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War Is Boring
From drones to AKs, high technology to low politics, exploring how and why we fight above, on and below an angry world
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Robert Beckhusen
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War Is Boring
Mar 27, 2017
Lend-Lease Saved Countless Lives — But Probably Didn’t Win the Eastern Front
The Western allies…
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War Is Boring
Mar 21, 2017
Canada Tried to Shave Three Pounds Off the Rifle №4 — And Produced a Weapon No One Wanted
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War Is Boring
Mar 20, 2017
How to Make the M1 Garand Even Better — Shorten It, Make It Lighter
The carbine version of the iconic…
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War Is Boring
Mar 8, 2017
EE.UU. subestimó gravemente al enemigo en Tarawa
La mala planificación, una potencia de fuego anémica…
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Sebastien A. Roblin
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War Is Boring
Feb 10, 2017
Big Guns Named ‘Winnie’ and ‘Pooh’ Dueled Nazi Cannons Across the English Channel
Massive coastal…
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War Is Boring
Jan 6, 2017
Nazi Germany Had Plans to Build a Massive Super Battleship Fleet
But the never-fully-realized Plan Z…
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War Is Boring
Dec 28, 2016
The ‘Snatch Method’ Was One Crazy Way to Make a Glider Fly
During World War II, speeding aircraft…
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Robert Beckhusen
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War Is Boring
Dec 21, 2016
Germany’s He 177 Bomber Was a Big Mistake
Flawed design damaged the Luftwaffe
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War Is Boring
Dec 2, 2016
I’ve Been to War But I Cannot Imagine the Hell That Was Stalingrad
World War II’s bloodiest battle…
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War Is Boring
Nov 28, 2016
In 1940, a Desperate British Army Cobbled Together ‘Frankenstein’ Lewis Guns
Armorers rushed old and…
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