The Battle of Kurudere, 1854 - a BBB AAR.

[Dave Fielder]

I've been inspired to read more into the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish war following this battle and also a holiday in Turkey. Quentin Barry's The War in the East is a very detailed account and captures a lot of the flavour in Balkans and the Caucasus region. The impact of this war led to the instability in the Balkans that started WW1, this sort of information is not being covered in school and hence we are failing to teach and learn about previous mistakes. Looking at the current Euro-babble rhetoric I question if we are yet again sleep walking into European conflict exactly as we did at the start of the 19th Century.

Then again, the uniforms are really interesting and fun to paint, so what-evs. 

[Leman]

Late 20s early 30s C20th - recession, austerity, persecution of minorities and big promises made to a gullible public by right wing leaders. Don't think that could ever happen again after what we learned from that!

[ronan]

Late 20s early 30s C20th - recession, austerity, persecution of minorities and big promises made to a gullible public by right wing leaders. Don't think that could ever happen again after what we learned from that!

I really hope you're right ......