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ACG WebOps (7 April 2007)Jim H. Moreno April 07, 2007 | 0 comments | Print | E-mail BATON ROUGE, La. — The day it opened, the little seminary, as it was called then, had only about five dozen students. The superintendent had traveled all the way to New Orleans to choose the mattresses and books for the students himself. The models for the place were West Point and the Virginia Military Institute, but the tiny school had no uniforms, no muskets.
AnnouncementsSociety for Military History 2008 Even though the 2007 meeting of the SMH has yet to occur, the Department of History at Weber State University is proud host the Annual Meeting of the Society for Military History, April 17-20, 2008.
Books – Movies – TVEpic WWI battle brought to life by Toronto producer – Canadian Jewish News A new TV documentary, Vimy Ridge: Heaven to Hell, by Toronto production company Yap Films, is as edifying as it is entertaining.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State A Chronological Exploration of the Largest Mass Murder Site in History.
Blogs – NetcastsOn 2 April, 1982, the armed forces of Argentina invaded and seized the Falkland Islands, compelling the surrender of its British governor and small garrison. Thus began a short, sharp, decisive little war that few saw coming and many did not believe would happen even as it was happening. Yet it ended as abruptly (and decisively) as it began, and as with all mlitary history, offers us some important lessons.
Military History Carnival: Call for Submissions The first Military History Carnival will be held at Investigations of a Dog one week today (Thursday 12th April). I’ve had a good number of submissions, but there’s always room for more.
WebOps is a weekly report linking to military history news and articles published in mainstream online media. Excerpts are taken exactly as they are on the noted source websites; quotation marks are not used. The hyperlinks are added by me as I can find them. Please visit the Armchair Forums to discuss the topics in WebOps and much more! Stay Alert, Stay Alive! Jim H. Moreno Pages: 1 2 3Help Armchair General by bookmarking to
           
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