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The Modern World / Re: Schutztruppe -Heis Safari
« Last post by bayonetbrant on Yesterday at 01:14:09 PM »so I guess it's shipping now! (the website doesn't look like it is)
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Conventions, Clubs, and Events / Re: SDHistCON Second Front - 8 Jun 2024 (online)
« Last post by olivasmith on Yesterday at 12:52:56 PM »I bought tickets and eagerly waiting GOA Kranti 
Thanks buddy for sharing this.
Thanks buddy for sharing this.
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The Modern World / Re: Schutztruppe -Heis Safari
« Last post by ojsdad on Yesterday at 12:51:21 PM »Took a few years, but just delivered
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Conventions, Clubs, and Events / Re: Buckeye Gamefest 2024
« Last post by olivasmith on Yesterday at 12:50:06 PM »Opps I missed it again 
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Conventions, Clubs, and Events / Re: Consimworld Expo 2024
« Last post by olivasmith on Yesterday at 12:47:54 PM »Hi,
The Consimworld Expo is a fantastic event, especially for enthusiasts like us. I've been a couple of times, and it's definitely worth the trip. I missed this season, do you have any idea when it's going to happen in 2025, I mean which month.
Thanks
The Consimworld Expo is a fantastic event, especially for enthusiasts like us. I've been a couple of times, and it's definitely worth the trip. I missed this season, do you have any idea when it's going to happen in 2025, I mean which month.
Thanks
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by besilarius on May 27, 2024, 08:59:03 PM »1541 Margaret de la Pole, 67, Countess of Salisbury, the last Plantagenet, beheaded for being Catholic & royal
1672. Battle of Solebay. A Dutch fleet of 75 ships, under Lt.-Admirals Michiel de Ruyter, Adriaen Banckert and Willem Joseph van Ghent, surprised an Anglo-French fleet of 93 ships, under The Duke of York and Vice-Admiral Comte Jean II d'Estrées, at anchor in Solebay. HMS Royal James (102) was destroyed by a fireship and the Earl of Sandwich was drowned. HMS Royal Katherine (84), Cptn. John Chichely, struck but was recaptured. The Dutch Jozua was destroyed, Stavoren was captured, and a third ship blew up.
1708. British squadron, under Charles Wager, of HMS Expedition (70), Cptn. Henry Long, HMS Kingston (60), Cptn. Simon Timothy Bridges, HMS Portland (50), Cptn. Edward Windsor, and HMS Vulture fireship (
, Cdr. Caesar Brooks, engaged Spanish treasure fleet, under José Fernández de Santillán , of eleven merchant ships (some armed), and seven escorting warships San José (64), Cptn. Santillán, San Joaquín (64), Cptn. Villanueva, Santa Cruz (44), Cptn. de la Rosa, Concepción (40), Cptn Francis, Carmen (24), Cptn Araoz, French Le Mieta (34) and French Saint Sprit (32) off Cartagena. San José blew up, Santa Cruz was taken and Concepción beached itself on Baru Island where the crew set the ship alight. The rest escaped.
1700 During the reign of Louis XIV, Burgundy paid a special tax, the “exemption des gens de guerre,” to keep Royal troops from wintering in the province (thereby avoiding drunken brawls, plundered chicken coops, debauched maidens, and other undesirable consequences), which rose from 112,000 livres in 1662 to 200,000 livres by 1680, though the king regularly violated the arrangement.
1813 Battle of Fort George: Col. Winfield Scott captures the British post on the Niagara River
1878. After the bloody Russo-Romanian siege of the Turkish fortress of Plevna in 1877 about 30,000 skeletons were shipped to England to be processed into fertilizer.
1905 the Japanese fleet crushed the Russian fleet in Battle of Tsu-Shima Strait. Capt. Sir William C. Pakenham (1861-1933) was the British naval attaché in Japan. On the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, he secured permission from Adm. Togo Heihachiro to serve as observer in the battleship HIJMS Asahi. Pakenham remained aboard for fourteen months, never setting foot ashore lest permission to return be refused. As a result, he endured endless days on blockade duty. But the boredom was worth it. Pakenham had the privilege of being present for the Battle of the Yellow Sea (Aug. 10, 1904), during which Togo’s squadron blocked an attempt by the Russian fleet at Port Arthur to escape to Vladivostok, and then, nine months later, at Tsu-Shima Strait (May 27-28, 1905), during which he was almost killed, but also witnessed the virtual annihilation of the Russian relief fleet that had sailed all the way from the Baltic.
