Forwarded from Frontier Strolls
The Portuguese used these horse troops with great effect in the Angolan war of independence. They would operate in the tall grass and rougher regions of eastern Angola where they chased guerrilla bands into the unkindly embrace of airmobile troops who were dropped in the rear of the fleeing guerrilla units.
How much of the "Russia is incompetent" propaganda is due to CIA/NATO getting embarrassed in every engagement so far? In Ukraine they wanted to provoke a conventional conflict against partisans, but Russia has developed a hybrid of conventional and unconventional/asymmetric warfare. NATO propaganda against this is simply another level of accusing them of criminality.
Article on maskirovka:
"One of the most famous examples is the Battle of Kulikovo Field in 1380, when the young Muscovite, Prince Dmitry Donskoy, and 50,000 Russian warriors fought against 150,000 Tatar-Mongolian soldiers led by Khan Mamai. It was the first time the Slavs were fighting as a united army - Russia against the Golden Horde.
"The fighting was very tough, but we eventually triumphed thanks to one regiment hiding in the forest," says Vladimirov. "They attacked ferociously and unexpectedly and the ambushed Tatars ran away.""
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31020283
Article on maskirovka:
"One of the most famous examples is the Battle of Kulikovo Field in 1380, when the young Muscovite, Prince Dmitry Donskoy, and 50,000 Russian warriors fought against 150,000 Tatar-Mongolian soldiers led by Khan Mamai. It was the first time the Slavs were fighting as a united army - Russia against the Golden Horde.
"The fighting was very tough, but we eventually triumphed thanks to one regiment hiding in the forest," says Vladimirov. "They attacked ferociously and unexpectedly and the ambushed Tatars ran away.""
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31020283
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“I found the crown of France in the gutter and I picked it up with my sword.” —Not actually Napoleon’s words, but embellished by a poetically inclined individual. It captures the character of the great man well, as that of all great men who arise in times of chaos, sculpting new orders, blade in hand.
Forwarded from On Record
❗️UN chief calls on West to lift some Russia sanctions in order to prevent global hunger.
“Russian food and fertilizers must have full and unrestricted access to world markets,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres.
“Let’s be clear: there is no effective solution to the food crisis without reintegrating Ukraine’s food production, as well as the food and fertilizer produced by Russia and Belarus, into world markets, despite the war,” Guterres added.
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“Russian food and fertilizers must have full and unrestricted access to world markets,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres.
“Let’s be clear: there is no effective solution to the food crisis without reintegrating Ukraine’s food production, as well as the food and fertilizer produced by Russia and Belarus, into world markets, despite the war,” Guterres added.
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"NATO is the legitimate heir of the Wehrmacht.
Adolf Heusinger, chief of the Operationsabteilung from 1940-1944.
Hitler's chief of staff and helped plan the invasions of Poland, Norway, Denmark, and France. He was promoted to colonel on August 1, 1940 and became chief of the Operationsabteilung in October 1940, making him number three in the Army planning hierarchy.
In 1961, Heusinger was made the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (essentially he was NATO's chief of staff). He served in that capacity until 1964.
General Hans Speidel, Erwin Rommel’s chief of staff during WWII.
After the war he served in the Western German army and became the Supreme Commander of NATO’s ground forces in Central Europe from 1957-1963.
Johannes Steinhoff, Luftwaffe fighter pilot during WWII and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron across (NS Germany's highest military award award), was Chairman of the NATO Military Committee 1971–1974 (among other NATO positions beforehand).
Johann von Kielmansegg), General Staff officer to the High Command of the Wehrmacht 1942-1944, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe 1967-1968.
Ernst Ferber, a Major in the Wehrmacht and group leader of the organizational department of the Supreme Command of the Army (Wehrmacht) from 1943-1945 and recipient of the Iron Cross 1st Class, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1973-1975.
Karl Schnell, battery chief in the Western campaign in 1940/later First General Staff Officer of the LXXVI Panzer Corps in 1944 and recipient of the Iron Cross 2nd Class, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1975-1977.
Franz Joseph Schulze, a Lieutenant in the reserve and Chief of the 3rd Battery of the Flak Storm Regiment 241 and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in 1944, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1977-1979.
Ferdinand von Senger und Etterlin; Lieutenant of 24th Panzer Division in the German 6th Army, participant in the Battle of Stalingrad, adjutant to Army High Command, and recipient of the German Cross in gold, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe 1979-1983."
Adolf Heusinger, chief of the Operationsabteilung from 1940-1944.
Hitler's chief of staff and helped plan the invasions of Poland, Norway, Denmark, and France. He was promoted to colonel on August 1, 1940 and became chief of the Operationsabteilung in October 1940, making him number three in the Army planning hierarchy.
In 1961, Heusinger was made the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (essentially he was NATO's chief of staff). He served in that capacity until 1964.
General Hans Speidel, Erwin Rommel’s chief of staff during WWII.
After the war he served in the Western German army and became the Supreme Commander of NATO’s ground forces in Central Europe from 1957-1963.
Johannes Steinhoff, Luftwaffe fighter pilot during WWII and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron across (NS Germany's highest military award award), was Chairman of the NATO Military Committee 1971–1974 (among other NATO positions beforehand).
