yes, we did, but we generally don't go around reminding people of that time we went to war with china over our right to sell drugs to Chinese people.Originally Posted by wolflance
twice.
but, oddly enough, my phase 1* platoon was called Peking, and was in a company with Taku Forts platoon, both of which are battles form said opium wars.
*UK basic training. phase 2 is special to arm training, phase 3 is training later in a soldiers career.
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2017-08-21, 05:15 PM (ISO 8601)Bugbear in the Playground
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