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Talk with the one of the authors of Shattered Sword.
![]() From Midway to Guadalcanal: Two Months That Changed World War II | Jon Parshall |
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What was this thread originally called? It’s in my subs and I like it but can’t remember the title.
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I don't know how this works, but I nominate Joker and Fluffy for arfcom sainthood.
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Documentary on the V2 missile.
![]() How The Nazi V2 Missile Became The First Rocket In Space |
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Part time instructor, full time student
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Originally Posted By DaGoose: Talk with the one of the authors of Shattered Sword. ![]() View Quote He's always good. |
Spending myself in a worthy course.
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Old BBC Documentary on WW2 technology warfare. Very long (5 hours), but a good watch.
![]() The Secret War |
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Short video on the Crow Creek Massacre.
![]() Prehistoric Warfare on the Great Plains of North America (The Crow Creek Massacre of 1325 AD) |
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Originally Posted By DaGoose: Something like DaGoose rando videos and papers, but then I started changing the title each time I added in something new. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DaGoose: Originally Posted By hollowhandle: What was this thread originally called? It’s in my subs and I like it but can’t remember the title. Something like DaGoose rando videos and papers, but then I started changing the title each time I added in something new. Thank you, I almost broke my brain trying to connect the current title to the OP. ![]() |
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Originally Posted By ClayHollisterTT: Thank you, I almost broke my brain trying to connect the current title to the OP. ![]() View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By ClayHollisterTT: Originally Posted By DaGoose: Originally Posted By hollowhandle: What was this thread originally called? It’s in my subs and I like it but can’t remember the title. Something like DaGoose rando videos and papers, but then I started changing the title each time I added in something new. Thank you, I almost broke my brain trying to connect the current title to the OP. ![]() I'll add DGRVP to the first part of the title from now on, so people can find it easier. |
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@m95Mauser
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Originally Posted By Det0nate: It takes a special kind of retard to argue the wrong side of second grade spelling.
What made you pick that particular quote for your sig-line? --Swindle1984 |
Short video about battles and surgery in medieval period. Would have sucked hard
![]() What Was Battlefield Surgery Like In The Medieval Period? |
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![]() West Mexico and the Teuchitlán culture |
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Short documentary on the First special Service Force aka “The Black Devils” and “The Devil’s Brigade”.
![]() Were The Black Devils The Best Allied Unit Of WW2? |
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Discussion between Jon Parshall and Chris Parry
![]() What If Japan Never Attacked Pearl Harbor? How World War Two Would Have Changed Completely |
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Discussion between Evan Mawdsley and Chris Parry
![]() What If Hitler Successfully Invaded Russia? | Germany Invades Britain And Dominates Europe |
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Pretty good documentary on the Enigma code cracking.
![]() The Story Of Cracking The Enigma Code In 2 Hours |
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High level short video on Dyson Spheres.
Links to papers in the video description. ![]() The Physics of Dyson Spheres CHAPTERS 0:00 Prologue 0:39 Inception 3:11 Incogni 4:27 Mechanical Stability 8:31 Gravitational Stability 11:08 Stellar Feedback 13:42 Computational Limits 16:23 Rings and Swarms 17:45 Outro and Credits |
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Good what IF discussion between Chris Parry and Timothy Orr.
![]() What If The South Won At Gettysburg? Slavery Could Continue Until The 20th Century 00:00 Introduction 01:45 The leadup to Gettysburg 06:45 Where Gettysburg is in Pennsylvania 07:30 Why General Robert E. Lee was on a roll 10:20 Battle of Gettysburg explained 15:30 Did General Lee need to engage the Union forces at Gettysburg? 19:10 How significant was Little Round Top? 26:55 What if Pickett's Charge doesn't happen? 31:20 What if the Union had an even more decisive victory? 35:30 What if Civil War ends earlier? Does Abraham Lincoln still get assassinated? 38:30 What if the South won? Is Washington still the Capital? 40:40 What if Slavery was not abolished? 48:10 What if the Confederacy became an independent nation? 54:10 What if the Confederacy was part of the Commonwealth? 58:10 Conclusions |
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Interesting video on the political triangle and cultures
![]() Explaining the Political Triangle |
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Short video from Irving Finkel on the Babylonian map of the world. His talks are always worth watching.
