French North Africa in World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special
Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco were all part of French North Africa before and during World War 1. They all contributed in material and men to the war effort and the French colonial soldiers were praised for their bravery.
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Literature (excerpt):
Gilbert, Martin. The First World War. A Complete History, Holt Paperbacks, 2004.
Hart, Peter. The Great War. A Combat History of the First World War, Oxford University Press, 2013.
Hart, Peter. The Great War. 1914-1918, Profile Books, 2013.
Stone, Norman. World War One. A Short History, Penguin, 2008.
Keegan, John. The First World War, Vintage, 2000.
Hastings, Max. Catastrophe 1914. Europe Goes To War, Knopf, 2013.
Hirschfeld, Gerhard. Enzyklopädie Erster Weltkrieg, Schöningh Paderborn, 2004
Michalka, Wolfgang. Der Erste Weltkrieg. Wirkung, Wahrnehmung, Analyse, Seehamer Verlag GmbH, 2000
Leonhard, Jörn. Die Büchse der Pandora: Geschichte des Ersten Weltkrieges, C.H. Beck, 2014
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3 révolutions du début du modélisme radiocommandé
Découvrez la surprenante histoire des débuts du modélisme radiocommandé, avion aircraft et bateau de guerre cuirassé (model ship) rc, par le témoignage d'un passionné ayant contribué à l'innovation.
Les secrets des débuts du modélisme radiocommandé :
Film documentaire d'un chercheur oublié, ayant créé une page de l'histoire des débuts du modélisme rc aéronautique et naval.
Titre original du film : A la poursuite de ses rêves
Histoire des débuts du modélisme radiocommandé novateur en créant avion rc et bateau rc (radio commandés) révolutionnaires, réalisées après la seconde guerre mondiale...
Nous cherchons tous notre place dans la vie, savoir ce à quoi nous sommes destinés à apporter dans l'humanité.
Ce documentaire présente le témoignage autobiographique d'Albert Sanchez, qui tout au long de sa vie, a choisi comme activité extra-professionnelle le rôle de chercheur, pour ainsi être à la quête de l'innovation technologique.
Après la seconde guerre mondiale, il débuta ses recherches pour créer l'avion à réaction (2 avions, dont 1 modelisme crash ), avant l'heure du concorde ou du mirage... C'est alors qu'il créa de ses propres mains des maquettes radio-commandées de bateau, notamment avec la réplique en modélisme 1/100ème du célèbre cuirassé Richelieu, fleuron de la marine Française durant la seconde guerre mondiale, fonctionnant comme le vrai (fumigène, sirène, fonctions morse...), du NGV (navire grande vitesse) de course, puis d'autres innovations pour simplifier son quotidien de vie...
La passion des maquettes, et du modélisme téléguidé n'a plus de limite pour Albert Sanchez, dépassant ainsi l'innovation technologique par le modèle réduit ! Il présenta sa passion avec notamment François Mitterrand, mais aussi à travers des militaires de l'aviation civile, de la marine nationale Française, mais aussi des galas, salon du modélisme à Oran... Aujourd'hui, âgé de plus de 90 ans, qu'à t il pu ainsi apporter à travers ses recherches ?
Illustré par des archives d'images inédites de l'époque de l'Algérie Française, au moment de la colonisation (Oran), ce film présente aussi l'homme, avec ses périodes de doute, de son témoignage sur les guerres qu'il a pu traverser, notamment la deuxième guerre mondiale et la guerre d'Algérie.
Les dessins de Jean BELLIS, illustrateur de la marine et de l'aéronautique, présente à travers ses illustration la mémoire de toute une époque : à commencer par les débuts de l'aéronautique, mais aussi de la guerre et de l'innovation technologique.
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What meaning do you give to your life? Discover miniature war toys (Radio-Controlled Model), on non-existent technologies, after World War II...
We all look for our place in the world, to know what we are destined to bring to humanity.
This documentary introduces the autobiographical testimony of Albert Sanchez, who throughout his life, chose as extra-professional activity the role of researcher, to be on the quest for technological innovation.
