Update

Very busy time for me, as the majority of my final theses and papers are due in the next few days. Finals begin at the end of this week. So ...

Historical Revisionism

Recently I picked up a book entitled Cross of Iron: The Rise and the Fall of the German War Machine by John Mosier. Notice how a lot of WWII...

The Inter-War French Army and The Maginot Line

"This is not peace. This is an armistice for twenty years [how right you were!]." ~ Foch on the Treaty of Versailles. Winston Chur...

A-10 Warthog Friendly Fire Incident

First my apologies for my abscense over the past week, I have been bedridden with a sinus infection for the majority of the week. I haven...

Update

It's been a week since I have made a post on the blog; I have been busy with midterms and various projects. I should have some freetime ...

Tank Duel: Follow Up

One of my great pleasures from this blog is to receive comments, especially those that lead to excellent scholarly discussion. On my recent ...

Tank Duel: Modern vs WWII

German Leopard II Comparing the modern MBT (main battle tank) and that of a tank from the second world war is similar to comparing the Porsc...

Submit an Idea or Post

This is, of course, an interactive community. I cannot always think of the best topics to write about day after day, and I am looking forwar...

All Statistics Are Lies

Mark Twain once said "There are liars, damned liars, and statisticians." As historians we tend to argue over the small points, of ...

The Failure of Strategic Bombing

A recent discussion in the WWII newsgroups piqued my interest in this topic, for which I argued that the Allied strategic bombing campaign w...

North Korean Missile Program

We as military historians do the world at large a disservice by confining ourselves to the past. When dealing with an individual or a countr...

The Most Powerful Luftwaffe

In February 1935 Hitler openly acknowledged the existence of the new German Luftwaffe (air force), in direct violation of the Treaty of Ver...

AC-130 Spectre Gunship

I would like to have been in the room when this concept was devised - hey how about putting air to ground artillery on these old transport p...

Panzer III L42 vs L60

Hitler often bypassed the normal channels of logistics and strategy, most times creating problems ranging from minor inconveiniences to majo...

World War II Europe - Basic Summary

The average person probably cannot even tell you what decade the war was fought, or even who was on what side. I have decided to lay out a b...

Why we Remember

Often I am faced with the argument of the practicality of military history, and history as a whole. Why do we devote so much time to its stu...

Recommended Reading

Barbarossa - The Russian German Conflict 1941-45 by Alan Clark. The absolute best rendition of the German offensive into the Soviet Union d...

Recommended Games

For those interested in tactical gaming, I would recommend the following games that I play or have friends that play. Steel Beasts Pro Perso...