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Facts about Roald Dahl
Who is Roald Dahl you ask?
Roald Dahl is was a British author who penned 19 children's books over his decades-long writing career. In 1953 he published the best-selling story collection Someone Like You and married actress Patricia Neal. He published the popular book James and the Giant Peach in 1961.
Age (now) 102
Age (when he passed away) 74
Died 23 November 1990
Children(Alive) Lucy Dahl, Tessa Dahl, Theo Dahl, Ophelia Dahl
Children (Dead) Olivia Dahl
Cause of death myelodysplastic syndrome
Cause of Olivia's death Measles
Almost the finally last words before he died was “You know, I'm not frightened. It's just that I will miss you all so much” to his Family
his actual last words were "Ow F" (ya know the rest ima not say it...)
Did you know:
He invented more than 500 new words and character names
He wrote most of his books in his garden shed.
One of his most famous books almost had a different name.
His books were inspired by the people and things around him.
Roald Dahl fought in WW2 and was a spy.
His first ever children's book was The Gremlins.
Roald Dahl's favourite colour was yellow
In total, there are 39 works listed here that were created by Roald Dahl directly.
Sadie
Roald Dahl is was a British author who penned 19 children's books over his decades-long writing career. In 1953 he published the best-selling story collection Someone Like You and married actress Patricia Neal. He published the popular book James and the Giant Peach in 1961.
Age (now) 102
Age (when he passed away) 74
Died 23 November 1990
Children(Alive) Lucy Dahl, Tessa Dahl, Theo Dahl, Ophelia Dahl
Children (Dead) Olivia Dahl
Cause of death myelodysplastic syndrome
Cause of Olivia's death Measles
Almost the finally last words before he died was “You know, I'm not frightened. It's just that I will miss you all so much” to his Family
his actual last words were "Ow F" (ya know the rest ima not say it...)
Did you know:
He invented more than 500 new words and character names
He wrote most of his books in his garden shed.
One of his most famous books almost had a different name.
His books were inspired by the people and things around him.
Roald Dahl fought in WW2 and was a spy.
His first ever children's book was The Gremlins.
Roald Dahl's favourite colour was yellow
In total, there are 39 works listed here that were created by Roald Dahl directly.
Sadie
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Anzac Day, Lest we forget
Today is Anzac day 25 April 2020
you cant be like oh Anzac day is dumb, its real not fake, people lives put out here just for our freedom
dont you think that is a little greedy?
Millions of people Dead to fight for our freedom today
Lest We Forget
Facts:
Lest we forget means More commonly is "Lest we forget", which means something like "we should remember". "Lest" means something like "in case". For example, "We should close the door, lest the dog escapes" means, "We should close the door in case the dog escapes.
16,697 New Zealanders were killed and 41,317 were wounded during the war – a 58 percent casualty rate. Approximately a further thousand men died within five years of the war's end, as a result of injuries sustained, and 507 died whilst training in New Zealand between 1914 and 1918.
A schoolboy who fought on the Somme after lying about his age has been declared the youngest authenticated combatant of the First World War. Private Sidney Lewis joined the East Surreys at Kingston in August 1915, aged 12, and fought on the Somme front for six weeks at the age of 13
Richard Arvin Overton (May 11, 1906 – December 27, 2018) was an American supercentenarian who at the age of 112 years, 230 days was the oldest verified surviving U.S. World War II veteran and oldest man in the United States. He served in the United States Army. In 2013, he was honored by President Barack Obama
Deborah Sampson was one of the first women to enlist while disguised as a man. She was unhappy with her limited role in the American Revolution. She served in a light infantry unit, fighting in many battles
The immediate cause of World War I that made the aforementioned items come into play (alliances, imperialism, militarism, and nationalism) was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. ... When Russia began to mobilize to defend its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia.
The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I were about 40 million: estimates range from 15 to 19 million deaths and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.
Some 75 million people died in World War II, including about 20 million military personnel and 40 million civilians, many of whom died because of deliberate genocide, massacres, mass-bombings, disease, and starvation.
On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II. On September 17, Soviet troops invaded Poland from the east.
The Allies (mainly Britain, France, US) won WW1 which happened from 1914-1919. Germany was the main loser, along with Austria - Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, and the other Central Powers and also Russia, although Russia withdrew from the war early due to civil war issues at home.
Thats it
Lest We Forget
-Sadie
dont you think that is a little greedy?
Millions of people Dead to fight for our freedom today
Lest We Forget
Facts:
Lest we forget means More commonly is "Lest we forget", which means something like "we should remember". "Lest" means something like "in case". For example, "We should close the door, lest the dog escapes" means, "We should close the door in case the dog escapes.
16,697 New Zealanders were killed and 41,317 were wounded during the war – a 58 percent casualty rate. Approximately a further thousand men died within five years of the war's end, as a result of injuries sustained, and 507 died whilst training in New Zealand between 1914 and 1918.
A schoolboy who fought on the Somme after lying about his age has been declared the youngest authenticated combatant of the First World War. Private Sidney Lewis joined the East Surreys at Kingston in August 1915, aged 12, and fought on the Somme front for six weeks at the age of 13
Richard Arvin Overton (May 11, 1906 – December 27, 2018) was an American supercentenarian who at the age of 112 years, 230 days was the oldest verified surviving U.S. World War II veteran and oldest man in the United States. He served in the United States Army. In 2013, he was honored by President Barack Obama
Deborah Sampson was one of the first women to enlist while disguised as a man. She was unhappy with her limited role in the American Revolution. She served in a light infantry unit, fighting in many battles
The immediate cause of World War I that made the aforementioned items come into play (alliances, imperialism, militarism, and nationalism) was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. ... When Russia began to mobilize to defend its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia.
The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I were about 40 million: estimates range from 15 to 19 million deaths and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.
Some 75 million people died in World War II, including about 20 million military personnel and 40 million civilians, many of whom died because of deliberate genocide, massacres, mass-bombings, disease, and starvation.
On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II. On September 17, Soviet troops invaded Poland from the east.
The Allies (mainly Britain, France, US) won WW1 which happened from 1914-1919. Germany was the main loser, along with Austria - Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, and the other Central Powers and also Russia, although Russia withdrew from the war early due to civil war issues at home.
Thats it
Lest We Forget
-Sadie
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