![]() The Babylonian Map of the World with Irving Finkel | Curator’s Corner S9 Ep5 00:00 Intro 00:52 Ancient Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablets 01:48 The oldest map of the world, in the world 02:07 What is the Babylonian Map of the World? 02:34 The Babylonian Map of the World explained 04:13 What are the triangles on the Babylonian Map of the World? 06:17 Missing triangle on the Babylonian Map of the World 06:52 Edith Horsley - Cuneiform LEGEND 07:20 Channel 4 News report on Babylonian Map of the World September 1995 08:32 BABY IRVING! 09:48 What the missing piece revealed 11:39 The ark and parsiktu-vessel 13:22 Mount Ararat and Mount Urartu 14:18 What does it all mean? 15:07 Author of Babylonian Map of the World |
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Originally Posted By DaGoose: Short video from Irving Finkel on the Babylonian map of the world. His talks are always worth watching. ![]() 00:00 Intro 00:52 Ancient Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablets 01:48 The oldest map of the world, in the world 02:07 What is the Babylonian Map of the World? 02:34 The Babylonian Map of the World explained 04:13 What are the triangles on the Babylonian Map of the World? 06:17 Missing triangle on the Babylonian Map of the World 06:52 Edith Horsley - Cuneiform LEGEND 07:20 Channel 4 News report on Babylonian Map of the World September 1995 08:32 BABY IRVING! 09:48 What the missing piece revealed 11:39 The ark and parsiktu-vessel 13:22 Mount Ararat and Mount Urartu 14:18 What does it all mean? 15:07 Author of Babylonian Map of the World View Quote Very cool. |
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Overview, analysis, and background of Ted's manifesto.
![]() Was the Unabomber Right? |
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Skyrocket
![]() The Rarest Classified Mach 2 Plane You Have Never Heard Of |
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![]() Could Germany Have Won The Battle Of The Bulge? |
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Sounds like the politicians back then made just as stupid laws as they do now.
![]() How UNUSUAL were some Medieval CRIMES? |
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Couple videos on the A-36 Apache.
![]() A-36 Apache. The P-51’s Groundpounding Sister! ![]() The Mustang Before The P-51 Mustang: North American A-36 Mustang |
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Interesting video on it. A lot of additional information on other sites/videos/books in the last 5 minutes if you want to do a more deep dive into it.
![]() US Navy Fire Control Systems - How They Really Work |
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Another discussion between Jon Parshall and Chris Parry over the Battle of Midway.
![]() If America LOST The Battle Of Midway: 'Japan Invades Hawaii And Russia Struggles To Fight On' 00:00 Introduction 02:03 Japanese Pacific Expansion 05:32 Superpowers Promo 05:53 Midway explained 14:46 Main battle 18:52 McClusky’s decision 20:00 Flight to nowhere 25:49 What If Japan could have won at Midway? 33:38 A U.S. defeat explained 35:47Japan invades Hawaii 39:05 Soviet Union impact 42:35 Impact on Australia 44:05 The Manhattan Project 45:35 Outro |
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Discussion between Chris Parry and Chris Copson around Battle of El Alamein.
![]() If The Nazis Won El Alamein | Hitler Rules Until The 1950s And Spain & Turkey Join Axis Powers 00:00 Introduction 02:10 Setting the scene in El Alamein 05:10 Where is El Alamein located 06:55 Eighth Army pushed back 09:10 Ultra intercepts help cut Rommel's supply lines 13:45 Montgomery's role in the battle 17:50 Rommel missing from the start 25:10 How the battle was won 32:25 What if El Alamein had gone differently? 36:40 What if the Eighth Army was not a factor? 39:00 What if the Suez Canal was closed? 41:50 What if Japan invaded India? 44:20 Final predictions |
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Short video on a Viking longhouse and some of the Viking ships in Norway
![]() Viking longhouse above Arctic Circle is protective half-buried dwelling |
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Never heard of this before.
![]() US F-16s actually saw combat carrying the A-10's massive cannon |
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Originally Posted By DaGoose: Never heard of this before. ![]() View Quote Mostly because it was a king-sized flop. |
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Originally Posted By MudEagle: Mostly because it was a king-sized flop. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By MudEagle: Originally Posted By DaGoose: Never heard of this before. ![]() Mostly because it was a king-sized flop. Doesn't surprise me ![]() |
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Discussion of some of the new missiles coming in the near future.
![]() America's NEXT GENERATION of air-launched missiles |
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If this isnt relevant i dont know what is.
![]() Scientists Now Believe Betelgeuse Has Consumed a Companion Star Making it Look Like Pre Supernova |
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Our idea of a rough TDY was if the hotel did not have a swimming pool.
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Mosquito's brother.
![]() The Best WW2 Fighter That Never Saw Combat: de Havilland Hornet |
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A Grendel's Love is different from a 5.56's Love
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Uh, we had them on green painted Vipers in the late 80s in the 33rd FS/AMU 363TFW. I loaded them.
Bore sighting them was damn near impossible because they could move on the pylon and unswaying them ruined everything. Funny story. One days jet came back missing a centerline tank. He was shooting tow darts over the Atlantic. It OPs checked good. Hmmm Shooting tow darts. Hmmm When the trigger is pulled gun firing voltage goes to the gun and to the centerline pylon for this pod. A pin on the connector was bent, it was the gun power and it touched the pin for the release voltage to the impulse cartridges. They popped and the tank came off. It is off the coast of SC still. Someplace. ![]() |
Leave me alone. I’m a libertarian. CW vet x7, give away a kidney to a loved one if they need it.
