Quotulatiousness

October 28, 2019

Hetzer – a German mobile armoured coffin

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

Lindybeige
Published 26 Sep 2019

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The Hetzer (or Jagdpanzer 38t) – it is a “cool”-looking vehicle, and a favourite with WW2 tank enthusiasts, but was it all that great to fight in?

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October 21, 2019

The French Resistance – was it of any use to anyone?

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

Lindybeige
Published on 19 October 2016

Who organised the French Resistance? Did it ever do much?
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I had planned to say a lot more, but this should be long enough. In take one, which I had to ditch because my sound recorder packed in half-way through it (but I didn’t notice, so carried on), I talked quite a bit about Wing Commander F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas AKA “The White Rabbit” who did a lot of organising the French Resistance, and I was also planning to talk about “R.A.F. blackmail sabotage” but perhaps that will come out in another video another day. Probably not, though. Never mind – sixteen minutes should be long enough for anyone.

Many of the figures I quote were fresh in my mind because I had just read them in Dadland by Keggie Carew. Another influential book on this video was The White Rabbit about Wing Commander FFE Yeo-Thomas.

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October 6, 2019

Shieldwalls

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

Lindybeige
Published on 24 Mar 2011

This may address many of the comments I had for my spears video. Many of my theories are based on the I think fairly reliable notion that people in the past were similar to people today in that they tended towards a desire for self-preservation, and away from reckless bravery.

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September 19, 2019

Ancient technology: Saxon glass-working experiment

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

Lindybeige
Published on 9 Aug 2019

Many thanks to Victoria Lucas for inviting me along to see her experiments in medieval glass-working. Fire! Craft! Mud!
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Picture credits:

Natron deposit image
By Stefan Thüngen – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index…

Glass slab of BETH SHE’ARIM
Hanay [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…)]

Palm cup
Reptonix free Creative Commons licensed photos [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…)]

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September 7, 2019

Little Wars TV Talks to Lindybeige!

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

Little Wars TV
Published on 23 Jul 2019

Nikolas Lloyd, known on YouTube as “Lindybeige,” was a guest speaker at Historicon 2019 and we had the chance to chat with him. His eclectic military history channel is one of our absolute favorites and we had a blast in this wide-ranging interview. We ask him about his favorite generals, how he started wargaming, which Hollywood movie is most faithful to history, and much more!

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In this interview, we reference the video “The Wargamers Who Won a Real War,” about the Battle of the Atlantic. You can see that video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVet8…

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September 4, 2019

English spelling – a bit mad, but perhaps the best system around

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

Lindybeige
Published on 12 Nov 2015

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Many people think that the English system of spelling is just mad. The random quirks of history have certainly played their part, and today we have spellings that follow so many different rules that at times it can seem just random. However, here I argue that actually the fact that our spelling does not match our pronunciation is a strength, not just a weakness.

I see from the comments that several viewers have misunderstood me, and have thought that I am saying that only when people are reading English do they recognise words in the same way as we recognise faces. No, this is how people read in all languages. This being the case, phonetic spelling is not such a great advantage, since people are not decoding the words using sound, and spelling based on derivation has advantages.

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June 11, 2019

My apprenticeship as a blacksmith – forging a nail

Filed under: History, Randomness, Technology, Tools — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 06:00

Lindybeige
Published on 16 Jan 2018

Before forging my sword, I had to do an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, and make a nail. Here witness my training.

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I was a guest of The Cut and Thrust Collective – four blacksmiths who have banded together in a forge that was once known as The Forge of Avalon, in Glastonbury. There I spent most of a week, and there I forged my sword – Arnander – the making of which will be the subject of further videos.

I’m quite pleased with the amount of information I got into this video about how forging is done. It shows you several details of how to use a forge to heat metal, and how to hammer shapes into metal.

Many thanks to Joseph McDonald for inviting me in the first place, acting as cameraman, and cooking lots of bacon. Thanks too to my teacher here Thom Leworthy.

The company takes commissions for blacksmithing, and runs courses so that you can go in and make your own pieces. glastonburysmith@gmail.com

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June 3, 2019

Rant: music lessons should be FUN

Filed under: Education, Media — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Lindybeige
Published on 30 Apr 2019

Thanks to several very bad music teachers, I do not play an instrument. Somehow they managed to annihilate all the potential fun.

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May 23, 2019

The early days of the S.A.S.

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

Lindybeige
Published on 31 Oct 2017

One of the world’s most famous regiments was nearly disbanded after one disastrous mission.
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I forgot to say that David Stirling was twenty-five years old when recovering from his injury and dreaming up the future SAS. Within two years, all the major airfields within 300 miles of the front had been raided by the SAS, some of them up to four times.

The camouflage used on the vehicles of the LRDG, and later the SAS, was rose pink and olive green, and by all accounts it worked very well.

Main sources: SAS Rogue Heroes by Ben Macintyre, Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy Maclean.

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May 15, 2019

Jade of the Maya

Filed under: Americas, History — Tags: , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Lindybeige
Published on 10 Apr 2019

Guatemala – another video from my trip there, this time looking at the jade in the local museum, plus obsidian, idols, and 1970s fashion tips.

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Camera: Jeremy Lawrence (https://www.futtfuttfutt.com)

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April 25, 2019

Muzzle Brakes – what are they for?

Filed under: Military, Technology — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Lindybeige
Published on 15 Dec 2016

Those things on the end of some gun barrels – what do they do?

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A mystery that lasted for many years with me — what is the purpose of those strange things on the end of some, but far from all, gun barrels? It turns out that they are called muzzle brakes, and that I can ramble for rather a long time about them, if I let myself get sidelined enough.

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April 12, 2019

Machine-guns: light, medium, heavy, or sub?

Filed under: History, Military, Technology, Weapons, WW1, WW2 — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Lindybeige
Published on 2 Mar 2016

Machine-guns – do you know the difference between light, medium, and heavy? What is a ‘submachinegun’?
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Many people are hazy over the differences between the various types of machine-gun, and here I ramble on for ten whole minutes about the distinctions. It is a bit of a moving target, as terminology alters as technology does, but the terms used in World War Two are still reasonably current.

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For the detail-minded, don’t panic: he’s taken to task in the comments on this video for a few of the howlers you may have noticed on the way by.

March 26, 2019

Donning hoplite armour

Filed under: Europe, Greece, History, Military — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Lindybeige
Published on 28 Sep 2016

How long does it take a hoplite to get ready for action? Watch one incompetent one time himself as he dons his panoply.

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Some game systems have rules on how long it takes to put on armour. Here I give you some practical hints as to how long it actually takes. Yes, the sword and shield are just mock-ups, but the time it takes to take them up is probably about the same as the real thing.

Was this really shot in ancient Greece? No, it was a park in Gosforth, near a primary school and with aircraft flying overhead and a breeze just strong enough to create constant rustling of leaves and occasional wind noise on the microphones.

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October 30, 2018

RE: Bren vs Spandau – which was better? @Lindybeige

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

Military History Visualized
Published on 17 May 2016

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Response video, it was necessary, I like Lindybeige, but his latest video “Bren vs Spandau – which was better?” had too many errors. So here is my response to his video.

Original video posted here (and follow-up video here).

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