I am starting a thread below to link together all of the naval & military history, as well as modern war and security writing, that I find interesting and which has influenced my thinking...also so I can find my own writings, as well. Remain vigilant - alert but not alarmed. GC
My piece "The Syrian Mess" (August 2013)

http://strategycounsel.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-syrian-mess.html
My piece "Af-Raq ~ Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria: How We Got Here & Why Australia Fights" (September 2014)

http://strategycounsel.blogspot.com/2014/09/af-raq-afghanistan-iraq-and-syria-how.html …
My piece "Syria: There Is No Substitute For Realism" (April 2017)

http://strategycounsel.blogspot.com/2017/04/syria-there-is-no-substitute-for-realism.html
My piece "Imperium's Graveyard: Iraq, Afghanistan and the Strange Death of the Western Way of War" (August 2017)

http://strategycounsel.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-graveyards-of-empires-commanders.html
My piece "The Syrian War" (April 2018)

http://strategycounsel.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-syrian-war.html
My piece "The Sources Of Russian Conduct" (July 2018)

http://strategycounsel.blogspot.com/2018/07/sources-of-russian-conduct.html
My piece "Iran: The Persian Puzzle And its Containment" (June 2019)

http://strategycounsel.blogspot.com/2019/06/iran-persian-puzzle-and-its-containment.html
That should be enough preparatory fire for this thread for now.
Will add more books, articles, lectures, podcasts etal on war and security matters that I have found interesting as I go on here.
GC
My thread on geopolitics & war and the inevitable #Brexit 👇 https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1096994932579946497
My long #GreatWar lecture thread here - have collated the best WW1 lectures and podcasts on various subjects here https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1098056650919800832
In the finest traditions of the Australian officer corps #WW1 #GreatWar https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1068110915059347462
"The Loneliness of Command"
Some wise words from the memoir of General Hans von Seeckt on the Commanding Officer & Chief of Staff, and the anonymous General Staff
Some wise words from the memoir of General Hans von Seeckt on the Commanding Officer & Chief of Staff, and the anonymous General Staff
Some wise words from the memoir of General Hans von Seeckt on the Commanding Officer & Chief of Staff, and the anonymous General Staff
Some wise words from the memoir of General Hans von Seeckt on the Commanding Officer & Chief of Staff, and the anonymous General Staff
Fascinating Classical Journal (June 1933) article by Colonel Oliver Spaulding of Harvard University on the "Ancient Military Writers" - from Homer to Maurice.

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Journals/CJ/28/9/Ancient_Military_Writers*.html
Why is Classical Military History important? https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/antonio-salinas/blog-why-classical-military-history-important
Blog: Why is Classical Military History important?

What did battle look like at the chest to chest range on the ancient battlefields of Europe and the Near East? The sheer brutality, shock, and visceral nature of Classical Warfare has intrigued...

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/antonio-salinas/blog-why-classical-military-history-important
Have been reading the Military Life of HRH, Prince George, the Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), who I think has been 'misunderestimated' by history. His command-in-chief also covered British colonial wars inc the Afghan campaign as part of the "Great Game"
Have been reading the Military Life of HRH, Prince George, the Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), who I think has been 'misunderestimated' by history. His command-in-chief also covered British colonial wars inc the Afghan campaign as part of the "Great Game"
Have been reading the Military Life of HRH, Prince George, the Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), who I think has been 'misunderestimated' by history. His command-in-chief also covered British colonial wars inc the Afghan campaign as part of the "Great Game"
Sir Louis Cavagnari was a British colonial administrator. He made the Treaty of Gandamak in May 1879 with the Afghan Emir. However, in Sept 1879, he & other European diplomats were murdered in an Afghan uprising. After this, an eerily familiar Afghan expedition was made...Caveat
Sir Louis Cavagnari was a British colonial administrator. He made the Treaty of Gandamak in May 1879 with the Afghan Emir. However, in Sept 1879, he & other European diplomats were murdered in an Afghan uprising. After this, an eerily familiar Afghan expedition was made...Caveat
Sir Louis Cavagnari was a British colonial administrator. He made the Treaty of Gandamak in May 1879 with the Afghan Emir. However, in Sept 1879, he & other European diplomats were murdered in an Afghan uprising. After this, an eerily familiar Afghan expedition was made...Caveat
Sir Louis Cavagnari was a British colonial administrator. He made the Treaty of Gandamak in May 1879 with the Afghan Emir. However, in Sept 1879, he & other European diplomats were murdered in an Afghan uprising. After this, an eerily familiar Afghan expedition was made...Caveat
Sir Louis Cavagnari was a British colonial administrator. He made the Treaty of Gandamak in May 1879 with the Afghan Emir. However, in Sept 1879, he & other European diplomats were murdered in an Afghan uprising. After this, an eerily familiar Afghan expedition was made...Caveat
“Well, what is your command philosophy in this age of diversity and inclusion? And why are we losing all our wars?”
“Well, Sir, have you considered drawing from the wisdom of the ancients?” https://twitter.com/grayconnolly/status/1094744834416365569
Very interesting piece on General Mattis and military history. Also very impressed (but not surprised) by the General's rigour and self-questioning: "what am I getting wrong, what am I missing?” https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/09/13/the-place-of-military-history-in-todays-defense-planning/
The place of military history in today’s defense planning

