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Post by lordroel on Feb 6, 2020 14:42:00 GMT
Winged Hussars – Polish Cavalry – Sabaton History 053
By the 17th century it seemed like the golden age of the Winged Hussars had come to an end. Heavily armored, clad in steel and leopard skins, they had once charged over the battlefields with their wings proudly flying in the wind. But as the city of Vienna came under siege by the Ottoman Empire, the Polish Winged Hussars once more set out to meet their foes on the battlefield. Prepare for a thunderous charge that would go down in history.
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Post by lordroel on Feb 13, 2020 14:00:16 GMT
Wolfpack – German U-boat Tactics – Sabaton History 054
The Battle of Britain had saved the United Kingdom from imminent invasion by the German Wehrmacht, however the war was far from over. To destroy Britain's economic capabilities to wage war, the German Kriegsmarine had to win the tonnage war in the North Atlantic. The German submarines - the U-Boote, were sent out to hunt. As the British Royal Navy returned to the convoy system to protect its merchant fleet, the Germans as well began organizing their submarines in groups to attack in unison. These hunter-killer teams, the Wolfpacks, would soon haunt the depths of the North Atlantic.
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Post by eurowatch on Feb 20, 2020 14:49:34 GMT
Back in Control – The Falklands War – Sabaton History 055
1982, on a group of islands far, far away from Great Britain. After the military junta of Argentinian Army General Leopoldo Galtieri had publicly declared that the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) were rightfully part of Argentinian territory, an invasion force succeeded in wrestling control away from their British owners. However Great Britain would not simply stand by and give the Falklands up. Instead a British task-force would make its way down to the Falklands, in an attempt to take back control of the islands by force. What followed was an undeclared war of 10 weeks, where British carriers and commandos fought against the entrenched Argentinian ground-forces for the ownership of the islands.
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Post by lordroel on Feb 20, 2020 14:53:42 GMT
Back in Control – The Falklands War – Sabaton History 055
1982, on a group of islands far, far away from Great Britain. After the military junta of Argentinian Army General Leopoldo Galtieri had publicly declared that the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) were rightfully part of Argentinian territory, an invasion force succeeded in wrestling control away from their British owners. However Great Britain would not simply stand by and give the Falklands up. Instead a British task-force would make its way down to the Falklands, in an attempt to take back control of the islands by force. What followed was an undeclared war of 10 weeks, where British carriers and commandos fought against the entrenched Argentinian ground-forces for the ownership of the islands. First you after a long time mange to beat me to published the weekly update and secondly, good song. |
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Post by eurowatch on Feb 20, 2020 15:12:29 GMT
Back in Control – The Falklands War – Sabaton History 055
1982, on a group of islands far, far away from Great Britain. After the military junta of Argentinian Army General Leopoldo Galtieri had publicly declared that the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) were rightfully part of Argentinian territory, an invasion force succeeded in wrestling control away from their British owners. However Great Britain would not simply stand by and give the Falklands up. Instead a British task-force would make its way down to the Falklands, in an attempt to take back control of the islands by force. What followed was an undeclared war of 10 weeks, where British carriers and commandos fought against the entrenched Argentinian ground-forces for the ownership of the islands. First you after a long time mange to beat me to published the weekly update and secondly, good song. For once I remembered to post before you did. |
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Post by lordroel on Feb 27, 2020 14:44:42 GMT
The Future of Warfare – British Tanks of the Great War – Sabaton History 056
Tanks! What a terrible and frightening sight they must have been for the Germans, the first time they had appeared on the battlefield at the Somme in 1916. The tanks were the product of many different ideas and prototypes, that all sought to overcome the perils of the modern battlefield - the machine gun, the bombed out ground and the barbed wire. The British Mark I tank would crush those obstacles through its sheer weight and begin a new age of mechanized warfare!
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Post by eurowatch on Mar 5, 2020 14:32:54 GMT
Poltava – The Great Northern War – Sabaton History 057 [Official]
Bullets break the silent air, a wasted battleplan! It was a long and harsh march through the lands in the east, where the Swedish army of Charles XII sought to bring the Russian Empire to its knees. The Swedish king had the vision of a great victory, in which he captured Moscow and destroyed Tsar Peter I`s ambitions once and for all. However, as in late June 1709, the exhausted and hungry Swedish troops finally met the Tsar in open battle near the fortress of Poltava, it all seemed impossible. A relentless and fateful battle would commence. A battle after which only one empire would continue to rise while the other would fall.
