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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,…

Saxe-Altenburg

Post author:joerookery
Post published:October 27, 2019
Post category:States

Saxe-Altenburg(1813-1871: Sachsen-Altenburg) The Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, a German state in Thuringia since 1602, was a member state of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866. After the Austro-Prussian War, when the…

Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Post author:joerookery
Post published:October 27, 2019
Post category:States

Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt(1813-1871)The Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, a German state in Thuringia since 1711, was a member state of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen originally were joined by…

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Post author:joerookery
Post published:October 26, 2019
Post category:States

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen(1813-1871)The Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, a German state in Thuringia since 1697, was a member state of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866. After the Austro-Prussian War where she allied…

Frank’s machine gun Friday –1

Post author:joerookery
Post published:October 25, 2019
Post category:Frank's Friday Machine Guns

This blog was written by Dr. Frank Buchhholz. German Machine Guns – Development, Tactics and Use from 1892 to 1918 “The artillery shapes the battlefield—machine guns defend it!” This sentence…