Nuclear, biological, chemical

Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, 23 January 1941
1940s, After 1950, Books, Nuclear, biological, chemical, Pictures, Reviews

The Blitz Companion

Mark Clapson. The Blitz Companion: Aerial Warfare, Civilians and the City Since 1911. London: University of Westminster Press, 2019, https://doi.org/10.16997/book26. Open access has had its travails, but one welcome recent development, particularly in the UK, seems to be the rise of open access monographs and textbooks. An example of the former is Gabriel Moshenska’s Material

1930s, Nuclear, biological, chemical, Periodicals, Phantom airships, mystery aeroplanes, and other panics

The phantom phantom air raid — I

On the evening of 23 June 1933, Berlin was raided by mysterious aeroplanes of unknown origin: A number of aeroplanes, which were described as being of unidentified foreign origin, are reported to have flown over the working-class areas of the city yesterday evening, and dropped leaflets and pamphlets, in which the Government was attacked. Upon

Sputnik I
After 1950, Cold War, Conferences and talks, Nuclear, biological, chemical, Phantom airships, mystery aeroplanes, and other panics, Pictures, Radio, Sounds, Space, Turning points in history

Turning points: Sputnik

After taking some time to recover after the marathon Road to War, I’m taking part in a new series of talks with ABC New England North West‘s Kelly Fuller, along with fellow members of the UNE School of Humanities Nathan Wise (who came up with the concept), Sarah Lawrence and Richard Scully (and more, if

IWM Q48951
1910s, Conferences and talks, Disarmament, International law, Interviews, Nuclear, biological, chemical, Pictures, Radio, The road to war

The road to war – XII

For my twelfth (and last?) contribution to ABC New England’s Road to War series, I spoke about what was undoubtedly the most important battle to take place in late April 1915, the Second Battle of Ypres in Flanders. The reason why this was so important is because it opened with the first successful, large-scale poison

1910s, Archives, Books, Nuclear, biological, chemical

Burn or blight

While looking for other things in the National Archives today, I came across a proposed ‘aerial attack on Germany’s next grain crop’ in a War Council meeting held at 10 Downing Street on 24 February 1915.1 It was actually two proposed attacks. Mervyn O’Gorman, a civilian engineer who was in charge of the Royal Aircraft

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, Air defence, Books, Civil defence, Collective security, Games and simulations, International air force, Nuclear, biological, chemical

Gaming the knock-out blow — III

A key element in any wargame is the scenario. It sets the boundaries in time and space of the simulation, as well as its initial conditions. For a historical wargame, a scenario might be the battle of Cannae, or the British and Canadian sectors at D-Day. Creating such scenarios involves researching orders of battle, contemporary

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