Eddie B 3:52 Mon Jun 15
The 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo
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What convinces an otherwise normal man to be a reenactor and dress up and march around a field, surely there's more dignified ways of commemorating one of the most famous European battles?
They're doing it for WWII now too. During the recently D-Day celebrations, standing alongside real British veterans, there were knobheads dressed up as American GI's. WTF?!
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Hammer and Pickle
10:05 Sat Jun 20
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I'll let you off this time stomperson.
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WHOicidal Maniac
10:37 Sat Jun 20
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The whole war against Napoleon was to stop revolution in Europe coming to England.
The elite used the blood of the Working class English, Irish,Scots and Welsh to make sure that they would always have the control and power.
TEAM NAPOLEON
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stomper
2:31 Sat Jun 20
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Step down Pickle. I only said CLOSE to nuanced
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Hammer and Pickle
11:27 Fri Jun 19
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If your calling me nuanced I'm going to have to ask you to step outside, my good man.
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stomper
11:23 Fri Jun 19
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Ease up there Pickle! You're getting close to a nuanced understanding there. Mentor will get terribly upset.
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Hammer and Pickle
11:08 Fri Jun 19
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Farage is of course both right and wrong here.
What is more interesting is why Britain at the time, as a nascent commercial and colonial power, saw its strategic interest in ensuring Europe was not unified by the heir of the French Revolution. And, it is especially interesting to consider how the world is now a totally different place and what a buffoon that Farage really is.
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11:02 Fri Jun 19
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Too easy.
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mentor
10:56 Fri Jun 19
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I don't give a fucking shit what you think.
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,
10:54 Fri Jun 19
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No, Farage is wrong. Napoleon wanted a Europe ruled by France and surrounded by vassal states.
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mentor
10:52 Fri Jun 19
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Nigel Farage has it right...
What happened at Waterloo was that Britain & her allies overcame a maniac who wanted to build United States of Europe
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WHOicidal Maniac
10:39 Fri Jun 19
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JGW1 10:33 Fri Jun 19
Same as the Peninsula War. You would think the Brits did it all but the Spanish were at the forefront of it all from the start...
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JGW1
10:33 Fri Jun 19
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If I recall the British were the minority at Waterloo. Dutch and Belgian mostly with some Hanoverians and of course the Prussians. And our lot were mostly Scots and Irish! Still, we were in charge of course!
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The Mercernary
6:04 Fri Jun 19
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Just goes to show how hard it is to win anything without foreigners in your side.
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Ronald_antly
1:15 Fri Jun 19
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Thanks for your eyewitness accounts, Edward.
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Eddie B
8:25 Thu Jun 18
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Also, in the movie you see the French Cavalry break two British squares. Im real life, not one single British square was broken.
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Eddie B
8:05 Thu Jun 18
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The charge of the Scots Greys was superbly filmed, but in the real battle they smashed into D'Erlon's Corp and routed them. In the movie they just charge and don't actually attack anyone.
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JGW1
7:41 Thu Jun 18
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goose 4:55 Thu Jun 18
too bloody right. Letting the Prussians get away from Ligny and not staying between them and Wellington's left flank probably the most decisive. Napoleon liked to split his enemy and defeat them in pieces and was all over it until his Marshalls lost Blucher's Prussians. Let alone the mindless advances of cavalry and infantry without support. Bit of a calamity really!
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Eggbert Nobacon
5:54 Thu Jun 18
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17YqczWI2R8
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Eggbert Nobacon
5:52 Thu Jun 18
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIDvyGifRE0
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Steve P
5:50 Thu Jun 18
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I know someone in the musketeers, he was going to Boston on a trip for some sort of parade, all exes paid.
He was a big wheel in the TA, that's how he got involved.
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yngwies Cat
5:47 Thu Jun 18
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I know some one who does Viking stuff, also another who's pretty handy with a long bow
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