In his new book, James Mattis explains how he drew on military history throughout his career to spark imagination and inform big decisions — especially on matters involving combat.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/09/13/the-place-of-military-history-in-todays-defense-planning/
This originally 1916 (!) book by LtGen Baron Hugo von Freytag-Loringhoven, of the Kaiser's Army, on "Deductions from the World War" while the Great War was still raging is nothing short of fascinating. An example of war as learning exercise. Stark comparison to our last 20 years.
This originally 1916 (!) book by LtGen Baron Hugo von Freytag-Loringhoven, of the Kaiser's Army, on "Deductions from the World War" while the Great War was still raging is nothing short of fascinating. An example of war as learning exercise. Stark comparison to our last 20 years.
This originally 1916 (!) book by LtGen Baron Hugo von Freytag-Loringhoven, of the Kaiser's Army, on "Deductions from the World War" while the Great War was still raging is nothing short of fascinating. An example of war as learning exercise. Stark comparison to our last 20 years.
This originally 1916 (!) book by LtGen Baron Hugo von Freytag-Loringhoven, of the Kaiser's Army, on "Deductions from the World War" while the Great War was still raging is nothing short of fascinating. An example of war as learning exercise. Stark comparison to our last 20 years.
This excellent piece was published towards the end of the Vietnam era and has relevance today, especially this comment on the dangers of an overly sensitive military establishment.

Donald Zoll, “The Decline of Military Literature”, Parameters (1972)

https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pubs/parameters/articles/1972/zoll.pdf
"The CCP Didn’t Fight Imperial Japan; the KMT Did"
While the KMT military defended China against Japan during WWII, the CCP built up strength for the civil war. https://thediplomat.com/2014/09/the-ccp-didnt-fight-imperial-japan-the-kmt-did/
The CCP Didn’t Fight Imperial Japan; the KMT Did

While the KMT military defended China against Japan during WWII, the CCP built up strength for the civil war.

https://thediplomat.com/2014/09/the-ccp-didnt-fight-imperial-japan-the-kmt-did/
Excellent letter in The Times (UK) about the importance of universities teaching real history about politics, statecraft, war, and peace. Absolutely disgraceful that this letter need be written. But well done in any event to its authors.
As I prepare a lecture, have been listening to this excellent @BBCInOurTime discussion of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-our-time-history/id463700741?i=1000450365934
‎In Our Time: History: Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow on Apple Podcasts

‎Show In Our Time: History, Ep Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow - Sep 19, 2019

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-our-time-history/id463700741?i=1000450365934
The @BBCInOurTime discussion of Karl von Clausewitz and "On War" is quite good, as well, albeit does not discuss in the required detail how the very sound Clausewitz went to serve the Russian Tsar rather than join Prussia's peace with Napoleon after Jena https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hl293
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Clausewitz and On War

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Clausewitz's influential treatise On War.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hl293
“We were devoid of a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan — we didn’t know what we were doing,” Douglas Lute, a three-star Army general who served as the White House’s Afghan war czar during the Bush and Obama administrations https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/
Confidential documents reveal U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan

For nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan, U.S. leaders have sounded a constant refrain: We are making progress. They were not, documents show, and they knew it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/
It is simply staggering that none of the foolish and vagabonds who pushed the Afghan Surge & “counter insurgency” nonsense for over a decade had careers or reputations damaged. As is the case with 2019, military failure is now failure upward and onward. Sordid affairs, indeed.
Listening to the audio of this 2015 interview with Lt Gen Michael Flynn on the Afghan War and its misconduct...it is (deservedly) unsparing. Also, the Intelligence picture/problem for so chaotic a war.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/documents-database/audio/Flynn%20Michael-redacted-11102015.mp3
"Diplomats and military commanders acknowledged they struggled to answer simple questions: Who is the enemy? Whom can we count on as allies? How will we know when we have won?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-strategy/
U.S. officials failed to devise a clear strategy for the war in Afghanistan, confidential documents...