Johann von Kielmansegg), General Staff officer to the High Command of the Wehrmacht 1942-1944, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe 1967-1968.
Ernst Ferber, a Major in the Wehrmacht and group leader of the organizational department of the Supreme Command of the Army (Wehrmacht) from 1943-1945 and recipient of the Iron Cross 1st Class, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1973-1975.
Karl Schnell, battery chief in the Western campaign in 1940/later First General Staff Officer of the LXXVI Panzer Corps in 1944 and recipient of the Iron Cross 2nd Class, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1975-1977.
Franz Joseph Schulze, a Lieutenant in the reserve and Chief of the 3rd Battery of the Flak Storm Regiment 241 and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in 1944, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe from 1977-1979.
Ferdinand von Senger und Etterlin; Lieutenant of 24th Panzer Division in the German 6th Army, participant in the Battle of Stalingrad, adjutant to Army High Command, and recipient of the German Cross in gold, was NATO's Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Central Europe 1979-1983."
Are they even trying?
"Russian troops have planted mines in Ukrainian fields to prevent farmers from cultivating their crops, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan has been told.
Speaking after a meeting of G7 development ministers in Berlin, Sajjan said the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told them how Russian troops mined fields to prevent farmers growing food.
Russian soldiers were also stealing Ukraine's food stores, reminding Ukrainians of the "terror famine" of the 1930s when Stalin demanded Ukraine's grain and available food."
https://torontosun.com/news/world/russian-troops-planted-mines-in-ukraines-fields-to-ruin-harvest-sajjan
"Russian troops have planted mines in Ukrainian fields to prevent farmers from cultivating their crops, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan has been told.
Speaking after a meeting of G7 development ministers in Berlin, Sajjan said the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told them how Russian troops mined fields to prevent farmers growing food.
Russian soldiers were also stealing Ukraine's food stores, reminding Ukrainians of the "terror famine" of the 1930s when Stalin demanded Ukraine's grain and available food."
https://torontosun.com/news/world/russian-troops-planted-mines-in-ukraines-fields-to-ruin-harvest-sajjan
Forwarded from Intel Slava
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🇺🇸🤡 Retired US Army General Barry McCaffrey has posted footage from the game Arma 3, posing as the alleged "destruction" of Russian aircraft by Ukrainian air defense systems in Ukraine
"From a Western Clausewitzian standpoint, there is no longer any political justification for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine other than to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to save face. But from Putin and his supporters’ perspective on Clausewitz ,that is more than a sufficient justification for continuing this war.
Putin has long since morphed into a contemporary version of a Shakespearean villain who is in blood so steeped that to go back would be as tiresome as to go o’er. Indeed, Putin and his toadies are busily making reckless nuclear threats in the belief that such threats will frighten the West into stopping the war with Russian troops on Ukrainian soil. In other words, they are exploiting Nixon’s madman theory to terrify Westerners with nuclear threats.
Unfortunately, too many Western experts are arguing that we have to save Russia or Putin’s face lest the humiliation of defeat drive him to escalate. Alternatively, they argue that we must negotiate the future of European security with Russia."
The utter necessity of a Russian defeat
Putin has long since morphed into a contemporary version of a Shakespearean villain who is in blood so steeped that to go back would be as tiresome as to go o’er. Indeed, Putin and his toadies are busily making reckless nuclear threats in the belief that such threats will frighten the West into stopping the war with Russian troops on Ukrainian soil. In other words, they are exploiting Nixon’s madman theory to terrify Westerners with nuclear threats.
Unfortunately, too many Western experts are arguing that we have to save Russia or Putin’s face lest the humiliation of defeat drive him to escalate. Alternatively, they argue that we must negotiate the future of European security with Russia."
The utter necessity of a Russian defeat
The Hill
The utter necessity of a Russian defeat
We must reject the advice of those who would gladly sacrifice Ukraine’s vital interests to their anxiety about Putin losing face.
God damn. Two of the most destructive weapons in history were made by this guy.
"William Livens designed the flame throwers and gas bombs that helped win World War One for the Allies. He was also awarded a raft of medals for his gallantry when the fighting was done.
But it might be his contribution to the kitchen that has been the most enduring. In 1924 he invented an innovative electric dishwasher complete with a front door for loading, a wire rack for crockery and a rotating sprayer."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5974409/War-medals-Royal-Engineer-flame-thrower-gas-bomb-helped-win-WWI.html
"William Livens designed the flame throwers and gas bombs that helped win World War One for the Allies. He was also awarded a raft of medals for his gallantry when the fighting was done.
But it might be his contribution to the kitchen that has been the most enduring. In 1924 he invented an innovative electric dishwasher complete with a front door for loading, a wire rack for crockery and a rotating sprayer."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5974409/War-medals-Royal-Engineer-flame-thrower-gas-bomb-helped-win-WWI.html
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Revealed: How Royal Engineer whose deadly flame thrower and gas bomb helped win WWI for the Allies also saved us hours in the kitchen…
William Livens designed the flame throwers and gas bombs that helped win World War One for the Allies. But it might be his contribution to the kitchen that has been the most enduring.
When women say that there would be no war if they were in charge remind them that the dishwasher is domestic chemical warfare.