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Clouds Above The Hill (“Saka No Ue No Kumo”)

January 15, 2015
Perhaps the most perennially fascinating conflicts in military history are those in which a weaker force seeks to defeat a numerically stronger opponent by superior tactics, materiel, and fighting quality. Classic examples are the German High Seas Fleet vs. the British Grand Fleet in WWI, and Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia vs. the Union’s Army … CONTINUE READING ❯
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“Friends in Peace and War” The Russian Navy’s Landmark Visit to Civil War San Francisco

October 10, 2013
The arrival of the Imperial Russian Navy’s Pacific squadron at San Francisco in July 1863, where it remained for a year, has been interpreted in several distinctly different ways. While the relationship between the United States and Tsarist Russia might, at first glance, seem to be unusual, linking a democratic republic with a repressive autocratic … CONTINUE READING ❯
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