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Post by I AM The Scouting Authority. on Sept 13, 2016 21:48:54 GMT
Seeing as how this Map is dropping in on Thursday I thought I'd give everyone a little light reading. Battle of Thiepval Ridge |
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Post by Dado on Sept 15, 2016 13:08:19 GMT
Interesting read. Thanks for sharing the link.
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Post by I AM The Scouting Authority. on Sept 15, 2016 13:42:10 GMT
Interesting read. Thanks for sharing the link. Not a problem. I know there are loads more people out there who love to learn something new regularly |
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Post by Niles Y93 on Sept 15, 2016 23:54:02 GMT
I didn't see it on the page, but was this one of the battles Tolkien partook in?
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Post by I AM The Scouting Authority. on Sept 16, 2016 0:49:48 GMT
I didn't see it on the page, but was this one of the battles Tolkien partook in? Tolkien's entire Tour of Duty was on the Somme and he did take part in the Assault on the Schwaben Redoubt but it's unclear whether he took part in the Battle for Thiepval Ridge too. |
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Post by Geordie Scout on Sept 21, 2016 12:46:14 GMT
Seeing as how this Map is dropping in on Thursday I thought I'd give everyone a little light reading. Battle of Thiepval RidgeThanks for the link. I've actually been to the Thiepval memorial about 20 years ago and the wiki jogged my memory. It was a very moving experience and certainly puts my insignificant troubles into perspective (then and now).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiepval_Memorial
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