# ![@KKriegeBlog Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::962159656197087232.png) @KKriegeBlog Dr. Alexander Burns

Dr. Alexander Burns posts on X about the british, ukraine, in the, history the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
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"A myth-tackling thread. Looking at the British redcoats modern Americans often claim that they were "Too dumb to take cover." TL;DR during the whole eighteenth century (and in Europe too) the British would lie down under fire and take cover on the battlefield. 1/17"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1620834220984893442)  2023-02-01T17:19Z 23.9K followers, 216.5K engagements


"As always: you want footnotes for the quotes read it on the blog: 17/17 http://shorturl.at/diu47 http://shorturl.at/diu47"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1620834252102467585)  2023-02-01T17:19Z 24K followers, [----] engagements


"Today a thread on how to evaluate popular military history. Just how accurate is that history book you are reading How can we evaluate the claims that historians make We are going to explore this through the use of of some examples both positive and negative. 1/33"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1661836667441782808)  2023-06-29T21:26Z 16.2K followers, 121K engagements


"Thoughts on the latest episode of Outlander. I have never encountered reports of 18th cent. soldiers killing sex workers by setting them on fire. The Continental army did recruit using conscription. FORT TICONDEROGA DID NOT LOOK LIKE THAT. LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY BOY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1677498407206678528)  2023-07-09T15:28Z 16.2K followers, 106.1K engagements


"Reaction round-up. The Napoleonic specialists seem apprehensive and the general history folks seem enthusiastic. For those who are complaining that Phoenix is too old for the 1790s: I made it through Helen Mirren (then 73) playing a [--] year-old Catherine the Great. It'll be ok"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678410916629544962)  2023-07-10T14:50Z 16.2K followers, 33.2K engagements


"Ahhh I won't lie. The amount of teary Napoleonicists on the release of the trailer has done the heart of this Old Regime scholar a bit of good. It'll be ok lads. You'll always have the Duellists. Just watch that again. Maybe I'll do that now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678413441222975488)  2023-07-10T17:48Z 16.2K followers, 17K engagements


"@ChaosRaising No worries- similar setting and similar release timeframe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678428511558615048)  2023-07-10T15:38Z 23.8K followers, [--] engagements


"I'll reserve judgement until I see the actual film but no part of the Napoleon trailer's battle scenes approaches even this level of realism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678485594932903937)  2023-07-11T07:36Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@Ian_1944 @RoryMuir3 @Hindu_Stan @RMB_History @RobbieMacNiven For the thesis that Rory is talking about check out Wayne Lees Barbarians and Brothers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678551277570084865)  2023-07-11T03:08Z 16.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@dawgra93 It's mine actually. The methodology was to take the highest possible totals from the Kabinettskriege conflicts and the lowest estimates from the Thirty Years War and French Wars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678801936869474304)  2023-07-11T16:22Z 23.8K followers, [---] engagements


"A trailer tagline and Napoleon's origin. This is how explained it to my undergraduate ROTC cadets at WVU. Napoleon is the equivalent of a US West Point cadet from a middle-class/lower middle class background. He comes from a state that other cadets think is backward or hickish"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678803991717609475)  2023-07-11T20:28Z 13.9K followers, 344.8K engagements


"@medievaldaniel Fair enough: Napoleon might not be responsible for every single death in that stack"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678842599417757699)  2023-07-11T19:04Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@StgnCarlXII @BretDevereaux Hi Carl- I estimated the GNW based on data from Clodfelter and Sorokin. If you have data that I can footnote particularly the 1-2 million dead in Poland Ill update the chart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678926606776033291)  2023-07-12T01:10Z 16.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@Liberty_Socks This was my comps exam field:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678965052982870017)  2023-07-12T03:12Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@1frenchempire @Liberty_Socks 100%- I dont think Napoleon was going around shooting all these people himself: FWIII Louise Alexander etc etc all have their share. But fundamentally Napoleon was the one trying to shake up the system and redraw the map. They egged him on but he kept pushing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678965768988311552)  2023-07-12T03:13Z 23.8K followers, [--] engagements


"@1frenchempire @Liberty_Socks Absolutely: but change it in smaller less grandiose ways. Seizing a March here or a Duchy there isnt quite the same as marching on your capital carving up your territory and putting a brother on the throne of a new satellite kingdom. Re:the British 100% they are profiting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1678968778208555008)  2023-07-12T03:26Z 16.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@RobbieMacNiven Gov you do release that the British army was doing the same just few years earlier right I'm constantly thinking "Barrell's during the '45 which number was that again""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1679480734644305920)  2023-07-13T16:34Z 15.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@theknightirish @RobbieMacNiven @Hindu_Stan Friederike Baer is presenting on the Waldeckers at Pensacola in St. Louis MO in October. I know its quite a hike for you lads but maybe there might be a video link"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1680200871739523073)  2023-07-15T13:02Z 16.2K followers, [--] engagements


"In college I got into an argument with a student who confidently assured me that Washington would have defeated Napoleon. I have a soft spot the man on the $1 Bill but yikes exceptionalism is a helluva drug. To use Obi-Wan's phrase Washingtons were Napoleon's speciality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1684217613788884992)  2023-07-26T15:39Z 16.2K followers, 71.2K engagements


"Damaging to who My mental health thats who"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1689033806580158465)  2023-08-08T22:00Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I've finally had the experience of everyone on Twitter becoming an expert on something I actually know a lot about firsthand: Academic cuts at WVU. I was a PhD student there from 2015-2021 and part-time lecturer (teaching a 4/3 load) in 2021-2022. Thread. 1/24"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1691125303316459521)  2023-08-14T16:31Z 16.2K followers, 151.1K engagements


"It was also [--] hours from where my parents lived so I'd be much closer to them. Win-win. When I started in [----] the History department and university as a whole honestly seemed like it was doing great. PhD funding was guaranteed for [--] years renewable after that. 3/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1691125306457767936)  2023-08-14T16:31Z 16.2K followers, 10.9K engagements


