Friday, September 03, 2010

Where In The World?

This one might be a little tough.  It has an important significance from something that happened there between about 1,000 AD and 1,900 AD (how’s that for narrowing it down) and a somewhat important significance during the 20th century. 

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UPDATE: This may be a first.  Nobody got it after three days.  So… here it is.  That little village to the northwest of the airbase used to be called Mollwitz.  This is the site of Frederick II, a.k.a. Frederick the Great’s, first battlefield victory.  To be fair, he left the battle when it appeared to be lost and it was won by his underlings, but it remains the site where he first won martial fame and reset the nature of international relations within Europe in 1741. 

The battle took place mostly on the site of the airbase that was used by both the Nazis and the Soviet Union before being decommissioned several years ago.

(9) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1350 hrs
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  1. Oh, just tell us.  I have no idea, but I want to know.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 05, 2010 at 0032 hrs


  2. Is this in Europe?

    Posted by GAMazy on September 05, 2010 at 0710 hrs


  3. Yes, it’s in Europe.

    Posted by Owen on September 05, 2010 at 0933 hrs


  4. Is it bigger than a breadbox?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 05, 2010 at 1640 hrs


  5. Ah, c’mon guys, start using some reasoning here… the big thing in the middle looks a lot like a large airport of some sort, but it’s not next to a major city.  Military maybe?  Green, well-cultivated fields.  I already said it’s in Europe. 

    OK, I’ll narrow down the time frame: 1700s.

    Posted by Owen on September 05, 2010 at 1659 hrs


  6. Wild guess.  Is this Ramstein AFB?

    Posted by GAMazy on September 05, 2010 at 1841 hrs


  7. Never mind.  That was built in 1951.

    Posted by GAMazy on September 05, 2010 at 1846 hrs


  8. I really wanted to find one of these, so I’ve been looking hard…unfortunately without success.

    But just an FYI, when they knock my door in & take me away for questioning as to why I’m looking at sat photos of military airports, I’m giving up your name right away. smile

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 06, 2010 at 0117 hrs


  9. OK, I’ll give it to you.  Give me a sec and I’ll update the post confused

    Posted by Owen on September 06, 2010 at 1706 hrs


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