Torture: The French Army and the Algerian War, 1954-1962
“Never did the Empire look so good as when it was seen from the Republic, it was said of Napoleon III’s regime in the early years of the Third Republic. […]
Category: War & Operations
Reflections on the First Gulf War 1990 – 1991 CDRE Richard Menhinick, AM, CSC, RAN (retd)
White Ensign Oration 03 March 2023 What a great honour it is to be speaking on the First Gulf War tonight. It is now some 32 years since we fought […]
Replacement of Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Confirmed
MOSCOW — Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov has confirmed media reports that he has taken over as commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet after a series of setbacks. V Adm Viktor […]
Royal Navy ship trains with Australian patrol vessels
Photo: Royal Navy HMS Spey, a River class offshore patrol vessel, has departed to Australia, taking on supplies and fuel for the next leg of her Pacific patrol. The Royal […]
Moskva Sinking Analysis
Analysis: Chain of Negligence Caused the Loss of the Cruiser Moskva The shock of the sinking of the Slava-class cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, continues. […]
Moskva Sinking Photos
First pictures of sinking Russian warship Moskva as survivor describes horrors on board Photos thought to have been taken by a passing Turkish ship show Russia’s flagship Moskva before it […]
A Russian Attack on Odessa Could be Naval Suicide
Russia had a chance to cut off Ukraine from the sea. It blew it. Now it’s highly likely, however and whenever the war ends, that Ukraine still will have access […]
Maritime Forces and Ukraine Crisis
Russian Navy Cruisers Positioned to Counter U.S., French and Italian Carrier Groups in the Mediterranean Slava-class guided-missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov departs Severomorsk. Russian MoD Photo Three Russian guided-missile cruisers have […]
Virtual Dive on the Wreck of I-124
NOC Member Tom Lewis was the advisory historian for the project which simulated a virtual dive on the wreck of I-124, a WWII Japanese submarine, sunk 80 years ago today, […]
ADF Employment – An Essay
Commodore Jim Dickson RAN Ret’d has spent some of his COVID lockdown time considering certain aspects of the ADF’s employment as we move into the uncertain territory of future warfare, […]