old photos from Tsingtao -german colonials in China.

[argsilverson]

I found the following link:

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

hope of some interest

[Malamute]

Some great photos there, thanks for the link

[Svennn]

Nice - good find arg

[gamer Mac]

Very nice link thanks.

[Ignatieff]

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.

[traveller]

Great resource! Thanks for posting!

[domination]

great ! thx
also great pixs from ww1-2 ....

[Chris Dale]

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

[former user]

thx
if I just had these pics 2 years earlier....

[Chris Dale]

Careful former user, they're not all WW1 era and some are a bit mis-captioned... great pics though!

Cheers
Chris

[former user]

the game I would have needed it for wasn't WW1 either, it was around 1900

[Hammers]

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.

[Chris Dale]

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

[Hammers]

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.

[Plynkes]

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.