"One of the reasons why I was excited to attend was they seemed to have a strong early modern military program (Two Napoleonic scholars). One left the summer I arrived and he was replaced but not by a Napoleonicist. (I've subsequently reconnected with him an awesome guy). 4/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1691125308391661569)  2023-08-14T16:31Z 16.2K followers, 10.4K engagements


"In [----] my advisor passed from cancer I defended my dissertation and with the job market crashing didn't have work. The department (and I'll always be grateful for this) allowed me to stay and cover my advisor's scheduled classes that would otherwise have been cancelled. 19/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1691125332840009730)  2023-08-14T16:31Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Over the last [--] years Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr de Steuben ("Baron von Steuben") has been widely described as an openly gay founding father. This week an illustrated biography appeared exploring this. So was he openly gay Maybe. I think you should know a few things. 1/29"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693002569101049889)  2023-08-19T20:50Z 16.2K followers, 21.8K engagements


".for Steuben's homosexuality comes out of the extremely emotional and occasionally erotic language which Steuben used in correspondence with his two best friends in North America: Benjamin Walker and William North. 12/29"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693002584687022152)  2023-08-19T20:50Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Mark Segal argues that the only shred of evidence which points to the idea that Steuben formed romantic relationships with women is that Steuben had a miniature portrait of a beautiful woman and was touchy when asked about it. This is true and it isn't. 13/29"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693002585978949804)  2023-08-19T20:50Z 16.3K followers, [----] engagements


"The only reference to this charge comes from an indignant letter sent by a supporter of Steuben to his former employer Prinz Josef of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. [--] years later Steuben's friend Hoevel still at court wrote to ensure Steuben of his continued friendship. 22/29"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693002597618061453)  2023-08-19T20:50Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"After [--] years Prinz Josef himself wrote to assure Steuben that both he and his wife had only ever thought the best of Steuben and that he had their continued friendship. Considering the extreme nature of the charges against Steuben it seems unlikely that these letters. 23/29"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693002598838583496)  2023-08-19T20:50Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Model of a 1:4 ratio Russian infantry battalion in summer dress 1750s-1770s. 15mm. In line of battle and open and closed columns of half-divisions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693326603579732473)  2023-08-20T18:18Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I actually spend a lot of time thinking about this. As opposed to another fight about Robert E. Lee or the details of Ostfront tanks what I wouldn't give for twitter firestorm about Russian buckshot usage in the 18th century or Gustavus Adolphus' tactical reforms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693659664657924462)  2023-08-21T16:21Z 16.2K followers, 21K engagements


"The whole of American History is the lifespan of three long-lived people. (1776-1863 [--] years) (1863-1942 [--] years) (1942-2023 [--] years) There is a lot of lived experience and great-power politics to learn from before [----] or [----]. Everything is not WW2 or the Civil War"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693666606671331704)  2023-08-21T16:49Z 16.2K followers, 18K engagements


"@RobbieMacNiven @szetoinsitu @JeanLucPicorgi ".the end so well as regular soldiers ; unless they were very different people from what I believe and know them to be as well as I wish to know.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693975723071926479)  2023-08-22T13:17Z 24K followers, [---] engagements


"@RobbieMacNiven @szetoinsitu @JeanLucPicorgi "The regulars were there and there obliged to be ; we could not go away when we pleased without exposing ourselves to military punishment ; and we had trouble enough to undergo without that . ""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693975863513985248)  2023-08-22T13:18Z 16.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@RobbieMacNiven @szetoinsitu @JeanLucPicorgi Ok so this is moving enough that I'm just going to do a thread on it thanks for the push"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693976320277959142)  2023-08-22T13:20Z 24K followers, [---] engagements


"Revolutionary War Veteran Joseph Plumb Martin writing in [----] on the mistreatment of the Continental Army by the American people. "It has been said by some that ought to have been better employed ; that the Revolutionary army was needless.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693981192289468722)  2023-08-22T13:39Z 23.7K followers, 51.5K engagements


""The regulars were there and there obliged to be ; we could not go away when we pleased without exposing ourselves to military punishment ; and we had trouble enough to undergo without that. It was likewise said at that time that the army was idle.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1693981207254454704)  2023-08-22T13:39Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Two non-serious acidicly sarcastic questions: What era do you think these soldiers come from and why does the American Battlefield Trust think they fought in the American Revolution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1695482253491540073)  2023-08-26T17:04Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@MatthewJRoth Yes: I think they are actually post-Napoleonic which is WAY outside of anything that I do: like how did we even get these images Did we just google "British army redcoats images""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1695483529511981206)  2023-08-26T17:09Z 24K followers, [---] engagements


"It does look like the search term "British army redcoats images" brings up the image but they you have to edit and self-select the two soldiers on the right-hand side of the image which are the wrong ones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1695484011466887645)  2023-08-26T17:11Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Innovative Teaching Idea #4370: All assignment dates are taken from Elder Scrolls. IE: "So you can see the 2nd Exam is on the 29th of Frostfall." "I know its only the 28th of Last Seed but that research paper due on the 18th of Sun's Dusk is really going to sneak up on you.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1695571035788063067)  2023-08-26T22:56Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"When an early 30s man (me) walks into care facility asking for a Tetanus booster is it normal for the staff to list the cost and try to turn you away If someone thinks they need a Tetanus booster wouldnt you at least want to examine the injury that caused the thought IDK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1695808360279343301)  2023-08-27T14:39Z 24K followers, [----] engagements


"Despite my visit to urgent care this morning I am pleased to report that my first full-length book is emailed to the publisher on schedule. Just in time for me to get back to teaching tomorrow. If you are interested in the reality of infantry combat 1733-1783 watch this space"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1695881278929674569)  2023-08-27T19:29Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"One of the best arguments for calling it the Seven Years War (not the French and Indian War not the Third Carnatic War not the Third Silesian War). Its a global war where the fighting lasts for seven years in most theaters of war. Tell your friends: the SYW is worth knowing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1697578681819144435)  2023-09-01T11:54Z 16.2K followers, 11.8K engagements


