Military History Digest #298

H-War Military History Digest #298

Blog Post published by David Silbey on Saturday, February 18, 2017

Ancient: 1. Blog - Hannibals Humour - Osprey Publishing https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/HannibalsHumour/

Early Modern 2. And the printing presses keep on churning | Skulking in Holes and Corners https://jostwald.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/and-the-printing-presses-keep-on-churning/ 3. Arme et Etat - Guerres-et-conflits http://guerres-et-conflits.over-blog.com/2017/01/armee-et-etat.html 4. Historicus: Honor and Atrocities in the English Civil Wars http://mil-historicus.blogspot.com/2017/02/honor-and-atrocities-in-english-civil.html

18th Century 5. Bladensburg Dueling Grounds Colmar Manor, Maryland | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bladensburg-dueling-grounds 6. Exploring the life of Battle of Trafalgar hero John William Trotter - Chronicle Live http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/exploring-life-battle-trafalgar-hero-1... 7. Revolutionary Jamaica: Interpreting the Politics of the Baptist War Age of Revolutions https://ageofrevolutions.com/2017/01/23/revolutionary-jamaica-interpreting-the-politics-of... 8. The Liberty Bell Hiding Place Allentown, Pennsylvania | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/liberty-bell-hiding-place

19th Century 9. Civil War Books and Authors: Review of Matsui - "THE FIRST REPUBLICAN ARMY: The Army of Virginia and the Radicalization of the Civil War" http://cwba.blogspot.com/2017/02/review-of-matsui-first-republican-army.html 10. Civil War Books and Authors: Review of Smith - "GRANT INVADES TENNESSEE: The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson" http://cwba.blogspot.com/2017/01/review-of-smith-grant-invades-tennessee.html 11. Grave of John Wilkes Booth Baltimore, Maryland | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-of-john-wilkes-booth 12. Robert E. Lee Just Lost a Decisive Vote in Charlottesville CIVIL WAR MEMORY http://cwmemory.com/2017/01/26/robert-e-lee-just-lost-a-decisive-vote/ 13. The Explosive History Of Blow-Up Bridge | Londonist http://londonist.com/london/history/the-explosive-history-of-blow-up-bridge?utm_source=fee... 14. The Last Time the U.S. Invaded Mexico - POLITICO Magazine http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/the-last-time-the-us-invaded-mexico-214738 15. Triumph of Ulysses S. Grant | RealClearBooks http://www.realclearbooks.com/articles/2017/01/26/triumph_of_ulysses_s_grant_110095.html 16. www.civilwarmonitor.com/blogs/extra-dossier-robert-e-lee http://www.civilwarmonitor.com/blogs/extra-dossier-robert-e-lee

17. www.civilwarmonitor.com/blogs/leigh-the-confederacy-at-flood-tide-2016 http://www.civilwarmonitor.com/blogs/leigh-the-confederacy-at-flood-tide-2016

First World War 18. Blog - What Made the 75 mm Gun So Revolutionary? - Osprey Publishing https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/75mm_gun_revolutionary/ 19. British Naval History Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War - British Naval History http://www.britishnavalhistory.com/forgotten-wrecks-first-world-war/ 20. British Naval History The Declaration of London Revisited: Did the Admiralty Know What It Was Doing? - British Naval History http://www.britishnavalhistory.com/declaration-london-revisited-admiralty-know/ 21. De Keyser: a London Hotel and the Royal Prerogative | Great War London https://greatwarlondon.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/de-keyser-a-london-hotel-and-the-royal-pre... 22. Go Spy Out the Land: Intelligence Preparations for World War I in South West Africa | Stejskal | Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1161 23. Norforce: Major General Edward Northey and the Nyasaland and North-Eastern Rhodesia Frontier Force, January 1916 to June 1918 | Anderson | Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1162 24. Remembering the SS Mendi | MetaFilter http://www.metafilter.com/165169/Remembering-the-SS-Mendi 25. Sassoons copy of Goodbye to All That Great War Fiction https://greatwarfiction.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/sassoons-copy-of-goodbye-to-all-that/ 26. South Africa Mobilises: The First Five Months of the War | Samson | Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1159 27. The Union at War: South African Society, 1914-1953 | van der Waag | Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1157 28. The War on War League: A South African Pacifist Movement, 1914-1915 | Hyslop | Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1160

Interwar 29. Stumbling on Civvy Street: The re-adjustment of white South African war veterans to life in post- war society, 1918-1928 | Delport | Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1164

