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I found a copy of this book at a used bookstore several years ago and just got around to reading it. Found it fascinating. Traces the way the Japanese military became progressively...
Where might Russia commit forces on an offensive? Let's do a quick parsing of the situation and examine the possibilities. (1/N) https://t.co/dokohzld4a
Thread: Steering a Steamroller It's been a while since we did a battle thread, so I thought it would be fun to look at an underappreciated but very informative campaign: the Germ...
Thread: Hubris and Operational Planning Arrogance and overreach are rightfully viewed as the root Nazi Germany's strategic mistakes - but in this, they were not so unique. Hubris...
Thread: Why War Matters I think sometimes the study of military history and methods is viewed as either a nerdy hobby for adolescent boys or a trait for guys who play too much ca...
Thread: Soviet Deep Battle and Operation Bagration From June 22 to August 19, 1944, the Red Army executed Operation Bagration. This would inflict the single largest defeat in Ger...
Thread: The Battle of Stalingrad The battle at Stalingrad in 1942 is perhaps the single best known battle of the Nazi-Soviet war, and is usually pinpointed in popular histories a...
There have been a lot of books written about World War Two. When I saw that Richard Overy was going to write yet another, I was a bit conflicted. Overy is a great author, but do...
Thread: The Russo-Japanese War In 1904, Russia and Japan fought a war over Korea and China. This was a large conflict that threatened to shape the future of east Asia for centurie...
Thread: American Civil War and the Tragedy of Missed Lessons There was an even 100 years between the downfall of Napoleon in 1814 and the beginning of World War One in 1914. The A...
Thread: Suvorov and the Soviet Attack Hypothesis One of the most famous works of revisionist history is that of Viktor Suvorov, who argued in multiple books that Stalin planned t...
Book Recommendation Thread: Geopolitics I thought it might be fun to assemble a recommended reading list on geopolitics. Say you wanted to make it your project for the rest of th...