After the war, Packenham’s experiences made him a strong supporter of the trend toward the all big gun Dreadnought-type battleship.
During World War I Pakenham commanded the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron in the Battle of Jutland (May31-June 1, 1916) and by the end of the war was commander of the Battle Cruiser Force of the Grand Fleet.
Pakenham retired as a full admiral in 1926, with the unique distinction of having been in the three biggest battleship fights in history.
1918. The Dupont de Nemours Company of Delaware supplied about 40% of all the explosives used by the Allied forces in World War I., despite the fact that the U.S. did not enter the war until the spring of 1917.
1940 Operation Dynamo: Dunkirk Evacuation begins, as German troops massacre 97 men of the Royal Norfolk Regiment
1941. http://navweaps.com/index_inro/INRO_Bismarck.php
1945. During World War II the U.S. heavy bomber program produced 3,760 B-29s, 18,188 B-24s, and 12,677 B-17s, not to mention a handful of B-32s.
1672. Battle of Solebay. A Dutch fleet of 75 ships, under Lt.-Admirals Michiel de Ruyter, Adriaen Banckert and Willem Joseph van Ghent, surprised an Anglo-French fleet of 93 ships, under The Duke of York and Vice-Admiral Comte Jean II d'Estrées, at anchor in Solebay. HMS Royal James (102) was destroyed by a fireship and the Earl of Sandwich was drowned. HMS Royal Katherine (84), Cptn. John Chichely, struck but was recaptured. The Dutch Jozua was destroyed, Stavoren was captured, and a third ship blew up.
1708. British squadron, under Charles Wager, of HMS Expedition (70), Cptn. Henry Long, HMS Kingston (60), Cptn. Simon Timothy Bridges, HMS Portland (50), Cptn. Edward Windsor, and HMS Vulture fireship (
, Cdr. Caesar Brooks, engaged Spanish treasure fleet, under José Fernández de Santillán , of eleven merchant ships (some armed), and seven escorting warships San José (64), Cptn. Santillán, San Joaquín (64), Cptn. Villanueva, Santa Cruz (44), Cptn. de la Rosa, Concepción (40), Cptn Francis, Carmen (24), Cptn Araoz, French Le Mieta (34) and French Saint Sprit (32) off Cartagena. San José blew up, Santa Cruz was taken and Concepción beached itself on Baru Island where the crew set the ship alight. The rest escaped.1700 During the reign of Louis XIV, Burgundy paid a special tax, the “exemption des gens de guerre,” to keep Royal troops from wintering in the province (thereby avoiding drunken brawls, plundered chicken coops, debauched maidens, and other undesirable consequences), which rose from 112,000 livres in 1662 to 200,000 livres by 1680, though the king regularly violated the arrangement.
1813 Battle of Fort George: Col. Winfield Scott captures the British post on the Niagara River
1878. After the bloody Russo-Romanian siege of the Turkish fortress of Plevna in 1877 about 30,000 skeletons were shipped to England to be processed into fertilizer.
1905 the Japanese fleet crushed the Russian fleet in Battle of Tsu-Shima Strait. Capt. Sir William C. Pakenham (1861-1933) was the British naval attaché in Japan. On the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, he secured permission from Adm. Togo Heihachiro to serve as observer in the battleship HIJMS Asahi. Pakenham remained aboard for fourteen months, never setting foot ashore lest permission to return be refused. As a result, he endured endless days on blockade duty. But the boredom was worth it. Pakenham had the privilege of being present for the Battle of the Yellow Sea (Aug. 10, 1904), during which Togo’s squadron blocked an attempt by the Russian fleet at Port Arthur to escape to Vladivostok, and then, nine months later, at Tsu-Shima Strait (May 27-28, 1905), during which he was almost killed, but also witnessed the virtual annihilation of the Russian relief fleet that had sailed all the way from the Baltic.
After the war, Packenham’s experiences made him a strong supporter of the trend toward the all big gun Dreadnought-type battleship.
