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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