Civil War Museum.

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With some images from a field trip to the Civil War Museum, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA!

"Kenosha Civil War Museum."

"The Civil War Museum is like no other Civil War museum in the country. The museum focuses on the Civil War from the perspective of the people of the seven states of the upper middle west: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. These seven states sent over one million men to serve in the Union army while providing much of the food and raw materials necessary for the northern states to carry on the war."

I recommend this museum highly, without qualification or reservation. If you are in the vicinity of Kenosha, Wisconsin, a visit is well worth the effort.

In particular, manikins as on display representing soldiers of the era very well done, extremely so. Very life-like and presented in realistic and believable postures and poses!

To the images:

This is an officer? The man has dirty brogans! Is that a bottle of liquor I see on the table?

Troops playing cards. Soldiers of slovenly appearance, not attending to their battle kit, cleaning their weapon, practicing marksmanship, drill and ceremonies!

Thief being punished. Sit on the "horse" for a day or so.Painful and humiliating.

The American Civil War was not the first war to be photographed. Merely images made more often than during prior conflicts. Soldiers of the time were fond of being photographed. In the background you can see the thief on the "horse".

Wounded and sick soldiers convalescing in a hospital. Women surprisingly were not thought to be adequate for the task of nursing! More soldiers died during the war from disease and just plain illness than killed in battle.

Yankee troops in winter quarters. Warfare during the period of the American Civil War ordinarily came to a halt during the winter. Fodder for the horses while on the march insufficient or of poor quality.

Chaplin from a Yankee unit on his way home in the aftermath of the war. That figure does look life-like. A lot of attention to detail.

Veterans aged now taking the salute. The man on the right obviously suffering from crippling injury of some sort. Amputation of limbs quite common during that period.

Also find at the museum a variety of presentations in the form of a notional newspaper: "THE WESTERN INDEPENDENT" the topics: "ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE UPPER MIDDLE-WEST"

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Kony LRA.

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As seen at Strategy Page "On Point" an article by Colonel Austin Bay as dated March 29, 2017 the subject of which is Joseph Kony.

We have not heard of Joseph for a while now. Efforts to catch the man and run him to ground unsuccessful. Joseph on the loose and very dangerous,

"Kony 2017: The Facebook World Didn't Catch Him"

"In October 2011, the Obama Administration ordered 100 U.S. special operations troops to deploy to central Africa to help African and U.N. forces capture Joseph Kony, the psychopathic commander of the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army [LRA]."

"Kony is an evil man. Note the present tense: is, not was."

. . . .

"It's 2017. Kony continues to evade capture. Last week, the U.S. military announced it would end its anti-Kony operation. Since 2011, it cost the U.S. somewhere between $600 million and $800 million."

AT LEAST SIX FULL YEARS OF AMERICAN MILITARY RESOURCES BEING BROUGHT TO BEAR ON THE SUBJECT TO NO AVAIL! THIS ALL IN ADDITION TO PRIOR FUTILE EFFORTS TO EITHER ELIMINATE OR BRING THE VILLAIN TO JUSTICE.

More or less now Joseph seen as a nuisance and a hindrance and not as an existential danger? That is the perception? Joseph seems to lead a very charmed life and we have NOT heard the last of him? I fear it is so!

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Biologics.

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Bio-luminescent oceanic organisms as a means of anti-submarine warfare [ASW]. Who would have thought it!

"How the Navy Tried to Turn Bio-luminescence Against the Soviets"

Cold-War research that never came to fruition!

"For decades, during the Cold War, both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. had a military interest in bio-luminescent organisms, which use a chemical reaction to produce a brief glow when they’re stimulated. The light of tiny ocean creatures had revealed on occasion the locations of submarines in World War I, and both militaries imagined that they might be able to use this natural phenomenon more systematically in anti-submarine warfare."

. . . .

"By the end of the Cold War, neither side had succeeded in turning bio-luminescence into a strategic advantage, though . . . The light-sensing technology wasn’t quite good enough to be of use; distinguishing bio-luminescence sparked by whales or schools of fish from bio-luminescence from submarine movement proved difficult."

Technology of the period not able to discriminate between a large animal [a whale] or a large group of animals [a school of fish] passing through a mass of "bio-luminescent oceanic organisms".

Such a method to detect submarines today might be possible given modern and advanced optical instruments? Who knows if this research continues?

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Sweden MP.

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DECADES!!

 This is only a drill, be not alarmed!

 Thanks to Internet web site Sputnik for the article!

If an when a general world war [or even a regional war in Europe] occurs the Swede is determined to be ready. Preparations continue at an almost fevered basis?

"Swedish MPs Hold First War Drill in Decades Amid Security Concerns"

"In line with Sweden's somewhat hectic war preparations, manifesting itself in a rollback to a draft army and serious military budget hikes, the Swedish parliament has held its first war drills in two decades."

"The drill was held in an undisclosed location in near Stockholm, where the selected MPs [members of Parliament] rehearsed their actions to replace parliament if . . . war declared."

THE CIVILIAN GOVERNING APPARATUS TRAINED AND READY, PRACTICED AND KNOWING WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. PARLIAMENT NOT NECESSARILY REPLACED BUT FUNCTIONING IN A DIFFERENT MANNER IN RESPONSE TO THE EXIGENCIES OF WAR!

Everyone make ready and now!

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Inequality.

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The great leveler? Inequality as in the sense of economic inequality! That disparity of wealth between the richest and the poorest in a society extreme, often exceedingly so!

Thanks to the First Things blog and the entry by Peter J. Leithart copied to a great extent in entirety.

"War and Inequality"

"Inequality can be reduced, but historically, 'only four things . . . cause large-scale levelling'"

ONE OF THOSE FOUR THINGS BEING WAR!!

