Re: Lest we forget
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:42 am
Cronus wrote:
But seriously, really? You couldn't name the century?
Hint: they were all within a 100 years of one another and almost within the same century (and there were 2 Boer Wars).
Even with my casual interest in history I could probably name and roughly date the majority of significant conflicts across the globe going back to the Punic Wars. That's not me being a smartarse, I assumed most reasonably intelligent adults above a certain age could do the same to one degree or another.
Hint: they were all within a 100 years of one another and almost within the same century (and there were 2 Boer Wars).
Even with my casual interest in history I could probably name and roughly date the majority of significant conflicts across the globe going back to the Punic Wars. That's not me being a smartarse, I assumed most reasonably intelligent adults above a certain age could do the same to one degree or another.
I could have guessed. In fact I just did & got them right according to google. My O level history was so long ago I cannot remember anything we studied apart from WW1 & 2. Ironically I can still recite the events leading up to the outbreaks as I did it for my exam. Other than that I have no interest in military history. A lot of it tends to be written by those who romanticise it.