ACG WebOps (26 November - 2 December 2006)

Jim H. Moreno | December 04, 2006  | 0 comments  | Print  | E-mail

Blood spilled at river crossing - FayObserver.com

Roy Parker, military historian for The Fayetteville Observer newspaper serving the civilian community surrounding Fort Bragg, North Carolina, here writes about that states’ Tory War in 1781.

Re-enactors share more than history - The Daily Herald

Personal story profiling a couple of re-enactors who took part in commemorating Gen. John B. Hood’s marching of his Army of Tennessee from Winstead Hill to the Carter House in Franklin, Tennessee, 142 years ago. Notice the article has his name written as John Hood Bell…

Announcements

Military History Circle - The Great War: Myth and Memory

"Dr Todman will examine the changes in British popular beliefs about the First World War from 1914 until the present day. He will highlight the shift from the complexity and variety of wartime experience to the small number of shared myths present today. He will point out the range of factors that have affected British beliefs, but will focus on the ways in which different generations of Britons have used myths about the war to understand the present. "

Military History Circle- Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany & Japan

"Britain and the USA carried out a massive bombing offensive against the cities of Germany and Japan in the course of the Second World War, which ended with the destruction of Hamburg, Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was the bombing of civilian targets justified by the necessities of war? Or was it, in fact, a crime against humanity?"

Speaker to discuss plight of Jews in WWII military - mlive.com

"Deborah Dash Moore, a history professor and director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, will discuss struggles and prejudices faced by the half-million Jews who served in the U.S. armed forces during World War II at a 7 p.m. talk Sunday in Temple Beth El, 5150 Calkins Road."

Blogs - Netcasts

The Battle of Narva - about.com: Military History

"On November 20, 1700, as a blinding snowstorm raged, Charles XII of Sweden defeated a Russian army that was nearly five times his army’s size — and all within two hours."

Guerrilla Warfare-I (the Sikhs) - Military History & Fiction

"The history of the Sikh Gurus and their faith is not relevant to this post—all that needs to be said is that their conflict with the Mughals rose on political grounds and developed into a military conflict."

Battle of Talana Hill (Second Anglo-Boer War) - Military History Blog on the Web

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