"During the twentieth century, inequality was reduced largely through war: 'mass-mobilization warfare was the defining underlying cause of the unprecedented decrease in inequality seen across much of the Western world between 1910 and 1970 (though the merry old Great Depression lent an unusual helping hand). By demanding sacrifice from all, the deployment of national resources on such a scale under such circumstances provides an unusually strong case for soaking the rich. . . . Income taxes and property taxes rose spectacularly during both world wars (the top income-tax rate reached 94% in America in 1944, with property taxes peaking at 77 percent in 1941). Physical damage to capital goods slashed the assets of the wealthy, too, as did post-war inflation. The wars also drove up membership in trade unions—one of the war-related factors that played a part in keeping inequality low for a generation after 1945 before it started to climb back up in the 1980s'.”

Understand also that while the rich become poor [or poorer], the poor do not necessarily become rich, or even wealthier for that matter. Just that the gap become the most wealthiest and the poorest folks becomes LESS!

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September 1944.

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From that recent edition of the "World War II" magazine as extracted

"DOWN, NOT OUT"

"FIRE FOR EFFECT" BY ROBERT M. CITINO

"By September 3, Patton's Third Army crossed the Meuse River and headed for the Moselle. The view from the other side was depressing. Roads out of France were choked with German soldiers and superfluous occupation bureaucrats. Scenes of panic erupted everywhere, with columns jostling for position. Fights broke out among unkempt German soldiers drunk on looted cognac. It was the death of an army, or at least that's what the Allied thought."

"What they didn't see - - couldn't see - - was what was happening underneath. Yes, the Wehrmacht was in a tailspin, but it was already recovering its equilibrium. New divisions were rushed to the front, made up of men from rear areas and offices - - even the lightly wounded from the hospital. The High Command sent up to 100,000 new men to France in the first half of September. Military police cleared roads, restored order, and in some cases executed deserters."

The German general officer Model in command. Model the master of the defense and containment of the breakthrough offensive! Model in particular as with many other German senior commanders also proficient at constituting ad hoc units that when fighting defensively were able to give a good account of themselves. As was the case at Metz. Patton stymied for three months by German units under-manned, under-equipped, and under-trained. But well-led and still very dangerous under the correct circumstances.

German military police!! Chain Dogs! Wearers of the gorget. See previous blog entries regarding the Chain Dogs!

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/10/feldgendarmerie.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/09/strafbattalion.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/01/der-landser-ii.html

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Cromwell!

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From that latest edition of the BBC "History" magazine as extracted again to the topic of the amateur military commander as able to beat the professionals.

"THE MAKING OF A MILITARY GENIUS" by  Martyn Bennett

"In just two years, Oliver Cromwell made the journey from little-known MP [Member of Parliament] with no experience of armed combat to brilliant, battle-winning leader."

"Remarkable journey"

"Oliver Cromwell's battle-winning intervention at Marston Moor was remarkable enough in itself. But what made it even more extraordinary was the fact that, just two years earlier, at the outbreak of the Civil War between the forces of the parliament and Charles I's royalists, he was a little-known MP [Member of Parliament] who had never taken up arms, let alone led men into battle."

. . . .

"Self-help guides"

"Contemporary military manuals suggest that it took years to acquire the experience and the skill to be a captain of horse - - he alone a colonel. However, Cromwell had managed it in a matter of months."

THE AMATEUR ABLE TO BEAT THE PROFESSIONAL! AND ABLE TO DO SO WITH PANACHE'.

CROMWELL HIS MILITARY EXPERTISE AS GAINED FROM A SELF-HELP READING LIST THE LESSONS OF WHICH WERE TAKEN TO HEART?

A reading list to include:

* John Cruso's Militarie Instructions for the Cavallrie (1632),

* William Barriff's Miltia Discipline or the Young Artillery Man (1635)

* the Swedish Intelligencer


Is that all it takes? Read a few books?

Oliver Cromwell understanding full well the advantage of PURSUIT. NOT allow your adversary one iota of respite. The enemy unable to reconstitute their forces. Cromwell acknowledged as a man of means willing to put his body where his mouth was and do so in an admirable fashion!!

See previous blog entry the topic of which was Oliver Cromwell!

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Mr. Roboto.

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Domo arigato Mr. Roboto.

Rise of the Machines nano-particles!!   

To war by insect. Robot insect that is.

"Mini-nukes and mosquito-like robot weapons being primed for future warfare" thanks to the article by Jeff Daniels

"Several countries are developing nano-weapons that could unleash attacks using . . . insect-like lethal robots."

"Previously, the Army Research Laboratory announced it created an advanced drone the size of a fly complete with a set of 'tiny robotic legs'"

"transgenic insects could be developed to produce and deliver protein-based biological warfare agents, and be used offensively against targets in a foreign country."

Drones releasing mini-drones releasing micro-drones. The latter attacking persons as would any stinging insect. Injecting the target with nano-particles. Those nano-particles sub-miniature "pharmaceutical factories" able to produce and introduce into the body of the target bio-warfare germs or poison.

PRESUMABLY THESE "INSECTS" THE RESULT OF 3D PRINTING! IN ALL INSTANCES DEADLY!

Read further regarding Rise of the Machines, micro-drones and 3D printing as applicable to the situation:

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/07/insects.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/07/chemputer-3d.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2014/09/3d-drones.html

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Mountaineers.

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Yet one military BEST. I am always on the watch for such items.

"10 Areas In Which India Beats Even The Most Powerful Countries In The World"

"Legendary Expertise In High Altitude Mountain Warfare"

"Areas In Which India Beats Even The Most Powerful Countries In The World"

"Sharing borders with nuclear-armed arch rivals like China and Pakistan called for impeccable mountain warfare training. So, the Indian army went ahead and became the best in the world. The High Altitude Warfare School in Gulmarg, Kashmir, is so renowned that mighty armies like the U.S., British and German armies periodically come to train with us"

NOT merely mountain warfare but HIGH-ALTITUDE MOUNTAIN WARFARE.

