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Army officer in 2002. He then spent one year in iraq as a tank platoon leader and later, one year tour in afghanistan. Nicholas is a general in the Army Staff College and specialist in war gaming americas inhouse tanker and historian since 2012 and has the nickname of the chieftain. You might want to remember that. His first book on the development of Tank Destroyers is scheduled for release in the first half of 2018. Nick is known for written articles and reviews of tanks inside and out. Lots on youtube called inside the chieftains hatch. Or this video cast on cspans American History tv. Ladies and gentlemen, nicholas moran. [ applause ] thats about as high up as it goes. Good evening oh, boy. Okay. So todays talk is on world war ii and why the sheryl man is as it was. Thats actually not a very good title but the ....
Okay. So todays talk is on world war ii and why the sheryl man is as it was. Thats actually not a very good title but the best i could come up with when i was asked by rob, hey, will you give us a talk. I will do the obligatory shoutout, they are the people that asked me to come out here. We are a commercial enterprise. If you are interested in tanks, it is not a realistic simulation. On that, i would like to thank the nine mast for inviting me out here. Ive seen some of the other speakers that have spoken here. My god, there are high end personnel. I do not have any letters after my name, i do not teach at the university. I work for an unrealistic video game. Id like to thank them for taking this gamble and bringing this guy out who has no history what stover give you guys a talk. However, despite the disreputable background, as far as the academics are concerned, i promise you everything here is either sourced from the archives or as accurate as i make it. Im hoping this thing will c ....
Im hoping this thing will come across. If cspan cant hear me, im sure they will make mention. The background. Initially i was asked to come and hear my midst of american armor talk. If you want to hear it go find it. I took some common conceptions. I said, look, these are the common conceptions and they are wrong. Because i had already given the talk, well modify it a little bit. Instead of how good is the tank. Thats the theory behind this. I dont know your knowledge level. Some of the speakers ive heard you here on the podcast are very high end. Every now and then its good to just go back to some of the low levels and make sure fundamentals are still good. Audience participation question number one. The rifle is the m1. What was better as a rifle . Pretty much nothing. You can make an argument but that wasnt as common. What was the better fighter than the mustang. A better carrier than the essex . We had the best. No other country had it. Some people say it won the war. Some say the ....
Germany entering into world war i. More than 100,000 americans died in the conflict. The influx of u. S. Resources changed the tides of the global war bringing it to a close 18 months later on november 11th, 1918. To mark the 100th anniversary of what was then known as the great war, American History tv is live from the museum in kansas city, missouri. Well be here for the next two and a half hours. Well take you on a tour of some of the exhibits and involve you in conversations with top world war i historians. As we open our program were joined in the museum by the president and ceo of museum matthew naylor. You have a lot of resources to preserving the memory. Why is it important for people in 2017 to know this story . I dont think you can think of the last 100 years, particularly in the United States, without understanding the impact of world war i. Thats true of countrie ....
Sherman tank was the most commonly used American Tank in world war ii. Up next, i rock and afghanistan think veteran nick lewis moran talks about the design and history of the m4 sherman tank. The tank was the best u. S. Tank during world war ii because of its versatility, low production cost, and reliability. Nicholas miranda is the director war intary director of america, the stakes game as 100 million players worldwide. York military Affairs Symposium hosted this 90 minute event. [applause] Nicholas Moran graduated from University College dublin and enlisted in the Irish Defense reserve forces in 1997. The United States army in 2000, and was commiss ....