Milsurp After Hours

Russia has a revolution problem and the Entente powers have a new German fighting problem.

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This book is well worth a read, ISBN 978-1-4456-0866-2

Say what? Come again? Name one...besides Marmite.

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I bet this is how McDonalds got their start selling "substitute" food........

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American soldiers over seas can buy some insurance...... good idea that continues down to today. Wonder what the max amount is today? It hadn't changed from WWI down through Vietnam.

The total amount in the papers looks like a lot of "Sammies" weren't buying in yet.

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There are unions and then there are unions.

The I.W.W is the union based on all workers of any status being the same in a struggle with industry. The "good" unions of the AFL are craft unions and exclude or include depending on skills and connections....with a bag of unstated prohibitions. No unskilled labor, Negroes,Orientals, Mexicans, or people who don't speak English need apply.The AFL supported the war and is willing to work with the Wilson administration. The I.W.W. is against the war and have a mixed bag of socialist and Marxist adherents who are only interested in getting as much control of industry wages as possible. The regular established craft unions and the US government don't like Wobblies ....to put it mildly. The Bill of Rights was interpreted loosely at best when it came to the I.W.W.

From the same front page.

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Nothing like a little flame thrower drill for toasting some Germans. Of course,the Germans thought of the idea first, but monkey see means monkey do. Being on the receiving end was nothing anybody wanted to think about. The guy dishing the flames carried extra personal risk of the tank of fuel on his back being a prime target along with himself. And if he wasn't shot or killed in an explosion of flame surrendering wasn't an option if the attack failed.

During the war the Germans launched in excess of 650 flamethrower attacks; no numbers exist for British or French attacks.

They were undeniably useful when used at short-range, but were of limited wider effectiveness, especially once the British and French had overcome their initial alarm at their use. The operators of Flammenwerfer equipment also lived a most dangerous existence.

Quite aside from the worries of handling the device - it was entirely feasible that the cylinder carrying the fuel might unexpectedly explode - they were marked men; the British and French poured rifle-fire into the area of attack where Flammenwerfers were used, and their operators could expect no mercy should they be taken prisoner. Their life expectancy was therefore short.

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An editorial cartoon with a Christian woman in a tower and a Turk keeping her hostage. The simple version of what was happening as the British were about to push the Turks back and gain control of Palestine. The Balfour Declaration already published in the Press ten days before would become policy....with all sorts of results down to today.

The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government during World War I announcing support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a minority Jewish population. It read:

His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.

It was hell being a Calvary officer in the US during WWI.

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It was a shock to Schock.......

So it seems artillery was considered "mounted service", must have still been horse-drawn artillery??

I wonder if there were complaints from his bride when he wore spurs to bed?? (I can think of a couple jokes here.. )

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