In this regard the army of India without peer.

Troops having to function in an exceedingly harsh environment, even the most mundane of military tasks made difficult by a combination of factors [cold, lack of oxygen, etc].

Troops in the high-altitude environment within the Zone of Acclimatization: "Zone of acclimatization. Found between 16,500 ft and 19,500 ft (roughly 5000m to 6000m). In this altitude zone the body continues to adapt and correct itself to reduced oxygen levels."

If and when warfare returns to the Aksai Chin area [the border area between India and China] the army of India will be prepared and more so than anyone else in the world could be prepared!!

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Racy & Risque.

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Racy! Risque! Scantily-clad! Provocative and intentionally so!

From the Sheldon Adelson Internet web site Israel Hayom the posting of risque images as devoted to military personnel continues more or less unabated!

"Streak of racy soldier photos shows no signs of subsiding"

"Despite the IDF's best efforts, dozens of photos of scantily clad female soldiers continue to circulate on the Internet • The latest photos, posted on the popular photo-sharing site Imgur, are highly explicit and even pornographic"

Barracks room nakedness. Young Israeli women soldiers posing with their M-16 rifle. Explicit. Well, they do seem to have their boots on! 

"Despite the best efforts of the Israel Defense Forces, dozens of photos of scantily clad female soldiers continue to circulate on the Internet."

Beware those images boys! May contain malware. When you download to your computer or smart phone the bad guys can tune-in on you and you are not even aware! Beware!

See previous blog entries germane to this topic:

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/02/smart.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/02/android.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/03/iphone-marines.html

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SCUD's.

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Within context of that previous blog entry it is WORTHY TO NOTE THAT a number of players and actors currently engaged in the fighting in Syria have SCUD missiles. Each player and actor having their own agenda at odds with one another.

Players and actors to include:

1. "Syria’s Ballistic Missile Arsenal Looms As Assad Regime Buckles"


2. "Arming Hezbollah: Syria's Alleged Scud Missile Transfer"


3. "Does the Islamic State have a Scud missile?"

"Photographs appear to show jihadists with Scud missile – but experts say it is likely inoperable"

4."Islamist Syrian rebels reportedly seize Scud missiles"

"Deputy PM says Israel is tracking developments but sees no immediate danger, adds that ‘when we identified a threat, we took action along the border and elsewhere’"

Those "Islamic Syrian rebels" the Al Nusra Front. Affiliated with Al Qaeda.

The Islamic State [ISIL] also possessing SCUD but apparently as believed those missiles either "inoperable" or lacking any sort of warhead?

A launch from whatever source of a SCUD towards Israeli [even sans warhead] in all likelihood will mean a massive retaliatory response as I have stated before the consequences of which cannot be predicted, a situation almost out-of-control!!

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SCUD Syria.

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OMINOUS! That is my instantaneous response.

From the Sheldon Adelson Internet web site Israel Hayom. The Syrian response to the Israeli air strike on the Syrian Tyras T4 air field a threat most unambiguous!

"Assad: Any future strike will see Syria fire missiles at Israel"

"'The Syrian military will respond to any Israeli aggression on its soil by firing missiles that can carry half a ton of explosives,' Syria reportedly warns Israel via third party • Strikes will target military bases, Haifa chemical plants, Syria warns."

Retaliation by Syrian SCUD missiles the weapon of choice.

See the most recent blog entry as pertaining to this matter:

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/03/t4-syria.html

Warheads of the chemical/high-explosive variety on-call. NO biological hopefully.

THAT USE OF SCUD BY SYRIA AGAINST ISRAEL WOULD MEAN A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION OF HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHICH CANNOT BE PREDICTED WITH ANY DEGREE OF ACCURACY.

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Laptops.

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Additionally from the latest edition of the DEBKAfile newsletter:

"Electronic device ban in flight cabins is futile"
   
22 March.

"For Islamic terrorist groups, blowing up a passenger plane and causing hundreds of deaths is their peak achievement. Therefore, it makes sense for American and British security authorities to focus on preventative measures. But the ban on electronic devices larger than a cell phone in flight cabins won't protect the plane from an explosive laptop hidden in checked luggage."

". . . counter-terrorism sources stress that this ban does not guarantee the plane's safety from terrorist sabotage. A fire in the cabin can be quickly extinguished by the flight crew, but one in the belly of the plane, caused by a timer-activated bomb hidden inside a laptop computer, for example, would more likely cause the plane to crash."

AIRCRAFT OF THE ISRAELI NATIONAL CARRIER EL AL HAVE ARMORED BAGGAGE COMPARTMENTS!! EVEN IF A BOMB GOES OFF IN CHECKED LUGGAGE THE ARMOR WILL CONTAIN THE BLAST, AND HOPEFULLY NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE WILL OCCUR!!

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Al-Nojba.

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Yet more from the latest edition of the DEBKAfile newsletter. Deployment of Iraqi Shia milita seen as ominous.

"Israeli-Russian clash over Hizballah's Golan grab"

20 March.

"DEBKAfile's military sources reveal that Jerusalem was further alarmed Sunday by discovering that an Iraqi Shiite militia was on the way, under the command of Iran's Al Qods chief Gen. Qassem Soleiman, to reinforce Hizballah's Hermon-Golan offensive. This militia, called the Al-Nojba Movement, [consists] of 1,500 Iraqi Shiite fighters,"

"Since the Al Nojba militia has been deployed in the northern Syrian town of Aleppo, its transfer south to fight with Hizballah could not have gone unnoticed by the Russian officers on the ground. The militia's landing on the slopes of Hermon would herald the intrusion of additional foreign pro-Iranian Shiite forces in this embattled location on the fringes of the Golan."

