100 & 75 Years: Anniversary of First U-Boat Patrols
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Examining the world's first submarine combat patrols: first U-boat ops of WWI 100 years ago, comparing technology, tactics & expectations with those of the first U-boat patrols of WWII 75 years ago.
Demons in the Freezer-Chemical & Biological Weapons
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The use and stockpiling of weapons of non-nuclear mass destruction. An overview of how and when they have been deployed and how they are defended against. WWI through today.
EMP is a popular fictional doomsday theme, but what's the reality? What are mechanisms of a strategic EMP attack? The history of EMP effects? How feasible is an EMP scenario and worst-case potential?
Several armies were effectively destroyed during the Civil War and this presentation examines the armies that disappeared as the result of combat operations.
The End of Antiquity and the Beginning of Medievalism: The Roman Imperial Crisis 235-284 AD
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More than 35 emperors in 50 years and only one died of natural causes. The Empire had obviously reached a crisis point. The Empire actually survived but was transformed into a medieval empire.