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Military myth number 13: The polish air force was destroyed on the ground. In Case White, Forczyk shows that much of the Polish air force actually continued to function throughout the Polish campaign.

Military myth number 12: The Germans treated western POWs well. The Kommandobefehl would seem to disagree, ordering all commandos shot on the spot even if captured in uniform, which is an illegal order. Of course the Germans also murdered many groups of POWs during the Ardennes offensive.

This year, gonna make risengrød for dinner and open presents the eve of the 24th like its intended to be ✊.

The BIF cast is gonna chat Planetfall today so you may wanna tune in for that youtube.com/live/V9sQhQI...

Myth number 11: Vikings were superb infantry. Not really. They seem to have done about as well as anyone else when they fought a pitched battle. They may have had an edge in ship to ship combat which shows up fairly often in fights between viking kings.

Watching more A League football and its a pretty enjoyable league. A lot of talent and while the crowds aren't the biggest in the world, people seem pretty invested. Well worth checking out if you are after something a bit off the beaten path in global football.

Are there kids out there who don't know why we call a video a tape?

Myth number 10: Haig was not against the tank. He requested a huge amount to be built after their lacklustre debut. UK industry churned out as many as they were capable of and keeping them running in the field stretched resources to the limit. Haig was never anti technology.

Myth number 9: In the musket era soldiers "took turns" firing. You are firing basically as quickly as you can. Plenty of diaries tell how after the first volley everyone is basically loading and firing individually. There is nothing "polite" about linear warfare. Its gory and gruesome.

Myth 8 (getting caught up) The German spring offensives showed that you could win with minimal casualties in 1918. The German casualties (according to wiki) for the Kaiserschlacht is 688k. The combined Anglo-French casualties on the Somme are 620k.

Myth number 7: The British were idiots fighting in lines while the Americans were geniuses for dispersing. The British understood light infantry tactics very well, 1 company in every battalion was light and they got rather good at their tasks. Plus the idea that Americans only fought in ambushes ..

Doing an experiment in 26. Who has some suggestions for FREE minis rules for renaissance and black powder era? Must be FREE, not cheap, discounted, whatever.

Myth number 6. The Germans could have taken Moscow if they did not divert into Ukraine. You can't really leave a huge, intact Soviet army in your flanks. But this myth also relies on the idea that taking Moscow was something the German army at the end of 1941 was definitely going to do. Which..

Military myths. Day 5. The Sherman was a pretty good tank overall. A 75mm gun was fine for its time, its armour compares pretty well to other tanks of the time and it proved capable of upgrading easily. Sherman with 76mm guns would face off against T34 in Korea and do fine.

Five Parsecs Planetfall is live for preorder! modiphius.us/products/fiv... (Make sure to use the correct storefront depending on your location)

For the OSR-inclined, do you generally prefer that a new game has its own version of the OSR "engine" or do you prefer it sticks pretty closely to BX/White Box ?

Military myths day 4 (catching up): No, the Finnish army in ww2 was not comprised of all commandos and snipers. Most of the men had no experience and very limited training. There were many cases of (very understandable) panic and offensive coordination was lacking.

Military myths day 3: No, the French were not surprised the Germans went around the Maginot line. Take a look at French and British deployments, the entire allied plan assumed they would indeed do that. It was the cut through the Ardennes that surprised everybody

For December 31 days of pop military history that is oversimplified or completely wrong. (and catching up) Day 2: Shotguns in WW1 were a non factor. Barely any were available and the cartridges melted. No, the Germans were not "terrified" of them and the protests were not about that.

For December 31 days of pop military history that is oversimplified or completely wrong. (and catching up) Day 1: There was never a realistic chance for the Germans to invade England. The invasion fleet barely existed, even if the Luftwaffe could succeed. And no, you can't just "build more ships".

Cancelled some subscriptions and downsized one and it looks like we will save about 50 bucks a month which is not nothing. Also going to do 3 months with no grocery delivery or food delivery. We only use instacart 2-3 times every 2 months but the fees and tips add up like crazy.

Looking at online subscriptions and tallying up the annual cost is pretty sobering. Woof.

Hearing Youtubers talk about how their videos get demonetised and reinstated more or less completely by automation without any person ever being involved is really making me optimistic about a future where nothing works and nobody can explain why.

Rogue Hammer fans can find the completed War Jester army list in the new update. Just check your wargame vault libraries.

Its possible the movie I have seen the most times is Godzilla Final Wars. When he was little, the kid had it on repeat for what seemed like eternity.

Our local pizza place sent out an email saying the spirit of Hanukkah lives on in each delicious pizza slice and good on them for being inclusive but this is making me roll on the floor.

maybe theres a negative incentive structure now that people have figured out if they go viral being racist, they can get weirdoes to send them 100 grand.

music.apple.com/us/album/jud... Checking out random stuff Apple Music thinks I should

I wonder whats coming

Gazing at churned out AI garbage on drivethrurpg and its pretty funny. But at the same point, its hard not to think that the demand that everything must be a 400 page full colour book is kind of coming back to bite everyone in the ass.

But hey, Vancouver Goldeneyes get a decisive win over the Sirens. So it's not all bad :)

Gutted for the Whitecaps loss. In a week or so, I think people will appreciate the monumental job Jesper and the boys did to take a team predicted last and reach 3 finals in a season, while playing a 53 game season flooded with injuries. #vwfc #mls

Wolfsburg wins? At home? Amoura, Wimmer and my man Majer scores? Grabara saves a penalty? Which season am I watching?

JAAAAAA!!! ENDLICH ein Heimsieg! 💚

Seems the bell finally tolls for Bo Henriksen with Mainz 05. Absolutely gutted, it's hard not to feel that he was let down by poor management and transfer strategy. Equally though it is also really clear that the energy and morale was just gone. The team played like a shadow of itself.

MLS "expert prediction" on the website had Whitecaps and San Diego as the two last place teams for 2025. Funny how that turned out.

ON TO BEAT MIAMI (AGAIN)

Don't neglect that WGV is running their black friday sale letting you get a discount on most NWG titles. Do you really want to be the one guy who does NOT play Weaseltech and SLAM? www.wargamevault.com/en/publisher...

MLS: Finals being Vancouver, San Diego, NYC and Miami is basically the four corners of the MLS map.

Really gotten into this "futurepop" thing lately music.apple.com/us/album/i-a...

You support copyrights because you are a Disney lawyer I support copyrights because its our strongest weapon to stem the tide of Sonic the Hedgehog erotica. We are not the same.

Time for the semi annual reminder: If you follow me and I dont follow you, 99% of the time its just because I only check on this stuff every so often and I just don't really notice. You are probably lovely. I try to catch another person here and there and get them followed back.

It was pretty inspired of PWHL to give the two expansion teams the first game against each other. Fantastic game and hung in the balance until the end (literally since it went to overtime).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBZv... This video is phenomenally relatable these days (also quite funny, give it a watch)

PWHL season start tonight. Goldeneeeeeeyyeeeeees

Experiment. Pick a single streaming service. For x days (30?) rely only on what is available to watch on that service. Outcomes: Overcome FOMO? Explore new shows or movies you might not normally? Less decision paralysis?

The number of people insisting that it would be better for MLS if it was on cable instead of Apple are seriously underestimating what happens when Peacock gives you the premier league for a tenner but cable tv is 60+ dollars and only a third of American households have cable or satellite.

possibly the only person in this country watching Australian womens football on espn and also NOT a degenerate gambler