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December 11, 2021

Belisarius: The Battle of Rome

Filed under: Europe, History, Italy, Military — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 06:00

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Published 10 Dec 2021

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December 1, 2021

The Titanic Struggle for Reunion Island – WW2 Special

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

World War Two
Published 30 Nov 2021

It might only be tangentially relevant to the war as a whole, but the Battle for Reunion Island is not only interesting in and of itself, it serves as a microcosm for the war for the French in general. Check it out!
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November 18, 2021

When artillery became powerful enough to literally destroy castles

Filed under: Britain, France, History, Military, Weapons — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 03:00

In Quillette, Paul Lockhart recounts one of the early artillery successes in European siege warfare, the reduction of the English-held fortifications at Odruik:

Portrtait of Philip the Bold (Philip II, Duke of Burgundy), 1342-1404.
Unknown painter of the Flemish School via Wikimedia Commons.

Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, was a warrior’s warrior. Hawk-nosed, ambitious, and brash, Philip had been a soldier since childhood. He was still a smooth-faced boy of 14 when he fought alongside his father, King John II of France, in the battle of Poitiers in 1356. Like King John, he was taken prisoner by the English when Edward, the Black Prince of Wales, vanquished the French on the field at Poitiers. A decade later, the duke, always looking for an advantage over the Englishmen who had invaded his country, embraced a novel technology: gunpowder.

This mysterious Asian invention had been known in Europe for more than a century, and for nearly that long European armies had used it as a weapon of war โ€” or, more precisely, as the substance that made another recent innovation, the cannon, work. So far, gunpowder artillery had not shown great promise. Cannon had been used as siege engines in European warfare at least as early as the 1320s. But for all the trouble and effort they demanded, they had not proven themselves to be much more effective than conventional siege weapons such as catapults and trebuchets, machines that used mechanical energy to hurl projectiles at castle walls. Certainly, the early cannon did not appear to be effective enough to justify their cost, which was substantial.

But Philip the Bold saw promise in the new weapons, especially the huge siege guns that came to be known as bombards, and in 1369 he began to invest heavily in them. France and England were then locked in the on-again, off-again series of dynastic conflicts known today as the Hundred Years’ War (1337โ€“1453). In 1377, when Duke Philip’s brother and sovereign, King Charles V of France, ordered him to attack the English in the Calais region, the duke answered the call, bringing with him more than 100 new cannon, including one monster of a gun that fired a stone cannonball weighing some 450 livres (around 485 pounds).

One of the duke’s intended targets was the English-held castle at Odruik, built with stout masonry walls and surrounded by a thick layer of outworks. Odruik would be a tough nut to crack. Its defenders seemed to think so, too, and were confident that they could hold out against Duke Philip’s army, even as the duke’s men began to put their huge siege cannon into position in full view of the castle walls.

The first few shots from Philip’s siege-battery hammered Odruik’s outer walls into dust. Soon, the stone cannonballs were sailing through the walls as if they weren’t there; soon after that, the outer walls actually weren’t there. After Philip’s guns had fired a grand total of about 200 rounds, much of Odruik’s once-proud walls lay in ruin, and before the duke could send his men through the breach and into the castle, Odruik’s defenders capitulated.

Philip the Bold’s triumph at Odruik in 1377 was a harbinger of things to come, a revealer of unsettling truths. Gunpowder artillery had been used in sieges before, but Odruik was its first overwhelming and clear-cut victory over a castle. The siege of Odruik demonstrated that โ€” when the guns were big enough, and when there were enough of them โ€” cannon were more powerful than any siege engine yet invented, and could knock down castles in a matter of hours. What happened at Odruik would be repeated over and over again at castles throughout continental Europe and the British Isles through the remainder of the Middle Ages and beyond.

It was one of the accepted “rules” of war that a besieged town that surrendered before the beseiging army conducted an infantry assault would be spared from sack … the theory being that once the fortifications had been overcome, the final outcome was not in doubt and the defenders lost no honour from the surrender. You can certainly understand why the citizens of the defended town would be eager to avoid the plunder and rapine of an assaulting army once the walls were breached.

November 11, 2021

H.G. Wells – The Outline of History – The Great War

Filed under: Books, Britain, Europe, France, Germany, History, Military, USA, WW1 — Tags: , , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Thersites the Historian
Published 5 Mar 2021

In this video, we look at H.G. Wells’ coverage of World War I, from the war’s outbreak to the Armistice. Here, we see Wells at his most passionate and he makes a few controversial claims as well as sharing a couple of his personal experiences as a Londoner dealing with German air raids and celebrating the Armistice.

