Quotulatiousness

February 1, 2022

US Armored Doctrine 1919-1942, Part 2

Filed under: History, Military, USA, Weapons, WW2 — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

The Chieftain
Published 29 Jan 2022

Continuing on this series of videos supporting the WW2 Channel, this is part one of a two-part look at how the US Army ended up with the armored force with which it entered combat in North Africa. https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldWarTwo

If you missed part 1… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLkJP…

Sources include:
Forging the Thunderbolt (Gillie)
Men on Iron Ponies (Morton)
Greasy Automatons and the Horsey Set (Tedesco)
A number of Center of Military History documents to include GHQ Maneuvers 1941 https://history.army.mil/catalog/pubs…
A few other things I’ve forgotten about, but the above will get you 90% of the way there.

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1939 Cavalry Journal with Polish cavalry article.
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Ancient Nian Gao | Lunar New Year Cake

Filed under: China, Food, History — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 9 Feb 2021

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QotD: Intoxication

Filed under: Britain, Humour, Quotations — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 01:00

Intoxicated? The word did not express it by a mile. He was oiled, boiled, fried, plastered, whiffled, sozzled, and blotto.

P.G. Wodehouse, Meet Mr. Mulliner, 1927.

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