Civilian Military Intelligence Group — A discussion of military history; the policy, strategy, tactics, weapons and soldiers.

Religion And Genocide.

by Daniel Russ on September 27, 2016

Post image for Religion And Genocide.

The Battle For Jerusalem It is telling that religion is a place where often the insane find solace for crimes that could never be justified in any reasonable way. Here we look at a few horrific moments in history and the quotes by clerics, up to their knees in blood, that are unintentionally and […]

Georgy Zhukov Didn’t Just Survive The Worst Of Hitler. He Survived The Worst Of Stalin.

by Daniel Russ on September 21, 2016

Post image for Georgy Zhukov Didn’t Just Survive The Worst Of Hitler. He Survived The Worst Of Stalin.

Marshal Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov Born December 1st 1896. Died June 18th 1974 In 1896 Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov was born in the village of Strelkova near Moscow. Like so many, he grew up in immense poverty. His upbringing reflected the impecunious times of pre industrial liver Twists England. He grew up in […]

The Country Of Edessa, Formed After The First Crusades, Lasted Only 50 Years.

September 17, 2016

Thumbnail image for The Country Of Edessa, Formed After The First Crusades, Lasted Only 50 Years.

The Crusades were of course a series of Christian invasions of Muslim held lands in the Levant. All of the Crusades were called upon by the Roman Catholic Church and the purpose was to replevin Jerusalem for the Christian faith. The Seljuk Turks held the area tightly since 638 in the Rashidun Caliphate. […]

Read the full article →

When The Allies Drove The Nazis Out Of Antwerp They Housed Prisoners And Collaborators In The Zoo.

September 13, 2016

Thumbnail image for When The Allies Drove The Nazis Out Of Antwerp They Housed Prisoners And Collaborators In The Zoo.

From July 1944 until May 1945. The Canadian First Army was tasked with the difficult task of chasing the still quite lethal German divisions out of Western Europe and in particular the Scheldt estuary and the port of Antwerp. Antwerp was the target of the massive Ardennes Offensive. Here Hitler insisted that […]

Read the full article →

The Model 1870 Gasser Revolver

September 9, 2016

Thumbnail image for The Model 1870 Gasser Revolver

The Model 1870 Gasser was a 11.25 mm revolver developed for the Austro-Hungarian cavalry. The barrel was screwed on under the cylinder arbor and the barrel sat in a fitted breech. The cylinder was gate loaded from the right. It fired 5 rounds. It saw action in The Great Patriotic War in Russia. Otherwise […]

Read the full article →

Robert E. Lee Recommends CivilianMilitaryIntelligenceGroup.com

September 7, 2016

Related Posts:Stay Tunes For Similar Posts

Read the full article →

Join Civilianmilitarytintelligencegroup.com

September 6, 2016

Save Related Posts:Stay Tunes For Similar Posts

Read the full article →

Nazi Combat Photos Discovered By German Citizens In The 1970s.

September 5, 2016

Thumbnail image for Nazi Combat Photos Discovered By German Citizens In The 1970s.

7.62mm MG-34 Ammo Nazi Army Traffic Jam Russian Front And Mud German Heavy Artillery Team . Save Save Related Posts:More Amazing WWII Photos And Stories I Found On Flickr.Amazing Photo And Stories I found On Flickr.Amazing World War II Color Photos

Read the full article →

The Gas Vans.

September 1, 2016

Thumbnail image for The Gas Vans.

Imagine it’s 1940 and in your little Byelorussian town a Nazi regiment shows up. Among the vehicles are a couple of vans. Jews or mentally retarded citizens, Roma, chronically ill folks in hospitals, and criminals are then rounded up, stripped naked and piled into the vans and the doors are locked. The driver starts […]

Read the full article →

Blimps saw Quite A Bit Of Activity In World War II

August 27, 2016

Thumbnail image for Blimps saw Quite A Bit Of Activity In World War II

From the very beginning of my interest in aviation and military history, I have always been delighted with the notion of cross Atlantic travel in blimps. Gently gliding in the air moving with the wind, enough space to enjoy the trip. Fine dining, cigars, wine. When suddenly World War was upon the United […]

Read the full article →

The Goths Fought For Rome. What They Were Really Fighting For Was A Homeland.