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November 9, 2021

Napoleonic Wars: Siege of Zaragoza (1808) – Peninsular War

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

Kings and Generals
Published 30 Sep 2018
Our animated historical documentary series on the Napoleonic Wars are back with another episode covering the Peninsular War. The armies of Napoleon face more rebellions this time in Spain. And if the battle of Vimiero was crucial for the resistance in Portugal, the Siege of Zaragoza of 1808 played the similar role for the northern part of Spain. The battle of Bailen is just around the corner, and the Peninsular campaign will only get more interesting from here.

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October 7, 2021

Tank Chats #127 | Thornycroft Bison Concrete Armoured Lorry | The Tank Museum

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

The Tank Museum
Published 28 May 2021

David Fletcher looks at the eccentric Thornycroft Bison, a concrete armoured lorry, created by the British to defend airfields in the early years of the Second World War.
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October 1, 2021

This French General Saved Strasbourg From Total Destruction During the Franco-Prussian War 1870

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

Real Time History
Published 30 Sep 2021

The symbolic city of Strasbourg had been besieged since the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War. The German siege troops are ready to breach the walls of the city and take it by storm. To avoid the destruction of the city, French general Uhrich surrenders and chooses, in his view, honor above glory.

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ยป LITERATURE
Arand, Tobias: Gestorben fรผr “Vaterland” und “Patrie”. Die toten Krieger aus dem Feldzug von 1870/71 auf dem “Alten Friedhof” in Ludwigsburg. Ludwigsburg 2012

Ders.: 1870/71. Der Deutsch-Franzรถsische Krieg erzรคhlt in Einzelschicksalen. Hamburg 2018

Chrastil, Rachel: The Siege of Strasbourg. Cambridge, 2014

ยป SOURCES
Busch, Moritz: Graf Bismarck und seine Leute vor Paris. Bd. 1. Leipzig 1878

Du Casse, Albert: Journal authentique du Siรจge de StraรŸbourg. Paris 1871

Fischbach, Gustave: Le siรจge et le bombardement de Strasbourg, Paris, 1871

Fontane, Theodor: Der Krieg gegen Frankreich 1870-1871. Bd. 2. Berlin 1874

Kriegsgeschichtliche Abtheilung des GroรŸen Generalstabs (Hrsg.): Der deutsch-franzรถsische Krieg 1870-71. II.1. Berlin 1878

Meisner, Heinrich Otto (Hrsg.): Kaiser Friedrich III. Das Kriegstagebuch von 1870/71. Berlin, Leipzig 1926

N.N. StraรŸbourg. Paris 1874

N.N. (Hrsg.): Theodor Fontane. Kriegsgefangen โ€“ Erlebtes 1870. Briefe 1870/71. Berlin (0st) 1984

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September 1, 2021

German Siege Tactics on the Eastern Front – WW2 Special

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

World War Two
Published 31 Aug 2021

German military doctrine is all about mobility and operational maneuverability, but there comes a time in this war, well, several times, when an actual classic siege is called for. So how does the Wehrmacht respond to that call? Find out today.
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August 28, 2021

An Entire French Army Trapped in Metz During the Franco-Prussian War

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

realtimehistory
Published 26 Aug 2021

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The French Army of the Rhine under Marshal Bazaine is trapped inside Metz — along with civilians and wounded over 250,000 people will need to be fed from the city’s dwindling supplies. Surrounding the city is a German Army that cannot force the Metz fortifications and opts for starving it into submission instead.

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ยป LITERATURE
Arand, Tobias: 1870/71. Der Deutsch-Franzรถsische Krieg erzรคhlt in Einzelschicksalen. Hamburg 2018

Bourguinat, Nicolas/Vogt, Gilles: La guerre franco-allemande de 1870. Une histoire globale. Paris 2020

Gouttman, Alain: La grande dรฉfaite de 1870-1871. Paris 2015

Herre, Franz: Eugรฉnie. Kaiserin der Franzosen. Stuttgart, Mรผnchen 2000

Milza, Pierre: L’annรฉe terrible. Paris 2009

Schikorsky, Isa (Hrsg.): “Wenn doch dies Elend ein Ende hรคtte”. Ein Briefwechsel aus dem Deutsch-Franzรถsischen Krieg 1870/71. Kรถln, Weimar, Wien 1999

ยป SOURCES
Bazaine, Franรงois-Achille: Episoden aus dem Kriege von 1870 und der Belagerung von Paris. Berlin 1884

Bazaine, Franรงois-Achille: Feldzug des Rhein-Heeres vom 12. August bis 28. Oktober 1870. Leipzig 1872

GroรŸer Generalstab (Hrsg.): Der Deutsch-Franzรถsische Krieg, 1870โ€“71. Bd. 1โ€“3. Berlin 1874 ff.

