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Brit-Am Historical Reports
12 October 2011 14 Tishrei 5772
Contents:
1. War on the 'Red Empire': How America planned for an attack on BRITAIN in 1930 with bombing raids and chemical weapons.
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am version of Explorator 14.24.
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 14.25
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1. War on the 'Red Empire': How America planned for an attack on BRITAIN in 1930 with bombing raids and chemical weapons.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039453/How-America-planned-destroy-BRITAIN-1930-bombing-raids-chemical-weapons.html
By David Gerrie
Extracts:
Details of an amazing American military plan for an attack to wipe out a major part of the British Army are today revealed for the first time.
In 1930, a mere nine years before the outbreak of World War Two, America drew up proposals specifically aimed at eliminating all British land forces in Canada and the North Atlantic, thus destroying Britain's trading ability and bringing the country to its knees.
Previously unparalleled troop movements were launched as an overture to an invasion of Canada, which was to include massive bombing raids on key industrial targets and the use of chemical weapons, the latter signed off at the highest level by none other than the legendary General Douglas MacArthur.
The plans, revealed in a Channel 5 documentary, were one of a number of military contingency plans drawn up against a number of potential enemies, including the Caribbean islands and China. There was even one to combat an internal uprising within the United States.
In the end there was no question of President Franklin D. Roosevelt subscribing to what was known as War Plan Red. Instead the two countries became the firmest of allies during WW2, an occasionally strained alliance that continues to this day.
Still, it is fascinating that there were enough people inside the American political and military establishment who thought that such a war was feasible.
While outside of America, both Churchill and Hitler also thought it a possibility during the 30s - a time of deep economic and political uncertainty.
In 1930, a mere nine years before the outbreak of World War Two, America drew up a terrifying plan specifically aimed at eliminating all British land forces in Canada and the North Atlantic, thus destroying Britain's trading ability and bringing our country to its knees
The highly classified files reveal that huge pushes were to be made into the Caribbean and West Coast to block any British retaliation from either Europe, India or Australia.
In 1931, the U.S. government even authorised record-breaking transatlantic flying hero and known Nazi sympathiser Charles A. Lindbergh to be sent covertly as a spy to the west shore of Hudson Bay to investigate the possibility of using sea-planes for warfare and seek out points of low resistance as potential bridgeheads.
Four years later, the U.S. Congress authorised $57million to be allocated for the building of three secret airfields on the U.S. side of the Canadian border, with grassed-over landing strips to hide their real purpose.
After the 1918 Armistice and throughout the 1920s, America's historic anti-British feelings handed down from the 19th century were running dangerously high due to our owing the U.S. ?9billion for their intervention in The Great War.
British feeling against America was known to be reciprocal.
Across the Atlantic, Britain had the largest empire in the world, not to mention the most powerful navy.
Against this backdrop, some Americans saw their nation emerging as a potential world leader and knew only too well how Britain had dealt with such upstarts in the past - it went to war and quashed them.
Now, America saw itself as the underdog in a similar scenario.
In 1935, America staged its largest-ever military manoeuvres, moving troops to and installing munitions dumps at Fort Drum, half an hour away from the eastern Canadian border.
By the 1930s, America saw the disturbing sight of homegrown Nazi sympathisers marching down New York's Park Avenue to converge on a pro-Hitler rally in Madison Square Garden
Even Winston Churchill said while people regarded a war with the U.S. as inconceivable, it was not.
'America felt Britain had thrown it under the bus in order to stay top dog,' says Professor Mike Vlahos, of the U.S. Naval War College.
'The U.S. was forced to contemplate any measure to keep Britain at bay.'
Even Hitler thought such a war was inevitable, but astonishingly wanted Britain to win, believing that to be the best outcome for Germany, since the UK could then join his forces to attack the U.S.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039453/How-America-planned-destroy-BRITAIN-1930-bombing-raids-chemical-weapons.html#ixzz1Z91exxQD
2. Archaeology: Brit-Am version of Explorator 14.24
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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Plenty of coverage of the announcement that the DSS have been
put online:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15063895
http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?ID=239683&R=R1
http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1443459
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/09/dead-sea-scrolls-now-online/
http://in.news.yahoo.com/google-helps-publishing-ancient-dead-sea-scrolls-online-060007081.html
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700183927/Dead-Sea-Scrolls-go-online-thanks-to-Google-Israel-Museum.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gBh2um-vn0LUEZIJdmfUivpI3ygw?docId=993c6b388ffb4e22acd3f513564ef948
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2042048/Dead-Sea-Scrolls-online--mouse-pointer-instantly-translates-English.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-26/dead-sea-scrolls-go-online-as-google-joins-israel-museum-to-help-scholars.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=140806284
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/09/dead-sea-scrolls-online-israel-museum-google-.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/26/scitech/main20111650.shtml
http://www.historytoday.com/blog/2011/09/dead-sea-scrolls-published-online
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/26/dead_sea_scrolls/
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0927/Dead-Sea-Scrolls-now-available-to-all-online-VIDEO
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=50710
A 'lost city' is found in the Dardanelles ... older than Troy:
http://www.nationalturk.com/en/lost-city-older-than-troy-found-in-canakkale-turkey-14086
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=ancient-lost-city-found-in-the-dardanelles-2011-09-27
cf: http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/
... nice sidebar thing:
http://www.history.com/news/2011/09/26/unraveling-the-dead-sea-scrolls-six-fascinating-facts/
... and some will be on display at this year's SBL meetup:
http://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=9259FA8E-15C5-E47C-F9A1B7006DD15907
Latest LandMinds includes interviews with Aaron Burke about Jaffa:
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/LM2011B/files/LM-Seg1-220911a.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/LM2011B/files/LM-Seg2-220911b.mp3
... and Matt Goldish about Shabtai Zevi:
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/LM2011B/files/LM-Seg3-270911c.mp3
http://www.foundationstone.org/LandMinds10/LM2011B/files/LM-Seg4-270911d.mp3
Feature on the trials and tribulations of the Tell Halaf artifacts:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Arts/Jan/28/Syrian-gods-rise-from-the-ashes-of-World-War-II.ashx
Israel returned some 620 artifacts to Jordan:
http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?lang=2&site_id=1&NewsID=44302&Type=P
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1665215.php/Jordan-recovers-620-artifacts-from-Israel-says-official
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article507956.ece