Bush and Obama followed polar-opposite strategies to win the war in Afghanistan. Documents show why both were destined to fail.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-strategy/
Will just add that after the 1915 Gallipoli disaster, the Asquith Govt held an unsparing inquiry into Gallipoli in 1916 during wartime...the Afghan War is now over 18 years-not just an absolute debacle but clearly always understood to be one by those in charge at the time.
I wrote this in August 2017: "Imperium's Graveyard: Iraq, Afghanistan and the Strange Death of the Western Way of War". Everything I have read in the Afghan War papers confirms my argument that Western military command has had a moral collapse. See here:

http://strategycounsel.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-graveyards-of-empires-commanders.html
I wrote this in August 2017: "Imperium's Graveyard: Iraq, Afghanistan and the Strange Death of the Western Way of War". Everything I have read in the Afghan War papers confirms my argument that Western military command has had a moral collapse. See here: http://strategycounsel.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-graveyards-of-empires-commanders.html
I wrote this in August 2017: "Imperium's Graveyard: Iraq, Afghanistan and the Strange Death of the Western Way of War". Everything I have read in the Afghan War papers confirms my argument that Western military command has had a moral collapse. See here: http://strategycounsel.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-graveyards-of-empires-commanders.html
Small thread I did here on the Russian General Staff system 👇 https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1102760175167975425
An excellent and timely piece (relevant well beyond the US Navy) to just how critical sea lift and command of the seas (a global commons) is to geopolitical influence & alliances. War is 'come as you are' #Seapower https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2020/01/21/how-the-us-navys-aging-sealift-fleet-could-lose-americas-next-war-in-eurasia/#166df9a627f6
How The U.S. Navy’s Aging Sealift Fleet Could Lose America’s Next War In Eurasia

The Army depends on Navy sealift to get 90% of its equipment and supplies to war zones.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2020/01/21/how-the-us-navys-aging-sealift-fleet-could-lose-americas-next-war-in-eurasia/#166df9a627f6
Outstanding 1960s interview of Field Marshal Lord Montgomery of Alamein with some Lord Taylor fellow on Monty's life, war service, Generalship, the soldiers he commanded, education...all very good and very sound stuff
OTD in 1778, the French Kingdom recognised the independence of the Americans of the "United States" rebelling against their lawful King....There would be no American republic but for the enormous military and financial support of the (Catholic) Kingdoms of France and Spain
Fascinating letter to the NY Times from April 1989 re what to do about Afghanistan by a former US Ambassador to Afghanistan
Histories of the Imperial German war effort in WW1 focus on Hindenburg-Ludendorff and too often ignore the role of parliamentary politics, from 'War Socialism' to Admiral Tirpitz's own "Fatherland Party". When the Kaiser's end came, Prince Max was left to do his best.
The Duke of Wellington on the Cavalry
"General Douglas MacArthur had been searching for the man who had access to rare maps of the Pacific, of which the American general had little knowledge. The search led to Fr Hayes, who happily supplied General MacArthur with the maps and books he desired" https://catholicleader.com.au/analysis/how-a-queensland-priests-private-collection-became-the-university-of-queenslands-greatest-treasure-50-years-ago
How a Queensland priest's private collection became the University of Queensland's greatest...

FIFTY years ago, a humble Queensland priest handed over the most valuable collection of Australiana to the University of Queensland’s Fryer Library. Fr Edward Leo Hayes spent 71 years collecting...

https://catholicleader.com.au/analysis/how-a-queensland-priests-private-collection-became-the-university-of-queenslands-greatest-treasure-50-years-ago
Very interesting and thought-provoking history of how the United States went in the 1970s from a draftee/conscription-based military to today's "All Volunteer Force". Both models for a military organisation have their strengths and weaknesses https://warontherocks.com/2020/02/fifty-years-after-the-presidents-commission-on-an-all-volunteer-armed-force/
Fifty Years After the President’s Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force - War on the Rocks

The all-volunteer force has been one of America’s great success stories over the past five decades. In 1973, the United States eliminated the draft,

https://warontherocks.com/2020/02/fifty-years-after-the-presidents-commission-on-an-all-volunteer-armed-force/
This @WarInstitute piece on Urban Warfare is very good albeit I disagree with a tone of "Instead of thinking less about Stalingrad" as Iraq, Libya, Syria etal have had WWII attritional fighting in urban areas. https://mwi.usma.edu/city-not-neutral-urban-warfare-hard/
The City Is Not Neutral: Why Urban Warfare Is So Hard - Modern War Institute

