- Ancient Casualties vs Modern Casualties | History Forum
If you mean there are far more support and rear-echelon troops in modern times, sure Of course, that doesn't help the guys on the sharp end, since they take most of the hits
- What if the Soviets and satellites invaded Yugoslavia in late summer . . .
The Chinese, planning an invasion of Taiwan, for which they were rapidly expanding their Navy and Air Force and massing troops in their southeastern Fujian province, and the Soviets, who, according to many reports were positioning to remove Tiitoist deviationism by an invasion of Yugoslavia, with a first wave consisting largely of Hungarian
- Do Hungarians have any relation to the Turkic peoples?
Nope, 👎 Hungarians are not ethnically or linguistically related to Turkic peoples The Hungarian language, Hungarian culture, and ethnic identity are part of the Finno-Ugric group, which is distinct from the Turkic language family Hungarian belongs to the Uralic language family, specifically
- most underrated Civil War general and most overrated?
Most overrated was probably William Tecumseh Sherman Don't get me wrong, Sherman was a great general, but around a lot of circles he is treated like the god of war When in reality most modern commanders probably prefer to study Grant or Beauregard What do you think?
- How important is full auto on a rifle? | History Forum
How important is full auto for an rifle? Russian troops train a lot for full auto while US troops rarely use burst or full auto even in room clearing I do believe back in Korea US troops demanded a full auto option for the M1 carbine
- The vulnerability of the Confederate operational position in November . . .
26th: 9th fighting echelon crosses river, 1st marches to crossing point 27th: 9th finishes crossing, 1st reaches crossing point and begins addressing existing suppy deficiencies 28th: Longstreet breaks camp, McClellan freezes the movement unti he can confirm Longstreet is actually going south
- Advantages and disadvantages of the feudal system
See the proces initiated in the wake of Charlemagne (who created the standard framework for feudalism by combining the already existing tools of the Beneficia and Vassalage together as one) was that of "Bastard-feudalism": power was usurped by a lower echelon again and again till it was firmly vested in the hands of the "seigneurs" (so it has
- Women in combat in World War II. | Page 3 | History Forum
Service in the armed forces should absolutely be recognized and valued, and you can't actually fight a war without rear-echelon personnel, but if the thread title says "in combat", then discussing about nurses and other rear-area personnel, albeit in uniform, is essentially irrelevant
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