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    Recommended reading on the East African Campaign?

    Alan Moorehead's (Australian War Correspondent) "Desert War Trilogy" is superb, first hand account (first book includes East African Campaign)...
    Post by: athelstan, Jan 13, 2015 in forum: World War 2
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    Is the movie the Patriot accurate about how the Americans won against the British?

    Sorry - I will get the hang of this eventually - I was reading page 1 - sorry if the comments are out of context.
    Post by: athelstan, Jan 7, 2015 in forum: Revolutionary War
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    Is the movie the Patriot accurate about how the Americans won against the British?

    yes indeed gloine - the indiscipline of Bunker Hill was not repeated and the British developed an elite of Light Infantry and associated tactics,...
    Post by: athelstan, Jan 5, 2015 in forum: Revolutionary War
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    Help needed

    Get onto the National Archives website. If 16th Battalion Manchester Regiment for WW1 has been digitised (about 20% have been so far) you are in...
    Post by: athelstan, Feb 19, 2014 in forum: World War 1
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    Devonshire Regiment

    3rd battalion of any regiment is usually the training and discharge battalion. When you have found the battalion you want, you should check out...
    Post by: athelstan, Feb 19, 2014 in forum: World War 1