Military History Digest #322

David Silbey Blog Post

The Military History Digest is a selected assortment of military history pieces from around the web. Suggestions for entries or sites to follow are always welcome at <hwar@silbey.net>

 

Ancient:

  • Why 536 Was 'The Worst Year to Be Alive' | MetaFilter https://www.metafilter.com/177793/Why-536-was-the-worst-year-to-be-alive

 

Medieval:

  • Epic Fails: Outlaw King and Netflixs Nationalism Problem | the Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/historical-epics-outlaw-king-nationalism/

 

Civil War

  • Booknotes: The War for the Common Soldier | Civil War Books and Authors https://cwba.blogspot.com/2018/11/booknotes-war-for-common-soldier.html

  • Interview With Civil War Historian Peter Carmichael Civil War Memory http://cwmemory.com/2018/12/01/interview-with-civil-war-historian-peter-carmichael/

  • Review - "Fort Snelling and the Civil War" By Stephen Osman | Civil War Books and Authors https://cwba.blogspot.com/2018/11/review-fort-snelling-and-civil-war-by.html

  • Review - "Lincoln's Mercenaries: Economic Motivation Among Union Soldiers During the Civil War" By William Marvel | Civil War Books and Authors https://cwba.blogspot.com/2018/11/review-lincolns-mercenaries-economic.html

  • Richmond Airport Civil War Fortifications Richmond, Virginia - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/richmond-airport-civil-war-fortifications

  • The Costs of the Confederacy | History | Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/costs-confederacy-special-report-180970731/

 

First World War:

  • Britains First Air War Seven Surprising Facts About the Early Royal Flying Corps - MilitaryHistoryNow.com https://militaryhistorynow.com/2018/11/29/britains-first-air-war-seven-surprising-facts-about-the-early-royal-flying-corps/

  • Cavalry on the Western Front | National Army Museum https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/cavalry-western-front?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nam&utm_content=&utm_campaign=munnings

  • First Database of Slovenias WWI Military Dead Now Online https://www.total-slovenia-news.com/lifestyle/2477-database-of-world-war-1-in-slovenia-launched

  • Meuse- Argonne Discussion With Richard Faulkner - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jis6ill03M&feature=share

  • Nursing Clio a Male Department of Warfare: Female Ambulance Drivers in the First World War https://nursingclio.org/2018/11/20/a-male-department-of-warfare-female-ambulance-drivers-in-the-first-world-war/

  • Nursing Clio Battalion of Life: American Womens Hospitals and the First World War https://nursingclio.org/2018/11/21/battalion-of-life-american-womens-hospitals-and-the-first-world-war/

  • Nursing Clio Truly Ambitious Women: Women Chiropractors and World War I https://nursingclio.org/2018/11/27/truly-ambitious-women-women-chiropractors-and-world-war-i/

  • The Strategy Bridge https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2018/11/26/reviewing-pershings-tankers

 

Interwar:

  • Nursing Clio Everything Seems Wrong: The Postwar Struggles of One Female Veteran of the First World War https://nursingclio.org/2018/11/29/everything-seems-wrong-the-postwar-struggles-of-one-female-veteran-of-the-first-world-war/

  • Who Writes History? the Fight to Commemorate a Massacre by the Texas Rangers https://www.texasobserver.org/who-writes-history-the-fight-to-commemorate-a-massacre-by-the-texas-rangers/?fbclid=IwAR0-ubIwIKMGb95hZbKRnPrInBoFLW-NcRpTXTV831gP8m3wYfGLYeSUqM4

 

Second World War:

  • Black Liberators https://www.blackliberators.nl/

  • Blood in the Forest: The End of the Second World War in the Courland Pocket | RealClearDefense https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2018/11/20/blood_in_the_forest_the_end_of_the_second_world_war_in_the_courland_pocket_113966.html

  • Canada Apologizes for Turning Away Nazi-Era Ship of Jewish Refugees, Allowing 250 to Die https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/canada-apologizes-turning-away-nazi-era-ship-jews-allowing-250-n933721

  • During Wwii, Polish Refugees Found a Home in India - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/polish-refugees-in-india

  • Found: Weapons From World War Ii, Uncovered by a Hurricane - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-weapons-from-world-war-ii-uncovered-by-a-hurricane

  • Global Maritime History Royal Navy Cruisers (2): HMS Dorsetshire, All Around the Empire in Twelve Years! - Global Maritime History https://globalmaritimehistory.com/hms-dorsetshire/

  • Great Escape Pilots Rare Spitfire Discovered Intact on Norwegian Mountain 76 Years After Being Shot Down by Nazis | the Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spitfire-norway-mountain-great-escape-pilot-found-second-world-war-nazi-raf-espionage-alastair-gunn-a8646841.html

  • https://www.navalhistory.org/2018/11/29/the-spirit-and-the-fortitude-of-the-39th-battalion https://www.navalhistory.org/2018/11/29/the-spirit-and-the-fortitude-of-the-39th-battalion

  • Russia and Japan Could Finally End WWII | RealClearDefense https://www.realcleardefense.com/2018/11/20/russia_and_japan_could_finally_end_wwii_305285.html

  • Thoughts on Operation Blue's June-July 1942 First Phase | the Globe at War http://globeatwar.com/article/thoughts-operation-blues-june-july-1942-first-phase

 

Cold War:

  • 50 Years Later Marine Vietnam Vet Receives Navy Cross for Combat Leadership - Usni News https://news.usni.org/2018/11/19/50-years-later-marine-vietnam-vet-receives-navy-cross-combat-leadership

  • The Korean War Is Ending With or Without Denuclearization - Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/11/korean-war-ending-or-without-denuclearization/153097/

 

Naval:

  • Blog - the Russo-Japanese War and the Birth of the Battle Cruiser - Osprey Publishing https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/birth_of_the_battleship/

  • https://www.navalhistory.org/2018/11/28/unadilla-class-gunboats https://www.navalhistory.org/2018/11/28/unadilla-class-gunboats

 

Thematic/Misc:

  • - US Army War College War Room https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/podcasts/so-what-does-history-teach-us-anyway/

  • Bombshell: Come What May - War on the Rocks https://warontherocks.com/2018/11/bombshell-come-what-may/

  • Faster, Higher, Stronger Airminded https://airminded.org/2018/12/02/faster-higher-stronger/

  • What the U.S. Military Owes Stan Lee https://warontherocks.com/2018/11/what-the-u-s-military-owes-stan-lee/