Welcome to the 11th edition of the Military History Carnival with the Battlefield Biker. This month we're looking at the people, weapons and places of war, so saddle up, fire up and let's ride.

First, we'll take a look at the weapons of war.

• Hugh Knight Lafayette C. Curtis presents Pollaxe Configurations posted at The School of Battle where he explores the difference between hammerin' and spikin' versus hammerin' and slicin' your opponents in the Middle Ages.(ed. correction, Curtis submitted, Knight wrote. Sorry!)
• Moving on, we find Wapenshaw has his final installment on the longbow.
• Airminded is exploring the use of aircraft in the inter-war years in Southcentral Asia, namely the Hawker Hart and Hind in The Afghan Air Menace.
• British armour and its uses and mis-uses are the topic at Thoughts on Military History.
• We see the M-47 Dragon anti-tank guided missile over at Lightning Smokestacks. I've seen the Dragon fired and have to agree that the life expectancy of the gunner would have been short.
• Historic Battlefields is looking at the decisive importance of discipline and morale as weapons of war.
• And let's not forget the most important weapon in conducting war, money. Titus presents Septimius Severus Legionary Type: Legio IIII Flavia and talks about what happens when the soldiers get paid, but no one else does.

Next, let's look at the places of war.

• Ross Mahoney looks at the importance of Dieppe in his Outline of Operation JUBILEE posted at Thoughts on Military History.
• Martin Waligorski presents The uncertain future of Bentley Priory posted at Spitfire Site News, saying, "A piece of history disappearing... the mansion which housed Fighter Command HQ during the Battle of Britain, including Dowding's own cabinet, is possibly to be lost to future generations... converted to luxury flats."
• Nikolaos Markoulakis presents the Spartan city-states way of war with The Boeotian Army.
• Andy Young tells us of the little known activities of Georgy Zhukov and the Russian Siberian troops before the Nazis invaded Russia in Khalkhin-Gol: The forgotten battle that shaped WW2.
• Ranger Hoptak gives us some wonderful winter photos of Gettysburg over at his 48th Pennsylvania blog.
• Plugstreet is in Belgium and is contemplating the emotion of archaeology.
• Normandy has always been one of my favourite places to ride, so I submit this D-Day beaches ride video to you as my contribution to the places category.

Finally, we focus on the most important part of war, the people.

• Cardinal Wolsey submits Letters from Commanding Officers, 1918 posted at The War Memoirs of Edward Dennis Deane, saying, "The memoirs of a soldier in both world wars as transcribed by his granddaughter, with interesting photos including the British in 1920s Iraq!"
• Adam Thompson presents Lloyd W. Williams: USMC Hero who became revered in USMC history for declaring, "Retreat? Hell, we just got here."
• Sophia Levis examines George B. McClellan's reputation at Military History. Well, sort of. posted at The Return to History.
• Alan Baumler examines the effect of the German military on the Chinese military in Germans and China posted at Frog in a Well.
• Jon Swift presents How Bobby Fischer Won the Cold War (slow loading, give it a second) posted at Jon Swift., saying, "It wasn't Ronald Reagan who won the Cold War; it was Bobby Fischer, who died today in Iceland at 64."
• Executed Today examines the life and untimely death of Mussolini's son-in-law, Galeazzo Ciano on January 11th, 1944.
• Venetia Bridges of Osprey Publishing is discussing their upcoming book about SAS Heroes.
• And finally, my favourite posting came from Penny Richards who presents a picture of the disabled Indian War soldier, Corporal Edward Scott , saying, "We're pointing readers to a great stash of archival photos, many from military history, including the one we feature, a Buffalo Soldier wounded in battle in 1886 in Mexico, while chasing after Geronimo." Penny's posting got me interested in Corporal Scott, so I did a little research and posted the next post on Scott myself.
• The 9th Cavalry was my first unit, so I have always had a fondness for the history of the Buffalo Soldiers of the USA Indian Wars. Here is my post on Corporal Edward Scott Severely Wounded in Pinito Mountains / Battle of Sierra Pinto.

That's it for this month. I hope you enjoyed the tour of the people, places and weapons of war. The 12th Military History Carnival will be hosted by Ross Mahoney on Thursday, 20th of March 2008 at Thoughts On Military History.

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