The Son-a-bitch History Question Thread.

[Feck]

I just searched for the picture of the Yamamoto I have seen before ,but I couldn't find It but I did find one for the NSFW area 'zilla
Do you have the pic of the ship and I will post mine in NSFW ?

sorry to interupt .

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I just searched for the picture of the Yamamoto I have seen before ,but I couldn't find It but I did find one for the NSFW area 'zilla
Do you have the pic of the ship and I will post mine in NSFW ?

sorry to interupt .

http://www.akiba.gr.jp/mikasa.fune211.jpg[/imgc]

Here she is today, the last surviving pre-dreadnought, and the only steel battleship outside the US. (This is Yokosuka, Japan, south of Tokyo.)

BTW, the building off her bow (on the left) are part of the USN's base at Yoko.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Just got a whiney PM, so I'll post a script to the Czech retreat through Russia. There WAS a longer "retreat", if you want to call it that, but it WASN'T through "enemy" territory.

[klr]

Just got a whiney PM, so I'll post a script to the Czech retreat through Russia. There WAS a longer "retreat", if you want to call it that, but it WASN'T through "enemy" territory.

I await with bated breath (well ... ), but I have irksome RL business to attend to before I can knuckle down and solve that other question from a few hours ago.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Just got a whiney PM, so I'll post a script to the Czech retreat through Russia. There WAS a longer "retreat", if you want to call it that, but it WASN'T through "enemy" territory.

I await with bated breath (well ... ), but I have irksome RL business to attend to before I can knuckle down and solve that other question from a few hours ago.

USS Marblehead, heavily damaged in a fight off Borneo, took three months to make it back to the US, via the Atlantic. About 15,000 miles. However, not all that trip would have been through "enemy territory", unless you count U-Boats.

[klr]

Just got a whiney PM, so I'll post a script to the Czech retreat through Russia. There WAS a longer "retreat", if you want to call it that, but it WASN'T through "enemy" territory.

I await with bated breath (well ... ), but I have irksome RL business to attend to before I can knuckle down and solve that other question from a few hours ago.

USS Marblehead, heavily damaged in a fight off Borneo, took three months to make it back to the US, via the Atlantic. About 15,000 miles. However, not all that trip would have been through "enemy territory", unless you count U-Boats.

I think that's why I asked a few days ago if the longest retreat was on land only. Once you get into the water, things can get a bit tricky. Some of the German sailors from one of the WW I merchant-raiding cruisers had an epic journey home over both land and sea after their ship had been sunk, but I don't think it would come close to 15,000 miles.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Just got a whiney PM, so I'll post a script to the Czech retreat through Russia. There WAS a longer "retreat", if you want to call it that, but it WASN'T through "enemy" territory.

I await with bated breath (well ... ), but I have irksome RL business to attend to before I can knuckle down and solve that other question from a few hours ago.

USS Marblehead, heavily damaged in a fight off Borneo, took three months to make it back to the US, via the Atlantic. About 15,000 miles. However, not all that trip would have been through "enemy territory", unless you count U-Boats.

I think that's why I asked a few days ago if the longest retreat was on land only. Once you get into the water, things can get a bit tricky. Some of the German sailors from one of the WW I merchant-raiding cruisers had an epic journey home over both land and sea after their ship had been sunk, but I don't think it would come close to 15,000 miles.

It's a matter of definitions, certainly. However, the Czechs went through one country, Russia, and were certainly in "enemy territory" all the way.

[klr]

Just got a whiney PM, so I'll post a script to the Czech retreat through Russia. There WAS a longer "retreat", if you want to call it that, but it WASN'T through "enemy" territory.

I await with bated breath (well ... ), but I have irksome RL business to attend to before I can knuckle down and solve that other question from a few hours ago.

USS Marblehead, heavily damaged in a fight off Borneo, took three months to make it back to the US, via the Atlantic. About 15,000 miles. However, not all that trip would have been through "enemy territory", unless you count U-Boats.

I think that's why I asked a few days ago if the longest retreat was on land only. Once you get into the water, things can get a bit tricky. Some of the German sailors from one of the WW I merchant-raiding cruisers had an epic journey home over both land and sea after their ship had been sunk, but I don't think it would come close to 15,000 miles.

It's a matter of definitions, certainly. However, the Czechs went through one country, Russia, and were certainly in "enemy territory" all the way.

Although they might have joined up with some "whites" along the way from time to time? Anyway, it was an some journey, worthy of getting the epic film treatment. Maybe there's some Czech film about it, but I doubt we'll ever see anything in english.

[Don't Panic]

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Not me again, surely?

[Horwood Beer-Master]

New question.

What forum member shares a name with a very important part of the invasion of France? (If you get this one in a single day I'll be very impressed.)

Me?