Category Archives: History

Albatros DVa and Pfalz DXII Being Restored at AWM

29 February 2008 – 11:07

It seems that the Australian War Memorial, being the proud possessor of an Albatros DVa and a Pfalz DXII, has decided to restore them for display in November this year (I guess as an exhibition on the Great War and to celebrate 90 years since Armistice Day).
The ABC had a report on it - you [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Asia Pacific, Australia, Wargaming | Comments (0)

A Bizarre Sinking

8 February 2008 – 20:02

I’ve been testing Mal’s rules for playing Convoy based games from World War II that use General Quarters 3 to handle the ship on ship actions. Because of that, I was looking at various convoys historically, including the Arctic Convoys and the runs to Gibraltar. I was also looking at some of the JT convoys [...]

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HG 76 -The First Victorious Convoy - December 1941

28 January 2008 – 23:23

This is a real battle report of a World War II convoy. The copyright for this article remains with Mal. Wright
The battle for Convoy HG76((1)) from Gibraltar to the UK in the middle of December 1941 was overshadowed by momentous events taking place in the Pacific and Asia. But in the fighting during this passage, [...]

By Mal Wright | Also posted in Naval | Comments (3)

The Great White Fleet

15 November 2007 – 22:26

I noticed earlier today that it is almost the 100th Anniversary of the Cruise Around the World by the United States’ Great White Fleet. This took place between 16 December 1907 and 22 February 1909.
The fleet was farewelled by President Theodore Roosevelt at the Jamestown Exposition. Over 70,000 kilometres later the fleet returned to the [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Naval | Comments (1)

Lawrence of Arabia & the Light Horse

12 November 2007 – 9:30

The Australian War Memorial Museum has started a blog to inform folks about their forthcoming exhibition concerning T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and the Australian Light Horse in Palestine in 1917-1918. The exhibition will open in December 2007 in Canberra and run over the summer of 2007-08. I for one will be visiting that [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Asia Pacific, Australia, Middle East, Saudi Arabia | Comments (0)

Cyclone in Apia, Samoa, March 1889

26 July 2007 – 0:14

Or, The US and Germany Square Up To Each Other In The Pacific

Like a foam flake tossed and thrown,
She could barely hold her own,
While the other ships all helplessly were drifting to the lee.
Through the smother and the rout
The `Calliope‘ steamed out –
And they cheered her from the Trenton that was foundering in the sea.
The [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Naval | Comments (0)

Korea DMZ

26 June 2007 – 11:18

I ran across a website called Korea DMZ which is based around the De-Militarised Zone between North and South Korea. This means that there is a lot of information on the website concerning the Korean War, with sections covering the main combatants from the UN side (I never realised the Ethiopians and Colombians served in [...]

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Royal Thai Air Force Museum

16 June 2007 – 10:07

After much mucking around over the past year or so, I finally have the Royal Thai Air Force Museum photos back on line in a gallery and accessible to those that can’t get to Thailand to have a look for themselves.
This is one of the best Aircraft Museums I have visited around the world [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Asia Pacific, Thailand, Travel, Wargaming | Comments (0)

USS Mongolia

13 June 2007 – 18:45

By now most of the readers of my blog know that I have a particularly soft spot for Mongolia, the Land of the Endless Blue Sky. Most of you have realised as well that I love ships … all of them … big buggers, small ones, sailing, steam, oar-powered, you name it. Then there is [...]

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Korean Soldiers in WW2 German Army

7 May 2007 – 2:32

There was a book review recently in the Korea Times about a couple of authors who had published recently. The review was titled Masters Return With Bitter History and covered a couple of areas of Korean History.
What particularly interested me was a photo from World War II that served as an inspiration for Jo [...]

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