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#13 - Discussion on Turning Points in Military History Jun 09, 2018

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In this podcast Justin (M.A. in Military History) and me (M.A. in History, M.Sc. Computer Science) talk about "turning points". Do they make sense? What could be a turning point? Are they useful? What are the problems? And many other aspects we take a look at various battles and wars, e.g., Stalingrad, El Alamein, Napoleon's Invasion of Russia, Barbarossa, Solomons, Midway, etc.

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Stahel, David: Operation Barbarossa and Germany’s Defeat in the East

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Milner, Marc: Battle of the Atlantic

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Citino, Robert M.: The German Way of War. From the Thirty Years’ War to the Third Reich. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2005.

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Citino, Robert M.: The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943

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Parshall, Jonathan B.; Tully, Anthony P.: Shattered Sword. The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. Potomac Books: United States, 2007.

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Prados, John: Island of Destiny. The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun. Dutton Caliber (Reprint Edition), 2013

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Erickson, John: The Road to Stalingrad

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Case Blue: "Road" to Stalingrad - Combat Effectiveness 1941 vs. 1942

Why was Napoleon so effective?

Cavalry Combat & Tactics during Napoleon

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#12 - Canada in the Second World War May 26, 2018

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In this Podcast we talk with Jesse a Canadian Historian about the role and contribution of Canada in the Second World War. This will cover resources, manpower, prisoner of war camps, training, industrial production, the naval war and many other aspects. Additionally, various aspects are compared to the First World War as well.

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#11 - Controversy?! Calling the Bismarck an advanced Warship in 1940 May 19, 2018

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Recently I did a video on Why the Bismarck didn't shoot down any of the Swordfish bi-plane bombers when it was attacked by 15 of them. Link to the Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTO3JagV8gE

The Intro line of the video was:

The German battleship Bismarck was one of the most advanced warships at its commission, yet during its first operation it was struck critically by Fairey Swordfish bi-plane bombers, which look quite archaic and old-fashioned.

In this episode Justin (Master in Military History) and I will discuss the statement and several aspects around Warship Construction, Naval Warfare, Context, Ship Classes like Iowa, Yamato, North Carolina, Treaty regulations and all the other stuff that matters.

Minor corrections by Justin can be found here: https://twitter.com/CBI_PTO_History/status/997889346073055232

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Friedman: Naval Anti-Aircraft Guns & Gunnery [Thank you Martin!]

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#10 - F-16 Weapons Troop on Guns, Bombs, A-10 and everything else May 12, 2018

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Cover Image Credits: An F-16 Fighting Falcon flies a mission in the skies near Iraq. The F-16s are from the 35th Fighter Wing "Wild Weasels", Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby)

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#9 - Chieftain on Tanks May 04, 2018

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This one is also available as video with us sitting in front of a Flak Tower in Vienna and showing various Tank Models as overlay and also showing quotes for some of the sources and important corrections here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Z2eV72iv4

Link to Chieftain’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp4j9Y9L6jie44iZroCb99A

A talk with Nicholas “Chieftain” Moran the military historian for Wargaming America / World of tanks and me. (Note: this was a private meeting). We talk about Shermans, Panzer IIIs, Panzer IVs, US Tank Crew Losses in World War 2, Guderian, Doyle, Liddell Hart, dust signature, tank bites, logistics, tactics, operations, Patton, intelligence, North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, Iraq, Zombies and a few other topics that crossed our minds. All in front of a Flak Tower (Command Version) in Vienna, Austria.

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Herrera, Geoffrey L.: Inventing the Railroad and Rifle Revolution: Information, Military Innovation and the Rise of Germany. In: The Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 27, June 2004, p. 243-271

Army Air Forces Statistical Digest, World War II

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a542518.pdf

Operation Think Tank – Question on Influence of Liddell Hart & Guderian (timestamped)

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Pöhlmann, Markus: Der Panzer und die Mechanisierung des Krieges: Eine deutsche Geschichte 1890 bis 1945 (Zeitalter der Weltkriege)

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Citino, Robert M.: The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943

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Corum, James S.: The Roots of Blitzkrieg. Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform

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Markus Pöhlmann

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Frieser, Karl-Heinz: The Blitzkrieg Legend

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Estes, Kenneth W.: Marines Under Armor: The Marine Corps and the Armored Fighting Vehicle, 1916-2000

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Thayer, Thomas C.; Daddis, Gregory A.: War Without Fronts – The American Experience in Vietnam

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» REFERENCED RELATED VIDEOS «

2:31 - Captain Billotte's Wild Ride - The Battle of Stone

3:16 - Why Barbarossa failed - German Blunders

9:24 - Oh My God - The Stuart is on Fire

25:10 - Panzer Tactics - "Blitzkrieg" Years

38:56 - Heinz Guderian: Myth & Reality

53;14 - Did Hitler Delay the Me 262?

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#8 - Tank Kill Claims & Actual losses with Tank Archives Apr 28, 2018

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In this episode Peter from Tank Archives and me talk about Tank Kill Claims & Tank Losses in World War II and also the Korean War.

