Comments by "granskare" (@granskare) on "Timeline - World History Documentaries" channel.

  1. at that time, the Americans had no experience, and the African wars gave both sides a chance to work together.
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  2. theses 2 dictators caused the deaths of millions of young lives.
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  3. and other Germans wondered why such hatred was still around in 1952.
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  4. First time we were in the UK, the newspaper read "sunny spells" while in USA we'd write "partly cloudy" amazing the differences in English language :)
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  5. We have similar problems in USA. The motorways (interstates) are supported by the gov't and the air transport is also subsidized but rail gets nothing- we got Amtrak. I was been in Minehead some years ago. We were at Templemeads in Bristol.
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  6. Xerox thought they were only copy machine people, but both Apple & Microsoft saw the benefits from their new computer screen, but paid little attention to it.
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  7. when I was in Turkey in the late 1950's, I saw mosaics in ditches on the base, I even saw the aquaduct of Valens...Not part of this situation in Italy.
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  8. I have a book named "the Boer war in postcards by Ian McDonald"And our MacArthur in Korea became erratic and so President Truman removed MacArthur.
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  9. Sherlock Holmes is a great fictional man, with Doctor Watson is fun stuff :)
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  10. Freddie Mercury is said to be of Zoroastrian roots. There is a similar place in Turkey. In 59, I met an Iranian officer and tried my Turkish but it did not work. I have a 100 Rials banknote - your 1000 is greater! This has been a great journey- thanks!
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  11. What do you speak of when you talk about Turkey?
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  12. and I believe the Russians did not trust him or use him. The cyrllic alphabet is very difficult.
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  13. all 4 services got into the act together and failed.
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  14. I loved the Time Team episodes. Phil Harding is cool. I have visited Malmesbury, Devises as well. I took the train to Swindon & the bus to Malmesbury and stayed in a nice B&B
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  15. In ww2 the Finnish air force the Blenheim was used with success- they were used for surveying the Russians. The Lancaster was a great bomber while our B17 carried less bomb load.
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  16. The rich are getting richer but when we all die, we are equal.
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  17. I first thought this was about the American "twister", tornado, not a jet
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  18. philby did not know russian, the russians did not trust him.
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  19. do you speak of ww1 or ww2?
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  20. when I was young, I followed the battles in the papers .
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  21. that is a neat bimmer. our major had one that looked somewhat like a jag
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  22. I flew into Berlin Templehof war in 1959 :) I rode those elevators which held one person, they were interesting - I did like them. We did have ours spies. When I was in Turkey 1957-59, I was helping those who checked on the USSR by listening to their work on rocket systems.
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  23. President Harry S. Truman of Missouri ended segregation in our military. I was in the USAF in Turkey, I took over from a black airman. A white man ,as am I, said if I had trouble with that guy to let him know. I had no trouble at all.
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  24. Troy is in western Turkey !!! I have seen mosiacs in ditches. In Anatolia the Greeks had settled in many places. They named the Black Sea as Pontus.
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  25. ww1 was a stupid war. In Turkey, the brits and frence wanted to divided the area for themselves but Ataturk called the government in Ankara to take the country and Kemal was successful.
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  26. and the Russians did not trust him :)
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  27. Reagan is a normal politician.
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  28. we have the same thing in USA . Many gov't supported interstates & airports, the result was Amtrak which is not great. We also have many lobbyists in DC. Our railways were privately owned so no support from the gov't. We do not have buffers so where did that come from.
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  29. and the Russians have taken land which did long belong to them and they refuse to return the land. Shiang Kai Shek lost the war & moved across to Taiwan.
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  30. we saw the Vasa many years ago, perhaps 1975. A great ship. The Mary Rose of the UK somehow can be owned :) But you did not locate the U-479, which is a pity.
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  31. In our civil war, there was a general named McCellan who said he did not want to see his soldiers die,etc. He was superb person in the training of men but that is all.
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  32. I have found my book on "Boer War in postcards" and it goes along with what was said here.
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  33. I believe Samuel Pepys developed the oral questioning of applicants for lieutenants :)
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  34. I like Phil Harding. I have been in Wilts. In Malmesbury, Devizes, but I do not recall other places.
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  35. the Brits lost in the 1800s, Russians failed in the 20th century, and USA failed in the 20th century :) Afghanistan was a terrible country. One tribe was with you and the next month the same tribe was against you :)
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  36. And now the Catholics have equal rights rights with the Protestant church, I am a 82 year old Lutheran!
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  37. like us in America if we did not make it. it must not be good :)
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  38. "come you back, you British solder, come you back to Mandalay"
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  39. sounds like classic KGB or GRU stuff.
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  40. I did see a video of this idiotic plan.
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  41. I recall many years ago that Kansas made the sunflower the state flower, in Iowa they declared it a noxious weed. They often joke like this :)
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  42. an older friend of my dad's was a corporal engineer, he returned without injury.
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  43. the guy who sat on a horse in tv became a stupid prez.
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  44. This was a terrible event, why did the Germans sink a liner? The Brits will come up with an clever scheme.
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  45. I have seen comparisons between Trump & Mussolini in 2016 etc.
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  46. I recall the story of Mussolini's 8 million bayonets :)
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  47. I have seen this earlier.
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  48. I did not know about IBM and a PC. I recall Xerox was only interested in copy machines and the Apple guy saw that...I must look into this..thanks :)
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  49. I was at Tempelhof in 1959.
