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September 3, 2018

WW2 – September 1 1939 – The Polish German War

Filed under: Europe, Germany, History, Japan, Military, WW2 — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

World War Two
Published on 1 Sep 2018

When Germany invades Poland on September 1 1939, the world is already at the brink of a new world war…

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September 1, 2018

Cribs – Introducing the WW2 set and our producer Astrid

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

TimeGhost History
Published on 29 Aug 2018

Indy and Astrid chat about the WW2 and The Great War sets, and we take a brief look at the nation of Tannu Tuva!

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August 31, 2018

World War 2 in Real Time w. Indy Neidell Starts Tomorrow 1 Sep 2018

Filed under: History, Military, WW2 — Tags: — Nicholas @ 11:29

TimeGhost History
Published on 31 Aug 2018

This is it! The moment we’ve been working up to all year is here – time for Indy and Spartacus​ to tell what has gone on and what will happen!

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August 29, 2018

Out of Context: How to Make Bad History Worse | World War 2

Filed under: Australia, Britain, Germany, History, India, Japan, Military, USA, WW2 — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Knowing Better
Published on 5 Mar 2018

Churchill was a genocidal maniac. The Japanese were rounded up into concentration camps. FDR let Pearl Harbor happen. When you take history out of context, you can make it say whatever you want – including making bad things worse.

A long list of links to sources is included, but I’m too lazy to re-link ’em all, just go to YouTube to see them. Back in 2009, I did a short fisking of Pat Buchanan’s hit-piece on Churchill’s “reponsibility” for the outbreak of WW2.

August 27, 2018

Critique of a retro-futuristic battleship design

Filed under: History, Military, WW2 — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 05:00

At Naval Gazing, a bit of informed criticism of a September 1940 Popular Mechanics article on the future of battleships:

I recently ran across the following spread from a 1940 edition of Popular Mechanics. It’s an interesting study in the way that outsiders get warship design very, very wrong.

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August 25, 2018

Swedish Antiaircraft Artillery: Bofors 40mm Automatic Gun M1

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

Forgotten Weapons
Published on 24 Aug 2018

Note: In the video I mistakenly describe this as a two-stamp NFA gun. It is actually deactivated, and thus does not require a tax stamp. Sorry for the mistake!

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The Swedish Bofors company developed their 40mm antiaircraft gun in the 1930s, and it would go on to be one of the most successful weapon designs in modern history. Used by both sides in WWII and in all theaters, improved versions of the 40mm Bofors gun continue to serve in military front lines to this very day. In the US, they comprise part of the armament on the AC-130 Spectre gunships, for example.

This particular gun is a WW2 vintage piece, made in Sweden. Most of the examples used by the United States were made under license by Chrysler, the car company. Something like 60,000 were produced during the war, mostly for naval use. These guns would be a mainstay of American vessels’ air defense against Japanese Kamikaze attacks.

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Why was Italy so Ineffective in WWII? | Animated History

Filed under: Economics, Europe, History, Italy, Military, Technology, WW2 — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Armchair Historian
Published on 27 Jul 2018

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Sources:
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer
Fascist Italy’s Military Struggles from Africa and Western Europe to the Mediterranean and Soviet Union 1935-45, Frank Joseph
Hitler’s Italian Allies: Royal Armed Forces, Fascist Regime, and the War of 1940-1943, MacGregor Knox

August 21, 2018

The StuG III – Germany’s deadliest AFV

Filed under: Germany, History, Military, Technology, WW2 — Tags: — Nicholas @ 02:00

Lindybeige
Published on 31 Jul 2018

At Bovington Tankfest, there were three Stug III assault guns for me to have a look at. Naturally, I looked at all three.
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Thanks to The Tank Museum at Bovington for the invitation.

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August 19, 2018

The Dieppe Raid, from Canada at War, 1962

Filed under: Cancon, France, History, Military, WW2 — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

piddflicks
Published on 19 Aug 2012

An excerpt from the brilliant 1962 series Canada At War by the National Film Board of Canada focusing on the disastrous raid on Dieppe, 19 August 1942, where more than two-thirds of the 6,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or taken prisoner.

August 16, 2018

Three Great British Wartime Deceptions

Filed under: Africa, Britain, History, Italy, Middle East, Military, WW1, WW2 — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Lindybeige
Published on 15 Aug 2018

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Tales of Gallipoli and the Dardanelles in World War One, El Alamein in WW2, and of the extraordinarily successful failure that was Operation Camilla in East Africa. One man with terrific hair rambles for over half an hour about ruses of deceit against the enemies of the Empire.

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August 10, 2018

What’s So Great About Casablanca? Ask a Film Professor.