This is the Iraqi Shia militia Harakat al-Nojba. Beholden to Iran in all respects. NOW uniting with Hezbollah units on the Golan heights opposite Israel. Iranian proxies their mission to cause a lot of aggravation for the Israeli.

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SA-5 Gammon.

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Further details from the latest edition of the DEBKAfile newsletter clarifying the recent launch of the Israeli arrow anti-ballistic missile.

"Israeli-Russian clash over Hizballah's Golan grab"

20 March.

"The Israeli drone that targeted the Syrian militiaman Yasser Sayad outside the Golan town of Quneitra Sunday, March 19, reinforced the message first carried by the Israeli Arrow 2 which shot down a Syrian SA-5 anti-air missile Friday."

". . . the Syrian SA-5 was intercepted microseconds before hitting the Israeli jets attacking a consignment of Hizballah weapons outside the Syria T4 base near Palmyra, where a Russian contingent is also housed."

SA-5 Gammon [NATO designation] as intercepted by the Israeli Arrow anti-ballistic-missile. Gammon in two versions, S-200 and S-400. The latter reputed to have an anti-ballistic-missile capability. GAMMON IN ADDITION NOT SOLD OUTSIDE THE SOVIET UNION EXCEPT TO SYRIA!!

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T4 Syria.

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From the latest edition of the DEBKAfile newsletter some details of the 17 March Israeli air force air strikes on the Syrian Tyras T4 airfield!

"Hizballah's trust in Russia - strategic dilemma for Israel"

18 March.
 
"Israel finally took a hand in the swiftly moving events looming from Syria over its northern borders by launching multiple air raids against the key northern Syrian air base known as T4 near Palmyra early Friday night March 17."

. . . .

"military sources describe T4 as the main terminal for Iranian planes to land day by day and unload war materials for their own forces as well as the Syrian army and Hizballah. This air base also houses Russian attack helicopters and special operations troops"

This type of air strike runs a big risk of killing in an unintended manner Russian military personnel and destroying Russian military equipment! Tensions in the area already sky-high, hardly could be worse, further instability not needed!!

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Arrow.

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More in a belated fashion from the week-old edition of the DEBKAfile newsletter:

"Israeli air strikes in Syria, Arrow intercepts incoming missile"

17 March.

"The Israeli military said its fighter jets had struck several targets in Syria early Friday, March 17, and were back in Israeli-controlled airspace, when Syria launched several anti-aircraft missiles toward the Israeli jets. Israel's Arrow air defense missile intercepted one of the missiles, the army said, but would not elaborate on whether any other hostile missiles had struck Israeli territory."

"The official IDF [Israeli Defense Force] communique raises questions. It does not make sense for Israeli Arrow missiles to be aimed at Syrian ground-to-air rockets fired against the Israeli warplanes over northern Syria. The Arrow would only be used to intercept an incoming Syrian or Hizballah ground-to-ground missile heading for a target inside Israel."

ARROW INTENDED TO INTERCEPT BALLISTIC MISSILES AND NOT SURFACE-AIR-MISSILES!

The "official communique" tells only part of the story? DEBKAfile sources in this case are correct?

HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHED A BALLISTIC MISSILE AT ISRAEL? THAT IS WHAT OCCURRED HERE? ARROW WAS ABLE TO INTERCEPT? DETAILS PERHAPS NEVER TO BE REVEALED!

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Proxy Saudi.

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Consider this to be a bad sign!

In a belated manner from a week-old edition of the DEBKAfile newsletter an item that should raise concerns in some quarters.

The combatants of yet one more nation enter the fray in Yemen!! Indirectly but still involved to a degree.

"Pakistani combat troops to Saudi Arabia"

14 March.

"Following discussions with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan plans to send a brigade of combat troops to the oil kingdom in response to a request from Riyadh for 'troops as an emergency response force', according to media reports. The brigade will be based in southern Saudi Arabia to thwart threatened attacks by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. 'It [the combat brigade] will not be used beyond Saudi borders,'"

"Houthi supporters hold portrait of their leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi during a demonstration (AFP)" Please note the bulges in the cheeks. Ghat a leaf when chewed the effect mildly narcotic in nature and part of a daily ritual as indulged in by Yemeni men. Control the ghat and you control the Houthi?

A BRIGADE NORMALLY ABOUT 5,000 TROOPS. TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR INTERNAL CONTROL AND DEFENSE OF THE SAUDI KINGDOM? FOREIGNERS THE PRESENCE OF WHICH WILL BE RESENTED?

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Tripolitania.

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Finally with extracts and my commentary WW2 headlines from:

"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

"SOVIET SEEKS HOLD IN NORTH AFRICA BY A TRUSTEESHIP"

"ERITREA IN SOVIET SCOPE"

"Big Five Council Startled by Bid for North Africa Area - - Molotoff Explains Aims"

By C.L. Sulzberger

19 September 1945.

By Council to The New York Times

"LONDON, Sept. 18 - - The Soviet Union has formally advised the Big Five countries of Foreign Ministers that it considers that the former Italian domain of Tripolitania should be administered under an individual trusteeship for the United Nations organization and that the U.S.s.R would like to assume the role."

Trusteeship as desired by the Soviet to include:

"Furthermore . . . Moscow was directly interested in the future of Italy's Red Sea colony Eritrea."

WARM WEATHER PORTS! FOREIGN IF NECESSARY!

Ever since the time of Peter the Great the Russian Soviet naval vessels desiring bases and port facilities from which sea power can be exercised on a yearly and round-the-clock basis.

Eritrea and Libya possessions of the Italian fascists prior to the outbreak of the war. The Soviet demanding their fair share of the "loot" in the aftermath of the fighting but as regards Italy being denied.

Notice also the proximity of Eritrea to the Strait of Bab el-Mandab. So much in the news recently!

Again with finality this ends the series of blog entries headlines from THE NEW YORK TIMES during that period of WW2. Devoted readers to the blog are that much better for it too. And thank you NYT.

