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Veterans Day and the Vietnam Era Air Crews of the USS Constellation (CV-64)

Submitted by SteveMerc

on Wed, 11/12/2014 - 02:11

Known as "America's Flagship" and one of the fastest ships in the Navy (in spite of her 82,538 ton full load displacement), the USS Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk Class Supercarrier whose crews served in some of the most important US military engagements of the Cold War era and the decade that followed. Commissioned on October 27, 1961 and decommissioned on August 6, 2003 the "Connie" (as she was known by her crews) is probably best known for her service during the Vietnam War. The Connie is being towed to the scrapyards as of this post's writing.

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USS Constellation (CV-64)

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Remembering the Great War with Operation War Diary

Submitted by SteveMerc

on Fri, 10/17/2014 - 18:37

By Bryan J. Dickerson*

In the summer of 1914, the Great Powers of Europe plunged into the first of two calamitous world wars. This year, as part of the efforts to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Great War, the National Archives of the United Kingdom, the Imperial War Museum and Zooniverse have teamed up for Operation War Diary. The goal of this online archival project is to open up greater access to records of the Great War for historians and the general public.

Launched earlier this year, Operation War Diary provides a unique opportunity for historians, archivists and

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100 Year Anniversary

First Battle of the Aisne

Second Battle of Passchendaele

First Battle of Ypres

1st Battalion Royal Highlanders

BEF

Field Marshall Sir John French

Major Lord George Stewart-Murray

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

2nd Lieutenant W. R. Bucknall

Operation War Diary

Imperial War Museum

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Waffen-SS Armour In Normandy Book Review Published

Submitted by SteveMerc

on Tue, 10/14/2014 - 22:12

I just finished Norbert Szamveber’s Waffen-SS Armour in Normandy. The book review can be found here.

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Book Review

Norbert Szamveber

Waffen-SS Armour in Normandy

Panzer V

Panzer IV

Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer

12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend

Kriegestagebuch

SS-Panzer Regiment 12

SS-Panzerjager Abteilung 12

Steven Mercatante

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Tomb of the Panzerwaffe Book Review Published

Submitted by SteveMerc

on Fri, 10/03/2014 - 15:11

I just finished Tomb of the Panzerwaffe: The Defeat of the Sixth SS Panzer Army in Hungary 1945 and really enjoyed it. You can read the full review here.

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Book Review

Tomb of the Panzerwaffe

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1/Black Watch on the Aisne

Submitted by SteveMerc

on Tue, 09/16/2014 - 20:08

By Bryan J. Dickerson*

This week marks the 100th Anniversary of the First Battle of the Aisne, a pivotal battle which marked a major transformation in the nature of fighting on the Western Front during the First World War. Among the many German, French and British units that fought on the Aisne River was the 1st Battalion / Royal Highlanders.

After the outbreak of war, German armies swept through Belgium and across the French frontier in accordance with a plan commonly named for Field Marshall Alfred von Schlieffen, former Chief of the Imperial German Staff.

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100 Year Anniversary

First Battle of the Aisne

1st Battalion Royal Highlanders

BEF