The Battle That Changed The World

[severus]

AN history buffs might appreciate The Battle That Changed The World, an account of Nelson's brilliant victory at Trafalgar. This is the feature article in US News and World Report this week. Can you imagine what might have happened had Napoleon's fleet won the battle?

 

It reminded me of Marlborough's triumphs at Blenheim and Ramillies, which served to weaken the military power of Louis XIV and made Britain a world power.

[poledark]

I am going to a Trafalgar day concert at the weekend.....when I mentioned it to my DIL (34) she asked "does that mean you will be singing Roll Out the Barrel, and all those old songs?"

 

Den

[Tony U]

"Nelson's brilliant victory at Trafalgar"

We Geordies were brought up to believe the battle was won by Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood.

[argyll]

I never ever get tired of reading that story.

[Ian FG]

The Battle of the Nile was nearly as important IMHO.

 

You want Nelson? Enough stuff here to keep you going for a while.

[Ian FG]

Here you go Ken, a great picture of the USS Constitution that famous destroyer of British warships.

 

 

USS CONSTITUTION

 

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[Tony U]

Or what about that great Chatham Warship HMS Victory:

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victory

 

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[Ian FG]

Tony,

 

I see in that list on the link you posted the name Cochrane. Now there was a naval hero for you. His naval career and life story would be unbelievable if it were fiction. He is the man who was fictionalised by Patrick O'Brian as Captain Jack Aubrey and then later played on screen by Russell Crowe in Master and Commander: The Far side of the World . I can thoroughly recommend this book about Cochrane.

 

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[Ian FG]

Double post

 

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[Tony U]

I think i will get a hold of the book along with the new Biography of Cuthbert Collingwood