tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406619839841800067.post4643522365250606645..comments2024-03-28T00:14:47.581-07:00Comments on Dawlish Chronicles : HMS Quebec off Nordeney: Small Boat Action 1811Antoine Vannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00490972848447907013noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406619839841800067.post-67535010140445304052015-11-26T02:39:49.214-08:002015-11-26T02:39:49.214-08:00Thanks Ann Marie - it's a place I'd like t...Thanks Ann Marie - it's a place I'd like to visit. One wonders how history might have gone if Britain had not traded it for Zanzibar. If if had been heavily fortified it would have been a major strategic asset, possibly just tenable in WW1 although possibley not so in the face of air-attack in WW2. There's an alternate-history stor yhere waiting for somebody to follow up!Antoine Vannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490972848447907013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406619839841800067.post-44821093517880121992015-11-25T21:41:02.541-08:002015-11-25T21:41:02.541-08:00Interesting history, especially since Heligoland i...Interesting history, especially since Heligoland is my favorite island. It's a magnet for both birds and bird watchers today.Ann Marie Ackermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00009277772960744215noreply@blogger.com