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2007-05-31 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Today in History: Jutland 1916

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Posted by Mike 2007-05-31 11:56|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Something seems to rong with our ships today

Posted by Shipman 2007-05-31 12:38|| 2007-05-31 12:38|| Front Page Top

#2 When I was a kid, I had a board game re-enacting the Jutland battle. I think there was also a movie, made in the mid-1960s, based on the battle.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2007-05-31 17:26|| 2007-05-31 17:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Mike:
I had the AH '74 version, which didn't have a board, but you used the entire basement floor (or so it seemed).

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-05-31 19:39|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-05-31 19:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Brit ships have names like steel balls. Germans (like the Confederacy) found every draw a loss....Jackie Fisher rules!

Posted by borgboy2001 2007-05-31 21:26|| 2007-05-31 21:26|| Front Page Top

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