In 2011, he deployed to the republic of korea and commanded a tank company and a batallian Headquarters Company on the Demilitarized Zone between north and south korea. In 2014, he was selected for advanced civil schooling at Georgetown University in washington, d. C. He graduated with a masters degree in history in 2016, and assumed the position as an instructor in the department of history at the United States military academy. At usma, he taught courses in both military and United States history, and currently directs the Academy Course civil war america, which studies americas society, politics, economy, and military from 1816 to 1877. Hes joined tonight by his wife, shannon, and together theyve got three kids, nate, liam, and elizabeth, 12, 2 and 1yearold. Turn over things to major lambert. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you so much mr. Rowan for the introduction, and thank you all for being here tonight to learn a bit about civil war gunpowder and logistics. As always, although i
Invention and the invention was the origin of International Business machines. Ibms business was based on the punch cards. The way you got information into and out of an electronic computer in the 50s and 60s up to the 80s was like using these mechanical cardboard cards and feeding thousands and thousands of them into the computer at once to run a program or do something. Each week, American History tv sits in on a lecture with one of the countrys college professors. You can watch every evening at 8 00 p. M. And midnight eastern. Next, air force professor mark wells talks about the role of bombers and fighting planes on the allied strategy in world war ii. He also describes the progression of technology in the. Poeriod. He argues that air power brought about the end of the war. This class is 55 minutes. Mark wells lets get started. Room has been shut. Mark wells every seat, thanks. Have a seat, thanks. Todays lesson use the combined bomber offensive. I only have about 15 minutes to tal
Air force professor mark wells talks about the role of bombers and fighting planes on the allied strategy in world war ii. He also describes the progression of air technology in this period. He argues that air power brought about the end of the war. His class is 55 minutes. Col. Wells lets get started. Seat, thanks. Todays lesson is the combined bomber offensive. I only have about 50 minutes to talk to you about something that is very important. , and in of air power terms of the air force. I am going to talk about any number of things, and you will have to follow along and take good notes. Some of these are very busy so i want you to take the most important features. We are going to discuss the bomber barons, a little bit about the war from 1939 to 1945. The american contribution. Remember, we came into the war from the british point of view relatively late. And then we will summarize with the overall impact of the combined bomber offensive. Remember, we call it combined because it wa
Continuing to be gracious host. This is our fifth year producing this series, and your attendance is testimony to its success, said thank you very much. It is my distinct honor to introduce dr. Faulkner, one of the primary historians of the American Experience in world war i. He is a graduate of that other university of kansas that i will not mention, but as the author of two books of the American Experience in world war i, the first call the school of hard knocks about, experience and the second, which was just published called pershings crusaders, a detailed examination of 1917 and 1918, and you are about to get a presentation on some of the challenges they faced when they arrived in france about how to get across that protected area so they could get to the enemy and force a decision. Please join me in welcoming dr. Faulkner. [applause] show less dr. Faulker good afternoon. I would like to thank the Dole Institute for providing me an opportunity to lecture and for their continued su
Strategies to drive opponents out of their trenches. This talk was posted by the Dole Institute of politics at the university of kansas. Thank you for taking the time to join us today. I would like to think the dole continuing to be a great host. Pleasure totinct introduce one of the most preeminent american historians of the First World War. He is a graduate of that other university of kansas that i will not mention but he is also the author of two books on the American Experience during world war i. The first was called the school of hard knocks. And the second is a detailed examination of all things doughb oy in 1917. Youre going to get a presentation about what those in 1917. Went through dr. Se join me in welcoming sean faulkner. If there isr anyone here who gets easily depressed, this is probably not the briefing for you. We are going to talk about some ugly things. Some ugly aspects of Human History and military history. There are three things i want to accomplish. One to explai