PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXIII Karl Bolle
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXIIIKarl BolleBorn in Berlin on June 20, 1893 to a family owning a well-known dairy, Karl Bolle studied economics at The University of Oxford in 1912. While…
Infantry Doctrine-5
Infantry Doctrine-5 The Boer War revealed the next dilemma when it became obvious that the firepower of modern rifles led to a superiority of fire over movement. Translated into German military…
Gus’ Gear-Austro-Hungarian uniform examples.
Today on Gus' Gear I present a few Austro-Hungarian uniform examples. Austrian pre-war uniforms are very common due to several movie costume houses saving them for use in movies. Named…
Tore’s Tuesday-A German contract Frommer Stop.
Tore’s Tuesday. Once a again a strange and quite rare pistol. A German contract Frommer Stop.The Frommer Stop was designed and produced in Hungary and was approved for Hungarian military…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXII Hugo von Pohl
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE XXXIIHugo von PohlHugo von Pohl was born in Breslau (in Prussian Silesia) on August 25, 1855. He entered the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) as a cadet in April…
Infantry Doctrine-4
Infantry Doctrine-4 The most important changes provided by both the Lebel and the commission rifle were range and the use of smokeless powder. Almost instantly, this change made many of the…
Gus’ Gear – German corner
Today on Gus' Gear I am going to wander back to the German corner since this page focuses on WWI German history. It is obvious that Joe is not going…
Kyler’s Kaiserliche Marine Blog: Post #9: My Own Connection to World War One
Kyler's Kaiserliche Marine Blog:Post #9: My Own Connection to World War OneFor many of us, our connection to history comes from our family. My own connection to World War One…
Tores Tuesday – The Mauz Family from Burladigen.
Tores tuesday - One of so many tragedies... The Mauz Family from Burladigen.Today my blog will to some extent go beyond WWI. You will soon understand why.Once upon a time…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXI: Erich Kästner THE LAST GERMAN?…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXI: Erich KästnerTHE LAST GERMAN?Erich Kästner was the last documented World War I veteran who fought for the German Empire (including all nationalities and ethnic groups). He…
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