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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Friday, 3 October 2025

War through the Eyes of Children: Last Witnesses (by Svetlana Alexievich

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This is a haunting book. One hundred and two post war interviews with survivors who had lived through WWII and the German invasion of Russia...
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Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Book: Hitler's Soldiers

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This is certainly not a triumpiantalist book, despite what you might think from a first glance at the title. It holds no bars in describing ...
Saturday, 31 May 2025

WW2 US Infantry Company OrBat

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Great reference point for US Infantry Company OoB:   https://www.battleorder.org/ post/usa-rifleco-1944 https://www.battleorder.org/ Useful ...
Friday, 21 March 2025

Recommended by a Friend: Dr Jim Greer at the Maneuver Warfare Symposium.

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On my "To Do List" to watch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS-YSz9LkjA
Thursday, 20 March 2025

Map of Ukraine 1943/44: Strategy and Tactics 118 - The Tigers are Burning

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Although this is an old S&T Ziplock game from way back when (in 1988, when I had stopped wargaming, RPG's and the like, foolish chil...
Wednesday, 12 March 2025

Audible Books: Miscellaneous

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Reading, or rather listening. On the history front I decided to broach my general ignorance of the Middle East (unless the battles of Romme...
Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Trevor Beevor - Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917 - 1921

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Again, an Audible listen, but on the follow up to get a paper copy too. So much in it just to be able to "remember" (see below, an...
Thursday, 13 June 2024

Is NATO ready for War?

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What a question to ask! So what's the answer then? https://www.youtube.com/live/bFs8cPOa1_4
Friday, 13 October 2023

Note to Self: Naval Kindle(?) Books - Russo Japanese War

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I have a strange (hot and cold) interest in the Russo-Jap war (as in I am trying to justify a large collection of 1/3000 Navwar ships of the...
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Thursday, 12 October 2023

"The Korean War" by Max Hastings - Audible Book

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I seem to have hit upon a good working theme, or problem solving rule. If I have an interesting book that has been sitting on my shelves for...
Wednesday, 23 August 2023

Audible Book Completed: The Art of War by Sun Tzu

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Despite this being a quick Audible listen of just one hour and eight minutes, it is as powerful and revolutionary now as when it was first w...
Thursday, 17 August 2023

Note to Self: Listen to "Military History Plus" Podcast

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Military History Plus Podcast, interesting content already after just eight episodes (see link below):  https://www.militaryhistoryplus.com/
Monday, 27 February 2023

Abyss by Max Hastings - Cuban Missile Crisis: Audible

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On the back of Nuclear Folly I was recommended to go and also read the Max Hasting's account of the Cuban Missile Crisis in his "Ab...
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Sunday, 27 November 2022

Audible - Vietnam, Max Hastings

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I knew I needed to read this book, so I bought it, but it sat on the shelf (as it is no small volume) for  a long time. I knew I needed some...
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Sunday, 24 July 2022

Wikenigma - Wikipedia of Unknown things

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 https://wikenigma.org.uk/start Lots of science and maths stuff here, but some history too
Saturday, 16 July 2022

Summer Read: SPQR by Mary Beard

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My latest summer read (or rather listen to, at odd moments of the day such as dog walking and driving in the car) was Mary Beard's SPQR ...
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Sunday, 3 April 2022

Note to self: BOAR Order of Battle 1989

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https://www.orbat85.nl/documents/BAOR-July-1989.pdf
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Monday, 31 January 2022

US Naval History Podcast

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I am finding this fascinating listening (see below, something I have a daily chat about with my AI friend Alexa who plays hard ball with me ...
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Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Book: Upheaval by Jarred Diamond

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Finally finished this. It was a good read, not a vivid page turner but it rewarded the persistent reader with a few golden nuggets of inform...
Friday, 9 October 2020

Reading "Generals: British Commanders Who Shaped the World" by Mark Urban

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I finally got round to reading this book that I have had for years. An interesting read and not what I had expected. Rather than promoting t...