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Werewolf WW2.

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Again with extracts with my commentary WW2 headlines from:

"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

"WEREWOLF THREAT ONLY PROPAGANDA"

24 April 1945.

By Gladwin Hill By wireless to The New York Times.

"PARIS, April 25 - - The German Werewolf underground menace has turned out so far over considerable areas of conquered territory to be only propaganda, it was leaned from high Allied officers today, but possible trouble from un-uniformed Germans in the near future is not being discounted and is being prepared for."

German resistance in the aftermath of surrender by hard-core elements of the Nazi SS thought to be a possibility! WEREWOLF! The threat however never materialized. The German national characteristic of obedience to authority too strong!! Even if that authority of foreign origin as represented by the allied occupation forces].

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Dresden WW2.

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Yet more still extracts with my commentary WW2 headlines from:

"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

17 February 1945.

"Dresden Dead Put At 70,000"

"STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 16 (AP) - - The German -controlled Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau said today that 70,000 persons had been killed in this week's Allied bombings of Dresden. The city has been cut off from all communication with the rest of Germany as a result of destruction of the telegraph station, post office, railroad station and high command headquarters, the report said."

Dresden subjected to both saturation and fire-bombing. Image courtesy of Bundesarchive.

That amount of damage all done in a single day with enormous human casualties. 70,000 DEAD in the immediate aftermath of the bombing. That figure disputed with alternative far-ranging numbers as proposed by various advocates.

THE DESTRUCTION OF DRESDEN BY THE COMBINED ALLIED BOMBER FORCE A POINT OF CONTENTION AND CONTROVERSY TO THIS DAY.

See my previous blog entry the topic of which was Dresden and that allied saturation bombing:

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/02/dresden.html

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Polling WW2.

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Further with extracts and my commentary WW2 headlines from:

"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

February 16, 1945.

"JAPANESE EXPECT TO WIN, POLL FINDS"

"Concede Our Industrial Might but Put Faith in Japan's 'Spirtual superiority'"

By ROBERT TRUMBULL

By Wireless to The New York Times.

"Saipan, Feb. 15 - - What does the average Japanese feel and think - - about the war, about the United States, about democracy?"

Japanese civilians as captured by U.S. military forces subjected to "polling". That such a thing was even done was a surprise to me.

"To get the answer to questions such as these, language officers on Saipan conducted a poll in Camp Suspe, where 13,241 Japanese on Saipan are housed."

Some results of the polling found to be very surprising:

"the poll discloses contradictory habits of thought that American officers have found to be characteristic of the Oriental enemy here and elsewhere."

* "SOME NEVER HEARD OF U.S."

* "FEAR A MAJOR FACTOR"

* "LONG WAR PREDICTED"

Saipan the first time large numbers of Japanese civilians encountered and captured by American forces during the various island-hopping campaigns of the Second World War. Many Japanese civilians on the island committing suicide, "death before dishonor" and that sort of thing.

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Metz 1944.

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Further with extracts with my commentary WW2 headlines from:

"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

"AMERICAN TROOPS ON GERMAN SOIL"

16 September 1944

"FALL OF METZ DUE"

By Drew Middleton By Cable to The New York Times

"FALL OF METZ EXPECTED"

"Nancy, Charmes, and Epinal, all on the right flank of Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton's American Third Army, fell in the past twenty-four hours and the German line on the Moselle River was blasted loose from its roots."

"There was heavy fighting on the  northern sector of the Third Army's front as well yesterday. Thionville is now largely held by General Patton's troops and the German situation in Metz is becoming more precarious hourly."

NO! Third Army becoming mired in a three-month siege directed against the German fortresses of Metz. Ancient and antiquated structures as manned by troops of rather poor quality but possessing some considerable fighting spirit. This was a serious mistake on the part of Patton!!

See previous blog entries the topic of which was Patton and siege that occurred in and around Metz, 1944.

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/06/patton-ii.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/07/metz-i.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/07/metz-ii.html

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Yamamoto WW2.

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Another extracts with my commentary WW2 headlines from:

"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"


Image courtesy of Nippon News.

MAY 22, 1943

"Yamamoto Death Called Mystery; One Authority Suspects Suicide"

"Two versions of the death of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, said by Tokyo radio to have been killed in action while directing a naval operation from an airplane, were advanced in the United States yesterday."

"One of these, put out by the Office of War Information, raised the possibility that he might have been killed in the crash of a passenger airplane. The other was that he might have killed himself over the realization that Japan's far flung seizures in the Pacific were beginning to be rolled back."

IF ONLY THE NEW YORK TIMES KNEW THE TRUTH! YAMAMOTO HIS FLIGHT PLANS KNOWN IN ADVANCE, THE MAN STALKED AND KILLED IN A DELIBERATE MANNER! THE DEATH OF THE INDISPENSABLE ENEMY COMMANDER UNDERSTOOD AS HAVING ADVANTAGE.

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Heavy Water.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

"NAZI 'HEAVY WATER' LOOMS AS WEAPON"

"Plant Razed for 'Saboteurs' in Norway Viewed as Source of New Atomic Power"

4 April 1943.

"LONDON  April 3 - - 'Heavy water,'derived by an electrochemical process from ordinary water, with hidden atomic power that can be used for the deadly purpose of war as well as the happier pursuits of peace, apparently has become a source of anxiety for those Allied Leaders who plan attacks against enemy targets."

ATOMIC POWER AS HAVING A DEFINITE MILITARY APPLICATION "FOR THE DEADLY PURPOSE OF WAR". OH, YES!! IF ONLY THE NEW YORK TIMES KNEW THEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW!!

