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 Citation: David Silbey. Military History Digest #336. H-War. 04-22-2020. https://networks.h-net.org/node/12840/blog/military-history-digest/6127050/military-history-digest-336 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-War • 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 Citation: David Silbey. Military History Digest #336. H-War. 04-22-2020. https://networks.h-net.org/node/12840/blog/military-history-digest/6127050/military-history-digest-336 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2 H-War https://www.realcleardefense.com/2020/04/15/life_for_sailors_during_the_battle_of_the_atla... • 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... Citation: David Silbey. Military History Digest #336. H-War. 04-22-2020. https://networks.h-net.org/node/12840/blog/military-history-digest/6127050/military-history-digest-336 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 3 H-War • 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: Citation: David Silbey. Military History Digest #336. H-War. 04-22-2020. https://networks.h-net.org/node/12840/blog/military-history-digest/6127050/military-history-digest-336 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 4 H-War • 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