Monthly Archives: September 2009
The Battle that Wasn’t Necessary: Kursk 1943
The Battle of Kursk was the climactic battle on the Eastern Front from which the Germans never recovered. It was a battle that should not have been fought, at least at the time that it was fought. It was high … Continue reading
Filed under History, Military, world war two in europe
Oh, Oh, Oh, O’s….The Orioles Skid Continues But there are Some Bright Spots
“We’re so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.” Earl Weaver Michael Aubrey has Been a Bright Spot for the Orioles The Baltimore Orioles tied this season’s American League losing streak … Continue reading
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Manstein’s Counter-Stroke: Pulling Victory from Certain Defeat
Introduction After Stalingrad the Soviets followed up on their success and attempted to entrap the rest of Army Group South. Field Marshall von Manstein attempted to save the Army Group and perhaps prevent the Soviets from collapsing the entire German … Continue reading
Filed under History, leadership, Military, world war two in europe
The Effects of Counter-Insurgency Operations on U.S. and French Forces in Vietnam and Algeria and Implications for Afghanistan
1st Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment in Indo-China Introduction The effects of the wars Indo-China, Algeria and Vietnam on the French and American military organizations internally and in relationship to their nations piqued my interest in 2005. The wars in Iraq … Continue reading
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Minor League Moves: The Dance Begins, Connecticut Defenders move to Richmond
Minor League Moves: The Orioles Affiliated with The Norfolk Tides in 2007 Minor League Baseball teams move around for many reasons with a fair amount of regularity. At the end of every season there are almost always a number of … Continue reading
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Ein Volk Steht Auf: The German Volksturm, Ideology and late war Nazi Strategy
Volksturm Members One of the more important but little understood parts of the German mobilization to defend the Reich, was the creation of the Volksturm. The Volksturm’s role in Nazi strategy and ideology is often misunderstood more than likely because … Continue reading
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It’s Football Season…Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
“Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game. Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.” “Now, I’ve mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to … Continue reading
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Yet Another Blast from the Past and Padre Steve and House MD experience a bit of healing, but Have a Long Way to Go
It happened again. No not a PTSD meltdown or anything similar to that but another one of those circumstances where you have to scratch your head and say to yourself “I didn’t see that coming.” If you have read this … Continue reading
Filed under iraq,afghanistan, PTSD
Stalingrad
Note: This post is another of my papers from my MA in History course that I have reworked some for this site. The focus is on how the Germans and Russians fought the Stalingrad campaign. In particular in the way … Continue reading
Filed under History, world war two in europe