Historischer Verein der Hรถhen von Spicheren des 67. Kaiserlichen Linienregiments der Infaterie (Hrsg.): Das Kriegstagebuch von Clovis Hardy. Soldat im 63. Linienregiment. Deutsch-Franzรถsischer Krieg 1870/71. Vom Lager in Chรขlons bis nach Ansbach in Bayern. O.O. [Esvres] O.J. [2011]

Sternegg, Johann Khoss von: Schlachtenatlas des XIX. Jahrhunderts. Leipzig 1886

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ยปCREDITS
Presented by: Jesse Alexander
Written by: Cathรฉrine Pfauth, Prof. Dr. Tobias Arand, Jesse Alexander
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Director of Photography: Toni Steller
Sound: Above Zero
Editing: Toni Steller
Motion Design: Philipp Appelt
Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com
Maps: Battlefield Design
Research by: Cathรฉrine Pfauth, Prof. Dr. Tobias Arand
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August 20, 2021

Battle of Colombey-Nouilly – Strasbourg Under Siege I GLORY & DEFEAT Week 5

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

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Published 12 Aug 2021

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After the opening battles of the Franco-Prussian War, the German armies have suffered heavy casualties but were also able to stop French plans in their tracks. Now the French are withdrawing towards Metz and the symbolic city of Strasbourg is under siege.

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ยป LITERATURE
Arand, Tobias: 1870/71. Die Geschichte des Deutsch-Franzรถsischen Krieges erzรคhlt in Einzelschicksalen. Hamburg 2018

Mรคhrle, Wolfgang (Hrsg.): Nation im Siegesrausch. Wรผrttemberg und die Grรผndung des Deutsches Reichs 1870/71. Stuttgart 2020

Milza, Pierre: L’annรฉe terrible. La guerre franco-prussienne septembre 1870 โ€“ mars 1871. Paris 2009

Roux, Georges: La Guerre de 1870. Paris 1966

ยป SOURCES
Bodenhorst, Georges: Le siรฉge de Strasbourg en 1870. Paris. u.a. 1876

Engels, Friedrich: “Notes on the war, No. 5”, in: The Pall Mall Gazette Nr. 1712 vom 9. August 1870

Engels, Friedrich: “Der Deutsch-Franzรถsische Krieg 1870/71“. Sechzig Artikel aus der Pall Mall Gazette. Berlin (Ost) 1957

Fontane, Theodor: Der Krieg gegen Frankreich. Bd.1 und 2. Berlin 1873

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Written by: Cathรฉrine Pfauth, Prof. Dr. Tobias Arand, Jesse Alexander
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Editing: Toni Steller
Motion Design: Philipp Appelt
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June 14, 2021

How To Defend A Star Fortress Forever

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SandRhoman History
Published 13 Jun 2021

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Hoppe, S., s.v. “Festungsbau”, in: Enzyklopรคdie der Neuzeit.
Lynn, J. A., “States in Conflict 1661-1763”, in: Parker, G. (Ed.), The Cambridge History of Warfare, Cambridge 2005.
Lynn, J. A., “The trace itallienne and the Growth of Armies”, in: Rogers, C. J. (Ed.), The Military Revolution Debate. Readings on the Military Transformation of Early Modern Europe, Boulder / San Francisco / Oxford 1995.
Ortenburg, G., Waffe und Waffengebrauch im Zeitalter der Landsknechte (Heerwesen der Neuzeit, Abt. 1, Bd. 1) Koblenz 1984.
Parker, G., “The Limits to Revolutions in Military Affairs: Maurice of Nassau, the Battle of Nieuwpoort (1600), and the Legacy”, in The Journal of Military History, 71;2, 2007; S. 331 โ€“ 372.
Rogers, C.J. / Tallet F. (editors), European Warfare, 1350โ€“1750, 2010.
Van Nimwegen, O., The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688.

