretty clueless about the whole thing, so any and all clues would be most helpful! I don't have to decide everything right now, but there is a time factor: as part of my ticket to the UK, I get a free BA "internal" flight, which could be to Rome or Edinburgh (is it even sensible to fly fro...