http://www.jordantimes.com/index.php?news=41712
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/148298
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8789208/Google-digitises-Dead-Sea-Scrolls.html
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2011/September/middleeast_September517.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
Dr Leen Ritmeyer's Blog:
http://blog.ritmeyer.com/
Paleojudaica:
http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Feature on some words with classical roots:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204422404576597201215250720.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
On assorted translations of the Iliad:
http://www.news-journal.com/opinion/columnists/frank_t_pool/the-rosy-fingered-dawn-of-literature/article_69b05501-2ded-5d85-97b5-e353d56e6d6d.html
Visit our blog:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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Some petroglyphs found in the Dordogne (France) were apparently made by
children:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15109188
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15119701 (Video)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/30/stone-age-toddlers-art-lessons
Bronze Age items have turned up at that dig at the Pillar of Eliseg:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-15007707
A medieval burial ground found in Rush in Co Dublin earlier this year
turns out to be quite a bit older:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1001/1224305085946.html
Interesting feature on Benvenida Abravanel and 'high society' in 16th century Italy:
http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Judaism/Article.aspx?id=239623
... and Cardigan Castle is getting a major restoration:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15103905
Archaeology in Europe Blog:
http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/
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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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China just won't give up on that 'Lost Roman Legion' connection:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-10/02/c_131172311.htm
Not sure if we mentioned this chariot-and-horses burial from China:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/09/pictures/110927-chariots-horses-tomb-science-luoyang-china/(slideshow)
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NORTH AMERICA
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Civil War casulaties may have been higher than previously thought:
http://scienceblog.com/47973/u-s-civil-war-killed-20-more-than-thought-750000/
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Nice little history quiz:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/are-you-a-master-of-history-2363498.html
Implications of the 19th century 'Protestant work ethic':
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-19th-century-protestant-ethic-heart.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Santorini:
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/life_and_style/holidays/s/1460378_atlantis-back-on-the-map
Loire Valley:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20110919-mini-guide-to-loire-valley-france
Ethiopia:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20110920-once-upon-a-time-in-ethiopia
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EXHIBITIONS, AUCTIONS, AND MUSEUM-RELATED
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Book of the Dead:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=50751
cf:
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/2011/09/20/repairing-the-book-of-the-dead/
3. Archaeology: Brit-Am Version of Explorator 14.25
From: david meadows <rogueclassicist@gmail.com>
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AFRICA
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African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter (September 2011):
http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/news0911/news0911.html
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Bronze Age dwellings from Jerusalems 'Holyland Hill':
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/dig-at-jerusalem-s-infamous-holyland-hill-uncovers-bronze-age-dwellings-1.387977
This should probably be a crime story, but excavation equipment was
found in the White Desert Natural Reserve:
http://english.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=345936
The online version of the Dead Sea Scrolls is proving to be a popular
destination:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/virtual-dead-sea-scrolls-get-more-than-a-million-hits-in-just-one-week-1.387769
... if you haven't checked it out:
http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/
Somewhat rambling feature on assorted powers in the Ancient Near East:
http://www.thetrumpet.com/?q=8715.0.139.0
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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS)
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Apparently some folks didn't realize Putin's Black Sea
archaeological 'discovery' was fake?:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045848/Vladimir-Putins-Black-Sea-scuba-diving-treasure-stunt.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/spokesman-putins-scuba-dive-treasure-was-staged/2011/10/06/gIQATPsmPL_video.html
http://www.telegram.com/article/20111006/DIGESTS/110069529/1052/RSS01&source=rss
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/video/video-putins-dive-treasure-find-was-staged/article2192681/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2192681
http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_19049716?source=rss
http://www.thespec.com/news/ontario/article/604697--putin-s-discovery-of-ancient-deep-sea-treasure-was-staged
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Putin39s-setup-ancient-jug-find.6848421.jp
http://www.smh.com.au/world/putin-treasure-dive-staged-says-chief-spokesman-20111006-1la8s.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/06/vladimir-putin-spokesman-urns-staged?newsfeed=true
More lost legion nonsense:
http://en.ce.cn/National/culture/201110/03/t20111003_22736853.shtml
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-10/02/c_131172311.htm
Visit our blog:
http://rogueclassicism.com/
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EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland)
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A 1900 years b.p. hunting 'coat' from a melting glacier in Norway:
http://www.norwaypost.no/culture/melting-glaciers-reveal-ancient-artifacts-25795-25795.html
A Pictish symbol stone from a Highland farm building:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-14881753
A number of WWI artifacts are turning up at Gallipoli:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uom-hou100411.php
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-hundreds-undiscovered-artefacts-gallipoli.html
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112395726/world-war-artifacts-uncovered-at-gallipoli/index.html
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TOURISTY THINGS
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Lesser-known citys of the ancient world:
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/of-goddesses-and-empire-20111006-1lbbi.html
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/of-goddesses-and-empire-20111006-1lbbi.html
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CRIME BEAT
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A number of Bibles from various places around the world were 'rescued' and
returned to Israel:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4131254,00.html
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HUMOUR
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Ancient Grammar Police:
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2011/10/06
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