After the World War II, he began his research to create rc model aircraft (2 aircraft, including one crash) before the time of the Concorde or the Mirage... Then he created with his own hands radio-controlled scale model ship (battleship), especially with the replica 1/100th of the famous battleship Richelieu, flagship of the French navy during the World War II, working as the real one(smoke, siren, Morse functions...), the NGV (high speed vessel) race, and other innovations to make his everyday's life easier...
Passion of radio control scale model making has no limits for Albert Sanchez, to exceed technological innovation! He presented his passion to François Mitterrand most notably, but also to the military of Civil Aviation, the French Navy, but also through galas, scale model shows in Oran... Today, over 90 years old, what has he been able to bring through his researches?
Illustrated by unpublished archival imagery of the era of French Algeria, throught the time of colonization (Oran), the film also introduces the man with periods of doubt, his testimony about wars that he had cross, including the World War II and the Algerian War.
The drawings of Jean BELLIS, marine and aviation illustrator, who has, through his entire illustrations, the memory of an era: beginning with the early days of aviation, but also war and technological innovation.
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Laleh Khalili: Quartermasters of Capital
Middle East Studies' Peter Green Lecture on the Modern Middle East with Laleh Khalili, professor of Middle East Politics at SOAS.
Quartermasters of Capital: US Army Corps of Engineers and the Making of Infrastructures in the Arabian Peninsula
Professor Khalili examined two different facets of the entanglements of war-making and capital accumulation in the making of the transport infrastructures of the Arabian Peninsula.
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Tuesday, November 14th 2017
Brown University
Military history of Gibraltar during World War II | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:38 1 Prelude and evacuation
00:07:27 2 Royal Air Force involvement: 1939–1941
00:09:07 3 Vichy French attacks: 1940
00:11:45 4 Operation Felix: 1940–1941
00:14:27 5 Italian bombing of Gibraltar
00:16:04 6 Italian frogmen raids 1940–1943
00:17:02 7 Abwehr saboteurs from Spain
00:22:10 8 Operation Tracer: 1941–1942
00:26:06 9 Mediterranean U-boat Campaign: 1941–1944
00:26:57 10 North African Campaign: 1942
00:30:08 10.1 War tunnels
00:31:05 11 Death of Władysław Sikorski: 1943
00:32:36 11.1 Investigation
00:33:31 12 Aftermath
00:34:59 13 Notes
00:35:08 14 See also
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The military history of Gibraltar during World War II exemplifies Gibraltar's position as a British fortress since the early 18th century and as a vital factor in British military strategy, both as a foothold on the continent of Europe, and as a bastion of British sea power. During World War II, Gibraltar served a vital role in both the Atlantic Theatre and the Mediterranean Theatre, controlling virtually all naval traffic into and out of the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean.In addition to its commanding position, Gibraltar provided a strongly defended harbour from which ships could operate in both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Force H, under the command of Vice-Admiral James Somerville was based in Gibraltar and had the task of maintaining naval superiority and providing a strong escort for convoys to and from the besieged island of Malta. During the course of the war, Gibraltar came under aerial bombardment from Vichy French aircraft and from aircraft of the Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) based on Sardinia. Additionally, the fortress was the focus of underwater attacks by the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) commando frogman unit (Decima Flottiglia MAS) and their human torpedoes. This Italian unit was based on the interned Italian ship SS Olterra in the nearby Spanish harbour of Algeciras. A number of attacks were also carried out by Spanish and Gibraltarian agents acting on behalf of the German Abwehr.
Inside the Rock of Gibraltar itself, miles of tunnels were excavated from the limestone. Masses of rock were blasted out to build an underground city. In huge man-made caverns, barracks, offices, and a fully equipped hospital were constructed, complete with an operating theatre and X-ray equipment.Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942, was coordinated from the Rock. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was given command of the operation, set up his headquarters in Gibraltar during the planning phases of the operation. Following the successful completion of the North African campaign and the surrender of Italy in 1943, Gibraltar's role shifted from a forward operating base to a rear-area supply position. The harbour continued to operate dry docks and supply depots for the convoy routes through the Mediterranean until V-E Day in 1945.
