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436 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

And Lord Louis Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India. Jean A.

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437 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

At 08:14 AM 14/06/00 -0500, Bill Cooper wrote: >Lord Louis was Supreme Commander, Allied Forces in the China, Burma, >India Theater in WWII. I remember when he flew in. Slim, who was running the show until then, had ordered the red centre of RAF roundels painted out, so that any plane with a red disc on it was presumed to be Japanese and thus fair game. Lord Louis flew into Delhi, I think it was, in a plane sourced from Europe, which still had the red white and blue roundels. Nobody ...

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 20:04:09 UTC

438 Re: Churchill and D-day, was: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

At 12:33 PM -0400 6/14/00, Chris Moseley wrote: > > Churchill said he was going to do it anyway. Eisenhower had his chief >of staff, General Smith, call King George VI to explain the problem. The >king told Smith, "You boys leave Winston to me." He called Churchill to >say, "Well, as long as you feel that it is desirable to go along, I think >it is my duty to go along with you." Churchill gave up. > > -- Ambrose, _D ...

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 18:44:15 UTC

439 Churchill, was: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

In a message dated 6/14/00 6:53:17 AM Central Daylight Time, cmsmith@EARTHLINK.NET writes: > they couldn't keep him from the front in the Great War either! Not to mention that WSC was captured by the Boers in =that= war (he was a journalist then, iirc) and made a daring escape. For intelligence, there is nothing like a keen-witted, handsome woman, [DI 2] Mary S  35° 58' 11" N  86° 48' 57" W

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 18:24:04 UTC

440 Churchill and D-day, was: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Eric A. Ladner wrote: > I've heard a story that Winston Churchill proposed to go with the > troops on D-Day, and that to persuade him not to the King had to say, > essentially, "If you go, then so do I." Anyone know if this is true? > Doesn't really matter, of course. It's one of those stories that if > it didn't happen, it should have! According to Stephen Ambrose, Eisenhower's biographer, this indeed happened. Churchill wanted to go along, ...

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 16:35:46 UTC

441 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

Jay Reay wrote: > > Peter Mackay wrote: > > Chris Forrester wrote: > > >Hmm. Maybe I'll have to look at Prince Charles in a different light. > > > There have been many members of the Royal family who have gone to war and some who have lost their lives. Prince Philip and Prince Andrew being two of the most recent, neither was a reigning monarch though. > > The King in WW1 certainly visited the Western Front on occasion. Princess Elizabeth drove army lorr ...

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 12:15:52 UTC

442 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

Mark wrote of Prince Louis Battenburg: >Wasn't he First Sea Lord or something close? Seems to me that he was very high up.      First Sea Lord is correct. I seem to remember that Fisher was brought back to replace him. Martin Watts 50° 45' N 1° 55' W. The Borough and County of the Town of Poole

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 12:02:59 UTC

443 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

"Eric A. Ladner" wrote: > I've heard a story that Winston Churchill proposed to go with the > troops on D-Day, and that to persuade him not to the King had to say, > essentially, "If you go, then so do I." Anyone know if this is true? > Doesn't really matter, of course. It's one of those stories that if > it didn't happen, it should have! > It seems to me that I've read this account in several books. For better or worse, they couldn't keep him from ...

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 11:54:04 UTC

444 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

Eric wrote: >I've heard a story that Winston Churchill proposed to go with the >troops on D-Day, and that to persuade him not to the King had to say, >essentially, "If you go, then so do I." Anyone know if this is true? >Doesn't really matter, of course. It's one of those stories that if >it didn't happen, it should have      I've heard this one too, and have no trouble believing it. He was forced to wait for some days and was finally allowed to go over. There is ...

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 11:54:03 UTC

445 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

Jay Reay wrote: His father, Prince Louis, had been a distinguished naval officer forced by anti-German prejudice to resign from the Navy in the WWI and change his name from Battenberg. Wasn't he First Sea Lord or something close? Seems to me that he was very high up.

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 11:52:04 UTC

446 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

At 8:50 PM +1000 6/14/00, Peter Mackay wrote: >The King in WW1 certainly visited the Western Front on occasion. Princess >Elizabeth drove army lorries in WW2, which was probably about as close as >she could get to the front. I've heard a story that Winston Churchill proposed to go with the troops on D-Day, and that to persuade him not to the King had to say, essentially, "If you go, then so do I." Anyone know if this is true? Doesn't really matter, of course. It's one o ...

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 11:47:14 UTC

447 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

Peter Mackay wrote: > Chris Forrester wrote: > >Hmm. Maybe I'll have to look at Prince Charles in a different light. > > There have been many members of the Royal family who have gone to war and some who have lost their lives. Prince Philip and Prince Andrew being two of the most recent, neither was a reigning monarch though. > The King in WW1 certainly visited the Western Front on occasion. Princess Elizabeth drove army lorries in WW2, which was probably about as close as ...

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 11:42:35 UTC

448 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

At 08:46 AM 14/06/00 +0100, Chris Forrester wrote: >Hmm. Maybe I'll have to look at Prince Charles in a different light. > >There have been many members of the Royal family who have gone to war and >some who have lost their lives. Prince Philip and Prince Andrew being two of >the most recent, neither was a reigning monarch though. The King in WW1 certainly visited the Western Front on occasion. Princess Elizabeth drove army lorries in WW2, which was probably about as close ...

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 11:06:04 UTC

449 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

Hmm. Maybe I'll have to look at Prince Charles in a different light. There have been many members of the Royal family who have gone to war and some who have lost their lives. Prince Philip and Prince Andrew being two of the most recent, neither was a reigning monarch though. Christine Forrester N 52*59' W02*19' ----- Original Message ----- From: Jay Reay <justin.reay@WHICH.NET> To: <PATRICKOBRIAN@NORTON2.WWNORTON.COM> Sent: 12 June 2000 17:34 Subject: Re: BatM spoiler &g ...

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Message Date:	2000-06-14 07:54:07 UTC

450 Re: BatM spoiler -- rank: 633

--- Gerry Strey <gestrey@MAIL.SHSW.WISC.EDU> wrote: > Regarding promotion of admirals, it seems to me that > there were rather a lot on hand at any one time. > What proportion would actually be employed an how? > > Gerry Strey > Madison, Wisconsin What do *ADMIRALS* do? Picture a 300lb gorilla...... Kyle-which he swears DESRON 9's wore pajamas and his shoulderboards into CDC one late watch and damn near scared the poor sentry half to death... __________________ ...

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Message Date:	2000-06-12 21:42:31 UTC