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Gangut at anchor in Helsingfors, 1915. Note the deployed torpedo net. WORLD WAR I-BALTIC After the debacle of the Russo-Japanese War reforms were initiated, and under the able Admiral von Essen the reconstruction of the Russian Navy was taken in hand. In the Baltic, the aim was to reach sixty percent of the strength of the German High Seas Fleet.…
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The Viking slave trade Archaeological evidence indicates that by 902 Dublin had begun to outgrow the longphort and become a…
āUnfortunately, I have not yet received the Fokker aircraft that I selected on Thursday. The Fokker is very well suited…
The entire goal of the American Revolution including the penning of the Declaration of Independence was to gain the colonists and the newly formed American nation legitimacy internationally. The Declaration of Independence was written to…
In the realm of modern warfare, where technology evolves at breakneck speed, traditional defense mechanisms are often rendered obsolete against emerging threats. Among these threats, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have become increasingly prevalent, posing significant…
Weapons and Warfare has been updated with a save posts feature, accessibility options and a new store. While on a post page, you can now easily save a post to read later: New accessibility options…
In early March 1945 the American troops entered an almost deserted area that had been transformed from a city with…
The Siege and Battle of Kinsale, 1601. The Lord Deputyās Camp is in the centre left of the image (Pacata…
āAll modern aircraft have four dimensions: span, length, height and politics. TSR-2 simply got the first three right.ā The TSR-2…
ARV-AL XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle The falling size and cost of electronics has made it possible to decrease the number…
Strategic Preference #3: Mao Zedong, Meet Alfred Thayer Mahan The strategic preferences we are discussing are not fixed; they are leanings. As the PLA Navy approaches parity with the U.S. Navy, Maoās grammar of active defense will come to resemble the Mahanian scheme for concentrated fleet-on-fleet engagements. Recall that the…
Sonderkommando Elbe (Special Command Elbe), one of the most bizarre units in the Luftwaffe, flew its only mission on April 7. The unit was the brainchild of Oberst Hajo Herrmann, who resurrected his once-rejected proposal for a bomber-ramming formation in January, after he had joined Gemaj. Peltzās command. With Peltzās…
A delay in the testing of the La-5 Type 39 did not stop Semyon Lavochkinās work. During March 1943 the bureau completed the second prototype Type 39, a duplicate powered by the already tested M-82FN engine. Unlike other La-5s it had metal main spars, like those of the Yak-9. Like…
San Carlos had been chosen because it reduced the threat from submarines and air launched Exocets, but at the cost of being in range of land-based aircraft. The Navy was now caught in an operating environment far removed from the one for which they planned during the Cold War. They…
The British built 18,000 pillboxes to repel a German assault. This one is disguised as a garage. The press had been quick to play down the events of 7 September and douse any speculation that may have existed amongst the civil population that an invasion was imminent, following massive air…
The Soviet and U. S. Navy learned of the V-2 underwater canisters, but there was little interest in the scheme, because available missile resources in both countries initially were concentrated on the cruise missiles for naval use. In the United States the newly established Air Force sponsored some ballistic missile…
ATTACK ON BALIQIAO BRIDGE General Collineauās column stormed Baliqiao bridge, which ivas defended by Qing Imperial Guard. According to all accounts, these Qing troops were the most determined and professional of the Chinese forces. The Battle of Baliqao was the culmination of the Second Opium War. An Anglo ā French…
āWhat is the function of orderly knighthood?ā wrote the twelfth-century English philosopher John of Salisbury. āTo protect the Church, to fight against treachery, to reverence the priesthood, to fend off injustice from the poor, to make peace in your own province, to shed blood for your brethren, and if needs…
British coastal assault on St Cast in Brittany in September 1758. A German map, published…
Schnellboot S-80 torpedo boat Camo Operations with the Kriegsmarine S-boats were often used to patrol…
American Lend-Lease supplies to the USSR 1941ā45. Soviet historiography is mocked in the West, where…
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