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Not so different: individual fighting techniques and battle tactics of Roman and Iberian armies within the framework of warfare in the Hellenistic Age
Strategy, Tactics, Logistics and Invention [ed.1917]
9 minutes Perhaps no four words are more vaguely understood than the four words that head this page. Strategy comes from two Greek words: stratos, an army, and agein, to lead. These two words were combined in the Greek language to form the word strategos, which we translate by the word "general." Among the many... Continua a leggere →
Replacing Battleships with Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific in World War II (II)
★★★★ 29 minutes Lundstrom quotes Captain Duckworth as saying that the essential tactical lessons for using multiple carriers had been demonstrated in 1942 and that “all we did was apply them in the summer & fall of 1943.” [55] But two other oftenunmentioned developments were essential if multicarrier U.S. task forces were to raid far... Continua a leggere →
Replacing Battleships with Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific in World War II (I)
★★★★ This is a case study of operational and tactical innovation in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Its purpose is to erase a myth—the myth that Navy tactical and operational doctrine existing at the time of Pearl Harbor facilitated a straightforward substitution of carriers for the battleship force that had been severely damaged... Continua a leggere →
L’ unità tedesca del Palmach: un commando suicida nel Mandato di Palestina della Seconda Guerra Mondiale
Introduzione Le missioni suicide ei commando suicidi sono, nonostante l'immaginazione popolare, più spesso appannaggio dei film di Hollywood che della storia. Nonostante la loro prevalenza nei tropi cinematografici, le vere unità suicide raramente hanno avuto un posto nelle forze alleate durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Un'eccezione a questa regola, l'unità tedesca del Palmach esisteva come... Continua a leggere →
Interwar innovation in Three Navies: U.S. Navy, Royal Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy
★★★★★ In 1919, three major naval powers—Great Britain, Japan, and the United States—faced two major challenges: integrating new technology into their doctrines and organizations, and coping with reduced naval expenditures and arms treaties that carne as a postwar reaction to armaments spending. In effect, money available for naval development and construction was declining at precisely... Continua a leggere →
Il Trattato di Washington e la Terza Repubblica Sviluppo navale francese e rivalità con l’Italia, 1922-1940
★★★★★ At he 1921-1922 Washington Conference on naval arms limitation had a profound effect on the French Navy. For the Marine Nationale, as in the other signatory fleets—those of Great Britain, the United States, Japan, and Italy—the conference and resultant treaty stymied capital ship construction. However, in its attempt to forestall a battleship arms race... Continua a leggere →
I fortini romani del deserto Orientale egiziano
★★ Il deserto Orientale egiziano sin dall’epoca faraonica è stato una regione strategica, tanto per le sue ricchezze minerarie, quanto per il fatto che esso era attraversato dalle piste che permettevano alle carovane di mercanti di raggiungere gli scali sul Mar Rosso, porta d’accesso ai floridi mercati d’Oriente. In età romana due erano i settori... Continua a leggere →
The Rise of Heavy Infantry and the Demise of Heavy Cavalry at the End of the Medieval Period
★★★ Medieval era extended from approximately the fifth to fifteenth century CE. While philosophers of the time examined the works of ancient writers to understand history and human nature, military leaders of the period also looked to the past for answers to the challenge of heavy cavalry. One group in particular, the Swiss, emerged with... Continua a leggere →
Battaglioni Jäger – La tradizione della fanteria leggera
★★★ La fanteria tedesca del 1914 era, per la maggior parte, fanteria di linea. Vale a dire, era una discendente diretta delle truppe a piedi del XVIII secolo che si muovevano, sparavano e combattevano in formazioni serrate. Le nuove armi da fuoco introdotte nella seconda metà del XIX secolo avevano apportato alcuni cambiamenti nel modo... Continua a leggere →
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