That means combined, by the way.
Gone are 5 of the most historic units in British History.
the Royal Scots - almost 400 years old
the Black Watch - ’nuff said
the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - the “Thin Red Line” of the Crimean War
the Royal Highland Fusiliers - est’d in 1678
the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and the Highlanders […]
I’m wanting to add in more USMC stuff, since the dogs have always received the short shrift.
While looking for stuff on the Corps’ site, I see a link for General Officer bios. Deceased General Officers. OK.
So, I’m scanning the list, and I see an Aggie on there - Bruno Hochmuth. We […]
AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL
Jens-Olaf has some amazing scans of photos from the Eastern Front durng World War I. They are largely from a German Army officer, many are unpublished. Some amazing images there, including this one of German warships in Riga, near the Baltic Sea:
[tip to Boing Boing]
The last Aussie veteran of WWI to see active service has passed away.
William Evan Allan, 1899-2005 served the RAN in both world wars.
Fair winds and following seas, sir.
“Resolved, That a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible despatch, for a cruise of three months, and that the commander be instructed to cruize eastward, for intercepting such transports as may be laden with warlike stores and other supplies […]
NOVA, that wonderful series on PBS, will be running a show tonight on the sinking of IJN Yamato, the largest BB of all time.
The final phase of the Pacific war during World War II saw a terrible new tactic: massed kamikaze attacks on American ships by Japanese planes. But the biggest kamikaze attack of all […]
In the current Proceedings, fmr. Marine Philip Gold, a PhD in History, writes about what he sees the US’ role will be, post-Iraq.
(link to article here - registration req’d.)
Dr. Gold’s article ought to be required reading in this day and age. He, admittedly, fancies this to be a similar article to that penned post […]
Russian Underwater Fleet!
Khoroshoe Gavno, Meinerd! (Good S**t, Maynard)
The Delta IV “Delfin” (Dolphin) SSBN.
The Alpha class SSN
Here’s a pic of what hell looks like freezing over! A pic of the screws of an SSBN!!!!!!
I found another submarine related blog (Zero Bubble), and in their history related section was a sobering bit from WW2.
It’s hard to figure out what’s worse, an egocentric, self-serving US congressman blabbering to the press about important naval intel or the press for going ahead and printing the words, knowing that it might very well […]
While looking for Navy-related blogs, I found this real gem of a site:
http://www.dbfnetwork.info/lagarto/
USS Lagarto was sunk off the coast of Thailand, and was until recently of an unknown location.
Click here for the original.
Click here for a cleaner detail of the wreck.
As we Aggies say when we remember our dead - Here.
From boing boing, there’s a website with 38 pages of cartoons on bomb disposal. To be accurate, they are from a Sept. 1945 booklet titled, Mulvaney on Bomb Disposal, Supplement to Intelligence Bulletin No. 85.
The Guardian Unlimited reports on the anniversary celebration of England’s victory over both the Spanish and French fleets. Viscount Horatio Nelson was killed during the battle, which was his moment of ultimate triumph. The battle crushed the Napoleonic fleet and secured Nelson’s place in history.
David Pescovitz at Boing Boing blogged this site which is full of old Soviet propaganda posters. Personally, I love this stuff. The old propaganda posters were, in many cases, wonderful works of art.
Military.com reports that conservators have discovered a stealth feature of the submarine Hunley. The glass skylights along the top of the craft had iron “deadlights” that covered them in order to prevent light from escaping the inside of the craft.
The Hunley was the first combat submarine after sinking the USS Housatonic in 1864. It was […]
Fox News reports on octogenarian Japanese soldiers still holding out on Mindanao
Five manuscripts of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz-Birkenau have been discovered at different times between 1945 and 1980.
Capt. Aubrey remarked in Master and Commander: “What a wonderful, modern time we live in.”
Well, Captain, I am beginning to think that precious little “good” can be had in these modern times. You mentor, Admiral Horatio Viscount Nelson of the Nile MUST be spinning underneath St. Paul’s.
As the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar approaches, Her […]
This is especially interesting to the Naval History buff, what with the 200th Anniversary of Trafalgar approaching this Oct. 21. Adm. Horatio Visc. Lord Nelson is perhaps the greatest figure in all of Naval history, and to find an archaeolgical site with such a tie-in is just wonderful.
Thirty Britons who died in Egypt in […]
Varifrank posts on a Japanese submarine from WWII being found off the coast of Hawaii. What’s so interesting about this sub? It is one of the I-400 class of Japanese subs. Up until the 1960’s, it was the biggest sub around, plus, it carried three float-plane torpedo bombers. That’s right, a submarine carried torpedo bombers […]