The Nazis’ attempt to bomb Great Britain into submission in 1940 and 1941 represented Hitler’s most destructive method of forcing Britain out of the Second World War, but it was […]
Robert Fulton is best known for the first commercially successful steamboats plying the Hudson River. However, he did considerable work inventing and developing weapons of naval warfare: workable submarines, underwater […]
In April 1960 the US Navy launched the first experimental navigation satellite. This highly classified and cutting-edge technology found in the TRANSIT satellites were designed to provide the Navy’s submarines […]
This lecture will begin with the genesis of the shipboard combat information center (CIC) in World War II from the Guadalcanal campaign (1942) up through that at Okinawa (1945). From […]
China’s War with Japan began in 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident near Beijing. While diplomatic and economic means were used to support the Chinese for several years, it […]
The Vietnam War was not just America’s first televised war, it was the nation’s first computerized war. The conflict’s hybrid character created a fragmented battlespace that was defined by a […]
In 1700, the French army adopted the musket with attached socket bayonet, but it took over a century for it to master the new art of war that the technology […]
Dr. Richard S. Faulkner is a Professor of Military History and has taught at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) for over 21 years. He served 23 years […]
Dr. Amanda M. Nagel earned her PhD from the University of Mississippi, specializing in U.S.History and Global Conflict. She has taught at the University of Mississippi, Winona State University (MN), the United […]
Desert Storm in January-February 1991 is known for its dazzling display of technological brilliance, forecasting a so-called revolution in military affairs that promised the United States a cheap alternative to […]
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