Comments by "John Brereton" (@johnbrereton5229) on "The History Chap" channel.

  1. ​​​ @idunusegoogleplus  Nonsense, the video explained perfectly that the British had cut their military spending drastically and any equipment that did have was already being used in Europe and North Africa. Also even though Percivals forces were larger they were not fully trained or competent and included troops ill in Hostpital. Nevertheless, if Percival had been more forceful in pursuing his plan to counter attack he could have won because the Japanese were down to their last supplies of ammunition. At the end of the day, the Japanese were more experienced and far better motivated.
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  2. My grandfather served with the 1st Battalion the Middlesex regiment with the BEF during WWI. Before that he had served in India and was present at the Dehli Durban when the King was crowned Emperor of India. He was also involved in the retreat from Mons and latter won the Military Medal during the bloody battle of the Somme for delivering ammunition underfire to the forward trenches. He was demombed in 1918 and his first child my father was born in 1919 and only 20 years later he returned with a new BEF in 1939 to continue the fight against the Germans. Lest We Forget ! 🌹🇬🇧
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  3. Penda the last pagan Anglosaxon King ??????? Or was he ? Penda is a Brythonic name and his alliance with the Welsh Kings of the time makes it sound even more doubtful that he was really an Anglosaxon. Even Alfred the Greats Kindom of Wessex was started by his ancestor Cerdic yet another Brythonic name as were his son Cynric etc. So it seems that the story of the Angles Saxons and Brythonic peoples of Britain are not as clearly defined as the invasion theory would have us believe.
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  4. @TheHistoryChap  It's hard to find evidence in this period when very little is written. However, it's very interesting that he had a Brythonic name as did the early kings of Anglosaxon Wessex. Which leads one to speculate that perhaps the invasion and conquest by the Anglosaxons was not as clear cut as what we previously thought it was.
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  5. This battle wasn't fought by the British Empire, it was fought by the East India Company who had their own army.
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  6. @TheHistoryChap  All troops used were part of the Presidencies armies and belonged to the East India Company. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857 the British Parliament past the Government of India Act and in 1858 the East India Company was abolished and all its assets and Presidencies came under the direct control of the British Crown.
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