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I remember reading a story about a wargame America did to prepare for Iraq where they had one side be the Taliban with very basic weapons and equipment and the other side had great tech and weapons. But because the Taliban side had such an incredible general he managed to deploy tactics that rendered the American sides tech worthless and crushed them and it was such a crushing blow they tried to cover it up so the population would still support the war
Can anyone remember the name of this? It had a wikipedia page, i'd like to read about it again
Also any...
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>>377485
millennium challenge 2002
>>377498
YES that's it thanks anon, i was trying for ages to find it
Have a rare Miru as reward
>>377485
>The underdog winning through experience and tactics
That sure as hell doesn't describe Millennium challenge 2002.
Is it possible for any modern individual to become as great s one of histories great generals/soldiers/leaders?
You will see people being upset that in history people half their age had conquered nations or won huge battles, but I feel that this is a silly thing to think about.
In today's society, countries are so bound by treaties or alliances or politics or trading all so neatly perfected that for someone to conquer any first-world country and claim it as part of their own land would be ridiculous, surely.
The closest thing I can think of Russia's...
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If you wanna be a nigger tier warlord, Somalia is right there
We'll enjoy the peaceful 1st world
>>377410
But nobody gives a shit about them. I'm talking about people who will be renowned worldwide-liked or hated-but known for being one of today's great people.
>inb4 some faggot mentions Korea or ISIS
Not to sound all /pol/ but Hitler will be remembered forever having rose from nothing but a messenger boy during ww1
Why aren't you a monarchist yet, /his/?
>>377292
“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”
― Mark Twain
Because our current king is an idiot and more German than Dutch.
>>377301
"Where men are forbidden to honor a king they honor millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead — even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served — deny it food and it will gobble poison."
~C.S. Lewis
Can we get a historical music thread started?
Songs from throughout history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSdtjb2xOow
Pic related, love traditional Scottish music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2fizeoT22g
Song about Scottish soldiers, from the early 20th Century
>>377173
Does it have to be old songs, or are more modern songs about historical events OK?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRtnWVvDX6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuoSuo-7wL0
Bonnie ship the Diamond
Sea shanties are based
/his/, what's the best book about the culture and history of ancient Persia?
>>377100
bookzz.org
books listed in this article:
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195393361/obo-9780195393361-0194.xml?rskey=85u7gC&result=5&q=persia#firstMatch
or pic related
Pierre Briant
>>377100
Which Persia? Sassanid? Cyrus the Greats Persia?
>actual answer Persian Fire
If god is all powerful. why doesn't he make us all happy, rich and healthy?
cause he's a dick
>>377059
Because he doesn't like us.
I am truly fascinated by the Francs-tireurs in the Franco-Prussian War. Specializing in behind enemy lines operation and tactical sabotage, they are sometimes referred to as an early form of out we know today as commando/SpecOps, or perhaps something closer to uniformed semi-regular guerrilla. It seems like they were a complete reversal of what is commonly known as the growing trend of rationalization and 'technologization' of warfare.
To start off with some questions: What was their place and tactics and strategy of the time? Were they shock troops or on the...
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The Germans were so terrified of them that they executed entire villages of civilians as reprisals on several occasions both in the 1870 war and in WW1 (and of course in WW2).
>>376943
Dumping pics because why the fuck not
Explain something to me, because I don't get it.
In WWII, the Italian people must have at least somewhat looked Mussolini, else he wouldn't have been in power. But it's evident that at the end of his time as leader, he was not very popular.
What happened? What did he do wrong?
>>376903
Enter WWII on the side of germany and fuck up everything he tried, basically.
>>376914
Well then caused him to be put in power?
>>376903
Mussolini had been in power for a long time, he wasn't a new guy recently arrived into power like Hitler. He also was never elected.
Entering the war was a complete mistake, Italy wasn't prepared. This was suffered not only by the men at the front but by the whole country, he basically ruined Italy by following Hitler. Of course a significant part of the population became full of his regime.
I think she makes a pretty good point
>>376696
Or you know, the lunar cycle.
I think you have posted pretty good bait.
Why would a woman even give a shit about her period?
It was probably made by a man trying to keep track of when he could fuck his woman without getting blood all over the place.
If I wanted to find a conflict in history which had equal use of melee combat with swords, sabers, spears or whichever weapons and also 'modern' bolt action rifles, like the ones in WWI, which conflict or period should I be looking at?
It's pretty interesting to me, at first I thought WWI, but melee was really scarce. And I don't want to go back to napoleonic period with that kind of warfare.
Was there even a period like this?
Pic related it's that nutjob from WW2
>>376547
About the only thing you'll get, and it'll be hard to find good sources, are third world conflicts, like in Sub-Saharan Africa, where domestic weapon manufacture is limited or nonexistant, and where the modern stuff's primacy is limited by its unavailability.
pre-gunpowder weapons were only "balanced" with gunpowder weapons in the early, primitive days of firearms. By WW1, the advantage had long since swung to the guns.
The 30 Years War was basically the prototype for all conventional wars prior to the emergence of aircraft. It, and the wars leading up to it, are a fascinating part of military, philosophical, religious, and legal history that are definitely worth looking into.
>>376561
Oh, Napoleonic is too early for OP, never mind.
Are Native Americans justified in their specific hatred of Columbus?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYTXRDtYzYc
It's a very particular thing to hate, I don't really get it. It isn't like he did anything special.
>>379085
>It isn't like he did anything
I agree. He was just trying to get land for those nice colonists. He never meant to hurt anyone.
But in all seriousness, was he actually involved in any atrocities, or is he just a place for sjws to direct their hatred of colonization?
Natives are justified in their hatred of him, just like Europeans are justified in their praise of him.
/his/ Who is your favourite dictator and why?
Merkel
>>376458
I like Hitler for 70% of what he did, but I don't like 30%
>>376458
Bokassa for laughs, Mubutu for pure avarice and domination, Trujillo for how to do it right.
Do emotions = instincts?
>>376060
Fuck off
>>376074
No.
>>376074
>pic
That's a thing now?
What's wrong with a global free market? Would my standard of living improve if such a thing were implemented in it's purest, unadulterated form?
>>375987
You would be exploited, poor and most likely sold as a slave. Because commoditization.
No.
The only people who seriously advocate for total laissez faire capitalism nowadays are Steffan Molyneux and other such worshipers of the Cult of the Invisible Hand
Give us one instance in history where there has been a totally laissez-faire economy OP, and I'll change my mind on it.
>doesn't mention his sources like Herodotus
>large part of his history is completely made up or at the very least heavily embellished speeches
>somehow has the reputation of being more objective, scientific and rigorous than Herodotus
Explain.
>>375933
I don't get it either.
Herodotus understood the cause of hair loss and it's been validated by recent studies.
Because Herodotus
A) has kind of a grandfatherly feel to his writing, as if you were sitting with him by the fire while he told you all this, where as Thucydides has the strict and straightforward prose of what he is, i. e. a general.
B) wrote down literally everything he heard, so people read the thing about the giant ants and go 'what the hell', even though the H-man himself repeatedly says that all this beyond what he's personally checked out himself is just what he heard from a Persian in a bar or whatever so don't go taking it as gospel. Thucydides...
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>>376087
> the guy who clearly shows his biases is more bias than the guy who writes like he knows everything
Helen was in Egypt, not Troy!
