ACG WebOps (24 June 2007)

Jim H. Moreno | June 24, 2007  | 0 comments  | Print  | E-mail

The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), also known as Saddam’s Qadisiyyah, the Holy Defense, and the Iraqi-Imposed War, had a devastating effect on both participants. The war features many attacks and counterattacks, though in the end, nothing changed.

The Ticonderoga Staff Ride - Pt 2 - Blog Them Out of the Stone Age

Given the rich history of the fort, we could have addressed a number of operations, especially the 1758 defense of the fort (then called Fort Carillon) by the Marquis Louis Joseph de Montcalm against a determined and very bloody assault by forces under James Abercromby. Instead we examined Ticonderoga’s role in the opening phase of the Saratoga campaign in 1777.

The Road To Moscow - The Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast #23

In this episode we explore the political events that resulted in Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812, the tragedy that formed the central events of Tolstoy’s War and Peace and which saw Napoleon raise the largest army in history up until that time, 500,000 - 700,000 men (historians vary on exactly how many there were).

Arado Ar 80 and Focke-Wulf Fw 159 - Military History Blog on the Web

Two less well known German aircraft are the Arado Ar 80 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 159, two fighters designed to the same specification as the Messerschmitt Bf 109.

Seven Years’ War: Battle of Plassey - about.com: Military History

June 23, 1757 - 4,400 soldiers of the British East India Company defeat 50,000 men under Nawab Siraj Ud Daulah of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey. Fought during the Seven Years’ War, the Nawab was assisted by the French and had some French troops with his army. Conflict with the Nawab began in 1756, when his troops captured Fort William and Calcutta, and was welcomed by the Company which sought to expand their power in India.

The Business of Civil War - Civil War Medicine (and Writing)

When one is interested in a relatively un-studied aspect of the Civil War as I am - that is, the intersection of military history and business history - you treat the appearance of a book on the subject with great interest. So it was for me when I noticed an entry for Mark Wilson’s The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861-1865 (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2006) in a list of "Just Received" books in The Civil War News.

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