“Contrary to what is often supposed, urban warfare is not more difficult than other types of warfare.” That’s what a recent article published in the Texas National Security Review argues. The authors...

https://mwi.usma.edu/city-not-neutral-urban-warfare-hard/
"This essential capability on the part of the United States is dependent to a large degree upon the retention of Formosa by a friendly or a neutral power."
'Memorandum on Formosa' by General Douglas MacArthur,
14 June 1950
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1950v07/d86
"The Defence of the Empire" by Colonel Hubert Foster, Royal Engineers, Director of Military Science at the University of Sydney [December 1908]

https://www.army.gov.au/sites/default/files/defence_of_the_empire_in_australia_1908_0.pdf
The most impressive story of Regimental Sergeant Major John Clifford Lord MVO MBE of the Parachute Regiment & how he maintained military standards & bearing, including while being "locked down" as a POW in a German Stalag. http://www.ivy-style.com/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-kind.html
Eternal Shoeshine Of The Spotless Kind - Ivy Style

During the Covid-19 lockdown, the question arises for each of us: To dress properly, or not? To maintain one’s appearance, and deportment, and flair, or not? To continue to do what one does, what...

http://www.ivy-style.com/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-kind.html
For centuries, the Habsburg Empire's armies simultaneously fought the French in the west and the Turks to the south. An enormous and sustained military effort comparable only, perhaps, to the Roman Republic fighting both Carthage & other enemies. #Habsburg #AEIOU
Always interesting to see how leaders and commanders are regarded in their own time ➡️ "War Leaders Whose Stars Rose and Faded Quickly" (New York Times, 14 Sep 1919)

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/09/14/96333319.html?pageNumber=81
"Admiral of the Fleet Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe onboard HMS Superb at Constantinople in November 1918" (Philip Connard, CVO, RA)
I thought I had read everything on the British military historian Sir Basil Liddell Hart but I had no idea that he and George Orwell met up at a hotel during World War II to discuss their views and their differences https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies/article/george-orwell-on-politics-and-war/05D995593EB36FFD9E5C26A5791C4D36/core-reader
George Orwell on politics and war

Welcome to Cambridge Core

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies/article/george-orwell-on-politics-and-war/05D995593EB36FFD9E5C26A5791C4D36/core-reader
I have regularly looked at this image of this Infantry company from the US 1st Inf Div, wading ashore on Omaha Beach on the morning of 06 Jun 1944, and I notice, each time, something new....apparently two-thirds of the company would become casaulties during the landing.
Julius Caesar on "Leadership By Example" - it was Caesar's practice (followed by, inter alia, Wellington) to place himself as the commanding General at the weakest point of the Roman line and act as a human rallying point. Caesar being Caesar, it worked. #SPQR
Err...when the US/NATO deployed a large Allied expeditionary army to abut the Russian & Iranian frontiers, what did you think would happen esp post 2002? The Russians & Iranians would welcome us? They would not arm insurgents they have used for 40+ years? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says

The Trump administration has been deliberating for months about what to do about a stunning intelligence assessment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html
Hannibal: ‘commander of diversity’
"Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops clashed at altitudes up to 12,000 feet (3,600 meters) with temperatures as low as -22°F (-30°C) in the Guerra Bianca, or White War, named for its wintry theater." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141017-white-war-first-world-war-italy-austro-hungarian-mountains-history/
A Century Later, Relics Emerge From a War Frozen in Time

As WWI raged in Europe, Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops waged their own "White War" high in the frigid Alps.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141017-white-war-first-world-war-italy-austro-hungarian-mountains-history/
French Marshal Ferdinand Foch is a heroic personage: daily Massgoer, brother was a Jesuit chaplain & even with the Huns at the gates of Paris, the French Socialists did not want to promote Foch out of prejudice against Foch's faith & monarchism ⚜️🇻🇦 🇫🇷 https://warontherocks.com/2020/07/modern-war-for-romantics-ferdinand-foch-and-the-principles-of-war/
Modern War for Romantics: Ferdinand Foch and the Principles of War - War on the Rocks

There are three reasons Americans should study French military strategy. The first is that the French military has an intellectual tradition that

https://warontherocks.com/2020/07/modern-war-for-romantics-ferdinand-foch-and-the-principles-of-war/
This by @roddreher on West Point in 2020 suggests a military school that has drifted ever further from its mooring in the traditions of the Royal Military Academy and the Military School of Saint-Cyr https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/social-justice-warriors-antiracism-wokeness-comes-for-west-point/
Wokeness Comes To West Point | The American Conservative

Is the US Military Academy producing not warriors, but Social Justice Warriors?

