z1812 Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 An interesting Article. http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/tandey.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poesel Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Interesting - thanks for sharing. But: Bavarian not Bohemian 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 The word "Bohemian" was meant as an insult. A comment on the time he spent in Vienna before the first war. Not as a reference to where he lived once he'd moved to Germany. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Wow. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 The word "Bohemian" was meant as an insult. A comment on the time he spent in Vienna before the first war. Not as a reference to where he lived once he'd moved to Germany.Sorry, I don't want to be picky. But Bohemia is the region around Prague. Basically nowadays Czech Republic... ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 yeah like the Rhapsody! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) Sorry, I don't want to be picky. But Bohemia is the region around Prague. Basically nowadays Czech Republic... ?I know where Bohemia is, next door to Moravia. And, of course, Elizabeth Stuart was Queen of Bohemia. But, from the late 18th Century up into the 20th, the word "Bohemian" applied to people who lived a certain lifestyle, poets, artists, romantic dreamers etc Often being used to describe the residents of Paris' Latin Quarter, London's Soho, New York's Greenwich Village etc. Prussian Conservatives mockingly called Hitler "The Bohemian Corporal" cuz of his repeated failure to pass his entrance exams to the Vienna Academy. Edited October 7, 2015 by Warts 'n' all 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I know where Bohemia is, next door to Moravia. And, of course, Elizabeth Stuart was Queen of Bohemia. But, from the late 18th Century up into the 20th, the word "Bohemian" applied to people who lived a certain lifestyle, poets, artists, romantic dreamers etc Often being used to describe the residents of Paris' Latin Quarter, London's Soho, New York's Greenwich Village etc. Prussian Conservatives mockingly called Hitler "The Bohemian Corporal" cuz of his repeated failure to pass his entrance exams to the Vienna Academy.Yep,I thought you would.After posting yesterday, I investigated a little further (perhaps I should have done so in a first place) and read, that Hindenburg called him "Bohemian Corporal", because he thought Hitler was born in Braunau (Broumov), Bohemia while he really was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poesel Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Thanks, learned something new! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Thanks, learned something new! Well, one should learn something new each day. So, you are done for today. ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) I just had the chance to read it now, thanks for the link. Never knew this story. Sometimes, reality really is stranger than fiction.I'm very fascinated by alternative history. That good Brit was haunted that he had shown decency to a monster, but who knows what kind of world we would live in today if he had pulled the trigger... history might have taken an even worse turn for all we know. Edited October 12, 2015 by Bulletpoint 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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