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Le scritture dei prigionieri italiani nella Grande Guerra (II)
MORFOLOGIA DELLA SCRITTURA È il 10 novembre 1918, il giorno precedente la fine ufficiale della Prima guerra mondiale. Cala il sipario sulla più grande carneficina che l’Umanità ha conosciuto sino a quel momento.…
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Le scritture dei prigionieri italiani nella Grande Guerra (I)
Abstract: I 600.000 italiani detenuti nella Prima guerra mondiale hanno prodotto una grande varietà di testi (lettere, diari, memorie, autobiografie, ricettari) che la storiografia non ha ancora studiato con sufficiente profondità e rigore.…
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WARGAMES AS HISTORICAL DATA
Experts, including Congressional Strategic Posture Commission Commissioners, examine the future of US nuclear strategy to develop nonpartisan policies addressing key security challenges facing the nation.
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NATO’s Early Cold War Lessons Show What US, Japan, and South Korea Must Do Now
In the not-so-distant future, a U.S. military commander in the Indo-Pacific could be forced to fight two major wars at once—one against a Chinese assault on Taiwan, the other against a North Korean…
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WHAT DID THE WORLD LEARN FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR?
Experts, including Congressional Strategic Posture Commission Commissioners, examine the future of US nuclear strategy to develop nonpartisan policies addressing key security challenges facing the nation.
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La Prima guerra mondiale (1914-1918) II – Fronte Orientale e i teatri esterni
Introduzione Proseguiamo il racconto delle principali fasi militari della Prima Guerra Mondiale esplorando le battaglie che si svolsero nell’Europa dell’Est, così come nei Balcani, nel Medio Oriente, per non parlare delle operazioni condotte…
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La Prima guerra mondiale (1914-1918) I – Fronte Occidentale
Introduzione Questo è il primo di due articoli sulla Prima guerra mondiale del 1914-1918. Data la portata del conflitto e le diverse angolazioni da cui è possibile presentare le fasi principali, abbiamo scelto…
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The Long Pivot The Development of the Joint Warfighting Concept
The final withdrawal of troops from Iraq in December 2011 left most U.S. military leadership with the desire to shift their focus from counterinsurgency—which had achieved a position of intellectual dominance in the…
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Fundamentals of Guerrilla Warfare: Theory and Practice (II)
Guerrilla units operating in cities must solve strictly defined tasks, limited in scale, being, in fact, reconnaissance and sabotage groups. This is due to the fact that, according to their conditions (high population…
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Fundamentals of Guerrilla Warfare: Theory and Practice (I)
DOZENS of more or less large-scale local conflicts that took place during the 20th century, as well as the experience of using guerrilla methods of armed struggle during World War II, allow us…
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Guerrilla Warfare [1954]
No longer a limited military tactic, guerrilla warfare has political and economic consequences that can be more dangerous than the armed force employed. Guerrilla warfare is an open sore that annoys today, is…
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Intelligence Cooperation between the Kuomintang Agents and British Special Operations Executive in Singapore-Malaya, 1942–1945
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Singapore-Malaya during the Pacific War has consistently been a focal point of scholarly attention. In the existing academic and literary spheres, there is a plethora of research…
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The grand strategy of carl von clausewitz
As the affairs of states continue to evolve into a complex web of interdependence, cooperation, and competition, pressure mounts on states to effectively employ the tools of statecraft to attain their political objects.…
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German Mission Orders
Their Doctrinal and Operational Development from 1866-1940 and Mission Order Combat Illustrations from the 1870-71, 1914-18 and 1939-45 Wars “Orders are not written out in the minutest detail, a mission is merely given…
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The Development of American Armor 1917-1940 (II)
Official War Department doctrine called for tanks to be used as dose support weapons for the infantry, thus the wartime practices for the employment of tanks would continue. A board of officers convened…
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The Development of American Armor 1917-1940 (I)
The world war I experience When the United States entered World War I, in April 1917, tanks had yet to prove their capabilities. Following the Battle of the Somme in 1916, the Allies…
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Extending the Battlefield [ed. 1981]
General Donn A. Starry made the following comments on the genesis of this March 1981 article and AirLand Battle: “The ultimate lesson of `Active Defense’ and the 1976 edition of FM [US Army…
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Combined Arms Theory and Practice in the 20th Century
Part 1: England: “Hurry up and proceed with caution!” In 1918, the British Empire was the world leader in both the development of armored equipment and tactics. The attitude prevalent at the time…