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VD USA.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

"YOUNG GIRLS FOUND MENACE TO TROOPS"

"outnumber Prostitutes 4-1 in Spreading Venereal Disease, Health Officers Say"

2 February 1943.

"Girls of teen age picked up in this area by service men outnumber professional prostitutes by a ratio of 4 to 1 as spreaders of venereal disease among our armed forces, a conference on war time control of venereal disease was informed"

NOT "professionals" but others referred to as "local talent" to blame for an epidemic plaguing American servicemen.

"'LOCAL TALENT' IS BLAMED"

"local talent - - so-called charity girls or 'chippies' - - is figuring more and more prominently in the spread of venereal disease."

Back in my day [Vietnam War era] it was the RED ROSE and the BLACK LACE! Beware!

Penicillin and the use of same as treatment for venereal disease not available at the time. Traditional treatments for VD working poorly and somewhat painful!!

Beware!!

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Scrap!

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"CEMETERY STEEL DIGS GRAVE FOR THE AXIS"

"Thousand tons of Enclosures And Urns Salvaged for Scrap"

22 November 1942.

"A thousand tons of iron and steel urns, plot enclosures and other graveyard accessories have been salvaged by seventy cemeteries in the metropolitan area [NYC] for conversion into implements to deal death the Axis"

That one thousand tons of scrap metal process into weaponry, the numbers of which hardly insignificant::

"The 1,000 tons of metal already started toward the steel mills will furnish enough scrap for 200 3-inch anti-aircraft guns or 40,000 machine guns of the .50 caliber."

AND AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE METAL AS SMELTED AND RECOVERED? THE USEFULNESS WAS QUESTIONABLE? NOT OF THE BEST QUALITY? THIS I DO NOT KNOW!

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Solomons.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

NOVEMBER 17, 1942

"ENEMY 'COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED' IN SOLOMON ISLANDS"

"Our Losses Are Only 2 Light Cruisers and 6 Destroyers Sunk"

"WE SINK BATTLESHIP"

"5 Cruisers Also in Toll - - Japanese, Confused, Fire on Each Other"

By CHARLES HURD
Special to The New York Times

"WASHINGTON  NOV 16 - - United States naval forces in the Solomons overwhelmingly defeated a formidable Japanese force, destroying twenty-three warships and transports, including one battleship and five cruisers, in a three-day series of actions that ended yesterday (Solomons date), the Navy Department reported today."

THIS WAS THE NAVAL BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL [PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO] SURFACE NAVAL ACTION AT NIGHT OF THE OLD-SCHOOL VARIETY. BROADSIDES EXCHANGED BETWEEN SURFACE VESSELS NO INTERVENTION AND PARTICIPATION BY COMBAT WARPLANES LIMITED!!

JAPANESE NAVY AT THAT EXACT MOMENT IN TIME THAT MOST PROFESSIONAL AND COMBAT EXPERIENCED IN THE WORLD.

"Casualties and losses" as reported by The New York Times pretty much accurate, actually under-counting the number of Japanese battleships lost.

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Japanese WW2.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

"OFFICER DEPICTS SINKING OF WASP"

3 NOVEMBER 1942

"Tells Here How Carriers's Fate was Decided 30 Seconds after First Torpedo"

Rather than merely recounting the sinking of the USS Wasp aircraft carrier that fighting ability of the Japanese as described rather profound:

"TELLS OF JAPANESE TOUGHNESS"

"How did it happen that the heathen had more guts than brains to throw himself into the face of sure destruction to pick off the ripe plum in the middle of the force? It was because we are up against the toughest proposition that the world has seen, despite the observation before the war that he was a mimic, he was too myopic to fly, he didn't have financial stamina for a sustained war, and that inbreeding and syphilis had made him unfit for any of class of combat work . . He has displayed resourcefulness and initiative and military intelligence and full understanding of the offensive spirit. He wages no war of limited liability and recognizes the expend-ability of both men and machine in the balance of the goal to be attained. His every soldier and sailor has an awesome inspiring attitude of courage that makes all men pause."

GRUDGING RESPECT AND EVEN ADMIRATION FOR THE FIGHTING ABILITY OF THE JAPANESE MILITARY MAN ACKNOWLEDGED!

All hands fully aware the war in the Pacific was not going to be short and easy. Far from it.

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Lidice USA.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

30 June 1942.

"EDITORIAL"

"LIDICE, ILLINOIS"

"The suggestion was made in these columns on June 13 that some American town honor itself by taking the name of the Bohemian village which the Nazis announced on Jun 10 that they had 'extinguished.'"

Stern Park Gardens becoming Lidice, now the village of Crest Hill. Illinois, USA!

"It is, there fore, good to learn that the unincorporated Illinois town of Stern Park Gardens, near Joliet, has decided to adopt the honorable name of Lidice, in a ceremony to take place on July 12; and that funds are being collected to erect there a monument, with a flame burning perpetually".

As the memorial is today: "Lidice Memorial Park - Crest Hill, IL - Disaster Memorials"

"IN MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE OF LIDICE CZECHOSLOVAKIA DESTROYED BY BARBARISM, BUT LIVING FOREVER IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO LOVE FREEDOM. THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE FREE PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND LIDICE, ILLINOIS"

Lidice the memory of which survives. NOW and hopefully forever!

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Tobruk WW2.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

JUNE 22, 1942

"Editorial"

"THE FALL OF TOBRUK"

"In the seven moths that it stood last year, surrounded by Axis forces and hurled back every assault, Tobruk became a symbol of courage and resistance.Its sudden fall coupled with the almost simultaneous loss of Bardia and Bir el-Gobi is a hard blow"

. . .

"Presumably the Nazi campaign in Libya is a prelude to a full-scale assault on Egypt in an effort to drive the British from the Mediterranean and conquer the entire Middle East".

Tobruk the capture by the Axis a defeat for British Imperial forces, that predominant contingent at Tobruk consisting of South Africans.

The Axis objective YES to expel the British from the Middle East and perhaps even a continuation of efforts to capture the oil fields of Iraq!

