My history knowledge is sorely lacking (I think my schooling stopped somewhere with the 18th century material), but there was no way I was guessing that.
Buy music for Haiti relief efforts.
That's insane troll logic!
Xander ,'Showtime'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2010 7:23:28 am PST #2913 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gudanov - Jan 20, 2010 7:25:10 am PST #2914 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I was thinking more of an operation, rather that incidents.
tommyrot - Jan 20, 2010 7:27:39 am PST #2915 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
but there was no way I was guessing that.
Yeah, it's weird and not very well known, considering that France was our ally during the war.
Another weird thing - when France was about to fall to Germany, the British navy destroyed a number of French warships (with French sailors still in them) to prevent them from falling into German hands. The French were rather angry at the British for this. This is why the U.S. navy lead the invasion of Casablanca instead of the British navy - the U.S. naively believed the French would not fire on them.
Amy - Jan 20, 2010 7:31:06 am PST #2916 of 30001
Because books.
Yeah, it's weird and not very well known, considering that France was our ally during the war.
I had no idea about that.
Thanks for the link, ita.
Kathy A - Jan 20, 2010 7:33:23 am PST #2917 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
There were several times the U.S. navy fought German U-boats, even before the U.S. entered the war.
Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James
Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame
She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free
But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea
javachik - Jan 20, 2010 7:38:34 am PST #2918 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Tommy, I've seen a movie that had the situation you mention and now I will hunt teh interwebs to figure out which one it was.
I can't discuss the cat thing.
megan walker - Jan 20, 2010 7:39:12 am PST #2919 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The French were rather angry at the British for this.
Killing 1300 people when you're not at war will do that sometimes.
Gudanov - Jan 20, 2010 7:42:16 am PST #2920 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Another thing I find sort of interesting is that the British provided the blueprint for Pearl Harbor when they disabled the Italian fleet with 21 biplanes with a surprise attack in a harbor that was also supposedly too shallow for torpedoes.
Liese S. - Jan 20, 2010 7:45:00 am PST #2921 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Woo, Hardison! That`s all I got, really. Leverage will be excellent snowed-in fodder tonight.
Connie Neil - Jan 20, 2010 7:51:22 am PST #2922 of 30001
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I passed my Level 2 test--thought I got 8 out of the 10 errors allowed, which troubles me--so yay!
Now I have to suck up my essential laziness and avoidance-of-things-that-test-me and pay attention to my work. Boo.
Raise (unknown so far)--yay!