We have a whole mountain range out here named after them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nivelle
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We have a whole mountain range out here named after them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nivelle
Grizz
Ever wonder why the US Civil War was fought in seried ranks against troops in fixed positions armed with accurate Enfield rifles? Because the US had observers in the Crimean war who saw Brits and French fighting that way.
If it was good enough for the 'big boys', ergo .....
Generals perpetually fight today's war with the tactics of the last.
Many people consider the American Civil war to have been the first modern war of any significance. Much use of the industrial technology including aerial observation. The dependence on extensive logistical support and coordination and rapid maneuver over broad fronts. Many lessons learnt at Gettysburg alone
"Ever wonder why the US Civil War was fought in seried ranks against troops in fixed positions armed with accurate Enfield rifles?"
Most of the US Civil War Generals ( North & South) were taught Napoleonic Linear Tactics at West Point, that is what they knew and that is what they used.
Most of the US Civil War Generals ( North & South) were taught Napoleonic Linear Tactics at West Point, that is what they knew and that is what they used.
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Certainly that's what they were taught and not all the lessons from the Napoleonic wars were bad ... the lessons from Wellingtons effective use of the reverse slope 'defence' allowed the Union to persevere at Gettysburg; but I dont recall a Napoleonic use of the telegraph for rapid communication (and more effective command and control), the use of rail to provide extensive logistical support from northern factories to the battlefield, the use of rifled weapons that permitted accurate indirect artillery fire (among other uses) on the battlefield that could be corrected by aerial observation. I also dont recall reading of Napoleonic era use of mines to deny commercial shipping and interdict naval maneuver. Thats what I was referring to when I said 'modern' (a relative term to be sure)
Wow!
That dazzle painting looks sharp, is it coming back as standard or just a one off
I remember when the frigate and helo replacement programs started, i was still living on the east coast
What a ton of money got poured into those schemes
That dazzle painting looks sharp, is it coming back as standard or just a one off
I remember when the frigate and helo replacement programs started, i was still living on the east coast
What a ton of money got poured into those schemes
Looking at those ships reminded me of this story. You don't mess with a polar cruise ship, even if you are a Venezuelan gun boat.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52151951
Grizz
Thread in News Digest regarding this incident.
HMCS Regina and HMCS Moncton painted in dazzle camouflage schemes in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Battle of the Atlantic.
Very nice schemes but I wonder if they were trying to accurately depict wartime Canadian warship cam schemes. If so they are way off base other than 'maybe' approximating some River class destroyer schemes in 1942-ish.
As a kid I used to always walk around this one in Sarnia Ontario - glad to see they restored it 5 years ago...
Spectators dotted Germain Park Tuesday afternoon as the Canadian Forces Snowbirds flew overhead.
The fly-by was in honour of work done to restore the Golden Hawk Sabre jet, on display in the park; it also marked Battle of Britain Day. The Golden Hawk jet, once part of a Golden Hawks aerobatic team that predated the Snowbirds, was returned to its pedestal in Germain Park this spring after a two-year restoration project.
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A little off topic but I figured since we're on page 1934, I would share a terrifying photo published in the year 1934.
The Surgeon's Photograph [Published in the Daily Mail: April 21st, 1934]
A little off topic but I figured since we're on page 1934, I would share a terrifying photo published in the year 1934.
The Surgeon's Photograph [Published in the Daily Mail: April 21st, 1934]
The Edsall class destroyer USS Fiske (DE-143), broken in two after having fallen victim to a torpedo from the Type IXC/41 U-804, on August 2, 1944.
My grandfather served aboard the Fiske ( Gearing class destroyer DD-842, the successor of the stricken vessel pictured above) back in the late 50s and early 60s, until just after the Cuban missile crisis was over. It a shame it ended its life as a destroyer in the Turkish navy however.