ADD TOBRUK TO THAT LIST OF NEAR CONTINUOUS BRITISH MILITARY DEFEAT FOR AN ALMOST  TWO YEAR PERIOD SINCE THE FALL OF FRANCE [1940].

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Churchill WW2.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

MAY 10 1942

"CHURCHILL WEATHERS STORMS"

"Less Popular, He Holds His Leadership Because No Man Has Arisen to Challenge It"

By Raymond Daniel
Wireless to The New York Times

"LONDON, MAY 9 - -  Two years ago today, as dawn broke over Europe, the Nazi Wehrmacht opened the attack that was to crush the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and even the might of France in a few short weeks. Before sunset that night Neville Chamberlain had resigned as Prime Minister and Winston Churchill had succeeded him."

"Two full years have elapsed since that historic date - - two years of blood, toil, sweat and tears, two years of almost unbroken British defeats. Yet Mr. Churchill still stands almost unchallenged as the leader of his country."

"Weathers storms". As in "storms" plural! My understanding is that Churchill during WW2 declared: NO MORE GENERAL ELECTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR! Churchill to be Prime Minister until the war was concluded, assuming almost dictatorial powers!

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Colombo WW2.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

"COLOMBO ATTACKED"

"First Assault on Base at Tip of India Causes Little Damage"

6 April 1942.

Special Cable to The New York Times.

"LONDON, April 5 - - In the first attack on Ceylon, British base off the southern tip of Indian, seventy-five Japanese planes today raided the harbor, airdrome and Ratmalana railway at Colombo and were repulsed with the certain loss of twenty-seven craft shot down."

Events as occurring on 5 April and the days to follow best understood best understood as part and parcel of the Japanese GREAT INDIAN OCEAN RAID . A two-pronged raid by Japanese carrier-based naval aviation [called Operation C by the Japanese] best described as a minor PEARL HARBOR!

British losses at sea that day [5 April] to include TWO CRUISERS SUNK!! Additionally [10 April] the British aircraft carrier Hermes sunk THE REMNANT OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE VICINITY OF CEYLON [CALLED THAT AT THE TIME]  BEATING FEET INSTANTLY TO MUCH SAFER EAST AFRICAN PORTS!!

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Singapore WW2 II.

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COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

FEBRUARY 15, 1942

"10 WEEKS OF PACIFIC WAR SHOW JAPAN UNCHECKED"

"Tottering Singapore Given Foe Access to Rich Indies And Indian Ocean"

By Hanson W. Baldwin

"WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 - - Ten weeks ago today at Pearl Harbor the Japanese won their first major victory of the war. Last week, as thousands of fanatical little fighters swarmed across the Johore Strait onto Singapore Island they had won their second great victory . . .

FEBRUARY 16, 1942

"BRITISH CAPITULATE"

"Tokyo Claims Toll of 32 Allied Vessels South of Singapore"

By JAMES MacDONALD

Special Cable to The New York Times

"LONDON, Feb. 15 - - Singapore has fallen. The long dreaded news that the key British base of the Pacific and Indian Oceans would be captured by the Japanese - - a major reverse clearly foreseen many days ago - - was announced tonight by Winston Churchill"

SINGAPORE WW2 RATED AS THE WORST DEFEAT IN ALL OF BRITISH MILITARY HISTORY!!

Those attacking Japanese troops out-numbered, running low on rations and ammunition but nonetheless prevailing.

HEY! WHAT HAPPENED? BEFORE 7 DECEMBER 1941 ALL IN SINGAPORE WAS FINE. SO WHAT TRANSPIRED THAT WENT SO WRONG?

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Singapore WW2 I.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

SEPTEMBER 30, 1941

"BRITISH CONFIDENT AT SINGAPORE BASE"

"Steady Improvement Has Made Far Eastern Bastion Even More Formidable"

By F. Tillman Durdin

Wireless to The New York Times

"SINGAPORE, Sept. 29 - - The British now face the possibility of war in the Pacific 'without anxiety,' Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, Commander in Chief of the British fleet based on Singapore, told this correspondent today in an interview at his shore headquarters at the famous Singapore naval base."

"Asked to give an indication of the increase of British strength at Singapore, Sir Geoffrey said that if Singapore had been attacked a year ago the defenders 'would have had definite cause for anxiety.' 'Now,' he said, 'we view the possibility of attack without anxiety.'"

DECEMBER 4, 1941

"SINGAPORE DOUBTS JAPANESE THREATS"

"Arrival of the British Fleet is expected to cause Tokyo To Order General Retreat"

By F. Till Durdin

Wireless to The New York Times

"SINGAPORE, Dec. 3 - - Authorities here agree that the arrival of powerful British naval units, headed by the new battleship Prince of Wales, yesterday raises the odds against Japan more than ever".

Singapore a consideration of minor importance to the British prior  to 7 December 1941? Tin and rubber EXPORTS from the Malay State colonies valuable commodities essential to the cost of the British war effort.

CONFIDENCE OF THE BRITISH GENERAL PERCIVAL AND HIS STAFF OVER-DONE AND MOST MISTAKENLY SO! ARTHUR PERCIVAL BY ALMOST ANY MEASURE A POOR, UNINSPIRING COMMANDER, NOT AWARDED ANY DECORATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR!!

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Russia WW2.

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"INVASION OF RUSSIA IS DENIED BY REICH"

"Berlin Spokesman Admits 'Flood of Rumors' - - No Border Clashes"

"BERLIN, Jun 19, 1941 - - Authorized Nazi spokesmen denied flatly today that a German invasion or Russia had started or that border clashes had occurred, although they admitted that a 'tremendous flood of rumors' had burst out concerning Nazi-Soviet relations."

20 June 1941.

"BIG ARMIES MASS ON 'EASTERN FRONT'"

"All Along Russian Frontiers Troop Movements Suggest Clash May Be Near."

