Last year I wrote a brief analysis of the First Battle of the Isonzo. Now nearing the ninety-fifth anniversary of the first Isonzo battle I thought it might be somehow fitting to highlight the connections between this engagement and the Second World War. Recently I read a post over at The Spitfire Site, where an ongoing post-blogging project on the Battle of Britain addressed Italy’s entrance into the war. The similarities between the Italian assaults against Austrian-Hungarian positions during the First World War and the invasion of France in the Second World War are striking.
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For those of you who remain unsure about earning an MA or PhD in the realm of Military History, this article might help in the decision process. Historians who have already entered the field of Military History should feel a certain amount of vindication. Being a PhD student at the University of Southern Mississippi never felt so good.
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Be sure to read “Actually, You Ought To Thank A Liberal” over at Progressive Historians. I think the post makes a fine point in highlighting the duplicities of American politics.
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