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The Strange Death of Rudolf Hess - Episode 1: One Way Flight​

Dec 5, 2024

In 1987, Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess, imprisoned at Spandau for 41 years, died under deeply mysterious circumstances. Did he perish by his own hand, or was he murdered? This new series will examine this intriguing historical mystery, and present a surprising conclusion.

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Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkFeltonProductions
 

VICTORY AT SEA TV SHOW EPISODE 2 " THE PACIFIC BOILS OVER " PEARL HARBOR ATTACK 41025​

Dec 7, 2024

“The Pacific Boils Over" is an episode of 'Victory at Sea'. This documentary series aired on NBC from 1952 to 1953. The series was later released as a feature film in 1954. It featured warfare from WW2 as well as industry's role in war. This episode takes a look at Pearl Harbor; the events which lead to the heavily planned attack as well as the restoration project following the attack.

You can read a lot more including time stamps below the vid on YouTube.

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This sailor fought the Japanese at Pearl Harbor—with football pads on

As the first Japanese planes swept over Pearl Harbor, Ganitch’s focus shifted from the gridiron to the skies.
www.navytimes.com

‘So this is war’: A young Marine’s account of days before Pearl Harbor

Marine 2nd Lt. Robert D. Taplett missed Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor but would go on to experience the Doolittle Raid.
www.navytimes.com

Could a young Army pilot have prevented the Pearl Harbor attack?

A fateful day — and question — shadowed Kermit Tyler all his life.
www.navytimes.com
 

Nuclear Nightmares and Alien Invasions: Scifi in USA during the Cold War​

Dec 7, 2024 #ColdWar #Scifi #US

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on the science fiction in the USA during the Cold War, as the competition with the USSR, space race and possible nuclear apocalypsis made nuclear nightmares and alien invasions the main theme of the scific of the period.

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BEYOND INTUITION: AI'S ROLE IN STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING (PART 1)

In September 2024, Andrew Hill and Steve Gerras authored a compelling three-part series that explored the evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in national defense. They provocatively argued that the conventional wisdom is wrong: human intuition is not indispensable, even though we might...
warroom.armywarcollege.edu
 

Japan's Nazi U-Boats - Hitler's Present to Hirohito​

Dec 11, 2024

Hitler gifted the Imperial Japanese Navy two of Germany's famous U-Boats. He did this over the objections of the Kriegsmarine. What became of them in Japanese hands? Discover this largely unknown aspect of the war at sea.

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" SUBMARINE WARFARE INSTRUCTIONS / SUBMARINE SUPPORT OPERATIONS " 1949 US NAVY FILM 20195​

Dec 11, 2024

“Submarine Warfare Instructions: Submarine Support Operations” (1949) is a black-and-white United States Navy Training Film produced by Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.. The film details, as the title suggests, submarine support operations as well as the meticulous training that submarine officers receive. The narrator emphasizes that the submarine fleets are the most vulnerable and as a result receive very intense and organized training. This film features footage of important World War II-era submarines like the USS Sirago (SS-485), USS Tusk (SS-426), USS Halfbeak, and USS Irex (SS-482).
Read more below the vid on youtube.

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I watched every minute of it when it was broadcast. I even got the 33rpm LP
 

The tough training of border guards on the Norwegian-Russian border | DW Documentary​

Dec 22, 2024 #documentary #dwdocumentary #dwdocs

In the far north of Norway, where western Europe and NATO border Russia, lies Kirkenes. It only has 3,500 inhabitants, but it’s a geopolitical heavyweight. A border battalion with 600 elite soldiers makes its military presence felt.
The two 19-year-old recruits David Bratland and Jesper Bruseth are doing their military service in Kirkenes with the ‘Jegerbataljonen GSV’. The training program for border fighters, around 400 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, is tough. In winter, temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius are not uncommon here. Added to that, just a few hours of daylight. During orienteering on skis, the recruits don’t just hone their physical fitness, but also their ability to take responsibility for their own actions. Their task: to monitor the almost 200-kilometer-long border with Russia and - in the event of war - to defend it. Recently, the soldiers have also received heavy weapons training for anti-aircraft and anti-tank defense.
Norway also demonstrates its claim to power and territory by promoting culture on behalf of the West. While David and Jesper cross the snow-covered expanses of the Norwegian tundra on skis, the Russian-born curator of the Barents Spektakel, Yevgeny Goman, is confronted with completely different challenges a few kilometers away on frozen Lake Förstevatne. The central element of the opening show of the art festival - a giant flying dragon - simply won't take off. But, in the end, the opening show the following evening turns out to be a great spectacle against hopelessness.

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Phantom Fallschirmjägers - Secret Operation Spielzeug: Ardennes 1944​

Dec 23, 2024

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2024: The completely unknown story of two more German parachute drops during the Ardennes Offensive in December 1944 codenamed Operation Spielzeug, made in support of the well-known last large-scale wartime German parachute operation codenamed Stösser. This will be new information for most students of the Battle of the Bulge!

