http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/milhist/ en-us Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:15:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2068187/posts GERMANY REVEALS 2 NEW FIELD GUNS IN HORTHY DISPLAY Mobile Heavy One With Range of 30 Miles and in 5 Sections amazed Military Attaches HOWITZER AN INNOVATION Hungarians Impressed by the Armed Might of the Army in Parade in Berlin Hitler displayed the flower of his army to Admiral Horthy of Hungary in a parade in Berlin yesterday. Sensational arms revelations were made. One was a mobile 10-inch gun, carried in motorized sections, said to be capable of sending shells seventeen to thirty miles. There was also a mobile howitzer of a new type, as well as new tanks. Horthy... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2068187/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:15:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2063853/posts JAPANESE CHECKED IN DRIVE TO SOUTH Warships of Invaders Become Spearheads of Offensive Against Hankow 2 VESSELS REPORTED SUNK Changsha Bombed by Planes – Raid Said to Be Worst the City Has Experienced By F. TILLMAN DURDINWireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. HANKOW, China, Thursday, Aug. 18.-While Chinese troops continued to check the efforts of Japanese land forces to push southward from the banks of the Yangtze into Kiangsi Province and to balk Japanese thrusts westward north of the river in East Hupeh and Western Anhwei Provinces, Japanese warships became increasingly active above Kiukiang as the spearhead of the offensive... Microfiche-New York Times Archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2063853/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:31:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063506/posts The movie - provisionally titled Inglorious Bastards and starring Brad Pitt - is said to be blood-curdling even by Tarantino's standards and includes one scene where a Nazi has his head bashed in with a baseball bat. Pitt's character Lieutenant Aldo Raine leads a group of American-Jewish soldiers who are dropped into Nazi-occupied Europe to wreak revenge on the Germans and destroy their morale. According to a leaked version of the script, the officer tells his men that they "owe" him one hundred Nazi scalps each which they should bring to him or die trying. Other scenes are said to... Telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063506/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:39:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063500/posts Ever since the document was examined several weeks ago, it's been a mystery. Initially, it appeared to be a reproduction of the terms and conditions of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender in Appomattox, Va., in 1865. But staff members of the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum in Center City - who came upon the document while preparing for the museum's relocation - soon noticed pen indentations in the paper, and darker and lighter ink strokes consistent with handwriting. They also found a notation in a 1935 museum inventory identifying the document as an "original." Could this artifact, crudely... Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063500/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:18:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2063129/posts President's Proclamation for National Airborne Day, Aug. 16 WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2001 – Sixty-one years ago, 48 brave volunteer members of the U.S. Army Parachute Test Platoon pioneered a new method of warfare. Their successful jump led to the creation of a mighty force of more than 100,000 paratroopers. Members of this force were assigned to the legendary 11th, 13th, 17th, 82d and 101st Airborne Divisions and numerous other units that fought in every theater during World War II. The soldiers of the Parachute Test Platoon also forged a unique warrior spirit, a relentless passion for victory, and a reputation... DefenseLink News Article http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2063129/posts#comment Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:00:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063024/posts Eisenhower said the simple Higgins boat was the key to victoryBEAUFORT - For days now, the men, all in their 80s, have trickled in as if visiting a friend in the hospital. They stand on the observation balcony inside the N.C. Maritime Museum's barnlike waterfront boat shed, mixed among the tourists and squinting at the rust-streaked, rectangular hulk on the shop floor. Eventually they have to speak. "Is that the LCVP?" they ask one of workers down on the floor, though they know the answer better than anyone. Then the stories start, stories about how this strange boat carried the... The News & Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063024/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:25:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2059407/posts SOVIET ARTILLERY BLASTS ENEMY ON 4-MILE FRONT; JAPANESE AWAIT BIG DRIVE GUNS FIRE ALL DAY Marshal Bluecher Said to Have Arrived to Lead Siberian Troops JAPAN CONCEDES A POINT Yields to Russian Demand on Make-Up of a Border Board – Tokyo Army Chiefs Meet By The Associated Press. YUKE, Korea (Near the Siberian Frontier), Aug. 9.-Soviet artillery pounded the whole four-mile Japanese front today. The bombardment was the most intensive since the fighting on the Manchukuoan-Siberia border started last month. [Indications of increased tension were threats in a Tokyo newspaper that Japanese planes would battle Soviet raids in Korea and... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2059407/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:05:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2059396/posts CANTON’S TOLL 200 IN 2 DAYS OF RAIDS Japanese Planes Again Cause Havoc – Chinese resisting Bitterly in Yangtze Area REPORT 1,000 FOES SLAIN Tokyo Moves 20,000 Men to Reinforce Drives From the Kiukiang Section By The Associated Press. CANTON, China, Aug. 9.-The Fifth Japanese Naval Squadron, recently assigned to harass the South China coast, today carried out the second installment of its threatened ten-day schedule of aerial offensive on Kwangtung Province. Abut 200 persons were killed in Canton, more than 300 were injured and scores were missing since the attacks started yesterday. The count by days, thus far: Monday... