A Brief History On May 29, 2026, war drama film Pressure was theatrically released by Focus Features in the United States of America. Digging Deeper Pressure captures a critical aspect of military operations that is often if not normally overlooked in movies, novels and even casual history. Weather and weather forecasting is a crucial part of military operations that does not make for dramatic battle scenes as similarly logistics is also often ignored despite its massive importance to combat. The main fact the film brings to the audience is that the pivotal battle of the Western Front in Europe during…
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A Brief History On February 24, 2022, days after recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a full scale invasion of Ukraine. Digging Deeper Russia’s invasion has had five major phases thus far. The first phase covers the period from February 24th, 2022, when Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine, to April 7th, 2022 when fighting focused away from the northeast and Kyiv and towards the south and east of Ukraine. The second phase covers the period from April 8th, 2022, when the area of heavy fighting shifted to the south and east of…
A Brief History On February 24, 2022, days after recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a full scale invasion of Ukraine. Since then, the war has expanded to involve many more countries either directly or indirectly. North Korea has sent military personnel to fight against Ukraine for Russia, while Iran has supplied drones to Russia for use against Ukraine. To help Ukraine against Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and numerous other nations on nearly every continent have delivered significant numbers of weapons and other aid to Ukraine. Digging Deeper Exacerbating…
A Brief History On July 30, 1969, President Richard Nixon went to South Vietnam to visit the South Vietnamese President and US military commanders. You may not know that this visit to Vietnam was Nixon’s 8th visit to that country, although the first as President. Digging Deeper Nixon was not the first US President to visit Vietnam, as Lyndon Johnson had also gone there in 1967. In fact, John F. Kennedy had also visited Vietnam in 1951, before JFK was President. Some misunderstandings about the Vietnam War include the number of American draftees involved. The actual portion of draftees was…
A Brief History On July 22, 1942, due to wartime demands on gasoline, the US instituted a national rationing program for this fuel. World War II saw many items rationed, including fuels, tires, and even cars. But it gets worse! Digging Deeper World War II begat the issuance of ration stamps, resulting in black market and counterfeit stamps. Dog food in cans disappeared, and toothpaste tubes were limited. A national 35 mph speed limit was instituted, coffee availability was cut in half, shoes, bicycles, rubber products, many foods, coal, firewood, and medicines such as penicillin were rationed. Silk was rationed,…