bruce90

...some photos I took a few weeks ago. 1...Site of Russian Bastion Number 4 in the Crimean War Sevastopol defences 2...The 'Valley of Death' viewed from Lord Raglans' position on Sapoune Ridge. Balaklava is the right and the Light Brigade charged from right to left. 3...A view of the position of the Russian guns the Light Brigade charged in the middle distance.The artillery and trenches etc. in the foreground are Russian positions from the fighting on the Ridge in World War II

Apparantly for the first time, photos of all the crews who took part in the raid. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22544568

Michael Emrys.

Marshall Ney did didn't he according to legend?

Imagine what all of that might have meant to the Native Americans. Surely they would have been better off?

Look great Joe. Well done!!!

My personal strategy for this game,wind up the Peninsular War a bit earlier then send the troops who have been kicking Napoleons' Marshalls' butts all over Spain and Portugal straight across the Atlantic.Those insolent Yankee farmers will have no chance.

Would us Brits get the chance to burn the White House again?

Yes it was the series of Gettysburg, The Wilderness and Antietam that I meant. Because of the rather simplified ( but in my opinion wholly adequate ) graphics, you don't need a mega computer to play a game where you can command from a Regiment up to a Corps. The AI isn't bad either.

[quote= I've been trying to find a good Civil War game similar to CMBN that will run on Win7, no luck so far.

Excellent.

Graet. Thanks for this!

Great stuff.

Chanell 4 (UK) tonight. An hour long doc then regular news updates on the hour through tonight and tomorrow as if the invasion was happening today.

Fair enough

In the first CMFI Demo weren't we allowed to use 3 D Preview in the map editor to at least see how the edited map looked?

Beautiful work.

Great looking map.

Those GIs in greatcoats just sold me on the game.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-soldiers-who-fought-american-2230964

This is great!

The photo at the top left of this webpage is Peter Thomas http://www.caribbeanaircrew-ww2.com/

No definitely not a Spitfire. A Havard trainer maybe? Bit of a bumpy landing too.

Hello. I have a book entitled 'Experiences of War. The British Airman' written by Roger A Freeman. One of the photographs in it shows a black officer and the information under the photo states that it is of 'Pilot Officer Peter Thomas the first Nigerian to be commisioned in the RAF'. The book is largely a collection of the rememberings of RAF personel and concerning Pilot Officer Thomas, a man named James Double says," On 1 October 1941 I was posted to No. 3 EFTS at RAF Watchfield near Swindon Wiltshire and on arrival was allocated the top bed of a double bunk. It was late in the afternoon and I found the bottom bed was occupied by a Nigerian who was fast asleep. He proved to be a distinctive character! He was Peter Thomas, son of a Nigerian chief who had,I learned from Peter sponsored several Spitfires."...... Double goes on to say that Peter was 'passed down' from several flying courses and had crashed a few Spitfires usually in ploughed fields but if it was suggested to him that he might get 'washed out ' of flying altogether his reply was always.. " My Father will buy some more". Double says that while he was transferred to the USA to continue training, Peter Thomas remained in the UK and eventually got his 'wings' and was commisioned but was later killed in a Spitfire in a flying accident.

Good this. Thanks