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2059396/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:39:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057689/posts This paper examines the nature of military advantage by exploring the character of major hegemonic powers in history and seeks to gain a better understanding of what drives US military advantage; where US vulnerabilities may lie; and how the US should think about maintaining its military advantage in the future.Case studies of Macedonia under Alexander the Great, Imperial Rome, the Mongols, and Napoleonic France compose the core of the analysis as they illustrate important themes that remain relevant to the US' position today.The case studies focus on two key questions:What were the sources of military advantage in history?What made military... Mother Jones http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057689/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 23:16:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2057332/posts TOKYO SEES PEACE BUT SOVIET FORCE IS STILL ATTACKING Japanese Expect an Attempt to Seize Changkufeng Zone Before Accord Is Reached ONLY ARTILLERY IS ACTIVE Some Moscow Circles Believe Litvinoff Gave Japan Way to Retreat Gracefully By The Associated Press. TOKYO, Saturday, Aug. 6.-Soviet artillery blasted at Japanese positions along the Siberian frontier last night while the Japanese Foreign Office radiated optimism that the border clash soon would be settled peaceably. “We are hopeful of a speedy settlement,” said the Foreign Office spokesman after receiving reports on Thursday’s conference between the Japanese Ambassador, Mamoru Shigemitsu, and Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet Commissar... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2057332/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:41:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056403/posts Holidaymakers feeling nostalgic for the Cold War can now tour what was once a top secret bunker in the former East Germany. Opened to the public for the first time on Friday, it was meant to house the ruling Communist elite in the event of a nuclear attack.Something some visitors said they were relieved was no longer a concern:“What goes through my mind is that it is quite nice to stand around here, look at the bunker and talk to each other peacefully,” one man said.Close to the size of a football field, the bunker was designed to function... Euronews / various others http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056403/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:21:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056114/posts Three Nazi bunkers on a beach have been uncovered by  violent storms off the Danish  coast, providing a store of material  for history buffs and military  archaeologists.   The bunkers were found in  practically the same condition as they were  on the day the last Nazi soldiers left them, down to the tobacco in one trooper‘s pipe and a half-finished bottle of  schnapps. (edit) They were located by two nine-year-old boys on holiday with their parents, who then informed the authorities. Archaeologists were able to carefully force a way, and were astounded at what they found.'What's so fantastic is... The Daily Mail (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056114/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2055323/posts RUSSIANS REPORT ROUTING JAPANESE IN BORDER BATTLE Defeat of Invading Division in Changkufeng Zone Claimed – Its Losses Put at 400 NEW PROTEST IS ORDERED Tokyo Tells of Shooting Down 5 Soviet Bombers in Korea – High Command Confers By WALTER DURANTY Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. MOSCOW, Aug. 1.-Soviet forces hurled back a Japanese division in the disputed Changkufeng zone on the Siberian-Manchukuoan border after a two-day battle in which artillery, tanks and planes were used, it was declared in a government communiqué issued here tonight. The communiqué said the Japanese casualties totaled 400 dead and wounded.... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2055323/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 13:34:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2055321/posts CHINESE LINES HOLD SOUTH OF KIUKIANG Japanese Push Three Columns Westward in Fierce Battle on Both Sides of Yangtze CAVALRY MOVE REPULSED Spokesman Claims Defense of Hankow Is Weakened but Civilians Are Mobilized Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. HANKOW, China, Tuesday, Aug. 2.-Japenese attacks are making little headway against Chinese positions southeast of Kiukiang and along the western shores of Poyang Lake, reports received here from the Yangtze front indicate. The Japanese also have made little progress in clearing out Chinese troops from the Lushan and Kwanglu Mountains southeast of Kiukiang by attacks from the north and west. Kuling... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2055321/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 13:18:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053046/posts ‘GREAT PURGE’ IS ON IN SOVIET FAR EAST Cleansing of ‘Trotskyist’ Spies Ordered by Stalin as Move to Frustrate Japan By The Associated Press. MOSCOW, July 28.-The Siberian newspaper, Pacific Ocean Star, tells of a “great purge” in the Soviet Russian Far East to frustrate what the newspaper terms Japan’s efforts “to destroy our strength from the inside.” “In the past few months a great purge was carried on, and it still continues,” the newspaper says. “The bolsheviki of Primorsk Province will smoke from their holes all spies, wreckers and terrorists to the last man.” The newspaper, published at Khabarovsk,... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053046/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:41:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053036/posts EBRO DRIVE MEETS STIFFER RESISTANCE Loyalists Continue to Gain, but More Slowly – Admit Losing Hold in Gandesa Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES HENDAYE, France (At the Spanish Frontier), July 28.-The Spanish Republicans’ offensive across the Ebro River is still making headway, although its progress has slowed down in the last forty-eight hours. The Republicans yesterday reached positions a few miles north of Gandesa, about twelve miles south of the Ebro. This will give an idea of their progress since they crossed the river Monday. There was heavy fighting in the Gandesa area today. The latest news was that... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053036/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:26:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051082/posts PRAGUE IS WARNED BY REICH GENERAL Military Writer Sees Refusal of Britain and France to Give Direct Aid in War SOVIET HELD UNPREPARED Germany’s Annexation of Austria Described as Key to Weakness of the Czech Defenses By GUIDO ENDERIS Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. BERLIN, July 24.