Bloody Foreigners - Channel 4 Twenty-five different nationalities fought on behalf of Nelson at Trafalgar. For many, the Royal Navy was the first equal opportunities employer, offering freedom and potential fortune. I hope Mr Griffin and Co. will be watching this (Sorry I couldn't resist). The story of 303 Squadron: 34 Polish fighter pilots who overturned RAF prejudices to earn their chance to fight in the Battle of Britain, in which they shot down 126 Luftwaffe aircraft
Whole season looks rather good, let's hope its a little better than some of the recent history fare on Ch4.
we canadians seem to turn up almost every war that's happening too. a couple with custer at the little big horn, at least one with the charge of the light brigade...
Considering every Tom, Dick and Harry of us, together with mister Ree fom Korea, Mr. Patel of India, Mr. Wagga-Wagga of Papua and Mr. Fleeting Cloud of Tenochtitlán are early immigrants from Tanzania in direct line from Lucy, we are all from the same stock. Mitochondrial Eve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Great DNA Hunt Are Chinese descendants of an African Eve? - China.org.cn
And to even it up there were Brits at the battle of the Little Big Horn Which side were they on? we canadians seem to turn up almost every war that's happening too. a couple with custer at the little big horn, at least one with the charge of the light brigade... You 'bout can't throw a dead cat without hitting a Canadian around here.
Jeff(trust you) if they were English they must of been fighting with old Custer himself and I did read an article about this the other day, think I can find it now.
Looking forward to the series, sounds very interesting, but some of C4s history pieces have been a bit hit and miss (IMHO). Mike
