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ADVERTISEMENT This list is specifically limited to the period between the beginning of the Spanish War of Succession and the end of the Second World War, and is restricted to generals who were born in the British Isles. There are some controversial additions and the ranking is purely my own personal opinion. 10. Henry Rawlinson [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged 1st Baron Clive, 1st Earl Haig, 1st Viscount Allenby, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, 1st Viscount Plumer, 1st Viscount Slim, Alan Brooke, Aleksandr Suvorov, Arthur Wellesley, Battle of the Somme, Bernard Montgomery, Bill Slim, Britain, British isles, chief, Douglas Haig, Edmund Allenby, Erich Luddendorf, Europe, First World War, France, Haig, Henry Rawlinson, Herbert Plumer, Hundred Days Offensive, India, John Churchill, Knights of the Garter, Martyn Russel, Mediterranean, Middle East, Napoleon, Portugal, premier strategist, Robert Clive, Siraj Ud Daulah, Spain, United Kingdom, Wellington, William Slim, winston churchill
Isn’t it scary how many people don’t know if Europe is a country or a continent? Wow… What kind of expectations should we have from the poor, ignorant people if even the president called Europe a country?! Now, let’s give the man the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he wanted to say “countries like in [...]
Posted by Timeea on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Travel · Tagged Aeolian Islands, Agenor, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Asia, brazil, British Columbia, canada, Central Intelligence Agency, china, Church of St. Tysilio, craftsman, Decade Volcanoes, Eiffel Tower, engineer, Etna, Europa, Europe, Europe's Capital, European Union, Finland, France, Frédéric Bartholdi, G20 nations, geography, Geology, Iceland, Ioan Stan Patras, Ireland, Istanbul, Italy, Kenneth J. Hsu, King, king of Tyre, Mary's Church, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea, Merry Cemetery, Mount Etna, Mount Vesuvius, Napoleon Bonaparte, New Zealand, Paris, Poland, president, Princess, REpublic of Ireland, Rob Butler, Romania, Russia, Sicily, Statue of Liberty, steel framework, Strait of Bosphorus, Stratovolcanoes, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, United States, United States of America, Vatican City, volcano, Volcanoes of Italy, Volcanology, wales
Ever since the famed Greek philosopher Plato first wrote of a fabled continent called Atlantis more than two thousand years ago, scholars have been locked in fierce debate as to whether such a place truly existed. While a few rare individuals have taken Plato’s words seriously, most scoff at the idea that an advanced civilization [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, History, Science · Tagged Antarctica, Atlantic Ocean, atlantis, Bermuda, bermuda triangle, Bimini Island, Black Sea, Canary Islands, Charles Hapgood, Crete, geography, Gibraltar, Hercules, Indian Ocean, Jeff Danelek, Lemuria, Libya, lost cities, lost city, Lost Continents, Lost lands, Madagascar, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea, Mu, Mythological places, Nature, North Africa, Pacific Ocean, Philip Sclater, Plato, Poseidon, Pseudoscience, the Bahamas, Thera
