But wasn't part of the Allied Mideast policy - or perhaps the catalyst of the Mideast policy - the safeguarding of the Suez Canal - and wasn't the catalyst of the campaigns against the Ottoman Empire the necessity to safeguard the Basra oil refinery and terminal? I believe this was mentioned in a "Military History" article five or so years previous (sadly, the issue referred to is lost to recollection)
The Somme; 90 years on
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The interesting thing about all the WW1 anti war litrature is that most of it was published 10 to 15 years
after the war and reflected a revultion less with the war as with it aftermath high unemployment and a lack of economic growth.Of course the polititians and
left wing intelectuals jumped on the bandwagon, somethings never change,and declared their disgust
with war and generals in general and General Haig in particular.This became a well supported populist
movement where generals and in fact all thing military were scorned by large sections of the public
and caused Britian to be totaly unprepared for WW2 and also resulted in Chambellins appeasment
policy in 1938 and war.Doesnt it sound all so familiar.
after the war and reflected a revultion less with the war as with it aftermath high unemployment and a lack of economic growth.Of course the polititians and
left wing intelectuals jumped on the bandwagon, somethings never change,and declared their disgust
with war and generals in general and General Haig in particular.This became a well supported populist
movement where generals and in fact all thing military were scorned by large sections of the public
and caused Britian to be totaly unprepared for WW2 and also resulted in Chambellins appeasment
policy in 1938 and war.Doesnt it sound all so familiar.
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If the doumentary to be shown on the Military Channel [we dont get that in theUK] is the same one screened and made by the BBC Norddeutscher Rundfaunk and I suspect it is [I just re-watched it from DVD] I warn Canadians that no mention is made in it of the part played by the Canadians and Newfoundlanders in the battle . It concentrates as far as the first dayis concerned on a company of the 2ns Salford Pals Battalion ans on some Westphalians,
Never the less for military history buffs it is well done and woth watching.
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It was well done - I rather enjoyed it. Going completely off topic here now, the British are very good at putting together military documentaries & films. I actually enjoyed seeing British Army training videos because they were so much better than ours. Ours put me to sleep, the one I saw of British soldiers MAT was the best training video I ever saw.
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