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/social-justice-warriors-antiracism-wokeness-comes-for-west-point/
Very good doctrinal thesis on the Roman military writers and the practice of Roman warfare in the Republic and the Empire #SPQR

https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1317953/
Fascinating article (in English) on the Russian Expeditionary Force that fought with the French on the Western Front from 1916 to 1918

https://russkiymir.ru/en/publications/243389/
Given interest in correspondence of Australia's Governor-General, @AWMemorial has digitised letters of Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, Governor-General in the Great War (the 'Download' button on the lower left side next to 'Enlarge' downloads the whole PDF).
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2084605
I have compiled a thread here of the best #GreatWar talks, lectures, and documentaries, that I have listened to and learned a good deal from. 👇 https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1098056650919800832
There are, put simply, too many Fourth Class Officers in every military organisation.....note, though, the good promotion prospects of the clever and lazy officer.
17 July 1917: the British royal family's surname was by royal proclamation to be henceforth Windsor & all German names, styles and titles were relinquished. When informed of this matter, the Kaiser responded he was off to see, "The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha". #GreatWar
17 July 1917: the British royal family's surname was by royal proclamation to be henceforth Windsor & all German names, styles and titles were relinquished. When informed of this matter, the Kaiser responded he was off to see, "The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha". #GreatWar
17 July 1917: the British royal family's surname was by royal proclamation to be henceforth Windsor & all German names, styles and titles were relinquished. When informed of this matter, the Kaiser responded he was off to see, "The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha". #GreatWar
Very interesting talk General Douglas MacArthur's library, which was first ruined by the Philippines campaign & then rebuilt by MacArthur over time. The personal editions are fascinating (Montgomery & de Gaulle esp). An aspiration for all sound people.
Remarkable historical footage of Field Marshal Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf of the Imperial and Royal (KuK) Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, visiting the Italian front during the #GreatWar
Remarkable: WW1 memoir by Imperial German naval intelligence officer, Capt Franz von Rintelen, inc letter from Admiral "Blinker" Hall, head of the Royal Navy's Room 40 & an admiring introduction by Major Mason, author of "The Four Feathers" & von Rintelen's wartime adversary. BZ!
Remarkable: WW1 memoir by Imperial German naval intelligence officer, Capt Franz von Rintelen, inc letter from Admiral "Blinker" Hall, head of the Royal Navy's Room 40 & an admiring introduction by Major Mason, author of "The Four Feathers" & von Rintelen's wartime adversary. BZ!
Remarkable: WW1 memoir by Imperial German naval intelligence officer, Capt Franz von Rintelen, inc letter from Admiral "Blinker" Hall, head of the Royal Navy's Room 40 & an admiring introduction by Major Mason, author of "The Four Feathers" & von Rintelen's wartime adversary. BZ!
Remarkable: WW1 memoir by Imperial German naval intelligence officer, Capt Franz von Rintelen, inc letter from Admiral "Blinker" Hall, head of the Royal Navy's Room 40 & an admiring introduction by Major Mason, author of "The Four Feathers" & von Rintelen's wartime adversary. BZ!
Remarkable: WW1 memoir by Imperial German naval intelligence officer, Capt Franz von Rintelen, inc letter from Admiral "Blinker" Hall, head of the Royal Navy's Room 40 & an admiring introduction by Major Mason, author of "The Four Feathers" & von Rintelen's wartime adversary. BZ!
"The paternal ethos of Haig and the British officer corps was responsible for the creation of a vast organisation dedicated to the welfare of the soldier."
#GreatWar https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/field-marshal-douglas-haig-reputation-ww1-misunderstood-british-general/
Field Marshal Haig: a man much misunderstood?

