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Forgotten History

More celebrated than forgotten, here's a recreation of Barnse Wallis's bouncing bombs in effect for The Dam Busters (except these blokes are doing it in the daylight and not being shot at at the same time instead) .. :plane:


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Naughty_Felid said:
Mrs Chippy :(

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Chippy

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Yes I know I've left it brief but I just thought no explanation makes it more poignant.

The whole grave thing bought a tear to my eye.
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Just a follow up to my old thread I finally managed to visit the grave of Harry McNish & Mrs Chippy. what a lovely old cemetery Karori is in Wellington - good to go back, i insisted we see it.

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I added a cat toy for Mrs Chippy to play with :(

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Well done Kiwi Antarctic dudes. Kiwi's love their kitties like the Brits.
 
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THE BATTLE OF KARAFUTO

Even most military historians will be blissfully unaware of this little incident. On the 9th of August 1945, Stalin repudiated the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact signed on April 13, 1941 and proceeded to launch an attack on Japan in Manchukuo and South Sakhalin (formerly known as Karafuto). This was a blatant Soviet land grab. What is especially interesting is that the fighting continued well after August 15th when the Japanese High Command had ordered a ceasefire. It was the USSR's intention to claim not only South Sakhalin but also Hokkaido according to documentation from the period. While costly in human life and misery, this rear-guard action does seem to have delayed the Soviets sufficiently to prevent the invasion of the other islands of Japan's archipelago by the time of the signing of the Articles of Surrender on VJ day.

Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_South_Sakhalin

 
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An interesting tale, good jobs but long term employment was never guaranteed.

The British women who secretly served in the Cold War

For more than 20 years, the green plains of Holderness, East Yorkshire, were the secret location of underground bunker RAF Holmpton, where radars watched the skies amid the threat of the Cold War.

During the uncertain years of the Cold War, when nations prepared for the prospect of a devastating nuclear war, Britain created a defensive radar programme called Rotor, involving 70 radar stations dotted around the coast.

One of these was an underground bunker in the tiny village of Holmpton, built in 1953 and nicknamed "the hole".

It faced east and was able to see hundreds of miles to the Soviet Union, as the superpower stockpiled nuclear weapons.

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The bunker was under the bungalow.

http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-43333082
 
Tsujigiri :omg:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsujigiri

Tsujigiri (辻斬り or 辻斬, literally crossroads killing) is a Japanese term for a practice when a samurai, after receiving a new katana or developing a new fighting style or weapon, tests its effectiveness by attacking a human opponent, usually a random defenseless passer-by, in many cases during nighttime. The practitioners themselves are also referred to as tsujigiri.
 
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Tsujigiri :omg:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsujigiri

Tsujigiri (辻斬り or 辻斬, literally crossroads killing) is a Japanese term for a practice when a samurai, after receiving a new katana or developing a new fighting style or weapon, tests its effectiveness by attacking a human opponent, usually a random defenseless passer-by, in many cases during nighttime. The practitioners themselves are also referred to as tsujigiri.
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So much for Bushido...
 
Naughty_Felid said:
Just a follow up to my old thread I finally managed to visit the grave of Harry McNish & Mrs Chippy. what a lovely old cemetery Karori is in Wellington - good to go back, i insisted we see it.
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Aww, what a terribly sad story. Makes me angry they couldn't find room for a little cat on their boat though.
Nice of you to leave Mrs Chippy a present. :)

EDIT: Looking at the wikipedia article I see they shot some dogs/puppies as well. I hate humans sometimes.:mad:


ramonmercado said:
For more than 20 years, the green plains of Holderness, East Yorkshire, were the secret location of underground bunker RAF Holmpton, where radars watched the skies amid the threat of the Cold War.
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Ooh I love those secret bunker things!
 
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Tsujigiri :omg:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsujigiri

Tsujigiri (辻斬り or 辻斬, literally crossroads killing) is a Japanese term for a practice when a samurai, after receiving a new katana or developing a new fighting style or weapon, tests its effectiveness by attacking a human opponent, usually a random defenseless passer-by, in many cases during nighttime. The practitioners themselves are also referred to as tsujigiri.
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Didn't they also have to slice up a passing randomer every time they unsheathed their usual sword, because it needed to taste blood or whatever? I may have read that in 'Shogun'.

For me, the most impressive Samauri/Bushido practice is that of elevating the left knee while squatting to defaecate. I always do this when out surveying my estates.
 
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