"@moranjustin Hi Justin- Daniel Baughs book is excellent; there are few that do the global war well. For Europe Christopher Duffy and Reginald Savory are best for North America Fred Anderson is great"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1697658601567879586)  2023-09-01T17:12Z 13.9K followers, [--] engagements


"First meeting of the Historical Gaming club at my university for the 2023-2024 year. (yes Im the faculty advisor)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1698083534710141129)  2023-09-02T21:20Z 24K followers, 15.3K engagements


"@craigbrucesmith Dr. Lepore has published in the Yale Law Review but:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1698145774587052094)  2023-09-03T01:27Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@wanderingyankee My office/my basement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1698145959320957129)  2023-09-03T01:28Z 16.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Talking with my sons in their 20s. I just found out they dont know how to: -clap to the ground to avoid an enemy volley -load in [--] seconds -fight as a Flanquer -lead yelling "Bursche folgt mir" Nobody in our generation does that stuff Yall this is wild. Just me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1698766241333117323)  2023-09-04T18:33Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"It is rare that Star Wars and historiography connect. Everyone complains "Hey we've seen the Jedi and Star Destroyers before give us more Andor and the normal people of the galaxy" Congrats. You now know why social history replaced political and military history in the 1960s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1699431323885064317)  2023-09-06T14:36Z 14.9K followers, 17K engagements


"The ongoing "academic transformation" is a way of crippling tenure and the freedom of speech it ensures. How do we know The administration is targeting faculty and students warning them about what they post on social media. Trying to quash dissent. 3/12"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1699511847005643185)  2023-09-06T19:56Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Striking might disrupt the academic year but it is a choice of whether or not WVU will live on its feet or die on its knees. The academic review process basically will be ongoing: tenure at WVU is over. High-level administrators have refused to even take a pay cut. 4/12"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1699511848767279449)  2023-09-06T19:56Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"It is the 242nd anniversary of Battle of Eutaw Springs. Eutaw Springs also the end point of my forthcoming book on infantry in battle 1733-1783. A brief🧵on the battle. Except for the Troiani painting and map photos are from my visit to the battlefield in [----]. 1/12"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1700211100053115362)  2023-09-08T18:14Z 16.3K followers, 11.2K engagements


"That's a really bad day. In [----] on at the Castillo de San Andrs in Orn a lightning strike blows up the powder magazine of a Spanish fortress killing [--] and wounding 15"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1701250401687728147)  2023-09-11T15:04Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Frederick II of Prussia refused to publish the casualties after the Battle of Torgau in [----]. Historians: *Ominous Despotism Noises* George Washington refused to publish the casualties after the Battle of Brandywine in [----]. Historians: *Based Liberty Noises*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1701322893479628890)  2023-09-11T19:52Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The university declined to do anything formal to honor her memory after she died of cancer in [----]. Her graduate students and other history department faculty members requested a plaque tree or some other formal remembrance. 3/9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1702500784825413990)  2023-09-15T01:53Z 16.2K followers, [--] engagements


"She continued to be an exemplar of teaching scholarship and service until the end presenting at conferences teaching courses and serving on dissertation committees. 4/9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1702500786897301834)  2023-09-15T01:53Z 16.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Kantonist (furloughed/reservist soldier) working in a peasant household in the Holy Roman Empire 1770s. Also this is the Roman Empire that men should thinking about. No I wont be taking questions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1703572741415182679)  2023-09-18T00:52Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"What was first a dream has become a frightening reality to those who would oppose us. -Grand Admiral Thrawn delivering the most on the nose comment in his first live action appearance. Whether his words were targeted at the New Republic or Kathleen Kennedy time will tell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1704326126523253186)  2023-09-20T02:46Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Here is a thought WVU. Instead of spending money on high-quality full color brochures sent to alumni who live far away maybe cut that instead of library funding and vital faculty in Math and Languages. #WVUmistake"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1705583497056854403)  2023-09-23T14:02Z 24K followers, [----] engagements


"Yom Kippur War: On September 25th [----] important warnings that war was imminent were passed over by Israeli leadership. 1)King Hussein of Jordan's warning in his meeting with Israeli PM Golda Meir on that date. 2) LTC Zussia Keniezer's report based on that conversation. 1/4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1706697162321539235)  2023-09-26T15:48Z 16.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Keniezer the head the Jordan desk of Israeli military intelligence reported to LTC Aviezer Ya'ari the head of the Syria desk that King Hussein of Jordan believed a two-front attack (Egypt and Syria) on Israel was imminent. 2/4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1706697164137587140)  2023-09-26T15:48Z 16.2K followers, [--] engagements


"The head of AMAN (Israeli Military Intel) Eli Zeira ignored these possible warning signs late in September due to his belief in "the concept": an idea formulated after the [----] suggesting Egypt would not attack without Soviet fighter-bombers and missiles. 3/4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1706697165471424636)  2023-09-26T15:48Z 16.2K followers, [--] engagements


"OTD in [----] Yom Kippur War Round Up: Mossad passes a serious warning that war is imminent to AMAN (Israeli Military Intelligence) Egyptian Army-level commanders are told that war will begin October 6th. Egyptian high command in Cairo moves to underground complex. 1/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1708656047383023817)  2023-10-02T01:32Z 23.6K followers, [----] engagements


"An intelligence officer in the Southern Command Lt. Binyamin Siman-Tov forwarded a memo to his commander with the following points: "Why did the Egyptian army suddenly cancel training courses and postone officer examinations if this was a scheduled exercise". 2/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1708656049178181932)  2023-10-02T01:32Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"And as a result understanding the last period of direct limited war between the great powers (1648-1789) has never been more vital than it is now. Directly marching on Moscow Washington or Beijing is unlikely. Limited war between these states is more possible if not assured"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1708662847624954063)  2023-10-02T01:59Z 16.2K followers, 19.5K engagements


