tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post5298091665223347910..comments2023-11-01T02:19:14.796-05:00Comments on Elements Of Power: "Using Slave Labor is Never a Good Idea"SMSgt Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08126690689798203866noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post-1612125933625521472013-12-15T23:20:57.380-06:002013-12-15T23:20:57.380-06:00Hi Sol,
Yeah I'm OK. Just swamped with work, w...Hi Sol,<br />Yeah I'm OK. Just swamped with work, working a major non-blogging writing project (40K words so far), and a bunch of other stuff. The big thing is I didn't want to post anything more until I finished my deep research on CAS. The gov't shutdown also delayed me some because archives weren't available. I'm finding you have to go back to the original sources to avoid creative interpretations of the facts on most of this.SMSgt Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126690689798203866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post-27954200037751765972013-12-15T13:12:27.714-06:002013-12-15T13:12:27.714-06:00dude. are you ok. i've been in my own world ...dude. are you ok. i've been in my own world but i just noticed that you haven't posted in a long while.<br /><br />hope all is well.Solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05980277484445749796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post-55196464968553462442013-11-26T17:18:51.296-06:002013-11-26T17:18:51.296-06:00Confederates used slave labor to fortify Richmond....Confederates used slave labor to fortify Richmond. RE Lee used it a lot, and was called 'The Ace of Spades'. The fortifications were 15 miles thick. Due to his knowledge of that fortification belt, Grant sought to fight Lee outside his fortifications, at the Wilderness, at Spotsylvania Courthouse, at Santa Ana, at Cold Harbor, at Petersburg, and finally around to 5 Forks.<br /><br />Lee's use of slave labor extended the war by at least 9 months.Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057058763094040058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post-57848401557941475482013-10-25T14:55:11.144-05:002013-10-25T14:55:11.144-05:00LOL. I've no doubt the story is true, but I wr...LOL. I've no doubt the story is true, but I wrote off the description of the caliber as Possible/Probable but maybe wrong when I first read it for two reasons. 1. The guy was a navigator and 2. He became a noted author and journalist after the war. Neither one of those specialties are noted for armament expertise. SMSgt Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126690689798203866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post-18703551901538476142013-10-24T19:49:58.767-05:002013-10-24T19:49:58.767-05:00I don't doubt the veracity of the story; I'...I don't doubt the veracity of the story; I've read various accounts that observed the relatively high dud rate of German artillery shells from 1944 onwards. <br /><br />Bombing altitudes steadily declined in the ETO as well..Marauderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349162894534446767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post-83013223959875372622013-10-24T07:30:22.055-05:002013-10-24T07:30:22.055-05:00Well the 20mm (actually designated 2cm) gun was th...Well the 20mm (actually designated 2cm) gun was the most numerous and portable of all the German WW2 AAA and allegedly had an 'effective' range of about 7200ft.SMSgt Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126690689798203866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post-43816388358411928802013-10-24T01:50:38.499-05:002013-10-24T01:50:38.499-05:00Just how low were they flying to be hit by 20mm AA...Just how low were they flying to be hit by 20mm AAA? Marauderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349162894534446767noreply@blogger.com