June 12, 2021

Normandy – 1944 | Movietone Moment | 11 June 2021

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

British Movietone
Published 11 Jun 2021

On this day in 1944, five days after the D-Day landing, the allied forces converged in Normandy. Here is a British Movietone report covering the event.

More and more reinforcements and supplies arrive in Normandy each day. In the skies Allied air power continues to bomb and strafe the enemy. Captured German film shows Rommel and von Rundstedt visiting the vast concrete fortifications on the coast which were thought to be impassable. Mr Churchill arrived onboard HMS Kelvin and was greeted by General Montgomery as he came ashore.

Cut story – Dusk or dawn shot of destroyer with sun rising or sinking in background. Sunrise with armada in fore. Yanks board LCIs. Shots of LCTs. Beached equipment unloaded. GV of activity on beach. British troops of LTC. CU Tedder on bridge of ship. GS of Ramsay & Vian. Tedder, Ramsay & Vian walk along raft into camera. Elevated shot of activity on beach, very good. Troops build airstrip, bulldozers etc. at work. Plane takes off. Camera gun – shooting up trains, transport, & other targets, several large explosions. British pass through street, Frenchmen look on. AFU – British soldiers at look-out with field glasses. Troops (Canadian or British) run through fields & wooded country. Troops through street, French clap. Army transport passes through street, directed by soldier. Yanks march through streets. POW along roads, & over beach, wade out to LCT, one attempts to pull up sock while walking. Captured German reel GS of Rommel & Rundstedt. CU Rommel. SCU of coastal guns, & various shots of fortifications, pillboxes etc. Rommel & Rundstedt walk round inspecting same, look at double barrel coastal gun. SCU of barrel of guns, & various shots of Atlantic Wall (AFU British troops knock part of “Wall” down which they have captured). Eisenhower, Marshall & Arnold on bridge of ship. GV of destroyer Kelvin at sea – very good. CU Churchill in Trinity House uniform, wearing glasses. Churchill assists Brooke with “Mae West” life jackets. Both seated on deck Kelvin at sea. CU Churchill. Kelvin passes Nelson, Ramillies & other warships also large part of armada. Churchill transfers … ships, sailors cheer as he leaves. CU Churchill. CU Smuts both very good. Churchill, Smuts & Brooke in “Duck” [DUKW]. Churchill leans over side talks to Montgomery, Churchill alights from “Duck”. Shakes hands with Monty. The above four in group on beach, walk through crowds of soldiers. AFU – Monty stands on raised platform addresses troops (silent) Monty & Churchill through crowds. Churchill with Monty & climbs into Jeep. SEE STORY NUMBER 44914/2 & 44914/3 FOR CUTS
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June 7, 2021

Germany to Strike Strongest Fortress in the World – WW2 – 145b – June 6, 1942

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

World War Two
Published 6 Jun 2021

Midway isn’t the only fight right now. Germany is trying to crack the mighty fortress of Sevastopol and take the whole Crimea. In North Africa, Rommel is routing the Allies, but in Malta the arrival of ever more fighter planes bodes well for the Allies.
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May 9, 2021

Why Siege Towers are Wrong – History and Evolution

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Invicta
Published 1 Feb 2021

The depiction of siege towers as massed, glorified troop elevators in most modern media is completely a-historic. In this video let’s reveal the true history of the Siege Tower.

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In this video we explore the history of siege warfare and in particular the siege tower. This begins with our earliest civilizations in the Fertile Crescent. It is here in ancient Mesopotamia that people like the Assyrians began to experiment with new siege technology such as the siege tower. We look specifically at the best example of Assyrian Warfare and the Assyrian army with the Siege of Lachish. From here, siege technology would spread to nearby Egypt and across the Mediterranean. The Greeks picked it up and helped push the technology forward with great application in the campaigns of Alexander the Great. The Roman Army then adopted the Siege Tower and worked to perfect its application. We then finally turn to the use of the Siege Tower in the middle ages. Along the way we cover lots of specific examples like The Siege of Alesia, The Siege of Jerusalem, the Siege of Masada and much more.

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May 4, 2021

What was the first professional army in History?

Filed under: History, Middle East, Military — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Epimetheus
Published 3 Aug 2019

The First Professional Army in History, The Ancient Assyrian Army

Sources:
The Ancient Assyrians by Mark Healy
Warfare in the Ancient World by John Hackett
A History of the Ancient Near East by Marc Van Der Mieroop

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