Brit-Am Historical Reports. Historical Information of general interest to Brit-Am/Hebrew Nations followers.
1. Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly to be Reburied?
Peace at last: burial planned for Ned Kelly by Nino Bucci
2. Are Archaeological Findings of Synagogues Really Jewish Buildings?
Ancient Synagogues in the Holy Land - What Synagogues? by David Landau
3. How Jewish General John Monash Leading Australian Troops Helped Greatly to Win WW1.
1. Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly to be Reburied?
Peace at last: burial planned for Ned Kelly
Nino Bucci
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2. Are Archaeological Findings of Synagogues Really Jewish Buildings?
Ancient Synagogues in the Holy Land - What Synagogues? by David Landau
[Claims that many archaeological finds dating from after ca. 200 CE and identified as Jewish Synagogues were in fact Samaritan locations or Roman Pagan ones.]
Extracts:
Obviously, this does not imply that there were no Jewish synagogues in the Land of Israel in antiquity; according to the Talmud, Tiberias boasted of thirteen synagogues. It indicates only that the Jewish inhabitants of the Land of Israel had followed, as expected, the biblical commandments and avoided decorating their synagogues with mosaics depicting Greek gods, human beings, animals, flowers, geometric patterns, etc. Their synagogues were, no doubt, simple and unassuming, not very different from the houses surrounding them. archeologists do indeed sometimes have difficulty in determining the location of such synagogues.
... Neither were these building Samaritan synagogues, since we would not expect depictions of human beings there. Many of the structures actually had two or more layers and the archeologists would not spoil a magnificent mosaic to see what is hidden under it. We cannot rule out that some of these building served earlier as synagogues.
I suggest that the structures were actually Roman temples erected at the beginning of the fourth century C.E. for the benefit of a Roman-invented syncretic religious movement designated to thwart the Christian menace. In his Ecclesiastical History (Book VIII, chapter 1:8), Eusebius of Caesarea gives testimony of the erection of temples during the great persecution of Christians during the rein of Emperor Maximinus
3. How Jewish General John Monash Leading Australian Troops Helped Greatly to Win WW1.
John Monash
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Extracts:
Monash, despite not being a professionally trained officer, was a noted advocate of the co-ordinated use of infantry, aircraft, artillery and tanks....
At the Battle of Hamel on 4 July 1918, Monash, with the support of the British 4th Army commander Sir Henry Rawlinson commanded the 4th Australian Division, supported by the British 5th Tank Brigade, along with a detachment of US troops, to win a small but operationally significant victory for the Allies. On 8 August 1918, the Battle of Amiens was launched. Allied troops under the command of Douglas Haig, predominantly Rawlinson's British 4th Army (consisting of the Australian Corps under Monash and the Canadian Corps under Arthur Currie, and the British III Corps) attacked the Germans. The allied attack was spearheaded by the Australian Corps, who had been given the capture of enemy artillery as a key objective in the first phase by Monash in order to minimize the potential harm to the attacking forces.[16] The battle was a strong, significant victory for the Allies, the first decisive win for the British Army of the war,[17] causing the Germans to recognise that for them the War was lost. The defeated German leader, General Ludendorff, described it in the following words: "August 8th was the black day of the German Army in the history of the war".[18] These operations were just a start of a broad Allied offensive across the Western Front. On 12 August 1918 Monash was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on the battlefield by King George V,[3][19] the first time a British monarch had honoured a commander in such a way in 200 years.[20] The Australians then achieved a series of victories against the Germans at Chignes, Mont St Quentin, Peronne and Hargicourt. Monash had 208,000 men under his command, including 50,000 inexperienced Americans. Monash planned the attack on the German defences in the Battle of the Hindenburg Line between 16 September and 5 October 1918. The Allies eventually breached the Hindenburg Line by 5 October, and the war was essentially over. On 5 October, Prinz Max von Baden, on behalf of the German Government, asked for an immediate armistice on land, water and in the air.[21]
By the end of the war Monash had acquired an outstanding reputation for intellect, personal magnetism, management and ingenuity. He also won the respect and loyalty of his troops: his motto was "Feed your troops on victory".[22] Monash was regarded with great respect by the British - a British captain on the staff of William Heneker's 8th Division described Monash as "a great bullock of a man ... though his manners were pleasant and his behaviour far from rough, I have seen few men who gave me such a sensation of force ... a fit leader for the wild men he commanded".[23] Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery later wrote: "I would name Sir John Monash as the best general on the western front in Europe".[24]
Monash's impact on Australian military thinking was significant in three areas. Firstly he was the first Australian overall commander of Australian forces and took, as subsequent Australian commanders did, a relatively independent line with his British superiors. Secondly, he promoted the concept of the commander's duty to ensure the safety and well-being of his troops to a pre-eminent position. And finally, he, along with the brilliant Staff Officer Thomas Blamey forcefully demonstrated the benefit of thorough planning and integration of all arms of the forces available, and of all of the components supporting the front line forces, including logistical, medical and recreational services. Troops later recounted that one of the most extraordinary things about the Battle of Hamel was not the use of armoured tanks, nor simply the tremendous success of the operation, but the fact that in the midst of battle Monash had arranged delivery of hot meals up to the front line.
In a final sign of humility, despite his achievements, honours and titles, he instructed that his tombstone simply bear the words "John Monash". He is buried in Melbourne's Brighton General Cemetery.[31]