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« Reply #720 on: October 10, 2011, 07:58:38 AM » |
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Czechoslovakia, Nov 17 - Dec 29 1989.
Fun piece of history, that. It's also known as the Gentle Revolution, if you wanted to know.
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« Reply #721 on: October 10, 2011, 08:22:36 AM » |
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Damn. Should've asked about albania
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« Reply #722 on: October 11, 2011, 03:26:12 AM » |
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Probably. I don't know much about Albania.
But speaking of revolutions, which happen to be a favourite history topic of mine, what is the Carnation Revolution also referred to as?
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« Reply #723 on: October 11, 2011, 04:38:01 AM » |
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25 dde Abril
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« Reply #724 on: October 12, 2011, 05:39:07 AM » |
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Yep. Your turn.
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« Reply #725 on: October 13, 2011, 12:16:34 AM » |
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In 1905 what was the Russian Revolution also known as?
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« Reply #726 on: October 13, 2011, 02:02:20 AM » |
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So far as I can recall the 1905 Russian Revolution doesn't have a special name. However, it was triggered by the events of Blood Sunday when imperial troops opened fire on unarmed peaceful protesters.
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« Reply #727 on: October 13, 2011, 02:22:39 AM » |
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Well yes the answer is Bloody Sunday. Your turn!
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« Reply #728 on: October 13, 2011, 09:17:02 PM » |
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Why did the British stop wearing red into Battle?
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« Reply #729 on: October 14, 2011, 01:23:42 AM » |
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Because before they stopped, high visibility on the battlefield hadn't been a problem, what with relatively short ranges of muskets and how much gun smoke came out just by firing the things. But then guns got better, ranges got longer, and smoke didn't obscure the soldiers because there no longer was any, so they became pretty visible targets.
Obviously, they decided they needed to be a little more inconspicuous.
Oh, the things weapons evolution does to armies....
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« Reply #730 on: October 14, 2011, 06:46:32 AM » |
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There's a little bit more invalid in the answer. A very specific reason.
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« Reply #731 on: October 14, 2011, 06:55:50 AM » |
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Wait, wait, does this have anything to do with the introduction of the machine gun?
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« Reply #732 on: October 14, 2011, 08:17:16 AM » |
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Nope. Not yet.
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« Reply #733 on: October 14, 2011, 08:28:20 AM » |
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I know khaki was standardised for the entire British army during the Second Boer War, but I'm not sure what you're specifically asking for... *confused*
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« Reply #734 on: October 14, 2011, 07:01:12 PM » |
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They ran out of red clothing?
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