In my studies of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) and the Marine Brigade in WWI, I came across a few mentions of the battle at Blanc Mont. I was intrigued by one quote of Marshal Pétain's that this battle was...
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Charles Stephenson on March 18, 2008
On 2 June 1879 Lord Chelmsford, Lieutenant-General commanding in South Africa, wrote to Colonel Frederick Arthur Stanley, who, despite his inferior military rank, was, as Secretary of State for War in Disraeli’s ...
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on March 17, 2008
"NUTS!" . . . With one now very famous reply to a German demand for surrender, the American garrisonholed up in Bastogne, Belgium, on 22 December 1944 ...
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Stephen A Hart on March 01, 2002
'Ostheer: January-July 1943 Defensive recovery and offensive disaster' described how the German Army threw away the precious strategic reserve husbanded by Heinz Guderian during spring 1943 in their ill-conceived July 1943 ‘Citadel’ offensive ...
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Stephen A Hart on January 01, 2002
1943 was the pivotal year in Germany’s ideological struggle against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, the principal theatre in which the fate of Hitler’s supposed 1,000-year Reich was decided. This is the first of two ...
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Stephen L Hardin on September 01, 2001
All who are even remotely connected with the Alamo epic have basked in its glory. All, it seems, except Lieutenant Colonel James Clinton Neill. When remembered at all, historians have tended to judge him harshly. A picture emerges of a ...
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David Nicolle on September 01, 2001
From the 8th century to the 16th mamluks formed the core of most Muslim armies. The Arabic word meant a soldier originally bought as a slave, educated and trained and finally released as a full-time professional. Mamluk tactics, organisation ...
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Steven J Zaloga on July 01, 2001
Popular histories of modern wars inevitably simplify events and create myths and legends. The campaign in Normandy has created more than most, especially in view of the numerous television documentaries on this theme. For example, it is difficult to find an account of the breakout from Normandy ...
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Jon Latimer on May 01, 2001
In the West, deception is usually regarded as immoral, akin to lying. This contrasts sharply with the Marxist view which, believing in inevitable dialectic change, accepts that anything which promotes that change is desirable if not essential...
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Neil Short on May 01, 2001
In his article 'Advancing Backwards' (Osprey Military Journal issue 2.1) Charles Winchester gave a detailed reappraisal of the German Army in the Second World War. He concludes that the Wehrmacht ...