Brian, there was a reenactment of the invasion of Morocco in that movie I mentioned. They killed pretty much the whole Moroccan army in that battle. The US Marines swarmed into the palace and took the king/sultan into custody. I didn't watch the whole movie, so I'm a bit fuzzy on the why and the outcome. Something to do with the taking of some American hostages (women and children) by the king/sultan's brother (played by Sean Connery) on the mainland in Tangiers. This was also at the time Teddy was running for reelection, I think. He was also preparing to start the Panama Canal or it was just underway. The first machine gun had been invented (similar to Gatling gun) and it had a part in the invasion on both sides. The king/sultan had a prototype delivered just prior to the attack, but it jammed or ran out of ammo at some point.
Brian Kelsay
"Brian Densmore" <> 10/26/04 02:59PM >>>
I think you're thinking of Teddy's Rough Riders and the charge up San Juan Hill. He wasn't president then. It was however one of the greatest acts of stu<bs><bs><bs>bravery the current age has seen.
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Didn't we invade Morocco or something like that?
The problem with getting history from movies is ... well ... they are works of fictions with some historical facts thrown in. Teddy never invaded Morocco.
http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/Morocco.htm summary : Morocco never invaded date : 1904
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgun.htm summary : machine gun invented date : 1885
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111100b.htm summary : a much more important invention date : 1880 invention : toilet paper date : 1885 Daimler invents the motorcycle
Brian Densmore
--- Brian Kelsay [email protected] wrote:
Brian, there was a reenactment of the invasion of Morocco in that movie I mentioned. They killed pretty much the whole Moroccan army in that battle. The US Marines swarmed into the palace and took the king/sultan into custody. I didn't ... was just underway. The first machine gun had been invented (similar to Gatling gun) and it had a part in the invasion on both sides. The king/sultan had a prototype delivered just prior to the attack, but it jammed or ran out of ammo at some point.
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On Tuesday 26 October 2004 10:34 pm, Brian D wrote:
The problem with getting history from movies is ... well ... they are works of fictions with some historical facts thrown in. Teddy never invaded Morocco.
http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/Morocco.htm summary : Morocco never invaded date : 1904
My bad, thanks for straightening me out. The fact that movies were my source for this impression is why I posed it as a question.
There is another movie that focuses on this incident, "Marakesh", from 1965. It doesn't follow "Mrs. Pedikaris" as "The Wind and the Lion" does, but rather deals with the naval officers and their actions with the Sultan. Curiously, imdb.com has nothing but the date.
Ok, no wars under Roosevelt I.
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:34:41 -0700 (PDT), Brian D [email protected] wrote:
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgun.htm summary : machine gun invented date : 1885
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111100b.htm summary : a much more important invention date : 1880 invention : toilet paper date : 1885 Daimler invents the motorcycle
2005: Oren Beck bolts a machine gun to a motorcycle
David Nicol wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:34:41 -0700 (PDT), Brian D [email protected] wrote:
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgun.htm summary : machine gun invented date : 1885
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111100b.htm summary : a much more important invention date : 1880 invention : toilet paper date : 1885 Daimler invents the motorcycle
2005: Oren Beck bolts a machine gun to a motorcycle
1756: Salzburg, January 27, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born 1761: at the age of five Amadeus begins composing 1773: he writes his first piano concerto 1784: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart becomes a free mason 1791: Mozart composes "The Magic Flute" On December 5th of that same year, Mozart dies 1985: Austrian rock singer Falco records Rock Me Amadeus!
Ooo rock me Amadeus.
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Brian Kelsay wrote:
summary : a much more important invention date : 1880
Toilet paper didn't exist for hillbillies until 1888:
http://www.searsarchives.com/catalogs/chronology.htm
1756: Salzburg, January 27, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born 1761: at the age of five Amadeus begins composing 1773: he writes his first piano concerto 1784: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart becomes a free mason 1791: Mozart composes "The Magic Flute" On December 5th of that same year, Mozart dies 1985: Austrian rock singer Falco records Rock Me Amadeus!
Ooo rock me Amadeus.
Sadly, Falco died in 1998.
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