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Post by eurowatch on Mar 12, 2020 14:30:33 GMT
The Price of a Mile – The Battle of Passchendaele – Sabaton History 058
So tell me what's the price of a mile? The Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 is often remembered as a dismal and dreadful campaign. Fighting over endless mud, waterlogged shell-holes and unrecognizable, bombed out ground, the battle became a slog where everybody was just miserable. Hundreds of thousands of men became casualties for the advance of a handful of miles.
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Post by eurowatch on Mar 19, 2020 14:32:23 GMT
Aces In Exile Pt.1 – Non-British RAF Pilots – Sabaton History 059
Aces In Exile prevail! Did you know, that the war in the skies above Britain was not just fought by men from the British Isles alone? It was also fought by men who were forced to flee their home-countries from Nazi occupation and journey through war-torn Europe to continue the resistance. As France fell, pilots from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Canada found themselves once more in the seat of foreign fighter-planes, to fend off the German war-machine in the Battle of Britain.
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Post by eurowatch on Mar 19, 2020 14:51:34 GMT
To slow that is time as well, Roel.
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Post by stevep on Mar 20, 2020 10:44:19 GMT
Aces In Exile Pt.1 – Non-British RAF Pilots – Sabaton History 059Aces In Exile prevail! Did you know, that the war in the skies above Britain was not just fought by men from the British Isles alone? It was also fought by men who were forced to flee their home-countries from Nazi occupation and journey through war-torn Europe to continue the resistance. As France fell, pilots from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Canada found themselves once more in the seat of foreign fighter-planes, to fend off the German war-machine in the Battle of Britain.
Did you mean to include Canada in that list? There were plenty of pilots from Canada and other dominions and colonies who helped Britain but they weren't occupied by the Nazis. Did you mean somewhere like Belgium or the Netherlands as well as the Poles, Czechs and French?
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Post by lordroel on Mar 20, 2020 10:55:48 GMT
Aces In Exile Pt.1 – Non-British RAF Pilots – Sabaton History 059Aces In Exile prevail! Did you know, that the war in the skies above Britain was not just fought by men from the British Isles alone? It was also fought by men who were forced to flee their home-countries from Nazi occupation and journey through war-torn Europe to continue the resistance. As France fell, pilots from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Canada found themselves once more in the seat of foreign fighter-planes, to fend off the German war-machine in the Battle of Britain. Did you mean to include Canada in that list? There were plenty of pilots from Canada and other dominions and colonies who helped Britain but they weren't occupied by the Nazis. Did you mean somewhere like Belgium or the Netherlands as well as the Poles, Czechs and French? Steve
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Post by stevep on Mar 20, 2020 11:00:25 GMT
Did you mean to include Canada in that list? There were plenty of pilots from Canada and other dominions and colonies who helped Britain but they weren't occupied by the Nazis. Did you mean somewhere like Belgium or the Netherlands as well as the Poles, Czechs and French? Steve
The text eurowatch , posted is the official description what was posted on this YouTube clip stevep .
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Thanks. It sounds an odd inclusion worded as it is. That was why I asked.
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Post by eurowatch on Mar 26, 2020 14:29:31 GMT
Aces In Exile Pt.2 – Non-British RAF Pilots – Sabaton History 060
Aces in Exile return! Interesting times make for interesting men. In this second part we talk about some individual stories of Czechoslovakian, Polish and Canadian pilots that all fought under the banner of the British Royal Airforce during the Second World War. How they escaped German occupation, how they traveled through war torn Europe, and how they eventually found themselves fighting in a different uniform for a different country .
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Post by lordroel on Apr 3, 2020 13:32:11 GMT
Into The Fire – The Vietnam War – Sabaton History 061
During the height of the Cold War, weapons ran hot in the jungles of Vietnam. Combat along the overgrown trails, the wide open fields of rice-paddies or the marshes of the Mekong Delta, was not only exhausting and relentless, but also the place where many of the old doctrines of warfare did no longer apply. The western coalition had to face the elusive Guerilla-methods of the North-Vietnamese forces, who prepared ambushes and traps along the marching routes. The eerie quietness of the jungle was all too often broken by a sudden explosion of violence as troops marched right into the fire.
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