Filed under: Africa, History, Media, WW2 — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 02:00

ScreenPrism
Published on 19 Dec 2016

We all know Casablanca is a great movie — but what makes it great? We talked to film professor Julian Cornell about why Casablanca is one of the classic love stories in cinema.

August 8, 2018

Malta’s Hand-Hewn Bomb Shelter Tunnels

Filed under: Europe, History, Italy, Military, WW2 — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Forgotten Weapons
Published on 7 Aug 2018

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During World War Two, the Grand Harbor in Malta was the most-bombed place in the world, under aerial bombardment for two full years because of its position as a central Mediterranean base for British air and sea forces. While these attacks were focused on the harbor facilities, most of the island’s population lived right in the same area, and civilian casualties during the war were substantial. In an effort to safeguard the population, a vast number of underground bomb shelter tunnels were dug.

The island of Malta is mostly relatively soft limestone, and the Maltese are quite experienced in working it, after millenia of quarrying limestone to build structures and digging it out to make cisterns and wells. This allowed an otherwise enormous project to be successful – using mostly hand tools, enough shelters were dug to safely house the entire at-risk population. Many of these shelters and shelter complexes are open to the public today, including the system under the Malta At War Museum, which we are visiting today…

I am grateful for the Malta Tourism Authority’s assistance in helping to make this visit and video possible!

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August 7, 2018

Flying Tanks! Tetrarchs and Locusts

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Technology, USA, WW2 — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Lindybeige
Published on 31 May 2018

Bovington Tank Museum, and The Chieftain again – ten minutes on the topic of air-portable tanks of World War Two.
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It is possible that (some?) Tetrarchs had holes in the sides of the turret for a drawstring that could pull the trigger of the smoke projector from inside the turret. However, you really wouldn’t want the rifle cocked and ready to fire unless you were just about to use it. White phosphorous is dangerous stuff and you would make no friends by setting it off by snagging your belt on the string as you climbed in the tank.

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Many thanks to The Chieftain, my co-presenter, and to The Tank Museum at Bovington.

Two ideas have been posted in the comments for the name ‘Tetrarch’. One is that it has four equally-sized wheels on each side (which guide the tank, a bit like four rulers guide an empire). The other is that there was a very famous racehorse called ‘The Tetrarch’ that died in 1935. The tank was not designed originally for air-drops, but was presumably meant to be fast, so that makes sense.

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August 6, 2018

OSS “Stinger” Covert Cigarette Guns

Filed under: History, Military, USA, Weapons, WW2 — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Forgotten Weapons
Published on 16 Jul 2018

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During World War Two, the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) was the primary US clandestine operations organization. It was responsible for making all sorts of unique weapons, including these “Stinger” cigarette guns. They were single shot disposable .22 Short pistols.

The first pattern was contracted and manufactured entirely by the OSS, and 25,000 of them were manufactured early in the war. They proved to have a myriad of minor to moderate problems, though, including failures to fire and burst barrels. A second version was produced by the Ordnance Department in 1944, with a strengthened and improved design, and 25,500 of those were made.

I have not found any documentation of these being actually used, but then again not much documentation exists on the use of any OSS weapons. These sorts of things were often provided to infiltration agents who might never be heard from again, or dropped to partisan or resistance groups who weren’t exactly writing field reports on their gear.

Many thanks to the collector who provided me access to these!

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August 4, 2018

Forgotten History: Vercors – the Climactic Battle of the French Resistance

Filed under: France, Germany, History, Military, WW2 — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Forgotten Weapons
Published on 31 Jul 2018

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The imposing heights of the Vercors Massif form a very impressive natural defensive position in the southeastern corner of France. It was here that the French Resistance had its largest set piece battle against German occupation forces, in the summer of 1944.

Plan Montagnards originally called for several thousand Allied paratroops to be dropped into Vercors when the landings in Normandy and Provence took place. The Provence landings were pushed back many weeks, however, and the Resistance forces streaming onto the plateau were left almost entirely on their own. One large airdrop of supplies and a single American OSS combat team were all the reinforcement they received.

French Maquisards repelled German probing attacks for about 6 weeks until in late July the final German offensive against the plateau came. It would see nearly 20,000 troops, units of tanks, glider-borne paratroops, and reserve mountain troops in a well coordinated assault that soundly defeated the lightly-armed resistance fighters.

Today we are on the plateau itself, and we will follow the battle across several specific sites, including the glider landings at Vassieux, the last stand of Section Chavant, the destroyed village of Valchevrière, and the hospital at Le Grotte de la Luire.

Want to see some original footage of these fighters taken in the weeks before the battle? It actually exists, and you can see it here: https://youtu.be/zoq7QREIgB8

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