The History of England Podcast

King John

I have been fairly busy the last month-- more so than even usual with three kids all in extracurricular activities-- and one of the more interesting things to occupy my spare time has been the  History of  England Podcast. And I thought the History of Rome Podcast was long! The History of England has run over a hundred episodes so far, and has just reached the beginning of the Hundred Years' War! It has obviously entertained me, and I dare say educated me, or I would not have listened so long. It occasionally gives episodic updates on what else is going on in Europe, and obviously a lot of English history post-1066 is intertwined with France's history, so you're getting a somewhat wider view than you might think. Combined with Norman Centuries and 12 Byzantine Rulers and you're getting a much wider view of the Dark and Middle Ages, especially. Can't wait to fill it out with the History of France in English, maybe the Medieval Archives and the British History Podcast, and even the History of English Podcast...and I can't wait for somebody to start a Holy Roman Empire podcast! Real opportunity there, people!!

Dark Ages History Podcasts

I listen to a lot of podcasts while commuting and painting figures. Lately, I have been trying to fill my time with podcasts on the history of the Dark Ages. Saga has been a lot of fun, rules wise, but I can't claim to be very knowledgeable about the period. Rome fell, the Vikings came, Western governments started to be entangled in questionable Middle East wars, and the Normans conquered England. Getting more in depth in the period, though, has really revealed a lot more interesting history. Here's what I have been listening to:

The History of Rome Podcast

Whew! I have been listening to the History of Rome podcast and have finally caught up! It's really quite nice-- good audio quality, well-spoken history and fairly comprehensive; it is so far almost 48 hours of podcast covering Rome from the legendary flight of Aeneas from the Trojan War well before Romulus and Remus founded Rome in 753 BC until, most recently, the reign of Emperor Probus, ending in 282 AD. I just finished listening to the last episode as I painted up some of my 29th ID, and I'm kind of sad I don't have another episode to immediately launch into. At least this will let me catch up on the last two WWPD: News From the Front episodes I have missed.

George Nafziger's OOBs Online

George Nafziger just donated all his lists of orders of battle to the U.S. Army's Combined Arms Research Library-- link here. Front end is here, or use the old list of files here.

The AIW Reader

I must have had my head down a while, as I missed the creation of the AIW Reader.

Military Books

I just found this, Napoleonic Literature. It has some public domain Napoleonic books, including the interesting looking Memoirs of Baron de Marbot. Updated: The General Staff Library, while not free, has a number of very interesting books, such as regimental and staff histories of the Austro-Prussian War.

AWI Articles

AmericanRevolution.org has some very interesting articles, such as this on artillery and songs.

Napoleonic Austria-- The Campaign of 1805

Now, this is a good idea: Chronofus has written a wargamer's guide to the 1805 Napoleonic campaign. Looks pretty useful. I guessed black on my 1809 Uhlans' cartridge pouch-- looks like I probably guessed wrong. Check the whole site out, it looks pretty interesting. Hat tip: MW.

History of Warfare

World History at KMLA has some interesting historical links, especially the History of Warfare, which includes wars by country. Very useful if you're looking for wars involving, say, Bavaria or Württemberg. I don't see Württemberg listed for the 1809 Napoleonic campaign, but it still looks useful.

1809 Austria Campaign

TMP has a nice thread on books for the Napoleonic 1809 Austrian campaign.

AWI Uniforms

Here's a link to the nice AWI uniform plates of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, without their hideous Java navigation system.

Battlefield Anomalies

Battlefield Anomalies is an interesting historical site, detailing "some of the lesser-known battles of history." The site not only gives details on the battle itself, but some very useful general info as well.

War in Lebanon

More pictures of various wars in Lebanon.

Cedarland

Cedarland - The Lebanon Site has a number of pictures of the Lebanese Civil War, and contemporary pictures.

War in the Balkans

If you're interested in learning about the recent conflicts in the Balkans, War in the Balkans, 1991-2004 [PDF] by R. Craig Nation is a free book covering the subject, from the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. You probably want to search through their publications, there looks to be quite a bit of useful information there.

Modern Indian Military

Bharat Rakshak looks to be a useful India military resource.

Napoleon, His Army and Enemies

Napoleon, His Army and Enemies looks to have a wealth of information about the Napoleonic period.

Relief Map of the Valley of Tears

Using those 1:50000 topo maps of Israel, I whipped up a very rough relief map of the Yom Kippur War battlefield the Valley of Tears between Booster Ridge and Mt. Hermonit. Read on...

Pete Panzeri's Black Hawk Down Article

I couldn't find it searching on the net, but eventually tracked down Pete Panzeri's "Gamers International Newsletter" with great BHD info here. (It's in MS Word format, and you may need to subscribe to the list, but it's worth it) If it goes away for any reason, I mirrored a local copy. The file doesn't detail chalk make-up, so read on for more:

Lessons of Modern War

Man, more cool stuff from the Center for Strategic & International Studies, this time lessons learned from various modern wars.