Major General Charles George Gordon, or Chinese Gordon as he was known, died in Khartoum today in 1885. He made his reputation 20 years before in the Taiping Rebellion. He was sent to the Sudan to safeguard the country and Egypt from the Mahdi, a Muslim fanatic with an enormous following. The Prime Minister, Gladstone, was in the process of arranging a relief force and Gordon was told he could leave the city. He refused.
What happened next is etched on my memory(and perhaps other schoolboys’ minds) as the garrison fell and Gordon, unarmed, was struck down by countless spears.
The relief force arrived on the 28th, Gordon’s 52nd birthday.
Gordon was born in London in 1833, the son of a Major General and was commissioned a Lieutenant in 1852. He saw service in the Crimea as well as in China. He never married and was a Christian Evangelist, who spend much time helping orphans. He welcomed death.
His effigy can be found in St Paul’s Cathedral, London; his body was never found.
Hitler assassination plotter Von Kleist dies
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Hitler assassination plotter Von Kleist dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21760460
A former German army lieutenant who took part in a plot to assassinate German leader Adolf Hitler in 1944 has died.
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist died aged 90 at his home in Munich last Friday, his wife Gundula told the Associated Press.
Mr von Kleist was just 22 when he volunteered to wear a suicide vest at a meeting with Hitler.
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Cool story, I think I’m the only person on earth that really liked the movie “Valkyrie’”
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Alright - pot stirring time,
Isn’t this guy a Traitor.? ;)
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Thanks Malachi. Another good story.
Hkytown: I will watch any war film and watched this, knowing I could not stand Tom Cruise, but loved the story. My major complaint was the American voices. I like Germans talking in German! Give me subtitles.
I bought it and I will watch it again.Garg:as you know, I am a lover of all things German.
When it comes to overthrowing Hitler and the regime, however, I side with the" honourable" Germans: those who put their country first. Some were Catholics, others aristos; they all had a reason. (Some might have thought they could have done a better job.)I,therefore, do not view them as traitors. -
Holy hell! This guy was recently alive?
wow.
My major complaint was the American voices
But what about all the British accents? You think that was better? They did pull a Star Wars with that movie ( evil people with British accents running death star)
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@Imperious:
Holy hell! This guy was recently alive?
wow.
My major complaint was the American voices
But what about all the British accents? You think that was better? They did pull a Star Wars with that movie ( evil people with British accents running death star)
Atleast Star Wars was a total fiction though, and not “very loosely” based on historical people/events.
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Cool story, I think I’m the only person on earth that really liked the movie “Valkyrie’”
Yes you are, Â :-D
Alright - pot stirring time,
Isn’t this guy a Traitor.? ;)
Oh well, what do you know Aleposita, oh well… :|