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On Dunkirk
Go see Dunkirk. Seriously. I can’t say much more as I don’t want to spoil it, but go see the movie. Good cinematography, acting, scoring, and pacing. Yes, some rivet counters have complained about nitpicking things like the destroyers, Ju-87s’ sirens, and the actual Bf-109s used. (No, I’m not joking.) Ignore them and go…
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Sergeant Pepper Bombs Mr. Adolph–The Strategic Bombing Campaign I
So, remember way back when I said I was going to do fighter history and bombing history separate? Yeah, I refreshed my memory on bombing during World War I. *insert yawn here* I mean, it happened. There were even a few times it was effective in the “we made a big mess” kind of way.…
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The Man Who Saved Western Civilization & Never Gets Credit For It–Fighter Combat Part III
When last we left this journey through aerial mayhem, France had just been knocked out of the war, the British Army was busy thanking every boat owner in Southern England while wringing out their clothes, and the Luftwaffe had just learned how to say “Acthung! Spitfire!” In the (wholly apocryphal) words of Hermann Goering, “Don’t…
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The Man Who Saved Western Civilization & Never Gets Credit For It–Fighter Combat Part III
When last we left this journey through aerial mayhem, France had just been knocked out of the war, the British Army was busy thanking every boat owner in Southern England while wringing out their clothes, and the Luftwaffe had just learned how to say “Acthung! Spitfire!” In the (wholly apocryphal) words of Hermann Goering, “Don’t…
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Blitzkrieg Bop –Fighter Combat Part II
“The Axis have won the toss and will kickoff.”—Aries, Head Referee, Great European Rematch, 1939-1945 Four things I’m going to assume with this blog post: 1.) You read the last blog post on aerial combat and liked it. 2.) Everyone involved possesses a general knowledge of World War II, is willing to go to the…
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Warship Wednesday–Damage Control
*cough cough* Man, it’s kind of dusty in here. You’d almost think someone hasn’t been in this place for like weeks. Oh, wait… Welcome to another edition of Warship Wednesday. Today, rather than talking about a particular class of vessel, we’re going to talk about something near and dear to ship to ship fights: damage…
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Writing Tips–Some Research
As I mentioned in my writing tips, sometimes research can be a substitute for experience. Going even further, the best research in the world is that done by someone else. One quick way to save oneself a lot of diving and sorting of what sources work the best for you is to find a historiographical…
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What's In A Name?
So, as noted by The Prolific Trek, your humble narrator went to go see Star Trek: Beyond (Note: Spoilers) with the better half and a group of friends as a break from his *censored* dissertation. It was a needed break–I feel the urge to be snarky in response to some differing points fading to a…
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Quick Update
In the middle of Con / Book Signing season, as well as trying to get Collisions of the Damned, the sequel to Acts of War complete by 1 July. I’ve managed to complete the first few drawings, with the winners being as follows: Planet Comicon—Mr. James Webb was the winner for the Planet Comicon drawing.…
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Welcome Everyone!
So for those of you who do not know, I was featured in the Topeka Capital-Journal yesterday! This was great news to get surprised by (knew it was coming, didn’t know the day) even if I had to rush home to get extra papers. For those coming from the paper, welcome. 😀 In addition, since…
