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I looked it up myself and the famine was caused by potato blight, and earlier as Willair says, so we can excuse Iceland of that one. :)

The Laki Volcano eruption in Iceland can also be said to have contributed significantly to the French Revolution. After several years of extreme weather in Europe caused by the Laki eruption, the ensuing destruction of crops and livestock brought famine and poverty that built up in France...

Sounds to me as if the good Dr is telling porkies. He is not neutral in this debate having come out strongly in the alarmist camp.

I read about that too. I think was the physical effects of the ash in the lungs of hard, outdoor workers rather than toxicity. The French Revolution was in the late 18th century and someone said that it was the Iceland volcanos which caused the crop failure which prompted someone to tell them...

Anyone hazard a guess on how/if this affects the CO2 alarmist's theories?

Bump I was given a link to an Australian War Memorial site, which I already knew existed, but I was pointed to: http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/war_diaries/ It looks as if the Daily diaries of unit commanders are all there in PDF format. The ones I was interested in were hand written and...

A fair bit short of that. But I have been called a "grumpy old man" on this forum. :D And you have touched on why I don't think long term. LOL

What a treasure that autograph book is. Wonderful. My Dad never marched either so don't open old wounds by asking and wait for his passing before getting his records. I think I worked out why my Dad didn't get involved in ANZAC and the RSL when I read his records. It's all "Private stuff".

That's where I found out what I already know. Dad never spoke of it. Thanks for your interest. I just wrote a long reply and deleted it as too personal. I will just post this quote from a site http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-battles/ww1/france/3rd_ypres.htm Butcher Haig never saw the...

I just listened to an Evelyn Garriss interview. She is a very smart lady for long range weather. She made the observation that last time Katla (The Iceland volcano beside the one erupting) erupted in 1918 it caused such heavy rain the trenches in France were flooded. (Not sure about this...