Second World War 30. - The MG34 The German MG34 was developed to fulfil... http://www.historicalfirearms.info/post/155874460159/the-mg34-the-german-mg34-was-develope... 31. 'Missing' Sailors From the USS Turner May Have Been Buried After All | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/uss-turner-mystery-burial 32. 75,000 Evacuated in Greece to Diffuse Allied WWII Bomb | RealClearDefense http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/02/12/75000_evacuated_in_greece_to_diffuse_a... 33. An Interesting War: America at Total War in the Pacific | RealClearDefense http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/01/19/an_interesting_war_america_at_total_wa... 34. Blog - The Fall of Singapore 1942 - Osprey Publishing

Citation: David Silbey. Military History Digest #298. H-War. 09-07-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/12840/blog/military-history-digest/167708/military-history-digest-298 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2 H-War https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/fall_of_singapore_1942/ 35. BOOK REVIEW: KANGZHAN: GUIDE TO CHINESE GROUND FORCES 1937-1945 Battles and Book Reviews http://www.military-history.us/2017/01/book-review-kangzhan-guide-to-chinese-ground-forces... 36. Britains Last Battleship Was a Beauty https://warisboring.com/britains-last-battleship-was-a-beauty-2e93c72cfbea#.mwbkz7kjz 37. Confronting the Nuclear Age: A Hiroshima Survivor Remembers | Canadian Military History http://canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/confronting-the-nuclear-age-a-hiroshima-survivor-remembers/ 38. Executive Order 9066 How Racial Hatred Led to the Imprisonment of American Citizens in World War Two | militaryhistorynow.com http://militaryhistorynow.com/2017/02/13/executive-order-9066-how-racial-hatred-led-to-the... 39. Fire for Effect: Degrees of Separation within the Axis Powers | HistoryNet - New Site http://www.historynet.com/fire-for-effect-degrees-of-separation.htm 40. Found: Two Mysterious Signatures on the Wing of a WWII Plane | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-two-mysterious-signatures-on-the-wing-of-a-wwii... 41. Good Hunting: German Submarine Offensives and South African Countermeasures off the South African Coast during the Second World War, 1942-1945 | Kleynhans | Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1166 42. Guadalcanal August 1942 - February 1943: Alpha and Omega of Airpower | RealClearDefense http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/02/09/guadalcanal_alpha_and_omega_of_airpowe... 43. Here's What London Looked Like In 1944 | Londonist http://londonist.com/london/history/london-in-1944?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&u... 44. Implacable Foes | Waldo Heinrichs and Marc Gallicchio | 9780190616755 | Oxford University Press Canada http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780190616755.html 45. In 1943, Piloting a Flying Fortress Over Italy Was One Frightening Job https://warisboring.com/in-1943-piloting-a-flying-fortress-over-italy-was-one-frightening-... 46. In Pre-WWII Berlin, the Shape of Your Roof Was a Highly Political Decision | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-heated-highly-political-roof-war-that-captivated-... 47. Italys World War II Battleships Were Lovely, But Not Exactly the Best https://warisboring.com/italys-world-war-ii-battleships-were-lovely-but-not-exactly-the-be... 48. Military History Speaker Series: Alex Souchen, Jan. 25th | Canadian Military History http://canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/military-history-speaker-series-alex-souchen-jan-25th/ 49. Nazi U-Boat Pens La Rochelle, France | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nazi-uboat-pens 50. Politics Under Conditions of War: the effect of the War Measures Acts on Political Struggles within the South African Mine Workers Union, 1939-1947 | Visser | Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1168 51. Russia's IL-2 Sturmovik "Flying Tank" | RealClearDefense http://www.realcleardefense.com/2017/02/04/russia039s_il-2_sturmovik_quotflying_tankquot_2... 52. South African Propaganda Agencies and the Battle for Public Opinion during the Second World War, 19391945 | Monama | Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1165 53. The Extinct Town of Schirwindt Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-extinct-town-of-schirwindt 54. The French S35 Was a Good Tank Wasted by Bad Generals

