Conquer Club

On October 30th, 1899, Canada entered its first official war. This is my favorite human conflict for many reasons:
-Concentration camps with starvation policies check
-A bunch of British `soldiers`wearing improper uniforms check
-blatant racism check
-bunch of europeans fighting over foreign land check
-scorched earth policy check
-guerilla combat check
-scads zounds of medals check

However,while there have been millions of films about wars that barely had any significance (World War II, for example) there haven`t been any good films about the Boer war. To overturn this conspiracy, I am going to spend the next few weeks educating everyone here about why the Boer War is what we should focus on. Instead of Remembrance Day, VE Day and D-day celebrations, we should have Declaration Day. I would also suggest a East Prussia Sux Day, but I am still trying to come up with a way to market that better.

However,while there have been millions of films about wars that barely had any significance (World War II, for example).

man, you gotta be pulling my panzer.

Doom, you better get an Aussie view on this war to really understand. Look up "Breaker Morant" good story this one.

Here is wiki's story..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaker_Morant

Then the movie, it's good.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0080310

I'm related so have info from my family bible. He was a legend and fought well

86

Agent 86 wrote:Doom, you better get an Aussie view on this war to really understand. Look up "Breaker Morant" good story this one.

Here is wiki's story..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaker_Morant

Then the movie, it's good.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080310

I'm related so have info from my family bible. He was a legend and fought well

86

saw the movie. im glad that australia has a "James Dean" character, and i will try to balance the australian side of the story also. i am fully expecting a pullitzer by the time this done.

khazalid wrote:

However,while there have been millions of films about wars that barely had any significance (World War II, for example).

man, you gotta be pulling my panzer.

Make that a pullwitzer.

My great grandfather may have fought in that one. I'm pretty ignorant about the whole thing. Can't find records either. WW I are sketchy but online, at least we found some of our relatives records.

Cecil!

Oh Oh Oh.....pith helmets.

.....and wagon laagers

.....and Winston Churchill