“There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.”
That was the British Commander at the Battle of Jutland. He was slightly upset at his ships (light cruisers or possibly battle cruisers) were exploding with depressing regularity.
His name was … it was either Jellicoe or Beatty. I’ll guess Beatty.
Battalions. At least, I’ve always heard “battalions”, but I imagine he said it in Russian and I don’t know what the Russian word for “battalion” is. So - military units of 1000-ish.
Ah. I see what you mean… didn’t notice the “or formulating” part of post #22.
Okay, no looking up anything at all, guys. Except in the case of disputed answers, and then only the person posing the question originally.
What year of failed European social democratic revolutions led many Germans and Hungarians, in particular, to emigrate to the U.S.?
1848
Elendil You read my mind on Reinhard Heydrich questions, he was going to be part of my “Name your [least] favorite Nazis”
What was his best-known nickname?
The nickname I remember is Heyrich the Hangman, although that probably doesn’t alliterate in German or Czech. He also was referred to as The Butch of Prague, I think.
That’s odd, I don’t remember seeing a rainbow ribbon on his SS uniform.
Yes, “the Butcher of Prague.” He was evil to the core, but an interesting guy nevertheless. I’ve read two bios of him and he definitely bears closer study. Many historians think he could have succeeded Himmler and, maybe in time, Hitler himself. He was just that smart, cunning and ruthless.
I watch the entire Connections series, along with Connections[sup]2[/sup] and Connections[sup]3[/sup] with my students every year. I have those suckers memorized by now.