"OTD in [----] Yom Kippur War Roundup October 2nd 1973: An Israeli photo flyover of the Egyptian buildup is cancelled due to poor visibility. Egyptian forces are observed removing mines from the canal zone and clearing dirt so they can easily reach the water"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1708946190354555214)  2023-10-02T20:44Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"A🧵on societies and the armies they produce. Militaristic societies (Sparta/Prussia/Germany) don't produce infallible armies. Also volunteer soldiers from liberal democratic nations aren't a magic bullet for military effectiveness either. Idolizing both is a problem. 1/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1709654283690398189)  2023-10-04T19:38Z 16.2K followers, 227K engagements


"At the outset I'm a historian who writes about the Prussian British and American militaries in the 1700s. For more on the ancient world basically go read anything Bret Devereaux has written. In this thread I am going to focus on the history that I know 1648-now. 3/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1709654288501219549)  2023-10-04T19:38Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Let's start with the militarists. Both Sweden and Prussia (although Hessen-Kassel was actually more militarized) were capable of punching above their weight in the early modern period. All three of these states also pioneered conscription and novel tactics. 4/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1709654290455753202)  2023-10-04T19:38Z 16.3K followers, [----] engagements


"The trouble that these states ran into was longer wars against larger powers: although they might be able to punch above their weight in the short term they could eventually be dragged down. Thus Sweden was eventually defeated in the Great Northern War (1700-1721). 5/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1709654292565520760)  2023-10-04T19:38Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I don't believe the US Military is doing this but I am worried at the level of complacency I see around this topics in my students and American civil society writ large. Likewise: don't social engineer your society to be militarist for the tactical and operational perks. 24/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1709654340250587546)  2023-10-04T19:38Z 16.3K followers, [----] engagements


"It rarely works. Instead if you live in a liberal/democratic society read military history invest in logistics and keep an open mind about conscription. Conscript soldiers have done the vast majority of LSCO since [----]. Also build more artillery shells. 25/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1709654342238666796)  2023-10-04T19:38Z 16.2K followers, 29.7K engagements


"OTD Yom Kippur War Roundup October 4th [----] The Israeli recon flight originally scheduled for October 2nd finally photographs the Egyptian buildup. AMAN Chief Eli Zeira finally orders the listening devices the Israeli's have placed inside of Egypt to be turned on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1709674302851686645)  2023-10-04T20:58Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"OTD Yom Kippur War Roundup October 5th [----] 8am: Golda Meir met with senior military leadership. David Elazar has the developed aerial recon photographs. Moshe Dayan comments: "You can get a stroke from the numbers alone." Elazar orders highest state of peacetime readiness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1710088957461987374)  2023-10-06T00:25Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


""Trump allegedly told Pratt exactly how many nuclear warheads U.S. submarines supposedly carry as well as exactly how close to a Russian submarine they can supposedly get without being detected." If true this endangers every single person in our country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1710326138877227337)  2023-10-06T16:08Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"OTD Yom Kippur War Roundup October 6th [----] Fifty years ago the history of the Middle East changed forever. At 8am Golda Meir was briefed by senior military staff and approved a partial mobilization. Mrs. Meir also spoke with the American Ambassador and Kissinger. 1/9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1710371139279622352)  2023-10-06T19:07Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Mrs. Meir assured the Americans that Israel would not carry out a preemptive aerial attack. At 1:50pm local time Syrian and Egyptian jets launched beginning attacks on Israeli positions. Elazar asked Benny Peled the air force chief if he could hit enemy airfields. 2/9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1710371143801098605)  2023-10-06T19:07Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"As a result of swapping ground-attack weapons for air-superiority weapons the best Israeli jet the Phantom was being rearmed for aerial combat and not prepared for a ground-attack role. Egyptian forces moved across the canal attacking the forts of the Bar-Lev line. 3/9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1710371146741268555)  2023-10-06T19:07Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"1st two things. I'm not an expert in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and quantitative and qualitatively today's war is nothing like the [----] Yom Kippur War. However you want to read a bit about the failing of Israeli intelligence in the run-up to that surprise attack 🧵.1/10"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1710750198895440340)  2023-10-07T20:13Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"This will take the form of a thread of threads. 2/10"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1710750200086614063)  2023-10-07T20:13Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Watching WVU President Gee talking at the October 9th faculty meeting I'm put in mind of this quote from HBO's Rome: "So this is not a humiliating defeat at all but a rare species of victory." I'm worried that university jargonism is obscuring the lives being destroyed. 🧵1/13"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1712172803993022705)  2023-10-11T18:26Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"We shouldn't ignore the laws of war when fighting opponents who have committed their own war crimes. It's one of the reasons Ukraine's fight has been so inspiring/supported. Support Israel's right to self-defence. Oppose terrorism against Israel. Oppose civilian casualties"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1712928863263629513)  2023-10-13T20:30Z 15K followers, [----] engagements


"Scoop: the Iranian foreign ministry held a screening of The Hunt for Red October before departing for the UN. **Sarcasm**/ Joke Iran's mission to the United Nations: If Israeli war crimes and genocide do not stop immediately the situation may get out of control. Iran's mission to the United Nations: If Israeli war crimes and genocide do not stop immediately the situation may get out of control"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1713314494988870026)  2023-10-14T22:03Z 23.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Very proud of my Revolutionary War students as they transcribe plans from Continental officers examine British and French maps and plan George Washingtons assault on New York City in 1781"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1715120287044321371)  2023-10-19T21:38Z 13.6K followers, 46.4K engagements


"18th cent. Grenadiers: Were they the 2% killers of Grossman's "On Killing" 'a parasitic growth' that weakened the regiments or just tall bois with pointy hats Did they have grenades This🧵explores the reality of grenadiers. TL;DR they were experienced not taller. 1/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1715453348596285605)  2023-10-20T19:42Z [----] followers, 88.3K engagements


"Delighted to be travelling to Saint Louis this weekend for the Revolutionary War in the West Conference. I'll be talking about the British 8th (King's) Regiment who served on the frontier and defended the modern borders of Canada"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1717215059842118098)  2023-10-25T16:22Z 36K followers, [----] engagements


