History, Politics And Current Affairs

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Considering what else occurs on this day, it turns out to be a little bit of an unpleasant one.

Reading up on 1978, even if the same teams qualify, there is no guarantee that Scotland will get the same draw of Peru, Iran (still Persia in DE) and the Dutch, as there will likely be a different qualifying 16 (if for no other reason than the absence of separate Austria and Hungary). Looking at tha...

Narvik June 26th 1940 As Leutnant Unglückselig stood waiting on the dockside for his turn to embark upon the ship that would carry him across to England, captivity, and safety, he finally remembered the French phrase he had been trying to remember through the day. Coup de main . The 2nd and 3rd Moun...

It is quite within the realms of possibility for them to win further World Cups, to go with 1966, at some stage from 1978 forward. It isn’t the same England team in terms of the media or supporter culture as was brought up by Jotun back in 2016 or so. History of the DE World Cup to date: 1970: Brazi...

1974 World Cup Qualifiers: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, USA, India, Australia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Austria-Hungary, USSR, England Final 8: Brazil, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Poland, England, Soviet Union, Argentina Group A: Germany, Brazil, England, USSR...

Never fear; that is being saved up for a World Cup being played in the USA at some point in the 80s. Unless it hasn’t been obvious, I’m not really into soccer at all; as a code of football, it only ranks above gridiron for my tastes. I have no driving motivations for England to win anything, rest as...

Looking ahead to 1974: - The world bounces back from the 1973 recession - Britain, Canada and the USA start to deal with the beginnings of an energy glut - Some things begin to shift in Africa on at least four fronts - A variety of new ships, aircraft, weapons, television programmes, films and books...

I do find the comparative study of different NATO armies, divisions and their armaments/TOE a bit interesting, so this is an exercise made for my warped little mind. It does show three distinct approaches to a broadly similar tactical challenge and opposition; the French have a different one again, ...

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Louie, I can absolutely see that. The IRL Army did have a different path from 1991-2005 to the TLW one, which essentially follows the same ~1989 orbat with some updating of equipment and a few minor changes, such as the shift from 45 Warriors to 36 for armoured infantry battalions. Fully manning tho...

Apart from highlighting the differing TOE of the British and US Armies (with US armoured having 6/4, mech 5/5 and British armoured having 5/4) the above clearly shows: - The effect of additional artillery brigades at Corps level - The much greater allocation of attack helicopters in US corps A US co...

Already did that for you in the General Discussion thread: Totals from the orbat would be: 1 British Corps: 4 x MLRS regiments (72) 9 x AS-90 regiments (280, as one has 24 guns vs 32) 3 x FH-70 regiments (72) 12 x Chally 2 armoured regiments (768) 3 x Scimitar “ACRs” (192) + 96 with armoured regts (...

I'm trying to do some research on basic training/military recruit training for some writing and have a number of queries for the brains trust: 1.) How long would a basic training/boot camp last for in the 1950s-1970s period in the USA and Britain respectively? My understanding is that it is 10 weeks...

I haven’t come across that, thanks. The thing in DE is that Bond is a genuine person in and of himself, having previously made an appearance fighting Nazi dinosaurs in the Congo and tracking Count Dracula. Funny we mention Bond, as he is with the other battalion. This one has the elf Celebheth, whic...

Warsaw had seen infrequent RAF overflights since The Event, with highflying Lancasters and Windsors cruising in the wild impartial skies above the Polish capital even as it suffered under the Nazi jackboot. Each night, the BBC could be heard on the wireless sets hidden in homes across the shattered ...

A little issue that will come up in Part 5 is the @ Duke of Windsor and wife at Biarritz. In DE, he died as PoW in 1930, without there being an abdication crisis, so some of the bad blood isn’t there; it has the makings of a strange reunion, particularly with a living Prince John being part of the D...

Something in between shooting an over large rat that wandered into your backyard with a battery of M110s and that great childhood game of “Stop hitting yourself.”

That happened quite a while ago, in both worlds. What is now following isn’t really war.

June 25th Cape Gris-Nez The night was silent, yet although all was dark, all was certainly not calm. Leutnant Unglücklichesziel sat huddled in his latest foxhole and tried to will himself to sleep. Every hour for the last ten days, there had been the guns, the awful, huge Tommy guns. Sometimes the ...