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A Brief History of the StG 44 the Father of Assault Rifles
Once upon a time there were two cartridges: the rifle and the pistol. The first one hits far and hard, but is difficult to control, while the second one is convenient, they have…
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D-Day 1944 – Air Power Over the Normandy Beaches and Beyond
Operation Overlord, the Normandy invasion–like William the Conqueror’s before it or the Inchon landing afterwards–will long be studied as a classic in military planning, logistics, and operations. OVERLORD depended to a remarkable degree upon…
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America’s Byzantine strategy
The Roman Empire was the longest-lasting empire in world history, enduring more than fourteen centuries. Throughout its republican and imperial history, Rome relied heavily on military power, using conquest to expand the empire.…
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German Commander-in-Chief West, Field Marshal Karl R. Gerd von Rundstedt’s Report on the Allied Invasion of Normandy
Experiences from the Invasion Battles of Normandy A. Preliminary Remarks 1. Experiences fulfill their purposes only when they are quickly brought to the attention of the troops. This happens from time to time through…
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World War II Invasion of Normandy 1944 – The other side [III] Interrogation of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Questionnaire presented by US interrogators to Generalfeldmarschall (General Field Marshal) Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW, Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces), concerning German plans for counter attacking against…
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World War II Invasion of Normandy 1944 – The other side [II] Interrogation of Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
Questionnaire presented by US interrogators to Chief of the Operations Staff of OKW, Alfred Jodl, concerning German plans for counter attacking against the Allies after the Invasion of Normandy. Invasion and Normandy Campaign…
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World War II Invasion of Normandy 1944 – The other side [I] Interrogation of Generalleutnant Rudolf Schmetzer
Interrogation of Generalleutnant [Lieutenant General] Rudolf Schmetzer concerning the construction of German defenses in Normandy, France. A) Fundamentals 1) Commands and organization of fortress engineers The sector corresponded exactly to the extent of command of…
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Behind Enemy Plans: A Process-Tracing Analysis of Germany’s Operational Approach to a Western Invasion
No plan survives contact with the enemy. —Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Sixty-four years after Moltke’s observation, two mid-level German commanders, faced with the herculean task of changing the course…
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D-Day, A Year Too Late?
In April 1942, General George C. Marshall, the U.S. Army’s Chief of Staff, went to London with a set of plans to bring about the defeat of Germany in northwestern Europe. Operation Bolero…
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D-Day: planning and execution
A cross-channel attack to initiate the European Campaign remained the linchpin of American strategy for taking the war to Germany and defeating its armies in the field. This approach remained the centerpiece of…
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The Japanese-Russian War of 1904-1905 [Russian encyclopedia entry – ed. 1908]
In March 1902, Russia , in order to protect the East China Railway, occupied Manchuria with its troops, pledging to evacuate it within three deadlines; the last was October 8, 1903. This obligation was not…
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The military concept of the modern breakthrough, created by gen. Aleksei A. Brusilov
The Modern Breakthrough In the modern era of the novel Coronavirus plague, a revolutionary concept of the Breakthrough on the battlefield should be contemplated when considering engaging in the friction of war…
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Abstract: Compiled initially in the late 9th century during the reign of King Alfred the Great, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is the earliest continuous historical narrative recorded in any Germanic vernacular. Surviving across multiple distinct manuscripts, this collection of annals traces the origins of the English people from antiquity through the Norman Conquest and beyond. The…
The Genius of Sweden’s “Lion of the North”
In the skies over a modern battlefield a joint tactical air control team is often credited for carrying their platoon’s “big gun,” or radio, as devastating airstrikes are vectored in from aircraft loitering in the battle space where friendly forces are taking fire. Laser guided munitions, global positioning systems, joint direct attack munition technology and…
The Manpower Revolution or the Military Revolution in the Early-Modern German States
The Manpower Revolution or the Military Revolution in the Early-Modern German States by Thomas Wollschläger The German states during the early modern period offer a vastly diverse picture, regarding the developments of the so-called Military Revolution and its various manifestations. Even if taken into account that there is no uniform set of Military Revolution “rules”…
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