Military History

Let's get something of an ongoing thread here about what happened 'today' in military history. First off ... Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon, 27 November 1942 (DefenseNews, Intercepts blog) Feel free to add to the thread with links to events or your own thoughts and commentary.

The Austro-Prussian War - Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866, by Geoffrey Wawro Bomber County, by Daniel Swift Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea, by Robert K. Massie Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut Cauldron, by Larry Bond Combat Days of Infamy Dragon Strike - A Novel of the Coming War with China, by Humphrey Hawksley and Simon Holberton Duel For The Golan: The 100-Hour Battle That Saved Israel, by Jerry Asher with Eric Hammel Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God, Queen of England, by Alison Weir Executive Intent, by Dale Brown First Battle of the Marne, by Robert B. Asprey …

Check out this BBC article here.

A simply and useful directory of military helicopters: http://www.groundsystems-index.com/images/...megsi/MHH08.pdf

Virtual museum on Swedish and imported missile ("Robot" in Swedish) types (perhaps I posted it a long time ago): http://www.robotmuseum.se/ARM_robotmateriel.htm

From Code One [excerpt]

This article appeared in the August 1981 issue of Air Force Magazine, little more than a month after the Israeli strike on Osirak in June of that year. http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/1981/August%201981/0881osirak.aspx I thought it might be an interesting read for you, and to consider in light of current conjecture about the possibility of a repeat event in the region.

Another view in the ill-fated 1944 Exercise Tiger: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/475351/The-tragedy-of-Slapton-Sands-The-real-story-of-that-terrible-night

From BBC [excerpt]

The loss of the Sullivan brothers (from DefenseNews' Intercepts blog)

Very interesting Russian Wikipedia entry on "Uspekh" targeting complex (1966 on), found casually when looking for Tu-95RTs Bear-D units and bases (You can use Google Translate). With details of operational procedures (Tu-95RTs operating in pairs, perhaps for triangulation) and great peacetime loses. Also down on the page links to other targeting and EW systems: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/МРСЦ-1_«Успех»

By F.H. McCullough, III INTRODUCTION Fifty years ago, in the Gulf of Tonkin, during the evening of May 8, 1972, offshore North Vietnam, a U.S. Navy SH-3 Sea King helicopter was making its approach to the U.S. Navy’s guided-missile light cruiser USS Providence (CLG-6), flagship of RADM Rembrandt C. Robinson, USN, the Commander (i.e., CTG) of various naval surface ships afloat constituting task groups TG70.8 and TG77.7. The helo was returning from a conference aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43) where senior officers met with the Commander of the US 7th Fleet and others at the onset of a major escalation of the Vietnam War. USS Providence (CLG-6…

A light narrative of SAC operations 1957-1991 in a downloadable PDF, with very useful weapons deployment tables at the end (I think it was mentioned by someone in the Command CMANO fórum, but I was in a military history congress the last week and don't remember it very well): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B205vpZC1pGmbU9nQjBwZUY2SFE/edit

to our NHF board member, then-Secretary of the Navy, John F. Lehman. View the full webinar top-gun-annual-leighton-lecture/”>HERE. The post Blog first appeared on Naval Historical Foundation. View the full article

Reviewed by Ed Calouro Battleship buffs and authorities on capital ships are familiar with the dictum that once HMS Dreadnought was commissioned in 1906, all existing battleships thereby became obsolete. Indeed, all-big-gun battleships from 1906 forward were considered dreadnoughts or, subsequently, super-dreadnoughts. Capital ships built before 1906 with a mixed or intermediate main armament, were thereafter termed pre-dreadnoughts. Chris McNab, author of Dreadnoughts and Super-Dreadnoughts, takes a more nuanced approach in his book about these epoch-setting ships. A July 18, 1910 article in The Times concluded the construction of HMS Dreadnought resulted in more o…

We would be remiss in our duty if we did not take note that today is the 62nd anniversary of D-Day (and incidentally, Pete's birthday .. happy birthday, Pete !). Here are a couple of related links: Normandy DDAY Anniversary The National D-Day Memorial

From Air Force Magazine [excerpt]

Guns and trains? Yeah, that will be popular. Steam Trains Were 19th-Century Super-Weapons (War is Boring)

Not very clear yet the issue: http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/frammande-ubat-hittad-i-svenskt-vatten/ Someone suggested was a WWI British sub, but clearly not (my own research): "All the British WWI sub losses are localized and is not a British WWI sub (Russian troll idea?). And is none of these, but is an interesting story (from Wiki E-1 entry): "E1‍ 's service ended on 3 April 1918 outside Helsinki, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Harmaja Light in the Gulf of Finland. She was scuttled by her crew, along with E8, E9, E19, C26, C27, and C35 to avoid seizure by advancing German forces which had landed nearby."

My favourite WWII era fighter, the Supermarine Spitfire, entered service 70 years ago today. Link to a collection of articles at Flight International.