-Balancing the chances of an armed clash over the Czech problem, Lieut. Gen. Horst von Metzch, well-known writer on military topics, declared in a recent article that both Britain and France are decidedly opposed to courting warlike entanglements on a large scale in view of the still obscure military situation in Spain and... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051082/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:22:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046684/posts Paris in the month of May was in full aphrodisiac bloom. The girls were swinging along the boulevards in their short, flowery skirts, their hair flowing loose behind them. On the radio, the singer Tino Rossi - France's answer to Rudolph Valentino - belted out his latest romantic favourite. But a few short weeks later, on June, 14, 1940, the German army marched into the capital and occupied it for four years. France has never forgotten its humiliation - or its bewilderment - in having to adjust to a life of close proximity to the old enemy, with all the... The Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046684/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:32:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042319/posts ARABS CLASH WITH BRITISH ON TRANS-JORDAN BORDER; PALESTINE VIOLENCE GROWS BRITAIN RUSHES AID Two Cruisers Sent to Haifa - Land Forces Are Augmented TWO-DAY TOLL PUT AT 33 111 Wounded in Widespread Rioting-Clashes Occur In Jerusalem and Nablus By The Associated Press. JERUSALEM, July 7.-Arab tribes from Trans-Jordan were reported massed on the Palestine frontier tonight as Great Britain sped warships and troops to smash the worst Jewish-Arab outbreak in the Holy Land’s recent history. In a fight lasting four hours British troops fought a band of 600 Arabs said to have just crossed the border from Trans-Jordan, east of... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042319/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:32:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041772/posts WAR A YEAR OLD, GEN. CHIANG URGES JAPANESE TO RISE China’s Leader Asks People of Opposing Nation to ‘Stop Militarists’ Madness’ BOMBS GO OFF IN SHANGHAI Several Slain in Outbreaks – Tokyo Planes Report Sinking Troop Vessels in Yangtze A year ago today Japanese troops, engaged in night manoeuvres near Marco Polo Bridge, west of Peiping, alleged they had been fired on and launched an attack that has sent contending armies tramping over more than a third of China ever since. Premier Konoye of Japan charges the war was forced on his country by the anti-Japanism of younger Chinese officers.... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041772/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:34:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041761/posts 23 DIE AS VIOLENCE GRIPS PALESTINE Bomb Starts a Riot in Haifa – Another Cast From Train – 100 Persons Wounded Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. JERUSALEM, July 6.-Bombs, riots and police action in various parts of Palestine today resulted in at least twenty-three deaths and nearly a hundred less serious casualties. Among the dead at Haifa is Tuvia Dounia, a brother-in-law of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the World Zionist Organization. He slumped at the wheel of his automobile, a bullet in his heart, while police were clearing the streets during one of the worst riots in the... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041761/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:24:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040179/posts PALESTINE EVENTS INCREASE DESPAIR Hope of Ever Bringing About a Settlement Between Arabs and Jews at Low Ebb By JOSEPH M. LEVY Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. JERUSALEM, July 2.-When, if ever, PalestineÂ’s fate will be settled is again the question of the day here. New sporadic outbreaks and violence during the last week took toll of more than a dozen lives and, coupled with the hanging of a Jewish youth by sentence of a military court, disheartened all the more the already discourage peace-loving elements of the populace. The situation is almost hopeless, they seem to feel. In... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040179/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038144/posts BRITAIN ASKS ITALY TO HALT BOMBINGS Reply Urges Neutral Ports in Spain, Where Ships Will Be Safe From Raids By ARNOLDO CORTESI Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. ROME, June 28. – Acting on instructions from London, the Earl of Perth, the British Ambassador, called on Count Galeazzo Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, late this evening, and drew the Italian Government’s attention to the very difficult situation created in Anglo-Italian relations by the continued bombing of British ships in Spanish waters. If such bombings continue, he is believed to have said, the coming into force of the Anglo-Italian agreement of... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038144/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:25:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036108/posts FRANCE MAY CHECK SEIZURE BY JAPAN London Hears She Will Land Troops on Hainan Island if It Is Invaded By Frederick T. Birchall Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. LONDON, June 24. – According to a report from a usually authentic source, but thus far not confirmed officially, the French Government today informed the British Government that it had been warned by its naval forces in the Far East to expect a landing by Japanese troops on the large island of Hainan, at the extreme southern end of China. The French were said to have further told the British... Microfiche-New York Times archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2036108/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:19:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2034783/posts A reunited trio of World War II veterans recall the night they were seperated, seemingly foreverIt was a miserable January night outside the French village of Rimling, made bleaker by advancing German troops from the 559th and 257th Volks-Grenadier Divisions. Don Hildenbrand's company was pinned down on a ridge about two miles from town, just a grenade toss from the border. Their communications line had been cut and German units had pushed past them on both flanks. "Everybody knew something bad was going to happen, we were badly outnumbered," Hildenbrand recalled Saturday. Sgt. Pete Petracco asked for a volunteer to... Mail Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2034783/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:41:08 GMT