Military History Digest #336

H-War Military History Digest #336

Blog Post published by David Silbey on Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Ancient:

• What Compelled the Roman Way of Warfare? #Reviewing Killing for the Republic https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2020/3/25/-what-compelled-the-roman-way-of-warfar...

18th Century (to 1815):

• A Wilderness Adventure: George Washington Comes of Age, Part Ii - Edward Lengel http://www.edwardlengel.com/a-wilderness-adventure-george-washington-comes-of-age-part-ii/

• Clarifying Command | RealClearDefense https://www.realcleardefense.com/2020/04/09/clarifying_command_312941.html

• Making & Unmaking a Military Myth: John Adams & the American Riflemen | Beehive http://www.masshist.org/beehiveblog/2020/04/making-unmaking-a-military-myth-john-adams-the...

• The Father of My Spirit: Scharnhorst, Clausewitz, and the Value of Mentorship https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2020/4/20/the-father-of-my-spirit-scharnhorst-cla...

1815-1861:

• Accidental Guerrilla Syndrome in California, 1836-1846 | Small Wars Journal https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/accidental-guerrilla-syndrome-california-1836-1846

Civil War

• John Banks' Civil War Blog: 'Utter Desolation': A Visit to Lee-Grant 'Surrender House' In 1915 https://john-banks.blogspot.com/2020/04/utter-desolation-visit-to-lee-grant.html

• Tales From the Army of the Potomac: Liberated by Military Authority: Marylanders in the Army of the Potomac, Part 3. https://talesfromaop.blogspot.com/2020/04/liberated-by-military-authority.html

• Tales From the Army of the Potomac: Lt. Col. Durye Will Oust Every One of Us if Possible! Marylanders in the Army of the Potomac, Part 2. http://talesfromaop.blogspot.com/2020/04/lt-col-duryee-will-oust-every-one-of-us.html

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• The "Hero" Of Castle Thunder | Image of the Day | Civil War Monitor https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/blogs/the-hero-of-castle-thunder

1865-1914

• Naval History Blog Blog Archive Remembering the Solace https://www.navalhistory.org/2020/04/14/remembering-the-solace

First World War:

• Behind Their Lines: Horrifying or Happy? Grenfell's "Into Battle" https://behindtheirlines.blogspot.com/2015/05/horrifying-or-happy-grenfells-into.html

• Navy, Marines Struggled With 1918 Influenza Pandemic - Usni News https://news.usni.org/2020/03/25/navy-marines-struggled-with-1918-influenza-pandemic

Interwar:

• A New Washington Naval Conference for A Post-Covid World? - Us Army War College War Room https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/new-washington-naval-conf/

Second World War:

• A Microhistory of World War Ii: Dogfight Over Tokyo | RealClearDefense https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2020/04/15/a_microhistory_of_world_war_ii_dogfig...

• An Interview With Medal of Honor Recipient Woody Williams | the National Wwii Museum | New Orleans https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events-programs/events/127112-interview-medal-honor-reci...

• Axis Merchants Lost on the North Africa Route 1941-1943 the Crusader Project https://rommelsriposte.com/2020/04/19/italian-merchants-lost-on-the-north-africa-route-194...

• Come on Texas! Surviving the Battle for Okinawa | the National Wwii Museum | New Orleans https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/uss-texas-battle-okinawa

• Forgotten Nazi Camp on British Soil Revealed by Archaeologists https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/forgotten-nazi-concentration-camp-engla...

• Life for Sailors During the Battle of the Atlantic | RealClearDefense

• Not Really a Cruiser, Not Really a Battleship, but Never a Battlecruiser: The Story of the Us Navys Alaska-Class | the National Wwii Museum | New Orleans https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/uss-alaska-navy-ship

• Operation Iceberg's Mixed Legacy | Naval History Magazine - April 2020, Volume 36, Number 1 https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2020/april/operation-icebergs-mixed-...

• Oral History Audiobooks: A Tank Recovery Unit Driver in World War Ii http://oralhistoryaudiobooks.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-tank-recovery-unit-driver-in-world.html

• Tank Archives: Pershing: Heavy by Necessity http://www.tankarchives.ca/2018/03/pershing-heavy-by-necessity.html

• The Advent of Naval Dazzle Camouflage http://cimsec.org/the-advent-of-naval-dazzle-camouflage/43237

• The Anglo-American Leased Bases Agreement https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/anglo-american-leased-bases.php

• The Guns That Won British and American Small Arms of Ww2 https://www.forces.net/heritage/wwii/guns-won-british-and-american-small-arms-ww2

• The Imperative of Personal Sacrifice, Today and During World War Ii - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/magazine/personal-sacrifice-coronavirus-world-war-ii.ht...

