December 1944. The Nazis were on the advance, punching through Allied lines in what was to become the Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945). The Germans' initial attack included 200,000 men, 340 tanks and 280 other tracked vehicles. Between 67,200 and 125,000 of their men were killed, missing or wounded. For the Americans, 610,000 men were involved in the battle, of whom 89,000 were casualties, including 19,000 killed. By 21 December the Germans had surrounded Bastogne, which … [Read more...]
The Little Rock Nine & 101st Airborne Division
SEPT 2 - 24, 1957, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANASAS - The LITTLE ROCK NINE were a group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Democratic Party Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of the Republican Party President Eisenhower. This is American History - not “Negro” … [Read more...]
No One Messes With America’s M1 Abrams Super Tank
The M1 Abrams main battle tank has been the mainstay of the U.S. Army’s armor branch for more than thirty years. Heavily armored, powered by a gas turbine engine and equipped with a powerful 120-millimeter gun, the M1 has proven an adaptable tank capable of fighting from the rolling hills of southern Germany to the deserts of Iraq. And yet the tank appeared to be a failure at first, caught in a tug-of-war of competing, varied interests that threatened to sink the project completely. In the late … [Read more...]
USAF – Inexpensive, Capable, Ground Attack Aircraft?
May 6, 2017: The U.S. Air Force, faced with tight budgets and overwhelming evidence that smart bombs and UAVs get the job done more effectively and cheaper than manned aircraft are looking at obtaining new version of Vietnam War era ground attack aircraft like the OV-10 and the A-1 Skyraider (nicknamed "Spad", after a famous World War I fighter). The A-1 was one of the inspirations for the 1970s A-10 but was a lot cheaper to build and operate and quite effective before cheap smart bombs became … [Read more...]
Naval Air: Medium vs. Large Carriers
Although the U.S. Navy carrier fleet has shrunk to ten CVN type 100,000 ton carriers, this is being made up somewhat by the construction of ten 41,000 ton LHD/LHA helicopter carriers that are capable of carrying up to twenty F-35B vertical take-off fighters. The design of these mini-carriers began with the eight Wasp class LHDs. The last of these amphibious assault ships (Makin Island, LHD-8) entered service in 2009 and was followed by two more that had some drastic modifications that led them … [Read more...]
Japan Commissions Largest Warship Since World War II – 20,000 Tons
JS Izumo (DDH-183) As John McClane once said "Welcome to the Party Pal!" Very important that Japan leaves it’s reluctance to project military power behind. And the Japanese are unhappy and very aware of the recent lack of support from the Obama Administration, and it's appeasement of Chinese interests. All the while the world is becoming a much more dangerous place – we can use all the help we can get. China and Russia are threatening Japanese islands and territorial possessions – and plans … [Read more...]
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