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https://twitter.com/bazaarofwar/status/1879972004293669175In the American market, the two most popular topics by far are WWII and the Civil War. The reasons are obvious: the scale, personal connection, US involvement, etc. But there's another reason they continue to draw more scholarly and professional military attention...
https://twitter.com/bazaarofwar/status/1878668176101368295Every Venetian army was accompanied by two officers called provveditori. This is sometimes translated as “commissioner” or “commissary”, as they oversaw army administration of the army. But they also had a political and strategic role.
https://twitter.com/bazaarofwar/status/1796695380517667109The Rappahannock runs 300 km through northern Virginia, flowing past Fredericksburg midway between Washington and Richmond. Although not especially wide, it has a few features that made it a natural military frontier between North and South.
https://twitter.com/bazaarofwar/status/1783940378279698729If grand strategy is the use of a country’s resources to protect & further its interests, who defines its interests? Even *formulating* grand strategy involves political wrangling—much easier in a small state where everyone’s livelihood depends on the sea.
https://twitter.com/bazaarofwar/status/1778627012954915182The North Africa campaign of WWII is the much more famous of these. It saw the exploits of three of the most famous commanders of the war—Rommel, Montgomery, and Patton—as well as some of the most dramatic back-and-forths. But what were Axis objectives there?
https://twitter.com/bazaarofwar/status/1770633419199811875The Crusaders’ great strength was the mounted charge: a line of heavily-armored knights lowering their lances and advancing as one. This was extremely effective especially against the more lightly-armored soldiers they encountered in the East.
https://twitter.com/bazaarofwar/status/1743341907453865991This was partly in response to an interesting RUSI paper on the future of armor in the British Army, looking at the survivability of individual platforms. Equally important is to look at how armor fits in with the entire combined-arms scheme.
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https://twitter.com/bazaarofwar/status/1630403282379186176This ferment originated in France in reaction to her defeat in the Seven Years' War.