Soldato
Military cuts going to far... Navy losing carrier :(
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Soldato
roffles, yeah our soldiers can't get decent body armour and basic equipment or even helicopters, yet you are outraged at us not spending a few hundred million on a pointless aircraft carrier.
is this a joke?
Man of Honour
Watch films like Braveheart and U571 if you want American versions of history which are often very inaccurate.
I dare say they think WW2 started in 1941.
I dare say they think WW2 started in 1941.
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It was when Frederick, Duke of York (song of George III, became William IV) ran the British Army from Horse Guards Parade and ran the Napoleonic Wars.
1790's-1815.
Man of Honour
* Braveheart Spoilers **
Never seen that.
I liked the film Braveheart but I have an interest and books on kings and queens of England, specifically Henry III and Edward I so the inaccuracies shine.
There were so many inaccuracies with regards to Edward I and timelines in the film, the most glaring one being that Isabella, played by Sophie Marceau, did not arrive in England until 1308 which is 3 years after Wallace was executed and a year after Edward died.
Also, when Edward dies of natural causes at the end of the film, it is at the same time and within earshot of Wallace being executed in London even though Wallace died in 1305, Edward in 1307 and Edward died in Burgh by Sands in Cumbria while en route to Scotland.
o/t though.
Also The Patriot
Never seen that.
I liked the film Braveheart but I have an interest and books on kings and queens of England, specifically Henry III and Edward I so the inaccuracies shine.
There were so many inaccuracies with regards to Edward I and timelines in the film, the most glaring one being that Isabella, played by Sophie Marceau, did not arrive in England until 1308 which is 3 years after Wallace was executed and a year after Edward died.
Also, when Edward dies of natural causes at the end of the film, it is at the same time and within earshot of Wallace being executed in London even though Wallace died in 1305, Edward in 1307 and Edward died in Burgh by Sands in Cumbria while en route to Scotland.
o/t though.
It was a 'Scottish' film, and didn't exacly portray the events well on EITHER side.
I think the Battle of Stirling Bridge was assumed just too much for the English to take!
That is how I see it.
In history France didn't do Scotland many favours quite the opposite on occasion, we haven't picked up such anti-French angst.
Just English!
Man of Honour
It was a 'Scottish' film, and didn't exacly portray the events well on EITHER side.
I think the Battle of Stirling Bridge was assumed just too much for the English to take!
The battle was filmed on open ground with not a bridge in sight.
Robert the Bruce's father was portrayed as a lepor. They got that right at least.
If you think Braveheart portrays the English in a bad light, you ain't seen nothing compared to this travesty - again with Mel Gibson putting the knife in.
Man of Honour
The basis and foundation of a parliament and justices of the peace were products of Edward I. His treatment of the Scots was savage though, it has to be said. He also expelled Jews from England.
Anyway, I really do go off topic here.
Anyway, I really do go off topic here.
w00t, you took 74 days to beat a bankrupt Latin American dictatorship barely out of "third world" status. /golfclap
Who else could have done it? China, Russia, USA, France and Germany spring to mind. Hell, I reckon even Australia was up for the job.
The RFA ship was entirely capable of intervening; they simply made the decision to hold back (due to concerns about the two civilians). But Iran enjoyed playing with Her Majesty's cheese eating surrender monkeys.
Hate to spoil the party but China and Germany would in no way have been able to do it in 1982. France would not have been able to do with without Acension.
But really, you are just trolling. Perhaps you were drunk ?
'depiction' they called it, pure ******* laziness in my eyes.
Rubbish tbh, I'd have much rathered the Scots up in the hills descending down on English swine like a pack of hungo hippo's. Instead of made up battle movements. The whole things gash tbh. Apart from the music..
But naeless...
It doesn't end there. The book "We were soldiers once, and young" based on the true events of a vietnam battle an English born American called Rick Riscorla was mentioned on dozens of pages. He lead a platoon and fearlessly lead from the front, saving many lives. He even was the picture on the cover of the book !
Later on 9/11 as head of security of Morgan Stanley he saved countless lives and died when the towers fell.
Yet when the film "We were soldiers" was made Gibson had him written entirely out, and his actions performed by other characters.
Gibson is an English hating anti-semite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rescorla
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Were_Soldiers
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