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Defence and Freedom: Eastern Front, Late 1941
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The most unique MilBlog". This blog is about the defence against external threats and about the defence of civil liberties. Most topics are about the art of war, military history or military technology. More here. Eastern Front, Late 1941. The typical writings about the German army on the Eastern front at the end of 1941 focus on the harsh winter weather and insufficient winter equipment (clothing, lubricants, skis). 1) Loss of mobility. Great many draught horses were lost during OP Barbarossa and had to...
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Defence and Freedom: Mirage 2000 tests new Indian highway
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The most unique MilBlog". This blog is about the defence against external threats and about the defence of civil liberties. Most topics are about the art of war, military history or military technology. More here. Mirage 2000 tests new Indian highway. It's a weird way to show the quality of a road construction project to the public, but I'm grateful for the video because it shows to the public how narrow a road suffices for an auxiliary runway. The usual videos about exercises on German Autobahnen. Azeri...
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Defence and Freedom: August 2015
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The most unique MilBlog". This blog is about the defence against external threats and about the defence of civil liberties. Most topics are about the art of war, military history or military technology. More here. Some people just love. All things naval. The uniforms, the ships, the navy in general. They just love. More about the navy fans; I suppose many readers know about the German Flottenverein. There was a second Flottenverein. It lobbied for a battlefleet, and a (tiny) battlefleet it got. I kid you...
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Defence and Freedom: Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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The most unique MilBlog". This blog is about the defence against external threats and about the defence of civil liberties. Most topics are about the art of war, military history or military technology. More here. There's every year the same ritual: Questions whether the two nuclear bomb attacks were justified. Every year people think about the same two options - nukes or invasion. And that's bollocks. The Japanese didn't fight for U.S. surrender in 1945. They fought for moderate peace terms. Real Time w...
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Defence and Freedom: December 2014
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The most unique MilBlog". This blog is about the defence against external threats and about the defence of civil liberties. Most topics are about the art of war, military history or military technology. More here. Swedish test video of 1951 comparing Swedish light tank, Panther, Sherman and Churchill. The video is pretty much a Sherman bash and Panther praise. This may explain why they never bothered to buy surplus Shermans and introduced Centurion tanks later. Hat tip to Nigel Wells). Surrender of Japan...
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Defence and Freedom: January 2015
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The most unique MilBlog". This blog is about the defence against external threats and about the defence of civil liberties. Most topics are about the art of war, military history or military technology. More here. Quoteworthy lines from KoW. Let us stop for a moment to reflect that a former Vice Presidential candidate (.) and a distinguished military hero have cheekily joked at the idea of killing Moore. Why? Defence and freedom@gmx.de. Edit: related 2011-11 Sniping: History and Theory. The warring count...
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Skip to main content. Turkish Incursion into Northern Syria Signals Turning Point in Anti-ISIS Fight. Turkey is unraveling America’s anti-ISIS partner in northern Syria in order to position itself as a major power broker in planned operations to retake Raqqa City. ISW at the 2016 Concordia Summit. Afghanistan Partial Threat Assessment: August 28, 2016. Iraq Control of Terrain Map: August 25, 2016. Iraq Situation Report: August 23-30, 2016. ISIS's Campaign in Europe: July 16-August 18, 2016. ISIS’s networ...
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Defence and Freedom: Why military budgets are this big
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The most unique MilBlog". This blog is about the defence against external threats and about the defence of civil liberties. Most topics are about the art of war, military history or military technology. More here. Why military budgets are this big. The current discussions about what conditions Greece has to meet to get more money of other people for its needs provide yet another natural experiment (or anecdote) on the necessary size of military budgets. Obviously, the NATO and EU allies. Long story, smal...
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