During World War I Pakenham commanded the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron in the Battle of Jutland (May31-June 1, 1916) and by the end of the war was commander of the Battle Cruiser Force of the Grand Fleet.
Pakenham retired as a full admiral in 1926, with the unique distinction of having been in the three biggest battleship fights in history.
1918. The Dupont de Nemours Company of Delaware supplied about 40% of all the explosives used by the Allied forces in World War I., despite the fact that the U.S. did not enter the war until the spring of 1917.
1940 Operation Dynamo: Dunkirk Evacuation begins, as German troops massacre 97 men of the Royal Norfolk Regiment
1941. http://navweaps.com/index_inro/INRO_Bismarck.php
1945. During World War II the U.S. heavy bomber program produced 3,760 B-29s, 18,188 B-24s, and 12,677 B-17s, not to mention a handful of B-32s.
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Intel Dump / Re: Wargame Design Studio News Thread + Latest Sale Titles
« Last post by rahamy on May 27, 2024, 08:30:57 AM »New Game of the Week announced, this time we have Naval Campaigns: Guadalcanal. Read all about it in todays blog post:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-may-27-june-2
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-may-27-june-2
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by besilarius on May 26, 2024, 11:20:23 PM »946 King Edmund I "the Elder" of England (939-946), murdered at 24, by bandit chief Leofa, who was in turn killed by the royal guards
1789 The Duke of York, Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, refuses to return fire though slightly wounded in a duel with Lt Col Charles Lenox, of his regiment
1835. Duke of Wellington once claimed that he had joined Crockford’s, a snooty club, in order to be able to blackball the Marquess of Douro, his son.
1816 until the end of the German Empire, at a formal mess every June 18th, the officers of the Prussian 25th Infantry would each solemnly take a cigar from a little silver plate engraved with the “N” monogram and the imperial bees while the band played the regimental march, to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo, where their predecessors had captured Napoleon’s carriage
1901, six years after he had joined the 4th Hussars, that Winston Churchill managed to finish paying for his initial set of uniforms and equipment.
1940 the Royal Navy began evacuating British and French troops from Dunkirk
1941 HMS 'Ark Royal' a/c damage battleship 'Bismarck'
1944. USS England (DE 635) sinks its fifth Japanese submarine in a week, (RO 108), 110 miles northeast of Manus.
1946 US Patent filed for the H-Bomb
1789 The Duke of York, Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, refuses to return fire though slightly wounded in a duel with Lt Col Charles Lenox, of his regiment
1835. Duke of Wellington once claimed that he had joined Crockford’s, a snooty club, in order to be able to blackball the Marquess of Douro, his son.
1816 until the end of the German Empire, at a formal mess every June 18th, the officers of the Prussian 25th Infantry would each solemnly take a cigar from a little silver plate engraved with the “N” monogram and the imperial bees while the band played the regimental march, to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo, where their predecessors had captured Napoleon’s carriage
1901, six years after he had joined the 4th Hussars, that Winston Churchill managed to finish paying for his initial set of uniforms and equipment.
1940 the Royal Navy began evacuating British and French troops from Dunkirk
1941 HMS 'Ark Royal' a/c damage battleship 'Bismarck'
1944. USS England (DE 635) sinks its fifth Japanese submarine in a week, (RO 108), 110 miles northeast of Manus.
1946 US Patent filed for the H-Bomb
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by Staggerwing on May 26, 2024, 12:03:47 PM »Quote
1945. Two of the most prominent world leaders in World War II were known among the Navajo as "Mustache Smeller" and "Gourd Chin," that is, Hitler and Mussolini.
I still find it remarkable that the Germans and Japanese were not able to scour their universities for someone who could understand Navaho, or at least find some language guides. The Code Talkers must have used codes and random word substitutions in addition to their native language.
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by besilarius on May 25, 2024, 10:33:47 PM »567 BC King Servius Tullius of Rome celebrated a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans
1690 one adult Frenchman in ten was in the army, as were one in three "gentlemen."
