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| Hellfighter |
 02/02/06 5:55pm
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Major General  Group: {MOB} Posts: 2111 Joined: November 15th 2005 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 1424 Xfire: hellfighter1x  |
Barbarossa is Italian for 'redbeard' [No, Barbarossa wasn't a pirate or viking
 ]. Frederick, Duke of Swabia was elected German King and Holy Roman Emperor in 1152. He was better known by his nickname, Frederick Barbarossa. At that time Frederick wanted to unite the German States and restore Imperial power especially as the Holy Roman Empire was in some turmoil. After some political wrangling with the Pope in Rome, Frederick eventually was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian lV in Rome, 1155. During the coronation there was a riot that claimed 1000 lives. Frederick was excommunicated in 1160, by Pope Alexander lll after Adrian died, or his support of the anti-Pope Victor Vl. Frederick gathered an army in 1158 and invaded northern Italy and captured Rome in 1167. After a break in the war, several Italian city states [having formed themselves up in an alliance called the 'Lombardy League'] counter attacked Frederick and beat him at Legnano in 1176. Frederick conceded to the Alexander lll, in 1177 and had to kiss his feet as an act of contrition, and in 1183, Frederick made peace with the league. He died in 1189 just before setting out in the Third Crusade into the Holy Land. The German invasion of Russia was codenamed Operation Barbarossa in his honour. So now you know  This post has been edited by Hellfighter: 02/02/06 5:58pm --------------------   |
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| Bargod |
02/02/06 6:08pm
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 The Bargod Group: {MOB} Posts: 5008 Joined: March 4th 2004 From: Dallas Member No.: 641 Xfire: bargod |
You could have been playing instead of studying, you know.
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| Silver |
02/02/06 7:48pm
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kool!
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| Hellfighter |
02/02/06 10:59pm
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2111 Joined: November 15th 2005 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 1424 Xfire: hellfighter1x |
QUOTE(Bargod @ 02/02/06 6:08pm)  You could have been playing instead of studying, you know. nooooo- must-- resist--- playing---- tooo---- much---- even--- when---- chums----tempt----me---- I've been at CoD still a bit too much> I realised I have some books to catch up on. This reading thing is ... refreshing!  I need to increase my page turning skills.... -------------------- |
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| Bargod |
02/03/06 3:49am
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The Bargod Group: {MOB} Posts: 5008 Joined: March 4th 2004 From: Dallas Member No.: 641 Xfire: bargod |
Hell, at least just watch the military channel! Every other day they have something about this...
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| Hellfighter |
02/03/06 10:19am
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2111 Joined: November 15th 2005 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 1424 Xfire: hellfighter1x |
QUOTE(Bargod @ 02/03/06 3:49am) Hell, at least just watch the military channel! Every other day they have something about this... Damn... Quit reading so much... LOL chums---- still----- persist!----- I---- will---- prevail----- now----- reading------ cooking books...... -------------------- |
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| Maj. H8Red |
02/03/06 11:51am
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QUOTE(Hellfighter @ 02/03/06 10:19am) [ now----- reading------ cooking books......  -------------------- |
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| Lord Lipton |
02/04/06 2:11pm
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QUOTE(Maj. H8Red @ 02/03/06 12:51pm) QUOTE(Hellfighter @ 02/03/06 10:19am) [ now----- reading------ cooking books......  --------------------  |
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| Spartan |
02/04/06 3:33pm
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QUOTE(Hellfighter @ 02/02/06 5:55pm) Barbarossa is Italian for 'redbeard' [No, Barbarossa wasn't a pirate or viking U SOUND LIKE MY HISTORY TEACHER!!!!! NOOOO!!! MORE!!! ]. Frederick, Duke of Swabia was elected German King and Holy Roman Emperor in 1152. He was better known by his nickname, Frederick Barbarossa. At that time Frederick wanted to unite the German States and restore Imperial power especially as the Holy Roman Empire was in some turmoil. After some political wrangling with the Pope in Rome, Frederick eventually was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian lV in Rome, 1155. During the coronation there was a riot that claimed 1000 lives. Frederick was excommunicated in 1160, by Pope Alexander lll after Adrian died, or his support of the anti-Pope Victor Vl. Frederick gathered an army in 1158 and invaded northern Italy and captured Rome in 1167. After a break in the war, several Italian city states [having formed themselves up in an alliance called the 'Lombardy League'] counter attacked Frederick and beat him at Legnano in 1176. Frederick conceded to the Alexander lll, in 1177 and had to kiss his feet as an act of contrition, and in 1183, Frederick made peace with the league. He died in 1189 just before setting out in the Third Crusade into the Holy Land. The German invasion of Russia was codenamed Operation Barbarossa in his honour. So now you know  --------------------  "Wars come and go, But my soldiers they stay eternal" - Tupac Shakur  |
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| Hellfighter |
02/04/06 4:57pm
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2111 Joined: November 15th 2005 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 1424 Xfire: hellfighter1x |
Is Silver the only enlightened soul in this thread who's not mocking poor Hell's attempt to scam every1 into thinking I appear a bit scholarly?
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| BlackPlague |
02/04/06 7:30pm
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 That was hilarious, cook books... lol, Barbarossa was also an operation name of Hitlers... learned it social studies but forgot...  --------------------   [ QUOTE Jesus throws satchels at people... |
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| Hellfighter |
02/06/06 12:12pm
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Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 2111 Joined: November 15th 2005 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 1424 Xfire: hellfighter1x |
....And furthermore..... Barbarossa would seem to have been selected also as it was in Freddy the redbeard's time that the Teutonic Order was founded [1189] during the siege of Acre [3rd Crusade].
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