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James H


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Had forgotten about this. From Twentieth Century Battlefields TV series. Just been shown on some freeview channel.

Snow père et fils explain Amiens with a bit of CGI, a lot of tramping about in fields, and talking to the camera while driving. First of several parts here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVarOtDZ7aE

Tank coverage includes footage from The Somme, Stoßtrupp 1917, and Unternehmen Michael. No mention of the Austin Armoured Cars. I'd argue with quite a few aspects of their analysis. And they could at least make an attempt to pronounce French placenames properly.

Just remembered; "The myth that more tank crews were killed by fumes from their own tanks than by the Germans . . ." Not a myth according to Dan. Bit of a howler.



-- Edited by James H on Tuesday 28th of February 2012 10:57:27 AM

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Did you know that Snow Snr's wife was related to Lloyd George ?????



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I do now. Just looked it up.

And; apologies. It's Peter Snow, not Jon.



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I'd argue with quite a few aspects of their analysis. And they could at least make an attempt to pronounce French placenames properly.

 

I'm an inhabitant of Amiens and to my ears they correctly pronounce the placenames



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