Kyler's Kaiserliche Marine BlogPost #3: SMS Von der TannLength: 171.8 metersBeam: 26.6mDraught: 8.13 mDisplacement: Designed - 19,370 tonnes / Full Load - 21,300Armament: 8 28cm L/45 SK Guns Twin Turrets,…
Uh, oh... Tuesday again, and therefore a new blog for Tore’s Tuesday... No rest for the wicked.I have already taken you to Germany’s ally, the crumbling and dusty Austro-Hungarian empire.…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXVFranz von PapenTHE ARISTOCRATFranz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, Erbsälzer zu Werl und Neuwerk was born into a wealthy family of Westphalian Roman Catholic aristocrats on…
One-Year VolunteersA one-year volunteer (OYV) had to equip himself with rations, quarters, uniforms, and equipment). He had to pay also for a horse (if needed) or had to pay into…
Today on Gus' Gear I present another personal history of the Great War. Frank K. Frankenfield was a Cadillac automobile mechanic before the United States entered the war in 1917.…
A Pause in the Thursday IR 169 PostsBlog 26, the final segment of the Winterberg series, marks a break from my IR 169 posts. I have enjoyed communicating the experiences…
Kyler’s Kaiserliche Marine BlogPost #2: Weapon - 15cm/45 GunThe venerable Krupp 15cm/45 guns were the principal main or secondary armament of most of the Kaiserliche Marine dreadnoughts, battlecruisers, light cruisers,…
Right, Tore’s Tuesday once more.This time we will be visiting the Austro-Hungarian empire, and have a tiny peek at one of the many consequences of WWI. Many tend to think…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE XXIVOtto Liman von SandersFAMILY AND RISE THROUGH THE RANKSOtto Viktor Karl Liman von Sanders was born on February 17, 1855 in Stolp (now Słupsk, Poland) in the province…
Carabineros de Chile it’s the police force in my country. The presidential guard between 1900 and 1925 used this beautiful pickelhaube with a Condor on the top, that is represented…