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Lend-Lease Is A Hot Topic: This Month's Book Review Offers One Historian's Take On How It Was Done During World War II

Submitted by SteveMerc

on Mon, 05/09/2022 - 14:56

Lend-Lease is certainly in the news given the ongoing shipment of weapons from NATO countries into the Ukraine. This isn't the first time this was done. Author Vladimir Kotelnikov's Lend-Lease And Soviet Aviation In The Second World War offers a superb look into the delivering, modifying, and employing in combat of the various Allied aircraft shipped to the Soviet Union.

Given current events it is hard to find a more timely look at how much effort is involved in arming another country with war material at the same time it is actually engaged in conventional warfare against a peer

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The War in the Ukraine On The Eve of the Battle For The Donbas

Submitted by SteveMerc

on Tue, 04/19/2022 - 18:52

Russian artillery fire and air attacks have intensified in the Donbas region. It appears the next phase of the war has begun. This will be the most important battle of the war.

By all accounts, the bulk of the Ukrainian army's best troops are located in the east (at least 40,000 men if not more of the most experienced, best equipped, and best led soldiers). If the Russians can encircle these forces, then most of the Ukraine east of the Dniepr will be open for the taking.

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The Best Available Sources Regarding The Military Situation in The Ukraine

Submitted by SteveMerc

on Sun, 03/06/2022 - 00:43

The footage coming out of the Ukraine is truly overwhelming. The ubiquity of smart phones and social media have enabled all of us to see things happening in real-time that previous generations couldn't imagine. However, that is not to say the information we are being presented is as consistently accurate. In fact, from the perspective of trying to understand in an operational military sense what is happening on the ground...well, let's just say that's another story.

There are alot of agendas being pushed. This creates a distorted view of the military situation in the Ukraine.

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Interested in Assault Guns? Then Check Out This Month's Book Review

Submitted by SteveMerc

on Wed, 02/16/2022 - 16:00

This month's book review delves into StuG Abteilung 191. The book provides rich insight into the German usage of assault guns during the Second World War, all while paying attention to the kind of details that other works may overlook.

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January's Book Review Just Went Live!

Submitted by SteveMerc

on Mon, 01/31/2022 - 21:02

This month I reviewed Special Forces and Vietnam Veteran Ed Wolcoff's book Special Reconnaissance and Advanced Small Unit Patrolling. This is a great book, providing an invaluable look at what it means to have to fight and survive in some of the most lethal circumstances imaginable - something anyone with even a passing interest in these matters should understand. You can check out the full review here.

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