"Recently Ridley Scott when asked about historical inaccuracies in his films said: "How do you know where you there Napoleon had [---] books written about him. Maybe the first was the most accurate. there is a lot of speculation." A 🧵on how historians know what we know. 1/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1720509863460041179)  2023-11-03T18:34Z 15.1K followers, 1.7M engagements


"Insisting that the enemy were cowardly while his troops were brave (he ends the letter "had they the heart as we Britoners have we should stand no chance.") is another common feature of many soldiers wartime correspondence. 14/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1720509888592228707)  2023-11-03T18:34Z 36K followers, 54.8K engagements


"So historically speaking this letter tells us that in small harassing actions in Rhode Island the American tactics did annoy the British but that British troops in early [----] were confident of overall victory. 15/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1720509890181918784)  2023-11-03T18:34Z 36K followers, 54.7K engagements


"@Telos_of_War boom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1720511524471439838)  2023-11-03T18:41Z [----] followers, 15.3K engagements


"You must get all Duffys works My man is an enlightened philosopher up in here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1721548707563266215)  2023-11-06T15:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Some of the pushback I got on my recent Napoleon thread was that it was a movie lighten up. Fair. Historians don't just love raining on Sir Ridley Scott's parade. We actually do like history movies. A short🧵on a historical(ish) movie I LOVED. I loved the Northman. Why 1/11"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1723095224866541638)  2023-11-10T21:48Z 13.9K followers, 239.6K engagements


"A rare colorized photograph of Frederick the Great at lunch before the Battle of Rossbach November [--] [----] /s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1723782319809413215)  2023-11-12T19:18Z [----] followers, 16K engagements


"The best part of the response to quoting from Dominic Lieven regarding the likely defeat of Napoleon AFTER his hypothetical victory at Waterloo has been: Academics saying: "This is the most obvious and predictable take" Milhist Twitter being like: "Naa bro he coulda done it""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1724133176669348026)  2023-11-13T18:32Z [----] followers, 15.5K engagements


"Hannibalic War movie Yes Yes I take back my worst timeline comments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1724253022119727190)  2023-11-14T02:28Z [----] followers, 30.7K engagements


"War is cruelty but can we refine it Lately I've seen people claiming both that civilian casualties are never acceptable or opposingly that brutality is acceptable as a means of ending violence sooner. A 🧵 on limited war total war and William T. Sherman. 1/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1725596734670225582)  2023-11-17T19:28Z 13.9K followers, 164.2K engagements


"@HangarFlying It varies from army to army. In the French army at Rossbach iirc the line of battle is determined by seniority. In the Prussian army battalions of the same regiment are sometimes but not always based in the same brigade. If you look at battle maps its usually ad hoc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1726105406714302676)  2023-11-19T05:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"My best advice to the all the grad students out there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1727328871752819068)  2023-11-22T14:11Z 16.2K followers, 22.2K engagements


"After checking this is still one of the best video game trailers of this or any era. Did this also give Hungarians a false sense of determinism concerning their territorial aims"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1727793981524730208)  2023-11-23T20:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This article is wack. Frederick had two failings in its view: 1) Failing to decisively finish off his enemies 2) Failing to appreciate wider strategic frameworks Do you know anything about the limitations faced Frederick should have just marched on Paris and Moscow 1/4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1727801588285165923)  2023-11-23T21:29Z 13.6K followers, 30K engagements


"@MatCauthon10 Its not to be made it dominated the historiographical interpretations of Fredericks era from [----] to [----]. Google Sonderweg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1727814421488226652)  2023-11-23T22:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Dad what was when Halo Reach came out when you were in college"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1727837662273220663)  2023-11-23T23:52Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@peterburns_1861 Fool you made me wait all day for the 11th tweet and its Happy Thanksgiving Come on. Nice photo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1727838065211613604)  2023-11-23T23:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I'm going to write two threads about the Napoleon movie. The first one (this one) will evaluate it as a movie. The second will be a nit-picky history thread about the details and battles. TL;DR it was not great. Golda was a masterpiece by comparison. [--] stars. 1/17"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728262086084702236)  2023-11-25T03:59Z 14.9K followers, 749.9K engagements


"Let's start with the good. It's cinematically beautiful. I loved the Coup of [--] Brumaire scene. I'll probably even show that in class. Great score. Now on to the rest: The movie follows the long span of Napoleon's career 1793-1815. You get uneven coverage though. 2/17"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728262088454520901)  2023-11-25T03:59Z 13.9K followers, 40.7K engagements


"I don't know if I believe the argument that this is a comedy. Certainly Phoenix as Napoleon is so wooden that it does come across as funny. Think Hayden Christiansen/Anakin "I don't like sand" vibes. 7/17"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728262099271594047)  2023-11-25T03:59Z 13.9K followers, 39.3K engagements


"Melancholy is said three times in this movie which isn't a lot but seems like a lot while it's happening. It is so wooden. You can't actually tell if Napoleon cares about Josephine. You also can't tell if Josephine cares about him. Vanessa Kirby is better but still. 9/17"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728262102429954332)  2023-11-25T03:59Z 13.9K followers, 32K engagements


"The score was great but literally used some of the same Russian chorale music from BBC's [----] War and Peace (which is so much better than this.) The score is good for reminding you: "oh this is epic I should pay attention." 14/17"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728262113574166825)  2023-11-25T03:59Z 13.9K followers, 26.2K engagements


"There were only two filters used: Sand/Bright and Dull/Boring. That hinders but doesn't fully prevent the visual spectacle that was shooting for. Was it a Romance Comedy Biopic Drama War Thriller I'm not sure. It might be trying to do all that and accomplish none. 15/17"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728262115126042900)  2023-11-25T03:59Z 13.9K followers, 27.1K engagements


"And now the nit-picky history details/battle thread. TL;DR Ridley Scott's Napoleon movie is probably in all seriousness worse for Napoleonic Warfare than The Patriot is for eighteenth-century warfare. I'm going to focus on military history here in this one. 1/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728292482121941213)  2023-11-25T06:00Z 35.6K followers, 3.4M engagements


