RE: Ship Naming Convention (was: RE: What, no messages?)

Also (and this is just from memory so I may be wrong about this) I
believe I read years ago  the Dieppe fiasco was also contributed to by
our own Canadian government because Canadian troops were sitting in
Britain doing nothing and the government pressured the British High
Command (is this the right term?) to give them something to do and do it
soon.

Also for those who don't know it the Battle of New Orleans was fought
two months after the War of 1812 was over.  And to that person (I forget
who now) who wished Toronto had stayed burnt....well phhhhhhhttttttt!

David Best  

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>From:	agoodall@sympatico.ca[SMTP:agoodall@sympatico.ca]
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>To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
>Subject:	Re: Ship Naming Convention (was: RE: What, no messages?)
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>On Wed, 08 Apr 1998 08:55:03 +1000, Barry Cadwgan <bcadwgan@fl.net.au>
wrote:
>
>>> (My historian side demands I say this.  My Canadian side still
winces when
>>>I
>>> hear the words Dieppe, especially since my hometown of Windsor is
where
>>>the
>>> Essex/Kent Scottish (one of the reg't involved in the raid) was and
still
>>> is home based.)
>>
>>That, of course was one of Monty's.. along with Market Garden, closing
>>the Falaise gap (in which between 20,000 to 40,000 germans escaped),
the
>>pursuit after Alamain..
>
>Monty was only involved in some of the preliminary planning. The blame
really
>goes to Mountbatten. The rest of the stuff is right.
>
>Oh, and just to save posting another message, to correct Jerry, the
Battle of
>New Orleans was in 1815, not 1814.
>
>
>Allan Goodall	      agoodall@sympatico.ca
>
>"Once again, the half time score, 
> Alien Overlords: 142,000. Scotland: zip."
>  - This Hour Has 22 Minutes
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