Cold War 61. A final goodbye to the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier | Local Military | pilotonline.com http://pilotonline.com/news/military/local/a-final-goodbye-to-the-world-s-first-nuclear-po... 62. Book Review: Eisenhower and Cambodia: Diplomacy, Covert Action and the Origins of the Second Indochina War by William J. Rust | LSE Review of Books http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2017/01/16/book-review-eisenhower-and-cambodia-dip... 63. BOOK REVIEW: INDIAN ARMY AFTER INDEPENDENCE Battles and Book Reviews http://www.military-history.us/2017/01/book-review-indian-army-after-independence/ 64. CIA Publishes Its History, Nearly 13 Million Pages Online | RealClearDefense http://www.realcleardefense.com/2017/01/18/cia_publishes_its_history_nearly_13_million_pag... 65. Five Landmarks of Atomic Nevada | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/atomic-nevada 66. Found: The Owner of a Message-in-a-Bottle Sent in 1983 | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-the-owner-of-a-messageinabottle-sent-in-1983 67. Historys Worst Nuclear Submarine Disasters https://warisboring.com/historys-worst-nuclear-submarine-disasters-ae05d9608647#.ixzzeb2c8 68. How the USAF Mapped the World at the Dawn of the Cold War | RealClearDefense http://www.realcleardefense.com/2017/01/29/how_the_usaf_mapped_the_world_at_the_dawn_of_th... 69. Russian Embassy Washington, D.C. | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/russian-embassy 70. South Africa and the Korean War, the Politics of Involvement | Van der Waag-Cowling | Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1171 71. South Korea Illegally Held Prostitutes Who Catered to G.I.s Decades Ago, Court Says - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/world/asia/south-korea-court-comfort-women.html?ref=wor... 72. Soviet Bunker at Salvador Andreu House Barcelona, Spain | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/salvador-andreu-house-and-soviet-bunker 73. The Kamera (The Chamber) Moscow, Russia | Atlas Obscura http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-kamera-the-chamber

74. The Last Time the Russians Intervened in a U.S. Election Narratively http://narrative.ly/the-last-time-the-russians-intervened-in-a-u-s-election/ 75. The Making of Fidel Castro: The International Mass Media and the Rebel Army Age of Revolutions https://ageofrevolutions.com/2017/01/16/the-making-of-fidel-castro-the-international-mass-... 76. The Soviet Union and China Almost Started World War III https://warisboring.com/the-soviet-union-and-china-almost-started-world-war-iii-2f83f27542... 77. Why America's Military Misses the F-14 Tomcat | RealClearDefense http://www.realcleardefense.com/2017/02/07/why_america039s_military_misses_the_f-14_tomcat...

Post Cold War 78. Lessons Encountered: Learning From the Long War http://cimsec.org/lessons-encountered-learning-long-war/30085 79. Light Attack: Removing the Veil on OA-X | RealClearDefense http://www.realcleardefense.com/2017/01/23/light_attack_removing_the_veil_on_oa-x_289682.html 80. The Strange Case of LCDR Edward Lin | RealClearDefense http://www.realcleardefense.com/2017/01/23/the_strange_case_of_lcdr_edward_lin_289672.html

Naval 81. A Brief History of the Austro-Hungarian Navy http://cimsec.org/brief-history-austro-hungarian-navy/30874 82. British Naval History Mirroring Seapower: A Cultural History of Dutch-British Naval Relations - British Naval History http://www.britishnavalhistory.com/mirroring-seapower-cultural-history-dutch-british-naval... 83. Taiwans Ancient Submarine Will Reach an Astounding 80 Years in Service https://warisboring.com/taiwans-ancient-submarine-will-reach-an-astounding-80-years-in-ser...

Thematic/Misc 84. 100-year History of 82nd Airborne Division | RealClearDefense http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/02/07/100-year_history_of_82nd_airborne_divi... 85. AHA Member Spotlight: Robert H. Berlin - American Historical Association http://blog.historians.org/2017/02/aha-member-spotlight-robert-h-berlin/ 86. Blog - The Strange Early History of American Machine Guns - Part I - Osprey Publishing https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/maxim_and_benet_mercie/ 87. Book Review: Civil-Military Relations and Shared Responsibility | Small Wars Journal http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/book-review-civil-military-relations-and-shared-respo... 88. British Journal for Military History http://www.bjmh.org.uk/index.php/bjmh/index 89. Microscopic Enemies Five Epidemics that Destroyed Armies | militaryhistorynow.com http://militaryhistorynow.com/2017/01/26/microscopic-enemies-the-epidemics-that-destroyed-... 90. The Big U.S. Military Projects That Never Made It https://warisboring.com/the-big-u-s-military-projects-that-never-made-it-1cfcca8518c8#.jks... 91. The Colt Junior Was the Tiny Gun That Could https://warisboring.com/the-colt-junior-was-the-tiny-gun-that-could-fdf7ade92bc#.8i91jzwwv 92. The U.S. Civil War A Window Into the Apocalypse of World War One | militaryhistorynow.com http://militaryhistorynow.com/2017/01/23/the-u-s-civil-war-a-window-into-the-apocalypse-of... 93. What Tames Inequality? Violence and Mayhem - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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