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Originally Posted By DaGoose: Overview, analysis, and background of Ted's manifesto. ![]() View Quote That was very good. Just finished it. Gonna have to read Uncle Ted's manifesto now. |
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Brought back from the beyond to be a half-dead short-bus riding seat warmer in the Dracula factory
esteemed grain grower & reactionary defender in a death fight against the Karen quo **Do not Karen-tinize the Eschaton!!!** |
Interesting myths.
![]() 5 Biggest Myths About Hitler Debunked - "He Was NOT Jewish" |
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Discussion between Chris Parry and Andrew Lambert.
![]() If The British Lost At Trafalgar | Waterloo Never Happens & America Is Not a Global Power 00:00 - Introduction 01:52 - First French Empire 1805 07:15 - Nelson's tactics at Trafalgar 12:40 - The battle begins 19:03 - Nelson's death 24:32 - Could the British have lost? 30:54 - What if Nelson wasn't Vice Admiral 33:40 - Would Napoleon invade Britain? 36:57 - Invasion of Russia & Waterloo 40:50 - Effect on Spanish colonies & U.S. 43:50 Nelson's legacy & conclusion |
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Discussion between Chris Copson and Chris Parry.
![]() U.S DON’T Join WW2, Churchill Gone And Russia Defeated: Arras, The Battle That Changed World History 00:00 - Introduction 01:57 - Hitler on the March 03:58 - The Matador's Cloak 08:06 - Rommel's Ghost Division 14:29 - Operation Frankforce 22:57 - Panic in Berlin 26:48 - What if Dunkirk Failed? 32:06 - Churchill Ousted? 36:20 - Fall of Moscow? 44:14 - Impact of Arras |
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Discussion between Chris Copson and Chris Parry.
![]() WW2 Wouldn't End Until 1947 - What If D-Day Had Failed? | History Undone |
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Originally Posted By Slufstuff: Yep, they tried it on the A-7D's as well. Very inaccurate due to pylon flexing, induced by the heavy recoil. Even back in the 80's, the USAF was looking for any excuse to get rid of the A-10. View Quote Sigh....no. That was more a reaction to the relative success of the Gunfighter F-4s and a desire to expand on it. Taking a multirole fighter and giving it additional tools in the toolbox. But, the F/A-16 experience with the GEpod gun showed that it just wasn't worth the effort, especially with the 30mm. Regarding the "excuse to get rid of the A-10", remember that it was those same "fighter generals" who started the A-X program to begin with, as well as numerous other smaller programs like PAVE COIN to acquire CAS/COIN specific aircraft like the A-37. |
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Short video on the B-26 Marauder.
![]() The Bomber That Terrified...Its Own Pilots?: Martin B-26 Marauder |
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Short video on the A-26 Invader
![]() The Amazing Bomber That Pilots Initially Despised: Douglas A-26 Invader |
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Short video on Spruance from Midway to Tarawa.
![]() Admiral Spruance - Masterminding Midway to Taking Tarawa |
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Old BBC documentary on the Battle of the Atlantic. Subtitles are greek
![]() ![]() Battle of the Atlantic |
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Interesting paper.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306690 Abstract The Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt, is considered the oldest of the seven monumental pyramids built about 4,500 years ago. From transdisciplinary analysis, it was discovered that a hydraulic lift may have been used to build the pyramid. Based on our mapping of the nearby watersheds, we show that one of the unexplained massive Saqqara structures, the Gisr el-Mudir enclosure, has the features of a check dam with the intent to trap sediment and water. The topography beyond the dam suggests a possible ephemeral lake west of the Djoser complex and water flow inside the ’Dry Moat’ surrounding it. In the southern section of the moat, we show that the monumental linear rock-cut structure consisting of successive, deep compartments combines the technical requirements of a water treatment facility: a settling basin, a retention basin, and a purification system. Together, the Gisr el-Mudir and the Dry Moat’s inner south section work as a unified hydraulic system that improves water quality and regulates flow for practical purposes and human needs. Finally, we identified that the Step Pyramid’s internal architecture is consistent with a hydraulic elevation mechanism never reported before. The ancient architects may have raised the stones from the pyramid centre in a volcano fashion using the sediment-free water from the Dry Moat’s south section. Ancient Egyptians are famous for their pioneering and mastery of hydraulics through canals for irrigation purposes and barges to transport huge stones. This work opens a new line of research: the use of hydraulic force to erect the massive structures built by Pharaohs. |
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Interesting discussion around US, Russian, and Japanese subs.
![]() The Race for Next Generation Submarines - Ageing Fleets, Innovation, & Undersea Dominance Lots of links in the description of the video. 00:00:00 — Opening Words 00:00:42 — What Am I Talking About? 00:03:05 — The Push For A New Generation 00:07:43 — Next Generation Technologies 00:18:34 — The US Submarine Fleet 00:35:22 — The Russian Federation 00:55:14 — Japan 01:03:53 — Risk & Drawbacks 01:06:01 — Channel Update |
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