Tank Archives - Blog

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2013 International Conference on WWII - Kursk The Epic Armored Engagement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6xLMUifbxQ

Tank Archives: Claims in General

Tank Archives: German Tank Losses

Aleksey Isayev, The End of Army Group North Ukraine

William Platz May 1973 issue of AFV G2 magazine

https://tankandafvnews.com/2015/07/03/from-the-vault-differences-in-counting-tank-losses/

Soviet Tank Losses

Soviet Tank Losses vs. Repairs

German Kill Claims - Sledgehammers: Strengths and Flaws of Tiger Tank Batallions in World War II (review)

Tank Archives: Cheating at Statistics across Fronts

Tank Archives: British intelligence on the German operation in Kerch

Barbarossa - Why the Soviet had so many Losses? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8VcEw3Zno

Hill, Alexander: The Red Army and the Second World War

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Zetterling, Niklas; Frankson, Anders: KURSK 1943 – A Statistical Analysis

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Pöhlmann, Markus: Der Panzer und die Mechanisierung des Krieges: Eine deutsche Geschichte 1890 bis 1945 (Zeitalter der Weltkriege)

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Jentz, Thomas L.: Panzertruppen – The complete guide to the Creation & Combat Employment of Germany’s Tank Force – 1933-1942

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#7 - Soviet War Plans during the Cold War with TacError Apr 21, 2018

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In this episode TacError and I talk about Soviet War Plans during the Cold War. This includes there approach to warfare, there assumptions about NATO strengths & weaknesses and other elements.

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Donnelly, Christopher. Red Banner: The Soviet Military System in Peace and War. Coulsdon: Jane’s Information Group, 1988.

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Donnelly, Christopher. “Warsaw Pact Perceptions of the Correlation of Forces.” In NATO in the Fifth Decade, edited by Keith A. Dunn and Stephen J. Flanagan. Washington D.C.: National Defense University Press, 1990.

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Dick, Charles. J. “Catching NATO Unawares: Soviet Army Surprise and Deception Techniques,” International Defence Review, 1 (1986): 1–26

Faringdon, Hugh. Strategic Geography: NATO, the Warsaw Pact, and the Superpowers. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 1989.

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Hines, John. "How Much is Enough for Theater War? - The Soviet Military Approach to Sufficiency of Conventional Forces in Europe." In NATO-Warsaw Pact: Conventional Forces Balance: Papers for U.S. And Soviet Perspectives Workshops. Washington D.C.: GAO, 1988.

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#6 - Represenation of World War 2 in Hearts of Iron IV (and III) Apr 07, 2018

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Justin, who has a Master in Military History, and me (Military History Visualized) talk about the representation of the Second World War in the game Hearts of Iron IV (and III).

Important Links:

»» My Video on the complexity of both World Wars, especially in terms of Manpower, Coal and Food. ««

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Brown, Ian: Logistics. In: Winter, Jay (ed.): The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume II. The State

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Supple, Barry: War Economies. In: Winter, Jay (ed.): The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume II. The State

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Prost, Antoine: Workers. In: Winter, Jay (ed.): The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume II. The State

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Ziemann, Benjamin: Agrarian Society. In: Winter, Jay (ed.): The Cambridge History of the First World War, Volume II. The State

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Fear, Jeffrey: War of the factories. In: Geyer, Michael (ed); Tooze, Adam (ed): The Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume III. Total War: Economy, Society and Culture.

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Collingham, Lizzie: The human fuel: food as global commodity and local scarcity. In: Geyer, Michael (ed); Tooze, Adam (ed): The Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume III. Total War: Economy, Society and Culture.

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Miller, Michael: Sea transport. In: Geyer, Michael (ed); Tooze, Adam (ed): The Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume III. Total War: Economy, Society and Culture.

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Edgerton, David: Coal, iron ore and oil in the Second World War. In: Geyer, Michael (ed); Tooze, Adam (ed): The Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume III. Total War: Economy, Society and Culture.

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Lesser, Ian I.: Resources and Strategy

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#5 - Russo-Japanese War: Interesting Observations & Tidbits with Justin Mar 24, 2018

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Some basics and a bit more on the Russo-Japanese War. This includes Siege of Port Arthur,Battle of Liaoyang , Land Campaign beyond Port Arthur, Battle of the Yellow Sea, Battle of Tsushima strait and some interesting biographical details

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Connaughton, Richard: Rising Sun And Tumbling Bear: Russia's War with Japan

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Warner, Peggy: The Tide at Sunrise: A History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05

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Corbett, Julian S.: Maritime Operations in the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905: Volume One

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Corbett, Julian S.: Maritime Operations in the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905: Volume Two

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#4 - MG34 vs. MG42 - Design, Firing Experience etc. talking with a Collector Mar 10, 2018

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In this podcast I talk to Phil, who owns an MG34, MG42, Bren, Thompson, PPsh43 and quite some other guns. He also has a lot of experience shooting them. Thus, we talk about common misconceptions and myths. Additionally we also talk about the Bren, Thompsons etc.» RELATED VIDEOS «King Tiger: Why NO MG-42, but MG-34?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Rka0k1Wp0Hip-firing the MG-34? Büllshit or Historically Accurate?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOVEXBeA-eI

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