MilStack Saturday (10 August 2024)

The best articles on military subjects I read in the past week

Carl Röchling Unser Heer (1890)

Most of the articles included in this list rolled off the presses (so to speak) in the past seven days. A few, however, may be older pieces that I discovered in the week that ends today.

Naval Doctrine III

‘the ability of the British and Americans to execute opposed amphibious assaults at scale in World War II was … the culmination of a centuries-long tradition’

The Battle of Lepanto

This was the last time that such a grand scene would unfold on the blue waters of the inner sea; afterwards the waters would more and more belong to sailing ships with broadside cannon.

The Mighty Matilda

… is the best ‘biography’ of a particular combat vehicle I have read in a very long time.

Normandy Turns Eighty

… and we have yet to learn some of the most important lessons of World War II

Eric Harden VC the Commando Medic

… combined courage, ingenuity, and judicious disobedience

The End of the Word Truth

… mentions neither Boyd nor Clausewitz. Nonetheless, it manages to be both … you guessed it … brilliantly Boydian and cunningly Clausewitzian

Signals Along a Transmission Line

… tells a tale that teaches valuable lessons in both physics and humility

Dear Captain Wormwood... III

“First and foremost, focus on fostering a culture of exclusivity.”

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