BritishBattles.com

von Poop · 18-06-2007, 09:26 PM

Just pottered onto this great site on Great Britain's wars of the 18th & 19th Centuries (with a few other classics thrown in).

Including this priceless page:
The Most Massacred of Britains Regiments.

Makes me think we could do with a section for 'other military history'.

Cheers,
Adam.

David Layne · 18-06-2007, 11:39 PM

Makes me think we could do with a section for 'other military history'.

A good idea.

What an excellent site thanks for posting.

spidge · 18-06-2007, 11:43 PM

This and the Internet would have been great when I was at college. We did more British History than Australian.

Kyt · 18-06-2007, 11:54 PM

Some interesting information on there, especially the orders of battle.

However, I wonder what people make of his interpretations? The only one that I'm completely knowledgeable about are the Anglo-Sikh wars and I'd disagree with a number of points made, especially about the conduct of the battles, and the lack of information on the behind-the-scenes political manueverings by the British that removed a major part of the Sikh army from the battlefield (bribes etc).

It'd be interesting to see what others think about areas they are aux fait with.

52nd Airborne · 19-06-2007, 12:21 AM

Thanks for posting VP, it's a very good website.

spidge · 19-06-2007, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Layne

Makes me think we could do with a section for 'other military history'.

A good idea.

What an excellent site thanks for posting.

I feel a separate section would be against the WW2 format of the site, however "The Barracks" is always available for pre and post ww2 discussions.

Kyt · 19-06-2007, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spidge

I feel a separate section would be against the WW2 format of the site, however "The Barracks" is always available for pre and post ww2 discussions.

I think "General" rather than "barracks". But then again, I'd quite like a seperate section for ease of navigation, and we've often discussed things outside the 1939-45 period anyway. For example the Sino-Japanese war, Spanish Civil War, the Cold War, Korea etc.

I'd vote yes to the idea.

von Poop · 19-06-2007, 02:51 PM

Me too,
I certainly suffer too often from a kind of ww2 isolationism. My wider understanding of the conflict is too often hindered by not keeping up enough on the previous conflicts (Franco-prussian, Russo-Japanese, & American Civil spring to mind) that all had a role in either the building of military science or even the direct creation of the political geography that ww2 was fought over. As it was the 'ultimate' in catastrophic war then it's surely in some way reflected in the centuries of warfare that preceded it. I don't want to focus fully on those wars but wouldn't mind picking up more as I go along here.

I think it'd be nice to have a section, which surely would never become dominant, that avoided having to drop 'serious' military but non ww2 stuff that many of us would find quite interesting into the often rather silly barracks (and silly they should remain!

).

spidge · 19-06-2007, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyt

I think "General" rather than "barracks". For example the Sino-Japanese war, Spanish Civil War, the Cold War, Korea etc.

I'd vote yes to the idea.

This would not fit into the "General" area on a continual basis even though topics pre and post WW2 have been discussed in isolation.

This could be placed in the "History" section under a sub category without causing too many problems.

Gnomey · 19-06-2007, 03:41 PM

Interesting site, thanks for sharing.

18-06-2007, 09:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,356	BritishBattles.com Just pottered onto this great site on Great Britain's wars of the 18th & 19th Centuries (with a few other classics thrown in). Including this priceless page: The Most Massacred of Britains Regiments. Makes me think we could do with a section for 'other military history'. Cheers, Adam. __________________ It's only the Internet.

18-06-2007, 11:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
David Layne Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama via Grantham Lincolnshire Posts: 807	Makes me think we could do with a section for 'other military history'. A good idea. What an excellent site thanks for posting. __________________ Veni, Vidi, Velcro...I came, I saw, I stuck around

18-06-2007, 11:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,024	This and the Internet would have been great when I was at college. We did more British History than Australian. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

18-06-2007, 11:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kyt Very Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,968	Some interesting information on there, especially the orders of battle. However, I wonder what people make of his interpretations? The only one that I'm completely knowledgeable about are the Anglo-Sikh wars and I'd disagree with a number of points made, especially about the conduct of the battles, and the lack of information on the behind-the-scenes political manueverings by the British that removed a major part of the Sikh army from the battlefield (bribes etc). It'd be interesting to see what others think about areas they are aux fait with. __________________ _______________________________________ Squadron Leader Pujji - Audio Interviews (half way down the page)

19-06-2007, 12:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
52nd Airborne Very Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Looking for a Landing Zone Posts: 1,294	Thanks for posting VP, it's a very good website. __________________ *52nd Airborne.* Remembering the fallen from the 5th Hampshire Regiment and The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

19-06-2007, 02:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,356	Me too, I certainly suffer too often from a kind of ww2 isolationism. My wider understanding of the conflict is too often hindered by not keeping up enough on the previous conflicts (Franco-prussian, Russo-Japanese, & American Civil spring to mind) that all had a role in either the building of military science or even the direct creation of the political geography that ww2 was fought over. As it was the 'ultimate' in catastrophic war then it's surely in some way reflected in the centuries of warfare that preceded it. I don't want to focus fully on those wars but wouldn't mind picking up more as I go along here. I think it'd be nice to have a section, which surely would never become dominant, that avoided having to drop 'serious' military but non ww2 stuff that many of us would find quite interesting into the often rather silly barracks (and silly they should remain! ). __________________ It's only the Internet.

19-06-2007, 03:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
Gnomey Per Ardua Ad Astra Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 2,957	Interesting site, thanks for sharing. __________________ "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few" Sir Winston Chuchill, Summer 1940 "To him the people of Britain and the free world owe largely the way of life they enjoy today" Ensciption on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-1940) Statue in London Aircraft of World War 2 Forum - A Warbird Forum

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