1768. James Cook promoted to Lieutenant and given command of the bark, HMS Endeavour
1889 Gunther Lutjens, German admiral, kia 1941 in the 'Bismarck'
1913 Afred Redl, Austian staff officer and traitor, suicide at 49 -Austro-Hungarian officer, by 1901 he headed the army’s espionage and counter-espionage office, and uncovered several foreign agents. In 1907, needing money, Redl began selling mobilization plans, details about new weapons, plans of frontier defenses, and so forth to Russian intelligence. He continued to do so after his promotion to colonel and transfer to duty as chief-of-staff of the VIII Army Corps in Prague. The corps was part of the Austro-Hungarian strategic reserve, and thus Redl had access to plans for war with Serbia or Russia or both. In 1913 German intelligence uncovered his activities and passed the information on to their allies. Amazingly, rather than interrogate Redl, the arresting officers permitted him to commit suicide. Although Chief-of-the-General Staff Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf expressed outrage over this, he apparently was not displeased, perhaps because his own son had been among the many officers who – unwittingly or not – had supplied Redl with useful information. One of the most financially successful spies in history, Redl, a colonel with an annual salary of 14,000 kronen, left an estate worth about 75,000 kronen, more than Conrad’s assets, and today equal to perhaps as $7,500,000. This included a house in Vienna, a luxury three bedroom apartment in Prague, three horses, and a Daimler limo (itself costing kr 19,000), as well as “. . . wardrobes . . . stuffed with uniforms and the softest batiste shirts, ninety-five of them . . . sixty-two pairs of gloves”, not to mention jewelry, objects d’arte, and more. He also had about kr 30,000 in debts. Redl seems to have inspired the roguish “Colonel Count Alfred Renard”, played by Maurice Chevalier in the 1929 Paramount romantic comedy The Love Parade.
1914 Marshal of France Jean Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952), who commanded the Free French First Army during World War II, was severely injured in a mounted skirmish with some German cavalrymen, becoming thereby probably the last person of note in the twentieth century who had the experience of having been wounded by a sword.
1945. Two of the most prominent world leaders in World War II were known among the Navajo as "Mustache Smeller" and "Gourd Chin," that is, Hitler and Mussolini.
1690 one adult Frenchman in ten was in the army, as were one in three "gentlemen."
1768. James Cook promoted to Lieutenant and given command of the bark, HMS Endeavour
1889 Gunther Lutjens, German admiral, kia 1941 in the 'Bismarck'
1913 Afred Redl, Austian staff officer and traitor, suicide at 49 -Austro-Hungarian officer, by 1901 he headed the army’s espionage and counter-espionage office, and uncovered several foreign agents. In 1907, needing money, Redl began selling mobilization plans, details about new weapons, plans of frontier defenses, and so forth to Russian intelligence. He continued to do so after his promotion to colonel and transfer to duty as chief-of-staff of the VIII Army Corps in Prague. The corps was part of the Austro-Hungarian strategic reserve, and thus Redl had access to plans for war with Serbia or Russia or both. In 1913 German intelligence uncovered his activities and passed the information on to their allies. Amazingly, rather than interrogate Redl, the arresting officers permitted him to commit suicide. Although Chief-of-the-General Staff Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf expressed outrage over this, he apparently was not displeased, perhaps because his own son had been among the many officers who – unwittingly or not – had supplied Redl with useful information. One of the most financially successful spies in history, Redl, a colonel with an annual salary of 14,000 kronen, left an estate worth about 75,000 kronen, more than Conrad’s assets, and today equal to perhaps as $7,500,000. This included a house in Vienna, a luxury three bedroom apartment in Prague, three horses, and a Daimler limo (itself costing kr 19,000), as well as “. . . wardrobes . . . stuffed with uniforms and the softest batiste shirts, ninety-five of them . . . sixty-two pairs of gloves”, not to mention jewelry, objects d’arte, and more. He also had about kr 30,000 in debts. Redl seems to have inspired the roguish “Colonel Count Alfred Renard”, played by Maurice Chevalier in the 1929 Paramount romantic comedy The Love Parade.
1914 Marshal of France Jean Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952), who commanded the Free French First Army during World War II, was severely injured in a mounted skirmish with some German cavalrymen, becoming thereby probably the last person of note in the twentieth century who had the experience of having been wounded by a sword.
1945. Two of the most prominent world leaders in World War II were known among the Navajo as "Mustache Smeller" and "Gourd Chin," that is, Hitler and Mussolini.