"I promise I won't spend this whole thread whinging about the stuff I would have included but WHERE IS THE [----] ITALY CAMPAIGN WHERE IS THE BATTLE OF LEIPZIG WHERE IS THE 1813-1814 as a whole [----] is epic and we just don't get it. 6/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728292492410523853)  2023-11-25T06:00Z 35.6K followers, 210.5K engagements


"Shooting the Pyramids with roundshot/360 no scoping the Mamluk commander in one salvo is indeed a fast way of saying "Napoleon took Egypt." Well done Sir Ridley. The director's cut is all but assured to include a Marengo sequence. 7/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728292501952581840)  2023-11-25T06:00Z 13.9K followers, 191.9K engagements


"The cavalry charge that is used to represent Borodino here likely came from Marengo based on Napoleon's physical appearance and costuming. 8/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728292514917212606)  2023-11-25T06:00Z 13.9K followers, 181K engagements


"Napoleon's Marshals are also quite absent from this film. There are a number of men who stand around Napoleon in feathery hats. Junot is a character. The idea of Marshals isn't referenced until Napoleon is a prisoner after Waterloo blaming them for his defeats. 12/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728292523951656975)  2023-11-25T06:00Z 13.9K followers, 161K engagements


"Napoleon's charisma is notably absent from this film as I noted in my other thread on the movie (not the history/battles) but I did love the short sequence of him handing out bread on the march to Moscow referencing men at Austerlitz. 13/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728292526858387779)  2023-11-25T06:00Z 13.9K followers, 233.9K engagements


"We finally march on Moscow in a depiction of the Grande Arme that is notably less grand than the [----] BBC War and Peace. Dismounted Cossacks with janky mortars attack the army in hit and fade attacks nailing prisoners to trees. 14/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728292529354019104)  2023-11-25T06:00Z 13.9K followers, 133K engagements


"I did absolutely love the Russian military uniforms correctly depicting the troops wearing the gaitered trousers of the [----] campaign. Score one for the best legwear. 16/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728292533044932717)  2023-11-25T06:00Z 13.9K followers, 129.3K engagements


"Napoleon is very upset that Alexander is not waiting for him in Moscow. Like so mad. Then he goes to bed. Then Moscow is on fire. What is this movie Then they retreat from Moscow. Suddenly everything is very cold. Napoleon's early retreat is not mentioned bc 17/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728292535611924714)  2023-11-25T06:00Z 13.9K followers, 115.2K engagements


"The French begin their bombardment. The infantry go forward. We get [--] seconds with Blcher. (No "raise the black flags my children".) After seeing the Prussian army on the march your correspondent felt a little better that he had paid to watch this disaster. 22/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728292551797690493)  2023-11-25T06:00Z 14K followers, 102K engagements


"Like most bad movies bayonets are fixed inconsistently. Skirmishers are kind of used and the British do look rather nice in battalions for about [--] seconds. For some reason fire by rank is used. Nary a column on the battlefield but plenty of absurdities. 25/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728292558022025669)  2023-11-25T06:00Z 13.9K followers, 101.2K engagements


"Ok Napoleonic media cravers/new followers. I'm not just a cinema hater. If you need a Napoleon fix what should you watch Don't watch Russian versions of War and Peace or even the 1970s Waterloo movie. Just go watch the [----] BCC War and Peace. 🧵 1/6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728489980031279378)  2023-11-25T19:04Z 14.2K followers, 337.6K engagements


"@marvinsinclai11 @Boston1775 Its on Amazon Prime rn iirc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728506238005035456)  2023-11-25T20:09Z 13.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Veterans may have some insights on historical military experience but. Just being a veteran does not mean that you "get" all armies in the past intiutively. This was one of the main arguments of my mentor Christopher Duffy's book Military Experience in the Age of Reason"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728556200218742820)  2023-11-25T23:28Z 13.9K followers, 30.7K engagements


"@AllyButtons Good now apply this same advice to this thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728576817781731501)  2023-11-26T00:50Z 13.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@mark_collins09"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728624124333830387)  2023-11-26T03:58Z 13.9K followers, 15.3K engagements


"If you really want a military-focuses classic that weighs ten pounds and will take you a month+ to read check out David Chandler's "Campaigns of Napoleon". This book just turned [--] years old and it shows. Still it is something that every true Napoleon nut should read. 6/20"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1728889604831588659)  2023-11-26T21:32Z 13.9K followers, 15.2K engagements


"Seriously can we do this Anybody know folks in Hollywood I want a this is the history as Sharknado is to Marine Biology time film"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1729143751434744177)  2023-11-27T14:22Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Them: We need public-facing scholarship that reaches a broad audience. Me: Military history continues to be one of the few sub-fields that reaches a broad audience. My undergraduate history advisor: "I outgrew military history at age 10." Them: Yes only bros like that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1729156090523443397)  2023-11-27T15:11Z 13.9K followers, 159.8K engagements


"@maniagnosis Both of these are actors. I do think a resentment and fear of the popularity of military history drives some of it. I taught the survey of military history at WVU for six years. When it filled year after year I was told it was only bc we had "very traditional students.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1729218702145708119)  2023-11-27T19:20Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Basically my entire life on the internet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1732605301101080711)  2023-12-07T03:37Z 14.9K followers, 223.4K engagements


"Everyone knows Timothy Murphy. Less well-known is the incident in North Carolina where [--] riflemen fired [--] shots at an individual mounted officer and did not hit him or his horse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1732610642106777771)  2023-12-07T03:59Z 14.7K followers, 13.5K engagements


"If you're new to this account welcome. I'm a historian and professor who writes about 18th century warfare (the American Revolution but all that European stuff too). My first "book" was an edited volume released last year with a lot of chapter authors examining these wars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1732847167763784156)  2023-12-07T19:38Z 14.5K followers, 12.3K engagements


"@JoelSuspended @HussarStar @P_M_Cu This undercuts the original idea though right Are Sgts and Lts larpers or professionals with a different immediate problem Professionals talk tactics operations strategy and logistics it is just that one of those (the last) has the greatest impact"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1732852794724643269)  2023-12-07T20:01Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements


