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Welcome to WebOps, Armchair General’s weekly recon of links to military history news, articles, websites, and more. This week includes info about a new BBC TV military history program, a look at two Civil War books, and the recent discovery of a World War One veteran’s camp. Clicks away!

News

Researcher finds site of WW1 vets’ tent city – The Sentinel Online

What a delicate operation it must have been for surgeon Charles Albert Lubrecht. Several times, the Army captain almost ended up in a stockade in breach of military protocol. But his story is part of a quirk in local history involving a rest camp for soldiers, a nine-hole golf course and the generosity of a local shoe tycoon.

Work continues to account for 88,000 servicemembers still missing from past wars – Fort Hood Sentinel

The Families of more than 88,000 fallen troops continue to suppress the “what if” thoughts in the backs of their minds as they await news of what happened to their loved ones who were taken prisoner of war or were listed as missing in action since World War I. The vast majority are World War II veterans, but about 1,200 still are unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. Hundreds more, much like Michael Schafernocker, were known to be dead, but their remains have not yet been found.

Snow boys on military history – The Sun Online

SWINGOMETER king Peter Snow never thought he would present a show alongside his 28-year-old son Dan, but that’s what’s happened with BBC2’s forthcoming 20th Century Battlefields.

Articles

The Roman Military Diet – about.com: Ancient / Classical History

We’ve been led to think that ancient Romans were mainly vegetarian and that when the legions came into contact with the European barbarians they had trouble stomaching the meat-rich food.

Who are the American Gold Star Mothers? – Veterans Today

A History of one America’s Most Respected Veterans Services Organization

D-day: The Sixth of June 1944: The Largest Sea Borne Invasion in Military History – Associated Content

With Adolph Hitler’s Stranglehold on the Entire European Continent Tightening It’s Grip, the Invasion of Normandy HAD to Be a Success. This is the Story of that Great Military Campaign

Blogs – Netcasts

American academia in retreat on military history – Covenant Zone

Rich Lowry offers an article today at Town Hall, suggesting that such knowledge and the life lessons one can learn therefrom, may be becoming a thing of the past.

Great Moments in Military History – Bark Bark Woof Woof

Get Your NC History Fix!!! – Dallas Report

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