James Holland
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And people kind of think, well, you know, I have a piece of that.
And it kind of works and, you know, proverbially the trains work on time under him and so on and so forth.
But he just gets ahead of himself, you know, and actually the writings on the war in 1935 when he goes into Abyssinia and, you know, again, sort of what effectively are kind of by first world European standards, privative tribesmen in Abyssinia, they have quite a tough fight there. They do prevail, but it's not a complete walkover. And they get a bit of a bloody nose at times.
But he just gets ahead of himself, you know, and actually the writings on the war in 1935 when he goes into Abyssinia and, you know, again, sort of what effectively are kind of by first world European standards, privative tribesmen in Abyssinia, they have quite a tough fight there. They do prevail, but it's not a complete walkover. And they get a bit of a bloody nose at times.
But he just gets ahead of himself, you know, and actually the writings on the war in 1935 when he goes into Abyssinia and, you know, again, sort of what effectively are kind of by first world European standards, privative tribesmen in Abyssinia, they have quite a tough fight there. They do prevail, but it's not a complete walkover. And they get a bit of a bloody nose at times.
But he just gets ahead of himself, you know, and actually the writings on the war in 1935 when he goes into Abyssinia and, you know, again, sort of what effectively are kind of
by first world European standards, privative tribesmen in Abyssinia, they have quite a tough fight there.
They do prevail, but it's not a complete walkover.
And they get a bit of a bloody nose at times.
And they shouldn't have done. And... They're just not ready. They don't have the industry. They're tied up into the Mediterranean. They don't have access to the world's oceans. They do have some merchant shipping, but not a huge amount. They just don't have what is required. They're dependent on Britain for coal. Britain is the leading coal exporter in the world in the 1930s. So...
And they shouldn't have done. And... They're just not ready. They don't have the industry. They're tied up into the Mediterranean. They don't have access to the world's oceans. They do have some merchant shipping, but not a huge amount. They just don't have what is required. They're dependent on Britain for coal. Britain is the leading coal exporter in the world in the 1930s. So...
And they shouldn't have done. And... They're just not ready. They don't have the industry. They're tied up into the Mediterranean. They don't have access to the world's oceans. They do have some merchant shipping, but not a huge amount. They just don't have what is required. They're dependent on Britain for coal. Britain is the leading coal exporter in the world in the 1930s. So...
And they shouldn't have done.
And...
They're just not ready.
They don't have the industry.
They're tied up into the Mediterranean.
They don't have access to the world's oceans.
They do have some merchant shipping, but not a huge amount.
They just don't have what is required.