IR 169: Blog 21, 21 May 2020: Juvincourt, 1917 (Part II); Trench Raid
IR 169: Blog 21, 21 May 2020: Juvincourt, 1917 (Part II); Trench RaidIntroduction: The previous Blog 20 focused on IR 169’s defense of the Juvincourt trenches in April – May…
IR 169: Blog 21, 21 May 2020: Juvincourt, 1917 (Part II); Trench RaidIntroduction: The previous Blog 20 focused on IR 169’s defense of the Juvincourt trenches in April – May…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE XX: Gottlieb von JagowGottlieb von Jagow was born in Berlin on June 22, 1863. He was a German diplomat who served as the state secretary of the German…
The Steps to Becoming an Active Officer The steps to becoming an officer were aimed at ensuring that the right personnel were accepted. As with all things related to commissioning,…
Today on Gus' Gear I present the third installment of handguns. I will cover Great Britain, France, Belgium and The United States. Next week I will start on some of…
IR 169: Blog 20, 14 May 2020: IR 169 at Juvincourt, 1917 (Part I)Introduction: In Blog 20, we are resetting the time clock up to spring, 1917. For background, Blog…
This episode of Tores Tuesdays is named “Shackled to a corpse”The term, attributed to Ludendorff, was probably not expressed in that way by him, but he would probably agree wholeheartedly.The…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE XIXHermann von FrançoisBorn January 31, 1856 in Luxembourg to a noble family of Huguenot extraction, Hermann von François was exposed to a military life from an early age.…
A RESPECTED GERMAN WHO FOUGHT IN CHILE!! 🇩🇪🇨🇱Gerhard Otto Magnus Ludwig von Rantzau Count Von Moltke. ( Was born on 13 August 1851, in the Grand Duchy of Holstein, then…
The Officer Corps-3 The striking thing about the German officer corps is its youth. Far younger than any of their western counterparts, many officer aspirants were only 17 years old. Young…
Today on Gus' Gear I continue with the second installment of handguns, starting with Austria and Hungary, moving on to Italy, Russia, Japan and a couple of the neutral countries.…