History Challenge & Journal

[sandman67]

ooooooh you anti-American cynic you....you will make Homer cry if you keep that up

Nope. They have been "at peace" ..... you are warm though.

[Jimbob]

Sandman: you mean internal and external peace?

[dtaai-maai]

Flinders is one of my Egyptology explorer "heros" as well.

Then you should watch a documentary broadcast the other day called "The Man Who Discovered Egypt" - I got it from TheBox, but it's probably available elsewhere now.

[sandman67]

JB

At peace....so not involved in any form of actual military conflict, either internal or external.



DM

Thanks for the tip....Ill take a looksee

[STEVE G]

In the 235 years since 1776 how many years has the USA been at peace (ie not involved in any form of conflict?)

I made it 166 years but it depends on your definition of conflict and what you class as involvement. For instance, I took WWII as starting for America in 1941 but they were involved in such things as lend-lease before that date. The longest period of peace seems to have been the 33 years between the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.

[caller]

Don't know the answer, but how does the US compare to the UK?

[STEVE G]

It's very hard to answer this type of question really because of how you define what is actual war and peace. For instance I've just found a website that suggested that America has only had 21 years of peace but they counted the whole period from 1776 until 1900 as wars against the Indians whereas I only counted declared wars and national conflicts. The same with the UK, if you took into account every action against dissent in the whole of the British Empire, I imagine you would struggle to find many years of peace at all but if you had been in the UK, you wouldn't have been aware that many of them were even happening.

[sandman67]

Steve G gets the choccy glazed donut of love ..... seems he reads the same websites I do.

According to research done by one lot the US has been "at peace" for a grand total of 21 years when you factor in all the Indian Wars etc.

My guess is the UK wouldnt fare much better as we fought spat after spat like the Zulu Wars and the Thugee Surpressions for much of our Imperial career.

[pharvey]

Not a challenge, but without doubt an interesting part of history...... these guys certainly had some balls.
Well worth a read.

The few who reached for the sky

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Flying Corps. It was the product of a handful of brave and far-sighted individuals, reports James Holland.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9193 ... e-sky.html

[Siani]

Where is this in the world? What does it for?

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[dtaai-maai]

Obviously related to slavery. Liberia? East African coast? USA?

[dtaai-maai]

Zanzibar - Anglican Church - slave pits

[Siani]

Zanzibar - Anglican Church - slave pits

Yes well done! DM

[redzonerocker]

Zanzibar - Anglican Church - slave pits

Yes well done! DM

Way to much time on his hands

[dtaai-maai]

It was either that or watch a replay of QPR v Spurs...