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2006-06-24 Britain

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Posted by john 2006-06-24 13:28|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 N.B.: The near destruction of the Royal Welsh Fuisiliers was depicted in the movie "Zulu", with the bulk of the regiment being wiped out. Yet, a single company of the regiment held off the very superior Zulu forces at Rorke's Drift.

An excellent example of talented junior officers succeeding where their senior officers had screwed up.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-24 18:42|| 2006-06-24 18:42|| Front Page Top

#2 One my personal favs, the movie Zulu. Not a good showing by the locals however, galloping away and leaving the company on their own. My favorite actor was the fellow who played the RSM.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-06-24 18:46|| 2006-06-24 18:46|| Front Page Top

#3 No wonder Kashmiris are so damned arrogant.
Even their goats have to be saluted.

Posted by john 2006-06-24 19:28|| 2006-06-24 19:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Iff memory is correct, in the mid- to late 1990's a soldier in one of the Brit Guards regiments accidentally dropped his rifle while on parade attention. He was politely but forcibly transferred to another Brit army, non-Guards unit.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-06-24 22:21|| 2006-06-24 22:21|| Front Page Top

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