tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post2874874293001911330..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: Never march on Moscow, not in winter anywayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-62689871622780807032016-06-04T09:34:20.417+01:002016-06-04T09:34:20.417+01:00I was scraping the barrel. I will abandon the dict...I was scraping the barrel. I will abandon the dictum, which I think I got from Montgomery.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-36002746640365338092016-06-03T22:20:48.522+01:002016-06-03T22:20:48.522+01:00The real attacks actually took place in winter. Ic...The real attacks actually took place in winter. Ice-covered rivers were highways for the Mongol ponies. gcochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17752921901568851463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-23915307872764613782016-06-03T22:17:11.716+01:002016-06-03T22:17:11.716+01:00Yes, and they had the good sense to start in April...Yes, and they had the good sense to start in April, not leaving it to June, like the last attempt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-20714497358618357922016-06-03T18:48:36.648+01:002016-06-03T18:48:36.648+01:00The Mongols made it look easy. The Mongols made it look easy. gcochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17752921901568851463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-27685653514029520202016-05-31T20:13:17.951+01:002016-05-31T20:13:17.951+01:00Here's a version as an overlay to the Google m...<a href="http://vannevar.blogspot.com/2009/12/minard-chart-napoleon-russia-protovis.html" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> a version as an overlay to the Google map of the region. I hadn't realized that the start of the graph is only in Lithuania. <br /><br />The temperature in the original is on the Reaumur scale, which has its zero in the same place as Celsius, but with a degree equal to 1.25 deg. C or 2.25 deg. F.EHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-52940734609507709632016-05-31T19:43:29.751+01:002016-05-31T19:43:29.751+01:00Thank you, Dr T. The heartless Corsican managed t...Thank you, Dr T. The heartless Corsican managed to slaughter a considerable fraction of Western Europe's young men. And, since the French Army always stole its food, presumably a fair number of Eastern Europe's peasantry.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-67271094616903766872016-05-31T16:47:00.624+01:002016-05-31T16:47:00.624+01:00Dear Dr James Thompson,
It is my understanding th...Dear Dr James Thompson,<br /><br />It is my understanding that you, your colleagues, or your readers are involved in scientific research that may run contrary to current liberal/left-wing taboos.<br /><br />Such research would be hard to find funding for.<br /><br />A new website called wesearchr https://www.wesearchr.com allows people to ask questions of the public and have the public put up money acting as a bounty for people who can answer those questions. It essentially crowd funds the truth. Maybe it would be worthwhile to look into to raise funds for taboo research.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-86660702016042508522016-05-31T15:43:06.162+01:002016-05-31T15:43:06.162+01:00"Obviously Napoleon never played Risk as a ch..."Obviously Napoleon never played Risk as a child."peterfireflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050847835479172236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-20919636989266794932016-05-31T15:42:20.390+01:002016-05-31T15:42:20.390+01:00Perhaps maps like this one:
http://www.worldmappe...Perhaps maps like this one:<br /><br />http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=205peterfireflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050847835479172236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-65538704665828614752016-05-31T00:44:44.413+01:002016-05-31T00:44:44.413+01:00It is great! Here's a better quality image of ...It is great! Here's a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minard.png" rel="nofollow">better quality image of the map.</a>Jim Anconahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657089418174648545noreply@blogger.com