ACG WebOps (24 March 2007)

Jim H. Moreno | March 25, 2007  | 0 comments  | Print  | E-mail

Blogs - Netcasts

Hot Gates of Thermopylae - Military History Podcast

The battle of Thermopylae was fought between 7000 Greeks under Leonidas (including 300 Spartans) and 500,000-2.5 million Persian troops under Xerxes. Xerxes had marched across the Hellespont towards Greece because he wanted Greece to become a satrapy of his and submit to his divine will by giving him earth and water. The two armies met at a 50-foot-wide pass in Northern Greece and here, a small phalanx of Greek hoplites held off wave after wave of Persian infantrymen, cavalrymen, and Immortals. The Spartans demonstrated their bravery again and again, and their lifelong devotion to military training proved to pay off.

The Air Show as Propaganda - Military History Blog on the Web

We finish the second week of our air war theme with a look at the air show as propaganda. During the Cold War the air show became another field of battle in the contest between East and West, with each new aircraft used in an attempt to prove the superiority of one bloc or the other.

Apologizing for slavery, celebrating rebellion - Civil War Bookshelf

It makes no sense to me, therefore, that a modern state which is historically, constitutionally, and legally connected to its reconstructed predecessor can take responsibility for laws or events preceding Reconstruction.

Videos

After Mein Kampf-? The Story of Adolph Hitler

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