Past & Future Story Challenge 2014

When it came to Fleming, he wrote what he knew - the intelligence game.

There are things that he did during WWII that are still slowly filtering out after being declassified, things such as his major involvement in the Dieppe Raid.

In some readings of the declassified material it was Fleming, not Mountbatten, in overall command of that operate. Those newly discovered papers seem to prove that it was Fleming, not Major General Roberts, who sent in the "reserves" after it was clear that the troops weren't clearing the beaches. Those quotes are there because the "reserves" were actually the main part of the mission - they were supposed to be sailed into the harbour by R.E.D. Ryder (the chap who led the St. Nazaire Raid), fight their way to the German Naval HQ that was located in Dieppe, steal a new 4 wheel Enigma machine (the ones that the Germans were using to command the Wolf Packs), kill everyone there, plant shells so it looked like the place just happened to be shelled, fight their way to some fishing boats (another unit was supposed to capture them), then sail to the command ship. If that was to happen, Fleming would be put about a fast ship, taken to the nearest English port, and escort the machine straight to Bletchley Park. Ryder was unable to deliver the troops after the other landings failed to silence the habour guns, so the troops were put ashore under orders to fight their way to that HQ.

Goodgulf

The anachronisms I hate most are:
1 When females have any sort of panties or underpants before 1830.
2 When sailing ships have bridges before 1850.
3 When authors use noble titles without any sort of research.

Thanks, westviking. Let's start a campaign for 1830 to be formally commemorated!

And bras supposedly weren't invented until 1914. I'm pretty sure that date is questionable because the concept of a breast support garment was hardly revolutionary. But bras certainly weren't common until some time after 1900.

This things they failed to teach us in History class!

I've no idea which film it was, but as a youngster my parents often quoted the wonderful anachronism spoken by an American actor playing, I assume, Edward III, addressing his soldiers before battle:

"Men of the Middle Ages, the Hundred Years War is about to begin!"

Hollywood has done some horrible things to history. John Wayne as Genghis Khan is right at the top of the list for mine.

From Wkipedia: "The earliest known use of underwear that resembles modern panties dates back to 4,400 B.C. during the Badari period in Egypt"

Well, all these talk about historical accuracy make me glad that I chose to set my story in the future

I got my story in with a few hours to spare, and I assume others have done the same...

Does anyone know how many entries there finally were?

54 as of know. Often there are a few loaded at or just past the deadline. It's the fewest in a while, but fewer makes it easier for the readers/voters