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The Attack of the Dead
One of the most celebrated pieces of Eastern European military lore of the 20th Century came from the tiny fortress of Osowiec (also spelled/spoken variously as Osovets, Ossovetz, Osovetz, Ossowicz,...
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It werfs minen
A Scottish town had this lumpy old gun floating around for several decades. Some thought it a harpoon cannon.Others a Turkish naval gun recovered during the Great War. After coating it in thick black...
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Warship Wednesday May 18, 2016: Spanish gunboats a-go-go
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Warship Wednesday May 25, 2016: The Kaiser’s Pirate of Nauset Beach
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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You do know FitaFita, don’t you?
“Fita-Fita Guard. The native Samoan Naval Guard Force is brought to attention by BMI/c Suitonu, USN, a veteran of 15 years on the force, March 1943. Naval Station in Samoa.” Note the traditional...
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Jack Cornwell, the heroic gunner of Jutland, 100 years ago this week
Jack as a 15 year old Boy assigned to the training ship, the old armored cruiser H.M.S. Lancaster which was based at Chatam during WWI to train gunnery crews. Born 8th January 1900 in Essex, John...
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100 years ago today: The hell of Jutland (Skagerrakschlacht)
On this day in 1916, the German High Seas Fleet under Admiral Reinhard Scheer attempted an ambush on the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea by defeating Admiral Sir David Beatty’s Battlecruiser Force...
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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Thomas Baumgartner
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sundays (when I feel like working), I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, photographers...
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This is sure to get your attention in the trenches
Here we see perhaps the pinnacle of German Great War sniping rifles. It is a JP Sauer & Sohn Gewehr 98 Sniper Rifle with detachable Zeiss 2.5x monocular optical sight that superimposed a pyramidal...
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No .4 gun reporting for duty
From Kevin Smith at the Cruiser Olympia at Independence Seaport Museum: “Today the crew performed the task of a gunners gang, taking down the traversing gear for our #4 5″/51 broadside gun, which we...
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You do know the Standschutze Hellriegel, don’t you?
Historical Firearms has a good piece on the the Austro-Hungarian Standschutze Hellriegel submachine gun. Apparently this mad bulky water cooled (!) burp gun was developed during 1915 and blended pistol...
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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Geoffrey Stephen Allfree
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sundays (when I feel like working), I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, photographers...
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Warship Wednesday June 22, 2016: A hard luck mini battlewagon
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Geoffrey Muirhead Bone, of the...
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sundays (when I feel like working), I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, photographers...
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1916 redux
I’m not sure the origin of these layouts of 1916 military infantryman’s gear, but they are great. The kit of a French Private Soldier in the Battle of Verdun, 1916, collection provided by Paul Bristow,...
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Ghosts of the Somme
With the five month hell of the Somme remembered forever as the bloodiest battle of the British Empire’s history (481,842 killed, including a staggering 19,240 on the first day alone), some 1,400...
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British No. 1 Hand Grenade WWI
The No. 1 Hand Grenade, as the name may suggest, was the first hand grenade designed by the British, and was the first grenade used in World War I. Unlike later grenades, which operate on timed fuses...
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Warship Wednesday July 13, 2016: The tale of the pre-owned polar sub
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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You had to be under 5′ 4″ to man this armored coffin
A pretty decent look at the first real U.S. tank, the M1917 Renault, with Len Dyer of the National Armor and Cavalry Restoration Shop. The U.S. Army Tank Corps picked up just under 1,000 of these in...
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The cannes de poilus
French Poilu 1918 by Stcyr74 Via Deviant Art In showing a photo montage of Great War era infantryman’s typical loadout last week, it was interesting to note the non-standard equipment each often...
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