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Happy Battle of Waterloo Day on 14:44 - Jun 18 by Keno
An amazing group, shame their break out single St Pancras didn’t quite make it
Saint Pancras was a 14-year-old boy who had converted to Christianity and would not renounce his faith. As a result, he was beheaded by Diocletian in Rome in 304AD. He is the patron saint of children. St Pancras is a Greek name meaning 'the one that holds everything'.
Happy Battle of Waterloo Day on 14:53 - Jun 18 by factual_blue
Saint Pancras was a 14-year-old boy who had converted to Christianity and would not renounce his faith. As a result, he was beheaded by Diocletian in Rome in 304AD. He is the patron saint of children. St Pancras is a Greek name meaning 'the one that holds everything'.
Was there quite an outrage about the beheading at the time, as far as you can remember?
Indeed, a worthy example of a classic defensive battle, with a largely disparate force of outgunned Allies (not outnumbered though, which was Napoleon's main problem). Commanded by an already proven good general, using the terrain to their advantage and who were mosty able to hang on to their assigned positions through no little skill, luck and courage until the reinforcements arrived literally late in the day (early evening) to win the battle.
But you were there so knew that, right?
Were you on Blucher's staff perchance?
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Happy Battle of Waterloo Day on 15:29 - Jun 18 with 1192 views
Blücher should be remembered in history for pioneering the strategy, later perfected by the Americans, of turning up late after, all the hard work was done, and claiming the victory.
Happy Battle of Waterloo Day on 15:35 - Jun 18 by GeoffSentence
Blücher should be remembered in history for pioneering the strategy, later perfected by the Americans, of turning up late after, all the hard work was done, and claiming the victory.
Lol, 2 world (European) wars, neither of which the yanks would of joined if given the choice. They have large and politically influential communities of Germans and especially Irish.
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Happy Battle of Waterloo Day on 15:54 - Jun 18 with 1129 views
Happy Battle of Waterloo Day on 15:41 - Jun 18 by lightuser
Lol, 2 world (European) wars, neither of which the yanks would of joined if given the choice. They have large and politically influential communities of Germans and especially Irish.
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In both World Wars the Germans made the US fight. The extension of attacks to neutral shipping in the Atlantic led to their entry into the First WW, and in the second Germany actually declared war on them.
Happy Battle of Waterloo Day on 15:54 - Jun 18 by factual_blue
In both World Wars the Germans made the US fight. The extension of attacks to neutral shipping in the Atlantic led to their entry into the First WW, and in the second Germany actually declared war on them.
the Zimmerman telegram played a large part in the US entering WW1
Tho Gneisenau was the organisational genius who got the Prussian army back to Wavre and then across to Mont St Jean. Even if he was less enthusiastic about supporting Wellington than Blucher.
Happy Battle of Waterloo Day on 15:54 - Jun 18 by factual_blue
In both World Wars the Germans made the US fight. The extension of attacks to neutral shipping in the Atlantic led to their entry into the First WW, and in the second Germany actually declared war on them.
My point stands that the Americans would never have joined in the "European wars" if given the choice.
The combatants were their competitors, large and influential numbers of the public were anti-British and they were making a lot of money whilst not involved.
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Happy Battle of Waterloo Day on 17:51 - Jun 18 with 983 views
Napolean's dose of narcotics on the day probably influenced things too.
No idea when I began here, was a very long time ago. Previously known as Spirit_of_81. Love cheese, hate the colour of it, this is why it requires some blue in it.
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