August 23, 2016

Thumbnail image for The Goths Fought For Rome. What They Were Really Fighting For Was A Homeland.

Alaric I. King Of The Goths. It was during 285 AD when Diocletian decided that the best way to manage the massive Roman Empire was to divide it in half, Eastern and Western Empires. Rome surrounded the Mediterranean Sea, including the Iberian Peninsula, north to Brittania, the Northern European provinces in today’s France, Italy, Germany, […]

Read the full article →

Rockets, Ray Guns And Aliens In Mid 20th Century Media

August 19, 2016

Thumbnail image for Rockets, Ray Guns And Aliens In Mid 20th Century Media

This is all from Saturday Night UFOria, a site that became a study on UFO phenomenon. I saw all these movies. Save Related Posts:Aliens May Kill Us All Warns Stephen Hawking.Are There Structures On The Moon?

Read the full article →

A Reminder From Rod Serling.

August 15, 2016

“All the Dachaus must remain standing. The Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes – all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the Earth into a graveyard. Into it they shoveled all of their reason, their logic, their […]

Read the full article →

The Thirty Years War Produced Astonishing Casualties.

August 10, 2016

Thumbnail image for The Thirty Years War Produced Astonishing Casualties.

The Thirty Years’ War from 1618 to 1648 produced an amazing amount of casualties. It raged between small fiefdoms of Protestants and Catholics swirling around the Holy Roman Empire or Western Rome. Eventually major powers entered the war, Spain, Sweden, Dutch forces, Germany, Saxony, Bavaria, and France all poured resources and soldiers into this […]

Read the full article →

The Dissolution Of Empires Post World War I.

August 6, 2016

Thumbnail image for The Dissolution Of Empires Post World War I.

Sikhs In Paris, 1914. There is no greater or more poignant reminder of the effects of imperialism than ANZAC Day. ANZAC is an acronym for what otherwise would be commonly called the combined Australian and New Zealand military forces that fought under the purview of the United Kingdom. These were excellent armies, auxiliaries of sorts […]

Read the full article →

The Auto-Ordnance T-2 Submachine Gun

August 2, 2016

As early as 1939, as the German Army was advancing across Europe, both the British and United States realized their oversight in ignoring the pistol caliber submachine gun, and both countries scrambled to get a submachine gun in service. The only proven design that was immediately available was the .45 caliber Thompson submachine […]

Read the full article →

Dresden Was A Shameful Part Of History.

July 29, 2016

Thumbnail image for Dresden Was A Shameful Part Of History.

On February 13th, 1945, the first wave of three nights of bombing raids dropped incendiaries on the bedroom town of Dresden, Germany. During that night and the next two nights 1300 RAF and USAAF planes dropped what amounted to almost 4000 tons of ordinance. The death rate was a guess. The sorts of census […]

Read the full article →

Robert E. Lee Tenders His Resignation From The United States Army.

July 25, 2016

Thumbnail image for Robert E. Lee Tenders His Resignation From The United States Army.

(This is his letter to Winfield Scott) General: Since my interview with you on the 18th instant I have felt that I ought not longer to retain my commission in the Army. I therefore tender my resignation, which I request you will recommend for acceptance. It would have been presented at once, but for […]

Read the full article →

The Crossley Tankette

July 21, 2016

Tanks were first created by France, Britain, Germany and, Japan and the United States. No one really knew what the best combination of gun and armor and engines type would be most effective on a battlefield. So early attempts were often false starts. The fist actual tanks were armored cars, and one particular was the […]

Read the full article →

The Schnellfeuer.

July 17, 2016

The Model 712, or the Schnellfeuer ( Fast Firer ) was Mauser’s attempt to build fully automatic handguns. Of course handguns have to be controlled to be accurate and 20th century fully automatic actions didn’t lend themselves to stable firing. Successful fully automatic handheld weapons have been reduced I size to be wieldy. The […]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries