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Military Despatches Vol 48 June 2021 General Incompetence 10 of history’s worst generals The ‘Nam Some interesting facts about the Vietnam War Legión Española Spain’s equivalent of the French Foreign Legion Hermann Göring World War I ace, Head of the Luftwaffe, Reichsmarschall, and one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party. For the military enthusiast Military Despatches CONTENTS YouTube Channel June 2021 Page 14 Click on any video below to view Army Speak 101 The SADF had their own language. A mixture of Eng- lish, Afrikaans, slang and tech- no-speak that few outside the military could hope to under- stand. Paratrooper Wings Most armies around the world Elite Military Quiz also had their own slang terms. Units Quiz Most military paratroopers In this video we look at some Most military forces have an are awarded their jump wings of them. elite unit or regiment or a spe- Special Forces - Spanish Legion after they have qualified. cial forces component. In this quiz we show you 15 In this quiz we show you 15 different wings and you tell us and you tell us who they are and 28 41 where they are from. where they are from. Features Vietnam - an undeclared war Reggie becomes a Jimmy 6 It was the longest war ever Our very own Photo Editor, Ten worst generals in history fought by the United States of Regine (Reggie) Lord is award- Generals that shouldn’t even America. It claimed more than ed Associate Membership of New videos been allowed to leave home 58,000 American lives and af- the South African Signals As- each week with adult supervision. fected an entire generation. Yet sociation. We will be uploading new it was a war that was never de- videos to our YouTube channel 20 clared. 42 each week. Sucked into an admin vortex TS Tiburon back in action 34 So remember to bookmark While the old SADF was pret- After a long period of lock- Submariner’s catastrophe down, TS Tiburon is back. 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Sea Cadets from TS Woltemade General Military Knowledge assist the University of Cape A general military knowledge Feel free to leave a comment, and share this video. Town after devastating fire. quiz for you this month. 00 3 CONTENTS Page 86 Editor’s PUBLISHER Sitrep Hipe Media EDITOR Matt Tennyson PHOTO EDITOR o here we are in the first change our national motto to Regine Lord month of winter. I would “Sorry” because let’s face it, CONTRIBUTORS like to say “Another day, this seems to be an expression June in military history S Raymond Fletcher, Ryan Mur- another dollar.” Another day for that can be used to sort out an- phy, Matt O’Brien, Seaman sure, another dollar - forget about ything. Jared Sewpershad, Matt Ten- it. Complain about bad service Head-to-Head Forged in Battle Book Review nyson, Lt Cmdr Glenn von Zeil. Last month I told all of our anywhere and the response will 50 70 85 readers about our new Military be “sorry”. 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It is written in the 84 Khoisan language of the ǀXam Restrepo people, literally meaning “di- Excellent documentary about verse people unite”. an American FOB during the I really think we should Matt war in Afghanistan. 4 5 Top Ten Top Ten opened the door to Kentucky and Tennessee to Union forces 10 of the worst generals and marked the beginning of the end of Confederate resist- in history ance in the west. History tells us of a number of generals and leaders that stood head and shoulders above others. Yet on the opposite end of the scale were generals and leaders that shouldn’t even Francisco Solano López have been allowed to leave home unless under adult supervision. Paraguay is a land-locked country in South America that he pages of history reveal the Romans ever managed to never to be recovered. Caepio borders on Bolivia, Argentina many men, and wom- produce. reportedly lived out the remain- and Brazil. en, that were exception- Consul Gnaeus Mallius Max- der of his life in luxury in exile. Although Carlos Antonio T López was a dictator, he had al leaders. People that could imus was Caepio’s superior change the course of a battle or officer, but Caepio refused to Gideon Pillow done much to modernize Para- even a war. One needs only think obey Maximus at any stage. He It has been said that during the guay in the mid-19th century. GENERAL INCOMPETENCE: Gideon Pillow will not be remem- The elder López had be- of people such as Julius Caesar, wouldn’t even put his forces American Civil War the Union bered as one of the Confederacy’s best commanders. Frederick the Great, Joan of Arc, into a shared camp with Max- forces held a clear advantage queathed to his son, Francisco Hannibal Barca, and Alexander imus. in material, but that the Con- Solano López, a relatively pow- the Great to name just a few. Maximus was conducting federacy could field superior how incompetent Pillow could engagement, which possibly erful military by regional stand- In this article, however, we negotiations with the Cimbri, commanders. Gideon Pillow, be. makes the Battle of Belmont ards. are looking at generals that have a Germanic tribe that had in- however, was not one of those Pillow faced a court-martial the high point of Pillow’s mil- López senior cautioned his come to be regarded as being vaded the Roman province of superior commanders. for stealing a Mexican cannon itary career. son about using the military to among the worst ever. Some of Transalpine Gaul. Pillow first demonstrated his and attempting to spirit it home After his performance at Bel- settle diplomatic issues.