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  50. Troy is located in Turkey.
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  51. of course, Troy is indeed located in Turkey!
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  52. I visited U-505 in Chicago
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  53. This a barbaric act from the BRITS.
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  54. I understand that Trump & Cheny avoided the war in Vietnam. I know of a guy studying law in Chicago who came & joined our AF Reserve unit, I was there and saw this happening.
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  55. Mehmet Talaat is the starter of the Armenian genocide.
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  56. Future generations will invent Time Machines and go back to observe.
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  57. these pilots were part of the great generation..and now we have trump who is the worst prez have endured.
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  58. the last dreadnought type ship is the USS TEXAS. not much about Gallipoli here
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  59. North Korea is the last Stalinist country in the world. The Kim's are becoming millionaires as measured with US dollars, and we know big money people can't help wanting more & more.
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  60. I was told there was a problem, I waited and here you are! The syphilis enigma.
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  61. the Japanese should have succured it
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  62. the American general at Anzio was, I believe, confused. Clark was an idiot.
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  63. I was born a Lutheran but now I think religions are not necessary...Those born before the 3 great religions are ignored. Likely religions are useless! Apparently the RC thought the earth had been at the center and the sun another body revolving around.
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  64. a method of getting cash.
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  65. I am from USA. I believe Lucas was delaying things.Clark to me was a person seeking recognition.
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  66. it is in Turkey
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  67. just add some software and you can block adverts. be sure to have something like firefox
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  68. our Yellowstone park is a super volcano which likely erupted at that time.
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  69. Mussolini's 8 million bayonets :)
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  70. Muusolilni and his 8,000,000 bayonets :)
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  71. now if brexit is done, the British end of the channel tunnel will have to be boarded up.
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  72. Our venture in Vietnam gave us many "draftdodgers" such as current Prez Trump as former VP Cheney and our former Prez. Clinton, I believe we had many more.
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  73. I passed the site in Turkey (Bythnia) where Hannibal ended his life.
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  74. and we in the USA did the same. But when we were defeated, the first ambassador was one of the POWS and that was how it worked.
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  75. I liked this video. Now I understand that china has taken over the south china sea as here's. she has fortified sandbanks and such. Crazy like the US prez, Trump who I would like to see impeached :)
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  76. I remember the story of China discovery North America in 1420 :) Perhaps the story was wrong:(
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  77. it is unfortunate that Hannibal had not defeated Rome because the RC would not exist today.
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  78. It was not IBM but XEROX.
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  79. so the disease mutats - tell George
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  80. I was in Turkey 1957-1958 and one year in Germany in 1959. We had a small base at Sinuhp, not Sinoop
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  81. and yet, we in America still use the term "crusade" I remember Mussolini's 8 million bayonets :)
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  82. Mamoths were also found in Alaska, USA ! Troy is located in Turkey.
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  83. Celibacy is wrong. It normal for men & women to get together.
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  84. I have a page from Gardiner's book which does show the icknield way - it goes thru Bath to connect with the Fosse way.
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  85. I recall an Egyptian obelisk in the hippodrome in Istanbul. It must have been a race track. I was there in the late 1950's for 2 years.
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  86. and the battlefield was full of holes, the tanks were then unable travel over such territory. Making them complex was a disaster but the British had learned that for ww2. The Germans had better trenches & deeper.
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  87. the guns did nothing - they merely made a huge mudhole, the British tanks did lead the way.
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  88. One wonders where syphilis came from.
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  89. my grand parents came thru Hull on to Liverpool and then Boston..grand mother left Finland in 1902
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  90. my grandparents came from Finland, he in 1901 and she in 1902, both on the Dominion Line to Boston, Mass.
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  91. In USA, these men & women were called 'the greatest generation' and sadness for those that died. I was with the USAF and in Malta in 1957. The small bars were fun. Of course I arrived in Istanbul without any money. A sympathetic Turkey called the Kahan Building for me...I told them I was headed for APO 324, should I leave the plane here...yes he said and we have a vehicle picking up another person so you can ride along. I went to the transient barracks and again without money. So the sympathic Staff Sergeant put in the one dollar. Next time I was in town, I paid that dollar back. After than, I was riding in an air force ambulance. We broke down, and me being a former farm kid, if we had a bit of wire handy, I could have used that and we could have gotten along on the other axle but, no wire. Then I am given coins to call the base. Less than 24 hours in Turkey, I am given coins to call the base but with good luck, the Catholic Chaplin drives up & I am saved. We drive and get to a US Navy base & have lunch. We get to the base and I see the ambulance towed in later that night. That was my introduction to Turkey. I did repay that one dollar.
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  92. the problem with Nixon is that he thought Democrats acted just like he did. I did like that he visited China and saw Mao.
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  93. many years after ww2, we drove thru London, Ontario.
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  94. For Nixon's reelection campaign was called the COMMITTEE TO REELECT THE PRESIDENT (CREEP)
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  95. I am from USA and I think the Lancaster was the best bomber in WW2. It was the madness of leaders who caused these young guys to be killed...now we have the idiot Trump doing similar things.
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  96. you are indeed correct. Now I wonder where and how I got my info, thanks for straightening me out :)
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  97. just get firefox, then get ad blockers and you are set - works for me
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  98. there is NOTHING HERE ABOUT GALLIPOLI...what has happened here.
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