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[Combat]

I was in Tennessee on the day Elvis died. It was big news. Groucho Marx died a couple of days later. Bad timing.

 

[valmy33]

August 29th 1966, last conert fort the beatles in San Francisco

 

[GICOP]

September 1st 1880 – The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War

:salute::

 

[BLReed]

WAR---Germany Invades Poland---1 September 1939
At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II.

 

[TomB]

But it's the 18th of November!!! Sorry, i forgot about the poor folks that are lagging behind... :rolleyes2:^&grin Here's my contribution to the thread and it's on the 17th of November!

1941 - Joseph C. Grew, U.S. ambassador to Japan, cabled the U.S. State Department that he had heard that Japan had prepared a plan to attempt a surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. The attack was "planned, in the event of trouble with the United States."

Tom

Very interesting....I have always been suspicious about the "surprise attack on Pearl Harbor".....the Crew cable is something I have not come across before.....I do know the USN had cracked the Jap naval code before PH and were always a jump ahead of the jap navy in a lot of their plans....I believe there will always be doubts about PH.......cheers TomB

 

[GICOP]

September 2nd 1898 – Battle of Omdurman – British, Egyptian and Sudanese troops defeat the Dervish and establish British dominance in The Sudan

Figures - Trophy of Wales

 

[GICOP]

September 13th 1882 - Battle of Tel el-Kebir

http://www.britishbattles.com/egypt-1882/tel-el-kebir-1882.htm

Egyptian defence line




Egyptians



Nubians



Bedouin and Berbers




All figures and defences - Trophy of Wales

Cheers

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

October 11th 1899 – Second Boer War begins

BRITISH ARTILLERY POSITION

One of the Tractors that towed the guns into position

 

[GICOP]

October 21st 1854 – Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War

Florence Nightingale - Trophy of Wales

Cheers

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

October 25th 1854 – The Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War

http://www.britishbattles.com/crimean-war/balaclava.htm

The Thin Red Line



The Charge of the Light Brigade




All figures - Trophy of Wales

Cheers

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

INDIAN MUTINY

November 16th 1857 – Second relief of Lucknow – twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day





All figures - Trophy of Wales

Cheers

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

FIRST MATABELE WAR

December 4th 1893 - The last stand of the Shangani Patrol

My recreation of the tragic event

All figures are a Special Commission from Mike Norris at LITTLE LEGION

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Artillery_crazy]

FIRST MATABELE WAR

December 4th 1893 - The last stand of the Shangani Patrol

My recreation of the tragic event

All figures are a Special Commission from Mike Norris at LITTLE LEGION

Cheers

Martyn

Very nice Martyn, great idea and having Little Legion to help on the different figures to add reality to the dio makes a on off set that is great to have.....

 

[GICOP]

Very nice Martyn, great idea and having Little Legion to help on the different figures to add reality to the dio makes a on off set that is great to have.....

Many thanks Luiz glad you like it :salute::

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Buster]

72 years ago today ..... December 7th 1941, a date which will live in infamy.

 

[GICOP]

January 3rd 1911 - THE SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sidney_Street







The Siege followed the murders of 2 Police Sergeants and a Police Constable in Houndsditch on 16th December 1910. My Grandfather lived in the London Borough of Hackney and was in the Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary, he witnessed the Siege but didn't talk about it

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Louis Badolato]

January 3rd 1911 - THE SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sidney_Street







The Siege followed the murders of 2 Police Sergeants and a Police Constable in Houndsditch on 16th December 1910. My Grandfather lived in the London Borough of Hackney and was in the Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary, he witnessed the Siege but didn't talk about it

Cheers

Martyn

I read a recently published Sherlock Holmes story which depicts this story, right down to Churchill's involvement, making the events Peter the Painter's challenge to Holmes, and thought it was a completely fictional detective story, not historical fiction. I'll have to dig the book out and give it another read.

 

[GICOP]

January 11th 1879 - The Anglo-Zulu War begins

 

[villagehorse]

Adelaide Australia, expected to the hottest city on the planet today 16 January 2014, with temperature expected to be 46 degrees. Currently 14 bush fires in the state. {eek3} Robin.

 

[Jack]

Adelaide Australia, expected to the hottest city on the planet today 16 January 2014, with temperature expected to be 46 degrees. Currently 14 bush fires in the state. {eek3} Robin.

I hope your TS are stored in a climate controlled environment. If not, happy to store them at my place.