• The Importance of the Strategic Level: Germany in the Second World War https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2020/4/7/the-importance-of-the-strategic-level-ge...

• The Long Blue Line: Jim Evansveteran of the World War IIs Greenland Patrol and Cutter Northland | Chuck Hill's Cg Blog https://chuckhillscgblog.net/2020/03/28/the-long-blue-line-jim-evans-veteran-of-the-world-...

• The Story of Bruce Carr, the P-51D Pilot Who Left on a Mission Flying a Mustang and Rtb Flying a Luftwaffe Fw 190 - The Aviation Geek Club https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-story-of-bruce-carr-the-p-51d-pilot-who-left-on-a-miss...

• Who Dunnit? Comparing Soviet and German Source Materials History of Military LogisticsHistory of Military Logistics https://www.hgwdavie.com/blog/source-materials-exercise

Cold War:

• Our Current Pandemic and the Call for the Us Military to Step-in Presenting the Us Navys War Plan White May 1946 Notes From the Bunker https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2020/04/08/our-current-pandemic-and-the-call-for-the-us...

• The Armys Only Air to Air Kill Since Wwii Was Done With a .50 Cal in Vietnam | War Is Boring https://warisboring.com/the-armys-only-air-to-air-kill-since-wwii-was-done-with-a-50-cal-i...

• Disaster: Ten Questions Our Foia Lawsuit Hopes to Answer | Proceedings - April 2020 Vol. 146/2/1,406 https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/april/uss-thresher-ssn-593-disaster-ten-qu...

Post Cold War:

• The Air Force Abruptly Ends Its Continuous Bomber Presence on Guam After 16 Years - The Drive https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33057/the-continuous-strategic-bomber-presence-missi...

• Where Does the Tank Go From Here? Uk Land Power https://uklandpower.com/2020/04/05/where-does-the-tank-go-from-here/

Naval:

• Another Submarine Quarantined: Nowhere Is Out of Reach of Coronavirus https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/03/30/another-submarine-quarantined-nowhere-is-...

• Battle of the Uss Theodore Roosevelt: A Timeline - Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2020/04/timeline-battle-uss-theodore-roosevelt/164408/

• Come on Texas! Surviving the Battle for Okinawa | the National Wwii Museum | New Orleans https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/uss-texas-battle-okinawa

• Modern Submarine Torpedo Attacks Are Nothing Like What You See in the Movies - the Drive https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33018/modern-submarine-torpedo-attacks-are-nothing-l...

• Naval History Blog Blog Archive Impact of the Writings of Captain Edward L. Beach Sr. https://www.navalhistory.org/2020/04/02/16458

• Riverine Warfare: The Us Navy's Operations on Inland Waters https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/library/online-reading-room/tit...

• Spains Wwii-Built Harrier Carrier Wwiiafterwwii https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2020/04/20/spains-wwii-built-harrier-carrier/

• The Future of Drugs in War | RealClearDefense https://www.realcleardefense.com/2020/04/20/the_future_of_drugs_in_war_313102.html

Thematic/Misc:

• A History of Chili-Mac, the Militarys Favorite Mre - Sandboxx https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/a-history-of-chili-mac-the-militarys-favorite-mre/

• A Modern Military Revolution: How Airpower Reshaped the Global Diplomatic Order Age of Revolutions https://ageofrevolutions.com/2020/04/02/a-modern-military-revolution-how-airpower-reshaped...

• All That Glitters Is Not Gold: Overcoming the Us Militarys Pro-Innovation Bias - Modern War Institute https://mwi.usma.edu/glitters-not-gold-overcoming-us-militarys-pro-innovation-bias/

• Coronavirus and the Language of War https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2020/04/coronavirus-and-language-war

• How to Keep Social Distance When Building a Warship - Usni News https://news.usni.org/2020/04/07/how-to-keep-social-distance-when-building-a-warship

• New in Our Catalog: Famous Faces in the Military Pieces of History https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2017/08/07/new-in-our-catalog-famous-faces-in-the-mili...

• Rube Goldberg and Military Justice - Just Security https://www.justsecurity.org/68935/rube-goldberg-and-military-justice/

• The Navys Crisis of Special Trust and Confidence - War on the Rocks https://warontherocks.com/2020/04/the-navys-crisis-of-special-trust-and-confidence/

• The U.S. Army in The 20th Century: An Interview With Brian Linn - Us Army War College War Room https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/special-series/on-writing/linn-neiberg/

• U.S. Naval Institute Blog https://blog.usni.org/posts/2020/04/08/too-late-to-avoid-the-first-casualty

• Victory Garden History: How Todays Gardens Compare With the Wwii Originals. https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/04/victory-garden-coronavirus-wwii-history.html

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