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Halen 3-German forces

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 8, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 3-German forcesWhen discussing German cavalry units, there is a myriad of names. For instance, at the Battle of Halen were Husaren, Dragoner, Ulanen, and Kürassiere. The Germans operated so…

Nov 8: The standard machine-gun of the German army: MG 08

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 7, 2019
Post category:Frank's Friday Machine Guns

Nov 8: The standard machine-gun of the German army: MG 08 In 1906-07, the formation of a machine gun company with “old type” equipment (meaning the MG 01 with Type 06…

Halen 2

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 5, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 2 Today the battlefield is still pretty pristine. It is much today similar to how it was in 1914. There has not been a huge amount of urban encroachment,…

Halen 1

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 5, 2019
Post category:The Battle of Halen

Halen 1 one. Why was Halen?On the far right wing of the Moltke's attack there were as a grand total of three cavalry divisions. One of those three was still…

Life in a Garrison Town

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 4, 2019
Post category:Officers

This book written in 1902-3, was banned in Germany, and the author found himself the object of courts martial. The book was banned as it "libeled superior officers." True, but such…

Tactical Symbols

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 3, 2019
Post category:Army in general Great General Staff

Tactical symbolsThis is a very short synopsis of the German Tactical Symbols used on maps at the very start of the war in 1914. These morphed over time, however the…

Nov 1: The beginning with Sir Hiram Maxim’s guns: MG 99 and MG 01

Post author:joerookery
Post published:November 1, 2019
Post category:Frank's Friday Machine Guns

This blog is written by Dr. Frank Buchholz Nov 1: The beginning with Sir Hiram Maxim’s guns: MG 99 and MG 01 In 1888 Hiram Maxim presented the latest product…

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Post author:joerookery
Post published:October 29, 2019
Post category:States

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha(1815-1871: Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha)Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Saxe-Gotha became a combined double state in 1826 named the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. In addition to the two almost equal sized parts, there were a number of…

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Post author:joerookery
Post published:October 28, 2019
Post category:States

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach(1813-1871: Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach)The Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, a German state in Thuringia since 1566, was a member state of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866. The Saxe-Weimar family was the…

Saxe-Meiningen

Post author:joerookery
Post published:October 28, 2019
Post category:States

Saxe-Meiningen(1813-1871: Sachsen-Meiningen)The Principality of Saxe-Meiningen, or more correctly Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen, a German state in Thuringia since 1680, was a member state of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866. In 1826,…