Although a bit overshadowed, at least on certain social platforms, by a famous sci-fi saga, on Wednesday this week we commemorated China’s reaction to the terms of the Versailles Treaty, on 4th of May 1919. To cut a long history short, while not deploying any combat troops, China sent a large number of labourers to […]
Read more "May the Fourth: Great War’s lasting impact on China"Yesterday, Chinese commemorated one of the most important landmarks in their country’s contemporary history. May the Fourth is often seen as a turning point, when student-led protests reflected widespread frustration at China’s violent clash with modernity at the hands of Western powers, Russia, and Japan, plus the Asian giant’s seemingly inability to recover its leading […]
Read more "What prompted the May Fourth Movement?"Dear friends and followers, We are preparing to launch our newsletter! The idea is to keep you regularly informed of our courses, while also providing you with others bits and pieces of interest to military history buffs. To join our mailing list, just send us a message to military_history_academy@yahoo.com Your e-mail will only be used […]
Read more "Launching our newsletter!"Thank you very much to all participants in our latest Twitter quizz, which dealt with the air war in the 1982 Falklands Conflict, and where our question was “Falklands War: British forces secured complete air superiority” and the four possible answers: “A) Before landing (chosen by 8 percent of participants) B) Right after landing (4 […]
Read more "Falklands: No overall air superiority"Welcome to this week’s Twitter quizz! Our question deals with airpower in the 1982 Falklands War. We are asking: “Falklands War: British forces secured complete air superiority” and the four possible answers are: A) Before landing B) Right after landing C) By attacking bases in Argentina D) Never achieved complete air superiority Please answer […]
Read more "Air superiority in the Falklands War"Thanks to all participants in our latest Twitter quizz, where we asked the location of the 1943 ‘Zoot Suit Riots’. As rightly guessed by 46 percent, they took place in Los Angeles. The other options were New York (chosen by 25 percent), Honolulu (11 percent), and Portsmouth (18 percent). Please remember our account is @Mil_Hist, […]
Read more "Zoot Suit Riots took place in … Los Angeles!"1943, the world at war, yet while the Allies made an effort at total war against the Axis, the home front posted its own challenges. Among them, racial tensions, which would lead to the Zoot Suit Riots. In this week’s Twitter poll, which you can find in our pinned tweet, we ask you where these […]
Read more "What where the 1943 ‘Zoot Suit Riots’?"Thank you very much to all participants in our latest quizz, dealing with a passage in Confucius’ Analects. We asked how long he thought it was necessary for men to prepare to go to war, and the right answer was 7 years, as rightly guessed by 45 percent of participants. 9 chose “3 years”, and […]
Read more "7 years: right answer to Confucius quizz"Confucius is one of the best-known and influential Chinese thinkers. His sayings were compiled by his followers, and have reached us under the English name “Analects”. Confucious did not write much on war, but his work contains some mentions. In a passage, he says “Let a good man teach the people XXXX and they may […]
Read more "Confucius on War: our latest quizz"Thanks to all participants in our latest Twitter quizz! 50 percent guessed right: Togoland was the first German colony in Africa to fall during the Great War. It was quickly conquered by British forces from Gold Coast (present day Ghana) and French forces from Dahomey (now Benin) in the first month of the war. Cameroons […]
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