ACG WebOps (15 July 2007)

Jim H. Moreno | July 15, 2007  | 0 comments  | Print  | E-mail

The British Empire is the largest (14.1 million square miles) and most populous (532 million people) empire in history. It is the reason why English is one of the world’s most important languages, why 1/3 of the world drives on the left, and why much of the world uses the parliamentary system. Another testament to its power is the fact that one of its former colonies, the United States of America, is the current hyperpower.

Unexpected Progress - Investigations of a Dog

It’s been a long time since I wrote anything about my First World War digitization projects, but I now have some progress to report: today I published an interim version of Sandall’s History of 5th Lincolnshire Regiment. It’s still a work in progress, and there’s a lot more to be done, but you can see it here. It’s just a plain HTML version (and not strictly valid HTML), and the whole text is on one page (at least it makes it easy to search the whole text with your browser’s Find feature!), there’s no name linkage yet, no page images online, and no mechanism for submitting corrections. However, even in this form it should be useful to people who are researching the battalion and can’t get hold of the original book. More details on what I’ve done and how I’ve done it below.

Civil War: War in the East, 1863-1865 - about.com: Military History

We wrap up our overview of the American Civil War with a look at the last two years of fighting in the Eastern theater.

WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier

This blog is made up of transcripts of Harry Lamin’s letters from the first World War. The letters will be posted exactly 90 years after they were written. To find out Harry’s fate, follow the blog!

Why Military History Matters - Blog The Out of the Stone Age

Michael Robbins, editor of Military History magazine, has kindly given me permission to reprint this article, which appeared in the May 2007 issue.

COMMEMORATIONS - Wales- World Nation

Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones (Plaid cymru) will represent Wales at ceremonies around Ieper (Ypres) in Belgium on July 12 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the 3rd Battle of Passchendaele.

This Week In Military/Aviation History: 9 - 15 July - Warbirds Online

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