tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post4659611164321029782..comments2024-03-28T00:27:14.676-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: A bit of history I wasn't aware ofFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-82196277611651032932011-11-01T06:27:54.516-07:002011-11-01T06:27:54.516-07:00Read of an exercise done by the Army shortly befor...Read of an exercise done by the Army shortly before WWI when they were still using horse cavalry. A big cav unit rode right into an ambush set up with several machineguns(firing chalk bullets, the book said); they hit a lot of the horses in the legs, lots of stampeding and bronc riding and various injuries. The CO of the cav raised hell about the ambush because it wasn't 'proper' or some damn thing.<br /><br />Boiled down to, this proved horse cavalry to be on the way out, and he was pissed about it. Even without that it sounded like one of the more idiotic objections I ever read.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-91122470478507028262011-10-31T23:03:11.758-07:002011-10-31T23:03:11.758-07:00That makes complete sense!It sounds like a great b...That makes complete sense!It sounds like a great book. Thanks for sharing.beautyhttp://www.beautytipstips.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-60597784450729946862011-10-31T15:40:20.152-07:002011-10-31T15:40:20.152-07:00The man chosen in the village I grew up in, as far...The man chosen in the village I grew up in, as far as I'm aware, only told one person after the war, my father. <br /><br />They chose well, and no records were kept. Our local man quietly buried his demolition explosives, grenades and STEN several years after the war.<br /><br />During the war, he had the manager of a big industrial plant and his family as lodgers, safely hidden from bombing and assassins.<br /><br />My grandfather was in the home guard, and in training exercises with combat troops, they got into trouble for appearing from the "wrong direction" and capturing the regulars<br /><br />like German paratroops would appear from an expected direction?Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-77850989623494539772011-10-31T00:59:57.833-07:002011-10-31T00:59:57.833-07:00From the look of things, if something similar were...From the look of things, if something similar were to happen today, the Brits would simply have to learn to speak German.Gerry N.noreply@blogger.com