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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: argsilverson on 20 August 2009, 11:48:06 AM

Title: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: argsilverson on 20 August 2009, 11:48:06 AM
I found the following link:

http://www.v-like-vintage.net/Default.aspx?lang=en&pos=searchresult&search=china

hope of some interest
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: Malamute on 20 August 2009, 12:01:27 PM
Some great photos there, thanks for the link :)
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: Svennn on 20 August 2009, 12:21:53 PM
Nice - good find arg
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: gamer Mac on 20 August 2009, 02:48:07 PM
Very nice link thanks.
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: Ignatieff on 21 August 2009, 03:29:46 PM
Superb find.  The cataloguing of the ordinary is rare, and it helps enormously to create the detail necessary to create the right period feel.  Excellent stuff Arg.
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: traveller on 21 August 2009, 07:35:26 PM
Great resource! Thanks for posting!
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: domination on 24 August 2009, 11:33:10 AM
great ! thx
also great pixs from ww1-2 ....
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: Chris Dale on 05 May 2010, 09:51:52 PM
After reading Edwin Hoyt's book about the capture of Tsingtao Gunter Pluschow became one of my heroes. He flew a Taube on reconnaissance during the battle.

His autobiography is published in English- "Escape from England" by Günther Plüschow (Published by Ripping Yarns). It reads like a real ripping yarn, as you say he set off for Germany on foot, travelled through Japan, USA, got captured in Gibraltar, escaped from a British POW camp, hid in wartime London, then stowed away on a boat to Holland. When he arrived back in Germany, they arrested him as a spy at first... Should be a movie!

Cheers
Chris
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: former user on 05 May 2010, 10:16:16 PM
thx
if I just had these pics 2 years earlier....
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: Chris Dale on 05 May 2010, 11:50:20 PM
Careful former user, they're not all WW1 era and some are a bit mis-captioned... great pics though!

Cheers
Chris
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: former user on 06 May 2010, 12:07:52 AM
the game I would have needed it for wasn't WW1 either, it was around 1900
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: Hammers on 06 May 2010, 09:29:44 AM
His autobiography is published in English- "Escape from England" by Günther Plüschow (Published by Ripping Yarns). It reads like a real ripping yarn, as you say he set off for Germany on foot, travelled through Japan, USA, got captured in Gibraltar, escaped from a British POW camp, hid in wartime London, then stowed away on a boat to Holland. When he arrived back in Germany, they arrested him as a spy at first... Should be a movie!

Cheers
Chris

Glad you are enjoying recycling old posts. I just did the same with the long running 'Latest book recieved' thread. Man, I will never be at a loss for what to read next now.
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: Chris Dale on 06 May 2010, 11:23:13 AM
Glad you are enjoying recycling old posts.

Being a newbie here, I am having a whale of a time reading the whole forum. Well done everyone, it's great fun!

Cheers
Chris
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: Hammers on 06 May 2010, 11:42:24 AM
Being a newbie here, I am having a whale of a time reading the whole forum. Well done everyone, it's great fun!

Cheers
Chris

I am sure you'll find Plynkes battle reports a special treat.
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: Plynkes on 06 May 2010, 11:51:07 AM
Or more likely tearing his hair out at uniform errors, my on again/off again romance with historical fact, and the imaginary countries I set some of my games in.  :)
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: Galloping Major on 06 May 2010, 05:43:56 PM
Another great link  8)
Title: Re: old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.
Post by: Chris Dale on 08 May 2010, 01:06:27 AM
Or more likely tearing his hair out at uniform errors, my on again/off again romance with historical fact, and the imaginary countries I set some of my games in.  :)

No, I'm loving it all. The fantasy side really appeals to me too. I love the What If aspects. Did you know at one point the Germans had planned to recruit Chinese to fight their colonial wars in Africa? Wouldn't that be a great fantasy army? Let me know if anyone wants more information on that short lived idea...

The problem comes when people can't tell fact from fiction, you guys can clearly separate the two!

Cheers
Chris