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World War 2 History Blog: Tank Duel: Follow Up
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World War 2 History Blog. A blog containing mostly commentary on military history, and related tactical/military gaming. Tank Duel: Follow Up. One of my great pleasures from this blog is to receive comments, especially those that lead to excellent scholarly discussion. On my recent post I received a comment from David Wilma. So a question would be what is the likely outcome of both and individual encounter between an M-60 and a T-72, and larger battles. Is the M-60 necessarily second best? What fits for ...
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World War 2 History Blog: The Inter-War French Army and The Maginot Line
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World War 2 History Blog. A blog containing mostly commentary on military history, and related tactical/military gaming. The Inter-War French Army and The Maginot Line. This is not peace. This is an armistice for twenty years [how right you were! Foch on the Treaty of Versailles. Winston Churchill in 1933 exclaimed to the British Parliament, "Thank God for the French Army! Fragmentation of French Politics. The Lasting Impact of Verdun. The nail in the coffin was not its terribly ostracized and frittering...
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World War 2 History Blog: March 2009
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World War 2 History Blog. A blog containing mostly commentary on military history, and related tactical/military gaming. The Inter-War French Army and The Maginot Line. This is not peace. This is an armistice for twenty years [how right you were! Foch on the Treaty of Versailles. Winston Churchill in 1933 exclaimed to the British Parliament, "Thank God for the French Army! Fragmentation of French Politics. The Lasting Impact of Verdun. The nail in the coffin was not its terribly ostracized and frittering...
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World War 2 History Blog: Tank Duel: Modern vs WWII
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World War 2 History Blog. A blog containing mostly commentary on military history, and related tactical/military gaming. Tank Duel: Modern vs WWII. Comparing the modern MBT (main battle tank) and that of a tank from the second world war is similar to comparing the Porsche to the Model T. Tank design and doctrine has changed so much since WWII that to many tankers of the period our MBTs would seem quite foreign. Posted by Chase Morrison. Or if the T-72 went against the T-72? March 6, 2009 at 7:06 PM.
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World War 2 History Blog: February 2009
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World War 2 History Blog. A blog containing mostly commentary on military history, and related tactical/military gaming. The Failure of Strategic Bombing. We see in a few short years after the war the newly minted USAF practicing an interdiction campaign on North Korea rather than one of strictly strategic bombing (again with mixed. Losses and Limited Results. Conditions for Successful Strategic Bombing. Posted by Chase Morrison. North Korean Missile Program. An historian would approach this problem from...
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World War 2 History Blog: Update
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World War 2 History Blog. A blog containing mostly commentary on military history, and related tactical/military gaming. It's been a week since I have made a post on the blog; I have been busy with midterms and various projects. I should have some freetime on wednesday during which I am going to post something about a recent study from the NSA which regards Japanese chatter before Pearl Harbor. The Nazi Party and their "State within a state". Posted by Chase Morrison. I think that the War and Navy Depart...
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World War 2 History Blog: April 2009
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World War 2 History Blog. A blog containing mostly commentary on military history, and related tactical/military gaming. Very busy time for me, as the majority of my final theses and papers are due in the next few days. Finals begin at the end of this week. So I do not expect to have much posting done until after 7 May. By 10 May I plan to make another post on the Battle of France (10 May being the anniversary of the German offensive). . Posted by Chase Morrison. Why Revisionism is Good. Should be a new ...
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World War 2 History Blog: Submit an Idea or Post
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World War 2 History Blog. A blog containing mostly commentary on military history, and related tactical/military gaming. Submit an Idea or Post. Delivered to me via e-mail (morriso chas@bentley.edu). Document format, preferably Word, RTF or Open Office formats. As long as it is not badly formatted requiring lots of editing. Proper references. I do not expect a page full of endnotes but if you make extravagant claims or have numerous figures then please do a short works cited section at the bottom. Do not...
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World War 2 History Blog: A-10 Warthog Friendly Fire Incident
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World War 2 History Blog. A blog containing mostly commentary on military history, and related tactical/military gaming. A-10 Warthog Friendly Fire Incident. In actuality, those trucks were British FV107 Scimitars operating in the area. The element wingman engaged the targets with GAU 30mm cannons, which are capable of destroying even the most heavily armoured tanks in the world through top attack. The incident resulted in five wounded and one British soldier KIA. The system, however inefficient for this...