MIT Tech Day 2004: Shifting Gears (Transportation) - Finke, Roos, Heywood, Augustine, Moniz, others
MIT Technology Day 2004 - Shifting Gears” (On Transportation) - June 5th, 2004
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• Lt. Col. E. Michael Fincke ‘89, “Live Broadcast from the International Space Station”
• Daniel Roos ‘60 SM ‘63 PhD ‘66, “The Automotive Sector: Future Challenges and Opportunities”
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Battle of Arras (1917) | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:48 1 Background
00:04:01 1.1 Political background
00:05:24 1.2 Strategy
00:06:49 1.3 Tactics: British Expeditionary Force
00:07:44 1.3.1 Division attack training
00:09:26 1.3.2 Platoon attack training
00:12:01 1.4 Tactics: German army
00:16:06 1.4.1 German 6th Army
00:20:25 2 Prelude
00:20:33 2.1 British preparations
00:20:43 2.1.1 Underground
00:24:58 2.1.2 War in the air
00:26:43 2.2 Artillery
00:29:07 2.2.1 Tanks
00:30:09 3 Battle
00:30:18 3.1 First phase
00:32:42 3.1.1 First Battle of the Scarpe (9–14 April 1917)
00:34:48 3.1.2 Battle of Vimy Ridge (9–12 April 1917)
00:36:10 3.2 Second phase
00:39:41 3.2.1 Second Battle of the Scarpe (23–24 April 1917)
00:41:24 3.2.2 Battle of Arleux (28–29 April 1917)
00:42:54 3.2.3 Third Battle of the Scarpe (3–4 May 1917)
00:44:01 4 Flanking operations
00:44:11 4.1 Round Bullecourt, 11 April – 16 June
00:44:23 4.1.1 First attack on Bullecourt (10–11 April 1917)
00:46:11 4.1.2 German attack on Lagnicourt (15 April 1917)
00:47:26 4.1.3 Battle of Bullecourt (3–17 May 1917)
00:48:55 5 Aftermath
00:49:04 5.1 Analysis
00:50:31 5.2 Awards
00:50:59 5.3 Casualties
00:52:37 5.4 Commanders
00:54:23 5.5 War poetry and music
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The Battle of Arras (also known as the Second Battle of Arras) was a British offensive on the Western Front during World War I. From 9 April to 16 May 1917, British troops attacked German defences near the French city of Arras on the Western Front. The British achieved the longest advance since trench warfare had begun, surpassing the record set by the French Sixth Army on 1 July 1916. The British advance slowed in the next few days and the German defence recovered. The battle became a costly stalemate for both sides and by the end of the battle, the British Third and First Army had suffered about 160,000 and the German 6th Army about 125,000 casualties.
For much of the war, the opposing armies on the Western Front were at stalemate, with a continuous line of trenches from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border. The Allied objective from early 1915 was to break through the German defences into the open ground beyond and engage the numerically inferior German Army (Westheer) in a war of movement. The British attack at Arras was part of the French Nivelle Offensive, the main part of which was the Second Battle of the Aisne 50 miles (80 km) to the south. The aim of the French offensive was to break through the German defences in forty-eight hours. At Arras the Canadians were to re-capture Vimy Ridge, dominating the Douai Plain to the east, advance towards Cambrai and divert German reserves from the French front.The British effort was an assault on a relatively broad front between Vimy in the north-west and Bullecourt to the south-east. After a long preparatory bombardment, the Canadian Corps of the First Army in the north fought the Battle of Vimy Ridge and took the ridge. The Third Army in the centre advanced astride the Scarpe River and in the south, the British Fifth Army attacked the Hindenburg Line (Siegfriedstellung) but made few gains. The British armies then engaged in a series of small operations to consolidate the new positions. Although these battles were generally successful in achieving limited aims, they came at considerable cost.When the battle officially ended on 16 May, the British had made significant advances but had been unable to achieve a breakthrough. New tactics and the equipment to exploit them had been used, showing that the British had absorbed the lessons of the Battle of the Somme and could mount set-piece attacks against fortified field defences. After the Second Battle of Bullecourt (3–17 May), the Arras sector became a quiet front, that typified most of the war in ...