"People like Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson I get it. They fought for a bad cause but are still inspiring. I can kinda get that. But this other outnumbered army beat the Confederacy's runtime of [----] by [---] days and also mainly because alliances are flimsy won the war"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1733254208504082657)  2023-12-08T22:36Z 14.9K followers, 71.1K engagements


"2023 in review. I'm collecting some of my threads on here. I'm a historian who works on armies societies and battle in the eighteenth century. If you like George Washington or Frederick "the Great" and what we get wrong about their soldiers and battles these are for you. 1/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1733571363477115062)  2023-12-09T19:36Z 15.1K followers, 170.3K engagements


"What do we get wrong about the "Hessians": the German subsidy-troops who fought on the British side during the American War of Independence 19/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1733571394581995911)  2023-12-09T19:36Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Do you like buckshot Did you know that many eighteenth century armies not just the Americans employed it The Russians in particular had an affinity for this round. 20/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1733571396192608335)  2023-12-09T19:36Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@2econd_crossing For the CRE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1733639114920964148)  2023-12-10T00:05Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Otho Holland Williams a veteran of the Revolutionary War recalled American officers being picked off as marks at [---] yards by British smoothbore-armed troops at Eutaw Springs in 1781"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1733648702944796879)  2023-12-10T00:43Z 14.9K followers, 29.2K engagements


"History Job Market Whinging: Just research what you want. I played this game during the first two years of my PhD program. Then my 1st advisor quit I moved to work with a 18th/19th century Germanist and wrote a military-social history dissertation on 18th century Prussia. 1/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1733663985843511553)  2023-12-10T01:44Z 14.9K followers, 34K engagements


"The best part of studying European and American 18th century wars and sharing research is the comment on social media and in-person at games and reenactments: "No they didn't do it like that in the American Civil War." Me: "Ok I'll tell this 1750s Prussian guy he was mistaken""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1734037699256819947)  2023-12-11T02:29Z 14.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Airline confirmation: Congrats you are going to BTR My internal monologue: "Ramirez Get to roof of that Burger Town""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1734257633492640046)  2023-12-11T17:03Z 14.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Big Academic vs. Amateur Historian vibes on here today. "Academic History is Stuffy" "Popular History is Dumbed Down" As someone who is an academic credentialled professorial professional I have some thoughts. First feel free to check out what my mentor said below. 1/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1734301114714009616)  2023-12-11T19:56Z 14.9K followers, 103.9K engagements


"It's gonna be ok people. Celeb historians amatuers podcasters museum professionals academics: we are all in this together. We have all got to hang together or we will surely all hang separately. 7/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1734301125539397685)  2023-12-11T19:56Z 15K followers, 25.8K engagements


"Academic historians looking at popular historians lack of credentials Popular historians looking at academic historians lack of an audience"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1734316187428004142)  2023-12-11T20:56Z 15K followers, 29.7K engagements


"Massachusetts soldier John Greenwood describes Trenton: "Within pistol-shot (50 yards) they again fired point blank at us; we dodged and they did not hit a man." This sort of "dodging" or taking cover was common in warfare 1733-1783 as I argue in a book due out next year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1735032543055949943)  2023-12-13T20:22Z 36.5K followers, 63.2K engagements


"If you've enjoyed From Reason to Revolution take a few minutes to tell @AndrewBamford10. He'll be moving on to greater things I'm sure but I didn't want to let this moment pass. Andrew: thanks for all that you've done. Our field is better for your work on RtR. 10/10"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1735341398197510144)  2023-12-14T16:50Z 15K followers, [----] engagements


"The most worrying thing about [----] is the way what this guy has rocketed to "protagonist/hero of the trailer" status online. Hate the idea of the movie if you want. I have played this scenario out in my mind again and again over the last [--] years. "What kind of American are you""  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1735389541899391150)  2023-12-14T20:01Z 15.1K followers, 20.3K engagements


"History Professors who have been in the game for a while (I've been teaching for [--] years now counting adjunct time): Do fewer students seem interested in graduate school than past years Has the constant "don't get a History PhD" messaging finally sunk in Let me know"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1735666554828644648)  2023-12-15T14:22Z 15.1K followers, 22.6K engagements


"Twitterstorians: Can anyone think of examples of a victorious/drawn country/state switching sides in a war IE not Italy (losing) in WW2 and switching sides but rather Russia in the Seven Years War essentially winning the war but changing sides due to regime change at home"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1736260462679859461)  2023-12-17T05:42Z 15.1K followers, 55.1K engagements


"Reenactors can be weird/bad but sometimes like here they get it right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1737300068808495359)  2023-12-20T02:33Z 15.1K followers, 14.3K engagements


"@jonathanbfine Youve written about religious life in 18th-century Prussia so you are essentially a rockstar in my book. 🤷♂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1737553741531029770)  2023-12-20T19:21Z 15.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Idk about this phrasing. My history courses do unsettle students. Real history has the capacity to do that. But does all history all the time make me uncomfortable No. Honest history should be provoking. Im not sure if it should make you uncomfortable. It can not should"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1738250161107644608)  2023-12-22T17:28Z 15.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@the_T_inHistory Painting a tank If possible say more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1741692017317384206)  2024-01-01T05:25Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"What do we call 1733-1783 Tired: War of Polish Succession to Revolutionary War Wired: The mid-eighteenth century On Fired: The high eighteenth century Does anyone actually use the last I heard it on the phone with a British scholar a month ago and ngl CANT get it outta my head"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741876583684542916)  2024-01-01T17:38Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@history_18thcen Hi: first I'll say that I don't 'need' to do anything; I'm not accountable to twitter accounts for how I spend my money. Second we're going to see how the young man likes his first even with lace-up shoes and if he wants to continue purchase more expensive buckle shoes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1742636980188406075)  2024-01-03T20:00Z 36.5K followers, [--] engagements


