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An excellent trilogy.
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I know how you feel. My invite didn't arrive either...
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That's a book I've come across, but not acquired, language barrier as mentioned. Perhaps I should take a leap...
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Would that I could speak/read French...
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I thought they wouldn't have passed you by!
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James, you mentioned on a recent Not So Quiet podcast a lack of English language battle histories of Verdun since The Price of Glory. These two were published in 2016. Not read them, so can't say if they are good, bad or indifferent.
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So hard cheese to our daughter and her needs, we are adventuring..
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Losers, the lot of them..
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So very sorry to hear this.
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What a wonderfully domestic scene, your friendly local trench butcher's shop. Just like the High Street..m
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Only 10 years? Seems more like 40 to me...
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Hiding..
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It's petty to carp, but a photo of US Marines? I'm sure there are several photos of British/Empire/Dominium troops you could have used.
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I feel seen...
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Perhaps the IDF could spare a moment to put a missile straight through his studio window..
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Judging by what's happening in the US, I'm beginning to think that WW2 was futile..m
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The rise of the American SS...
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Thoroughly enjoyed it..
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Seconde? Not come across that before. Deuxieme,yes.
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Oh yes, here come the US SS...
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Not long before an American version of the Waffen SS is formed, swearing allegiance to Trump , and not the Constitution...
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That's a better version of the pic, posted elsewhere, which seemed to show the place covered in snow, and not dust as is clear here.
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Far more fun than an erratum slip inside the front cover.
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Or Tedder..
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Some questions for the instructor....
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I suppose the idea of telling Putin not to didn't occur to Trump..
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I should think it's Hesgeth that's considering it, not the Navy, unless they are sucking up to him...
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😁 Esp the Graves title
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I'm sorry, that's all Greek to me...
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Oh now, fantastic!
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Hi!
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For context....
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The very man..
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The watch expert on Antiques Roadshow will know. His name escapes me, alas..
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AI?
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Sorry to hear of his departure. Safe landing on the other side of🌈🌁 Elftherio...
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Looks like Trevor Howard as Lord Cardigan in The Charge of the Light Brigade.
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😁
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Excellent podcast, and the episodes on the French are top stuff. But. What is the correct way to pronounce 'Foch'?
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I think it's a bit unfair to expect them to have done a lot in 3 weeks. They've had to learn what they can't do first. Still, flags are a start, and disbanding the specialist flood committee in Lincolnshire,where floods are common, is a bold move.
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We are actively looking to move elsewhere..
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I live in Lincolnshire where we now have a Reform County Council and a Reform Mayor. Lucky us...
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Interesting. The only film of the burning of Belsen showed Wasps in use. Didn't know Crocodiles were also involved..
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I have only read the intro so far, and that was promising...
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Sadly, it would seem not. I think they all aim to join the Trump gravy train, and governing the US is very much a secondary matter.