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Actually, they succeeded. This was Anatolia before the First Crusade: This was after it: So the First Crusade was actually a major success. Byzantines basically retook all the areas they were aiming to retake: only the interior of Anatolia remained Turkic, and while they definitely wanted to...

https://historyandwarfare.wordpress.com/2022/02/13/pacific-war-10-marshalls-gilberts-raid/ When attacking the Pearl Harbor, Japanese focused all their attention on the battleships. It is unknown why the Japanese command, which had spearheaded the usage of carriers as a main tool of attack, had...

Pacific War 9 – Japanese Conquest of Indonesia – History and War (wordpress.com) After all the previous successes, it was clear that the Japanese will not stop and that Indonesia was next in line. It was also very clear that a piecemeal defense had absolutely no chance of success. This led to...

https://historyandwarfare.wordpress.com/2022/02/03/hs-produkt-vhs-2-assault-rifle/ VHS-2 assault rifle was developed and produced by HS Produkt, a privately owned company best known as a designer and manufacturer of the well-known HS pistol line. The company in fact started with design of the...

https://historyandwarfare.wordpress.com/2022/01/30/pacific-war-8-fall-of-guam-and-wake/ Fall of Guam Introduction On 11th June of 1931., the Secretary of the Navy ordered Guam’s Governor to demilitarize the island. This move was in reaction to Japanese military activity in Manchuria, seized...

Any chance it might get a towed jammer or a deployable jammer similar to BriteCloud?

This is normal behavior for a hegemonic power in decline, I think. Washington just needs to learn how to accept a multipolar world.

https://historyandwarfare.wordpress.com/2022/01/23/pacific-war-7-invasion-of-philippines/ Background and Forces US forces Philippines, rich islands which United States owned ever since the US-Spanish war, were important to Japanese for many reasons. They were a rich source of raw materials...

It is not just that. The main reason for failure of the campaign lay in internal British politics: Churchill was a naval politician in what was predominantly land war. Naturally, he sought to increase the standing of his office in political terms - and this was the reason behind most of his...

https://historyandwarfare.wordpress.com/2022/01/09/pacific-war-6-battle-of-hong-kong/ Preparations for the attack on Hong Kong started on Saturday 6th December 1941., when a large number of Japanese civilians left the colony following instructions from Tokyo. Japanese were already on the move...

https://historyandwarfare.wordpress.com/2022/01/02/pacific-war-5-conquest-of-malaya-and-singapore/ The Action off Endau The loss of Prince of Wales and Repulse brought an effective end to the naval portion of the campaign. Only British naval presence were light RN units, but these were focused...

Europe is not unified. It has EU, but EU is an administrative hellhole that tends to lock itself out of the loop, and is also more interested in pushing leftist globohomo agenda than actually doing anything for security of Europe. If it is just EU, Russia has nothing to be afraid of.

I was actually thinking more like actual literature, as in books. Though that blog is excellent, but I have already read it...

https://historyandwarfare.wordpress.com/2021/12/30/war-is-a-consequence-of-intelligence/ Violent competition is normal in nature. Contrary to the idealistic assumption of peaceful cows, herbivores will kill anything they perceive as a threat, competition or merely an annoyance. One of world’s...

Is there anything on history of use of war elephants in India?

I was not talking just about Afghanistan. Wherever NATO goes, chaos follows.

That song actually inspired me to write the post.

https://historyandwarfare.wordpress.com/2021/12/25/christmas-truce-of-1914/ Christmas Truce of 1914 is one of true yet hard to believe war stories. In the midst of heavy fighting during World War I, there was a brief time of “peace on earth and good will toward men”. This event happened on the...