Field Marshal Haig has gone down in history as the general who callously sent hundreds of thousands of Tommies to their deaths – one of the 'donkeys who led the lions'. But, through their analysis of...

https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/field-marshal-douglas-haig-reputation-ww1-misunderstood-british-general/
"Brusilov was nothing if not thorough. He was blessed with a meticulous attention to detail. Nothing seemed to escape his notice. Russian artillery units were assigned specific objectives that they were to achieve."
#GreatWar https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2020/02/04/brusilovs-wwi-breakthrough-on-the-eastern-front/
Brusilov’s WWI Breakthrough on the Eastern Front - Warfare History Network

By Eric Niderost The high command of the Imperial Russian Army, known as Stavka, met on April 14, 1916, at […]

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2020/02/04/brusilovs-wwi-breakthrough-on-the-eastern-front/
For all military historians (indeed all historians): please try and open your monograph like Norman Stone has here, albeit he has very interesting material to work with as regards the KuK
Re the Atomic Bomb debate: initial plan for invading Japan in late 1945 assumed a lodgement by 4 separate Allied Armies, heavily-opposed, to be reinforced in Jun 1946 by 4 Divisions per month. Note MacArthur's plans & estimate in official US Army history:
https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/MacArthur%20Reports/MacArthur%20V1/ch13.htm
Approximately 80 years ago, as the British Empire stood alone against the Nazis, the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, wrote a Secret memorandum to his War Cabinet on the need for "Brevity". So many of you need to read and apply this, for the sake of all of us.
Cato the Elder vs Scipio Africanus
Gracchi, Marius, Sulla.
Pompey & Crassus.
Caesar, Augustus, Vespasian, Trajan.
Justinian, Belisarius, Charles Martel, Charlemagne.

Julius Caesar was the military leader linking Rome’s Western & Eastern empires for well over a thousand years.
Superb @ForcesNews documentary on BRIXMIS: the British Commander-in-Chief’s Mission to the Soviet Forces in West Berlin during the Cold War. BRIXMIS had a significant military intelligence collection role against the Soviets deployed in East Germany.
'Major Pooh of the Headquarters Staff' #O4Mentum
This is a very interesting talk by Sebastian Junger (cf Ernst) about War and why some war veterans miss War. Opinions and anecdotes will differ. Perhaps one of many reasons is the return of War veterans to their societies has been done so badly since WW2?
"I am also concerned about the impact of those findings on those of you who served in Afghanistan and other operations and who served as professionals with pride and integrity. You did the right thing. You and your families should be proud...." https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/army-sharpens-focus-on-ethical-soldiering-amid-war-crimes-allegations/news-story/6218500519546a41c813077535d01e12
Focus on ethical soldiering amid Afghan probe

The Australian Army was focused intensely on rebuilding the cultural and ethical base of its special forces even before shocking allegations emerged that soldiers carried out multiple war crimes in...

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/army-sharpens-focus-on-ethical-soldiering-amid-war-crimes-allegations/news-story/6218500519546a41c813077535d01e12
Excerpts of a fascinating analysis by Norman Stone on the late Austro-Hungarian Army, especially the KuK’s concern for its Italian and Serb enemies & not any threat from within.
Excerpts of a fascinating analysis by Norman Stone on the late Austro-Hungarian Army, especially the KuK’s concern for its Italian and Serb enemies & not any threat from within.
Excerpts of a fascinating analysis by Norman Stone on the late Austro-Hungarian Army, especially the KuK’s concern for its Italian and Serb enemies & not any threat from within.
Excerpts of a fascinating analysis by Norman Stone on the late Austro-Hungarian Army, especially the KuK’s concern for its Italian and Serb enemies & not any threat from within.
Excerpts of a fascinating analysis by Norman Stone on the late Austro-Hungarian Army, especially the KuK’s concern for its Italian and Serb enemies & not any threat from within.
In July 1916, as the Battle of the Somme raged in France, across the English Channel, churchgoers in Kent could hear the artillery barrages of the #GreatWar that would scar that landscape forever. (via @Countrylifemag )
Open letter by serving & former Australian Special Air Service operators: "Whatever the outcome, we prefer our Regimental history to reflect hard truths over comforting fantasy. If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth" https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/sas-just-wants-the-truth-we-do-not-have-a-callous-disregard-for-human-life/news-story/3bc7f8773e90484a6ab799617afd501d
SAS soldiers speak out: we want truth

For the first time in the history of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, and after much internal deliberation, a small group of soldiers has made the collective decision to step out from the...

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/sas-just-wants-the-truth-we-do-not-have-a-callous-disregard-for-human-life/news-story/3bc7f8773e90484a6ab799617afd501d
Unknown Warrior, Westminster Abbey, November 1920

"For God, for King and country, for loved ones, home and empire, for the sacred cause of justice and the freedom of the world. They buried him among the Kings because he had done good toward God and toward His house"
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