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Unlocking satellite potential for Ukraine’s resistance - Decode39

GPS has been essential to Ukraine’s Armed Forces in their defence against Russia’s war of aggression, but it has also shown its limits. In this analysis, Leonardo Maria Lombardi outlines the state of the art and explains how alternative tech, such as topographic mapping and AI, can complement...
decode39.com

Satellites in the Russia-Ukraine War pdf
 

Risks of Military Confrontation in Arctic Increasing, Say U.S. and Russian Officials​

The Arctic is “where the confrontation of the world’s leading states is unfolding,” the head of the Russian Navy said at a recent forum in St. Petersburg where regional cooperation had traditionally dominated the agenda.

“In addition to political and economic measures to contain Russia in the Arctic, unfriendly states are increasing their military presence in the region,” said Adm. Aleksandr Moiseev, who took command of the Russian Navy in March. He specifically mentioned the United States’ re-establishing the Second Fleet in 2018 and the 2021 creation of NATO’s Joint Force Command in Norfolk.

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Christmas in Grense Jakobselv comes with a prayer for peace

“With the small child in the cradle came light to the world, and this light prevails over darkness and brings salvation, peace and hope,” the garrison priest told the soldiers that on Christmas Day gathered in the small church located only a stone’s throw from the border to Russia.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
 

Russia Commissions Fifth Yasen Nuclear Attack Sub​

The Russian Navy accepted the fifth in a class of advanced nuclear attack submarines that is set to be based near Norway, Moscow announced last week.

Attack boat Arkhangelsk was turned over to the Russian Navy on Dec. 27 in a ceremony at the Sevmash shipyard on the White Sea just south of the Arctic Circle. It’s the fourth of the Yasen-M class that are modified to field a variety of strike weapons and the fifth Yasen overall. Arkhangelsk underwent a series of sea trials starting last year.

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A Brief History of Baathism - The Cold War DOCUMENTARY​

Jan 4, 2025 #coldwar #Baathism #syria

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video examining Ba'athism and Ba'athist ideology as well as a brief history of the movement and it's influence in the Arab world.

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Great Society in the US - Cold War DOCUMENTARY​

Dec 14, 2024 #US #ColdWar #GreatSociety

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on the Great society in the US during the Cold War, as Lyndon B. Johnson tried to enact a set of policies to change the politics, economy, culture and education in the US.

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Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheColdWarTV
 

Ships Must Practice Celestial Navigation​

In February 2022, the USS Essex sailed from Hawaii to California using only celestial navigation methods. This is what the navigation team learned and why all ships should make similar voyages.

In February 2022, just a few miles off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, all electronic navigation systems on the bridge of the USS Essex (LHD-2) went dark. The bridge team shifted to navigating by celestial fixes plotted on paper charts. Five days and more than 1,800 nautical miles later, the Essex arrived off the coast of San Diego, California, on time and on track.

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Forbidden U-Boats: Germany's Illegal Interwar Submarine Programme​

Jan 12, 2025

Following defeat in WW1, Germany was forbidden to build or operation U-boats. But in secret, the Weimar Republic's navy began illegally designing submarines and training crews to operate them. This was a decade before an authoritarian government in Germany, and is largely unknown today. By 1935, Germany was ready to unleash the U-boat on the world once more!

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Cold war propaganda film. 28 mins, 38 secs. Some of these are pretty good.

Red Nightmare (1962) Restored Version​

 

U.S. Needs to ‘Out-Think’ Russia, China in Nuclear Weapon Sphere, Says Outgoing Official​

The U.S. “will have to out-think” Russia and China to prevent them from using nuclear weapons to resolve a future crisis, the outgoing head of the National Nuclear Security Administration said last week.

Answering an audience question at the Hudson Institute, Jill Hruby said, “just building a lot of weapons over the long run does not seem like a winning strategy” for deterrence. She added, “we’re going to be in a big competition with Russia and China” in the decade ahead.

As she leaves office, Hruby pointed to the modernized and variety of weapons in the Kremlin’s arsenal and to Beijing’s accelerated nuclear weapons procurement and deployment, aided by “its gigantic economy.”

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Inside the world of medieval espionage

The long series of wars between England and France from the 13th to the 15th century perfectly illustrate the techniques employed by the last generations before the creation of Europe’s first professional intelligence services.
engelsbergideas.com
 

GAO Report on Maritime Cargo Security​

The following is the Jan. 21, 2025, Government Accountability Office report Maritime Cargo Security: Additional Efforts Needed to Assess the Effectiveness of DHS’s Approach.

From the report​

What GAO Found

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) uses a layered maritime security approach to identify potentially high-risk, U.S.-bound vessels and cargo shipments. Within DHS, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are the lead agencies that manage programs that screen, target, and examine these vessels and shipments. Both agencies conduct these activities before vessels and cargo depart foreign seaports, in transit, and upon their arrival at U.S. seaports. For example, both agencies have intelligence programs to screen and target these vessels and cargo across the supply chain.

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