22 June 1941

By C.L. Sulzberger Wireless to The New York Times

"ANKARA, Turkey, June 21 - - The strange marriage of convenience between Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany, even if reaffirmed by some startling but now unforeseen development, seemed as close to the breaking point this week as at any time since it was cemented tin August, 1939."

"HITLER SAYS ARMY HOLD REICH'S FATE"

"Order of Day Tells Troops of 'Hard and Momentous' Struggle Now Begun"

By Telephone to The New York Times

23 June 1941.

"BERLIN, June 22 - - With the advance into Russia by the Reich's armed forces at the sunrise hour today, the political, military and economic liaison between Berlin and Moscow came to a spectacular end"

ARMIES ARE ALWAYS MASSING! RUMORS BUT IN THIS INSTANCE  MUCH MORE THAN RUMORS!

Stalin repeatedly warned by various sources THAT THE GERMAN WAS GOING TO ATTACK! Forewarning supposed to bring advantage. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE ON 22 JUNE 1941!

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Tactics WW2.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

"OUR ARMY TRAINS FOR NEW WARFARE"

"Military Experts Say Germans Have Made First Change in Basic Methods Since Crecy"

4 May 1941

By Charles Hurd

"WASHINGTON, May 3  - - Behind the drilling and marching of the new American Army and the record production of war material, military experts in this country are shaping a force based on the conviction that the German staff has invented the third basic change in military science to occur since masses of men waded into each other armed with clubs, swords and spears."

THOSE CHANGES INSTITUTING WHAT IS GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THIRD GENERATION WARFARE, THE ELEMENTS OF WHICH TO INCLUDE:

* Massed formations of armor [tanks].

* Massed formations  of close-air-support ground-attack warplanes. [i.e. Stuka]

* Massed formations of armor and ground-attack warplanes acting in concert.

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Iraq WW2.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

APRIL 27, 1941

Letters to the Editor

"IRAQ DANGER SPOT"

"MANY FACTORS INDICATE NEED FOR WATCHFULNESS"

To the Editor of The New York Times:

"While events in Iraq and in other Arab states are temporarily overshadowed by the war in the Balkans, there is little doubt that they will assume crucial importance in the next phase of the world struggle between the British Empire and the Axis powers."

MAY 8, 1941

"IRAQI SIEGE BROKEN BY BRITISH ASSAULT"

By DAVID ANDERSON

Special Cable to The New York Times

"LONDON, May 7 - - Iraqi troops threatening the British garrison at the airport between Lake Habbania and the Euphrates River were blasted from their strong position in the sand hills yesterday by a sustained Royal Air Force attack with bombs and machine guns, supported by infantry."

JUNE 1, 1941

"BRITISH IN BAGHDAD"

"German fliers Reported Fleeing - - Civil Group Rules The Capital"

By DAVID ANDERSON

"LONDON, May 31 - - An armistice  was signed in Baghdad late this afternoon brought to an end the rebellion in Iraq against Britain, London learned tonight. Indian fighters of the British forces took up positions in the outskirts of the capital city from which Premier Rashid Ali el Galiani, leader of the revolt and all his followers able to do so had fled."

JUNE 2, 1941

"WAR IN IRAQ ENDS"

"Vital Oil Fields of Mosul Are Under Control of London's  Friends"

"ARMISTICE TERMS GIVEN".

By DAVID ANDERSON

Special Cable to The New York Times

"LONDON JUNE 1 - - Hostilities ceased throughout Iraq today as Emir Abdul Illah, the Regent, entered Baghdad. Sixteen -year-old King Feisel II who had been reported kidnapped by Premier Rashid Ali el Galiani, who fled to Iran, is said  unofficially to be safe."

Iraq as with regard to World War Two [WW2] a backwater of a backwater but seen as vital to British interests!

THOSE OIL FIELDS OF IRAQ PERHAPS THE GREATEST PROVEN RESERVES IN THE WORLD [?] PROPER MEASURES AS TAKEN AND ALSO A RARE INSTANCE OF BRITISH SUCCESS AT THAT POINT OF THE WAR!

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Invasion WW2 II.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

SEPTEMBER 15, 1940

"MANY AMERICANS FEAR INVASION"

"Many Americans believe that Germany will attempt an invasion of the United States if England is defeated, and large numbers of citizens similarly are convinced that fifth-columnists are already active here, a survey of rank-and-file voters throughout the nation has disclosed"

That fear of American military planners indeed that the combined Japanese, Vichy, Italian and German fleets able to successfully land troops on the northeast coast of Brazil. American First Cavalry Division troops remaining state-side for a goodly duration of the war with total 100 % unit integrity in case of such an eventuality. [Axis invasion of Brazil.]

THE POSSIBILITY OF AXIS LANDINGS IN BRAZIL LOW BUT NOT TOTALLY PRECLUDED!

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Invasion WW2 I.

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"THE NEW YORK TIMES
COMPLETE WORLD WAR II
The Coverage of the Entire Conflict"

Headlines: "COVERAGE from the BATTLE FIELD to the HOME FRONT"

SEPTEMBER 12, 1940

"CHURCHILL WARNS INVASION IS NEAR"

Special Cable to The New York Times

"LONDON, SEPT. 11 - - A crisis that ranks in Britain's history with the  day of the Spanish armada's approach, or that on which Napoleon turned away from invasion by way of Boulogne is approaching. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who is directing this last-ditch struggle, returned to his old role of reporter this afternoon to tell his people and the whole world so in plain and confident language."

German invasion of England [Operation Sea Lion] the possibility of which was a lot less than feared at the time,

German invasion of England predicated on the assumption the Luftwaffe able to achieve air supremacy prior to an invasion. This did not occur. Invasion from the German perspective not feasible.

See from the wiki: "Post-war wargaming of the plan" that plan the invasion of England by the German military.

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