ACG WebOps (10 February 2007)

Jim H. Moreno | February 11, 2007  | 0 comments  | Print  | E-mail

Welcome to WebOps, Armchair General’s weekly recon of links to military history news, articles, and websites. This week, discover the 10 Greatest Military Achievements, Three lessons of World War II for Today’s Generation, learn about Operation Tracer, and lots more. Clicks away!

News

Secret plan to bury soldiers alive inside Rock of Gibraltar - Belfast Telegraph

The Gibraltar chamber had the innocuous name of the "Stay Behind" Cave. But this was no game. This was a top-secret wartime mission, code-named Operation Tracer, in which six men volunteered to be buried alive in the cave if the Rock were captured by the Germans, so they could continue to monitor enemy movements.

Gettysburg Military Park among winners in proposal - pennlive.com

WASHINGTON - After years of staff cutbacks, fewer rangers to lead tours, and watching deteriorating cannons collapse from lack of repair, Gettysburg National Military Park is one of the few domestic winners in the budget proposal President Bush sent to Congress yesterday.

Slave Exhibits Stir Old Passions at Civil War Museum - Bloomberg.com

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Richmond, Virginia, whose statue-lined Monument Avenue has glorified Confederate heroes for a century, is making room for new voices to tell the story of the Civil War.

The American Civil War Center, which opened in the one-time capital of the Confederacy in October, is the first museum in the U.S. to discuss the history of the war from the perspectives of three sides — the North, the South and the slaves.

Tuskegee Airmen Wow Students at Central High School - KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia

As part of Central High School’s celebration of Black History Month, a group of America’s first black military pilots spoke to students there on Friday.

Articles

Re-enactors march through war history - Chicago Tribune

To keep the heroics of the "Lost Battalion" during World War I from fading into history, Robert Laplander dons the uniform of the doughboys and tells the story of the shell casings, razors, soap dishes and mess kits he has found in the Charlevaux Ravine of France.

Three lessons of World War II for Today’s Generation - History News Network

World War II was profoundly different from the conflict the United States currently finds itself waging in Iraq, but that titanic struggle of the mid-twentieth century does offer three valuable lessons for the leaders and citizens of today.

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