Category: All General History

My posts about books that look across multiple periods of military history

Greenland Under Siege! – Invasion Scenario Series

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A modern map of Greenland

A military analysis of the steps necessary to invade Venezuela from ancient times to the 21st century and the steps Venezuela could take to defend itself.

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The Ice at the End of the World by Jon Gertner

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The history of John Browning and his guns with Nathan Gorenstein

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The history of John Browning and his guns with Nathan Gorenstein

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Nathan Gorenstein is a former reporter and editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he covered city and state politics. He is also the author of Tommy Gun Winter, the story of a Boston gang from the 1930s that included an MIT graduate, a minister’s daughter, and two of Gorenstein’s own relatives. He recently published a biography of John Moses Browning. We spoke about Browning and the history of firearms. The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World (Scribner, 2021)

0:40 – Nathan talks about why he wrote a book on Browning.

3:00 – Nathan talks about having been a reporter.

4:40 – Nathan talks about the gun industry and Browning.

6:47 – Nathan talks about Browning’s early life and education.

11:58 – Nathan talks about the quantities the Browning’s made their guns in and how they ran their business.

14:37 – Nathan talks about why Browning’s designs stood out.

18:14 – Nathan talks about Browning’s competitors.

21:44 – Nathan talks about the popularity of Browning’s guns.

26:41 – Nathan talks about the wars Browning’s guns were used in.

29:45 – Nathan talks about Browning’s guns being adapted for aircraft.

32:21 – Nathan talks about unusual Browning designs.

36:22 – Nathan talked about Browning’s personal interest in shotgun.

37:45 – Nathan talks about the resources he used.

42:47 – Nathan talks about the things that surprised him.

46:00 – Nathan wonders what Browning might think of modern gun use.

47:40 – Nathan talks about Browning’s wife.

48:52 – Nathan talks about Winchester.

55:39 – Nathan can be found at NathanGorenstein.com

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Guests: Nathan Gorenstein

Host: Cris Alvarez

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Today in Military History May 12

Today in Military History May 12

May 12 1082 – Battle of Mailberg (Austria)
May 12 1479 – Condottiero Pompeo Colonna born
May 12 1496 – Swedish king Gustav I of Sweden born
May 12 1510 – Prince of Anhua rebellion begins (China)
May 12 1649 – Battle of Focchies (Cretan War Naval) https://amzn.to/3xZZyqR
May 12 1670 – Elector of Saxony Augustus II the Strong born https://amzn.to/2QcG9lj
May 12 1767 – Spanish Prince Manuel Godoy born https://amzn.to/2QbnPJh
May 12 1780 – Siege of Charleston ends (American Revolutionary War) https://amzn.to/3eEhWxG
May 12 1781 – Battle of Fort Motte ends (American Revolutionary War)
May 12 1797 – Nore Mutiny (Britain) https://amzn.to/2QapIpC
May 12 1809 – Battle of Porto (Peninsular War)
May 12 1820 – Florence Nightingale born https://amzn.to/3y4DmvC
May 10 1849 – Ludwigshafen taken (Revolutions of 1848) https://amzn.to/3hl8ktF
May 12 1863 – Battle of Raymond (US Civil War)
May 12 1864 – Battle of Proctor’s Creek begins (US Civil War)
May 12 1865 – Battle of Palmito Ranch, TX (US Civil War) https://amzn.to/3eDS0Cf
May 12 1881 – Treaty of Bardo signed (Tunisia) https://amzn.to/3tAV72c
May 12 1885 – Battle of Batoche ends (North-West Rebellion)
May 12 1894 – Italian general Clemente Primieri born
May 12 1898 – Bombardment of San Juan (Spanish-American War) (Naval)
May 12 1900 – US Navy officer Joseph Rochefort born https://amzn.to/3tGiyqQ
May 12 1918 – American spy for the Soviets Julius Rosenberg born https://amzn.to/3o92bCd
May 12 1940 – Battle of Sedan begins https://amzn.to/2Qaqgf8 ; Battle of the Afsluitdijk begins (WWII)
May 12 1941 – Operation Tiger ends (WWII) (Naval)
May 12 1942 – Second Battle of Kharkov begins (WWII) https://amzn.to/3y3KiJr
May 12 1943 – U-507 sinks the SS Virginia at the mouth of the Mississippi River (WWII Naval) https://amzn.to/3uJXroV ; Battle of West Hubei begins (Second Sino-Japanese War)
May 12 1944 – Allies take Monte Faito (WWII)
May 12 1948 – Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Campaign begins (Chinese Civil War)
May 12 1949 – Berlin Blockade ends (Cold War) https://amzn.to/2SCaria ; Shanghai Campaign begins (Chinese Civil War)
May 12 1951 – US tests the H-bomb on Eniwetok Atoll https://amzn.to/2RKQt4C
May 12 1968 – Battle of Kham Duc ends; Battle of Coral-Balmoral begins (Vietnam War) https://amzn.to/3bm31Gr
May 12 1969 – Attack on Landing Zone Snoopy (Vietnam War)
May 12 1975 – SS Mayaguez taken (Vietnam War) https://amzn.to/3uGNSqZ
May 12 1982 – Liberation of Khorramshahr ends (Iran-Iraq War) 2004 – Operation Rainbow begins (Second Intifada)
May 12 2002- Raid at Deh Rawod (War in Afghanistan)
May 12 2003 – Riyadh compound bombings (Saudi Arabia)
May 12 2008 – Attack on Omdurman and Khartoum ends (Darfur War) https://amzn.to/2ROBcQg

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