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Eccentric and Idiosyncratic Commentary on Current and Military Affairs
December 29,2025 I recently came across a previously unknown atrocity committed by the French in World War I. While reading a description of the Vivien-Bessiere Rifle Grenade, it stated that…
December 28, 2025 Thought for the Day: I was recently looking at pictures of the field uniforms of French soldiers at the beginning of the Great War in 1914 and…
Music that all Military Historians should have in their Playlist. 6/8/25 The Ten Greatest Military Marches 1. British Grenadier2. Scotland the Brave (gets Scots stomping their feet)3. Men of Harlech.…
2/20/2025 I have been seeing a nephrologist who is attempting to treat my hypertension and kidney disease. As part of the attempt to control my blood pressure the doctor prescribed…
2/12/2025 There is an old story, well known and beloved by most in the military and by military historians, and almost certainly legendary, that goes like this: Supposedly, the old…
2/6/2025 When reading an account of a military, naval, or air action, the more you read about the courage, loyalty, devotion to duty, sacrifice, or heroism of the persons involved,…
1/30/2025 There is a sort of life-cycle factor at play. Ukraine started the war with a smaller army that was better trained and much more motivated, the Russians started with…
Scott N. Hendrix, Ph.D. hendsn1@gmail.com Much of the discussion about auftragstaktik seems an example of what has been described as “Wehrmacht Penis Envy,” an infectious fetishization of the German Army…
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