As I write this I am in the middle of a video which has excited me to the point of wanting to share it as quickly as possible. It is a seminar from...
POWs were not permitted radios. They were considered contraband, strictly verbotten. But, still, they got radios. How? I know US POWs were sent...
There is a movement inside the US Military establishment to enhance the Spiritual Dimention of the troops. Most, if not all, posts have a church,...
This story I got from an old TV interview of Peter Ustinov. I have not verified it from other sources, but I suspect it is true, as I respect the...
Yesterday, 19 Feb., 2015, I met an interesting fellow at the doctor's waiting room. He was Assistant Engineering Officer, later Engineering Officer,...
During WWII most surface naval vessels had aboard a barometer, usually in the captain's cabin. Its purpose was in weather tracking. American...
Occasionally one finds free educational sources: WellesleyX offers a course in Ancient History: "Was Alexander Great? The Life, Leadership, and...
I just discovered what appears to be a recently made Russian TV series on the Great Patriotic War. I have seen only the first five minutes of the...
When you were young did you ever play with toy soldiers or tin soldiers? Did you ever watch The Nutcracker ballet? Want to escape back to a time of...
Today the science of navigation seems simple. All one has to do is push a nob on a black box machine to discover where one is on the globe to within...
It is well known that there were many plots to remove Adolf H. from office by a violent recall. Operation Valkirie (20 Juli, 1944) being the most...
Is anyone interested in a discussion of the historic naval battle of Lepanto?
As I write this I am listening an interesting new radio programme from BBC. Called "The Food Chain" this first episode talks about the gastronomy...
Is anyone interested in the American Indian Movement? Or the skirmish at Wounded Knee (1970s)? I ask because I discover that one of my friends was...
Here is an interesting artical on German signal intelligence against the Russians:...
I just recently found this documentary. It seems fair and well balanced, as rather than the nationalistic jingoism so often presented. [media]
Here is the 1898 US Army Coastal Artillery manual: https://archive.org/stream/drillregulation00rodggoog#page/n4/mode/2up
Here is an excellent video of a university lecture regarding the weaknesses of R.E. Lee as a commander, the endemic problems of the Army of Northern...
I just found an excellent British called "Time Team". They do some very good job of archeology. Special #38 concerns the re-discovery of a...
I noticed a rather interesting blog-thread which may spark a discussion here.: http://threewayfight.blogspot.dk/ It is an extensive scholarly...
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