WORLD WAR ONE
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/podcast/mentioned-in-dispatches-season-5-episode-5-world-war-i/
Greetings and welcome to an ordinary list of show notes for MiD season 5 episode 5. The focus is World War One and I'm keeping the notes as focused on that as possible, with a few exceptions. For example, at one point in the podcast, Blue Water Navy is brought up very briefly. I'm not including that in the notes. In another place, a couple Cold War games are discussed in relation to how games are designed. I am including those games.
I organized this into four sections: Games, Articles, Books, and History. If there is an asterisk with the game, that means the game might not have been directly mentioned. If I link to the wrong game, book, or article, or if my sources for the history material are unsound, please let me know.
Games:Der WeltkriegWings of GloryKnights of the Air *
Bloody April, 1917: Air War Over Arras, France (2012)Gallipoli, 1915: Churchill's Greatest Gamble (2018)1918/1919: Storm in the WestPath's of GloryThe Guns of August (1981)Gathering Storm (2015)Cataclysm: A Second World War (2018)Modern Battles: Four Contemporary Conflicts (1975)Wurzburg - (Hypothetical) A vital communications center, dominating the route of Soviet invasion into West Germany, which would be the site of a clash between Soviet Mechanized Rifle Divisions and the American Third Mechanized Infantry Division.
Fifth Corps: The Soviet Breakthrough at Fulda (1980)Brave Little Belgium (2019)Schutztruppe: Heia Safari, 1914-18 (2020)Coronel & Falklands: Naval Battles off South America, 1914 (2009) *
Supply Lines of the American Revolution: The Northern Theater, 1775-1777 (2017)Supply Lines of the American Revolution: The Southern Strategy (2018)The First World War (2004)Making History: The Great War - Link to archived version of website at the Internet Archive.
Diplomacy (1959)Article:Murphy's Law: April 30, 2003 - An essay meant to provoke a discussion about the last time there was a "new revolution" in warfighting.
There is an entire MiD episode about this topic. You can find it here:
Mentioned in Dispatches, S2E1- Revolutions!Books:Bloody April: Slaughter in the Skies Over Arras, 1917 by Peter Hart
Brant brought up Pershing and his writings. I wasn't positive if he meant the official report, or his memoirs, so I'm including both.
My experiences in the First World War by John J. Pershing
Final report of Gen. John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief American Expeditionary ForcesThe First World War : an agrarian interpretation by Avner Offer
RockyMountainNavy discusses a book about French battleships published by the US Naval Institute. I couldn't find the book from the description in the podcast. I am providing a search result that lists three possible books from what he described. All three look very interesting.
Search results for "french battleship" limitig to specific authorsHistory stuff:Where did the American forces land in Russia during the Russian Civil War? The group was correct, Arkhangelsk and Vlodivostok.
Near the end of the podcast, RockyMountainNavy tells a story from the start of World War One about a German cruiser getting supplies in San Francisco. I agree with Brant, at first it sounds a bit far fetched, until you read it happened:
Source: New York Times. Aug 18, 1914, pg. 4
This is an interesting story and I had no idea this happened at the start of the war. If I can find the time, I'll start a different thread that will show more news clippings from the NYTs about the Leipzig in August of 1914.
Japan's involvement in World War One is also discussed. The picture below is from the New York Times, 24 Aug. 1914, page 1.