"I'm teaching a 300-level class Tsarist Russia (calling it "Eastern Europe under the Tsars" so I can do some Poland and Ukraine as well) next semester. I'm going to feed my students on the morning we discuss peasant life. Would rye bread or kasha or blini be a better choice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1742638908326674813)  2024-01-03T20:07Z 24K followers, 35.8K engagements


"@warrior1775 Poland(-Lithuania) was traditionally a bit east of where it sits now but fair"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1742649245927137495)  2024-01-03T20:48Z 16.2K followers, [--] engagements


"In the New Year I've been thinking on the possibility of conflict within the United States. Thanks A24/Alex Garland. Everyone latched on to the (somewhat odd) map of alliances in the film but I think what will probably bother me more is the (seemingly) short resolution. 1/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1742941963895144804)  2024-01-04T16:12Z 23.6K followers, 33.3K engagements


""Break Break Break the devs have not read With Zeal and With Bayonets Only I say again the devs have not read With Zeal and With Bayonets Only" Loading up into Ultimate General: American Revolution for the first time rn. If I don't tweet "look how they massacred my boy" in an hour good sign Loading up into Ultimate General: American Revolution for the first time rn. If I don't tweet "look how they massacred my boy" in an hour good sign"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1743016931223884003)  2024-01-04T21:09Z 16.2K followers, 33.7K engagements


"Look kids. If I load up your American Revolution video game and there is not a button click to "form infantry in two ranks in open order" your game is going right in the Total War: Pharaoh pile"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1743017624114504032)  2024-01-04T21:12Z 14.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@psalmterry 1) I do think that it would be in other powers' major interest to drag it out 2) Sieges of cities of [--] million people take time. The USA has [--] such cities. We have 300+ cities the size of Bakhmut. 3) The lack of clear geographic divisions will drag it out longer than 1st CW"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1743019940209144313)  2024-01-04T21:21Z 23.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@Advanced_COBOL Not LMAO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1743050118482334069)  2024-01-04T23:21Z 16.3K followers, [----] engagements


"My chapter on the fighting at Maxen in [----] will never see the light of day as a result the decision that only 20th and 21st century operations are worth studying. Twitterstorians why are military operations before the 20th century worth studying Actually tell me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1743360075425603984)  2024-01-05T19:53Z [----] followers, 24.1K engagements


"I'm a lifelong tabletop gaming enthusiast: historicals but also 40k/LotR. For the past two years my cousins and I have been indoctrinating the next generation of my family into this hobby (cruel I know.) It has taught me something about the nature of wargamers/painters. 1/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1743732089327862070)  2024-01-06T20:31Z 16.3K followers, 68.8K engagements


"This hobby breaks down into essentially [--] categories: 1) Those who buy large unpainted armies and never paint them. (addict) 2) Those who paint basically but quickly at a high volume (gamer) 3) Those who paint beautifully but still have piles of unpainted plastic. (artist) 2/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1743732091769012318)  2024-01-06T20:31Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"My point is by finding a local community or your gaming group or whatever and working within that gaming group it is possible to overcome the idiosyncrasies of the group and get a large amount of work done in a short time that still looks pretty great. 7/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1743732098924503334)  2024-01-06T20:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@CMedina240 IG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1743769999775301809)  2024-01-06T23:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Regardless of my politics I am _______________ regarding the United States internal stability and foreign power projection over the next [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1744561951982731522)  2024-01-09T03:29Z 14.7K followers, 16.7K engagements


"Them: What a dysfunctional state can you imagine those tiny states having a foreign policy in the larger empire Also Them: Isn't it cool that Kurfrst DeSantis pushed for evacuation flights/Isn't it cool that Freie Reichsstadt San Francisco voted for an Israeli ceasefire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1745468626449072304)  2024-01-11T15:32Z 24K followers, 40.8K engagements


"Them: What do you think of the electoral college Me: I'm concerned that the Margrave of Brandenburg may not vote for the Habsburg candidate this year but the Archbishops of Cologne and Trier are locked in: fingers crossed baby"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1745469463833571493)  2024-01-11T15:35Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Them: What do you think of the electoral college Me: The size bothers me: I know you'll think I'm a traditionalist but we really gotta cap it at 7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1745471610004361424)  2024-01-11T15:43Z 14.9K followers, [----] engagements


"/s This is bad advice actually. The single best thing you can do to ensure a TT position is to be ABD from a top [--] program. Don't you dare finish that degree unless you have a TT offer in hand ivy-leaguers end/s 18/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1745608929445388736)  2024-01-12T00:49Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"A human anecdote. It's a sign you don't want to stay there unless you don't have other options is the key missing subtext. 19/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1745608931253137479)  2024-01-12T00:49Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@BraedenFRev Congrats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1745630625564918018)  2024-01-12T02:15Z 16.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Watching the discourse on here from the Houthis to immigration to support for Ukraine I dont see how the US-led international order survives the decade. Were at each others throats on every issue all the time. Otoh Bradley vs. T90M vid gives hope"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1746222375408963920)  2024-01-13T17:27Z 16.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@SashoTodorov1 So appreciably you dont think the geopolitical situation of the US and domestic political polarization has changed over the last [--] years its just that we notice it more on social media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1746227302395007202)  2024-01-13T17:46Z 13.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Men between 28-38: Is it possible for you to read the word Triarrii and not hear the voice from the [----] video game Rome Total War Asking for a concerned friend https://t.co/1kb1VCQ5aP https://t.co/1kb1VCQ5aP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1746624462248702192)  2024-01-14T20:04Z 16.2K followers, 70.4K engagements


"@SydneyFreedberg @BretDevereaux To my knowledge most of it is pretty bad: that does not greatly lessen the iconic status of the voice acting with men of this generation though if the response to this post is anything to go by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1746645067404632140)  2024-01-14T21:26Z 13.9K followers, [----] engagements


"This discourse got to me this time. So here are examples of military technology/tactics as iconic as the Macedonian Phalanx followed by what beat it in order. (western not global semi-serious) How would you even defeat this 1/25 https://x.com/JustAPenguin_01/status/1746205150740373820s=20 https://x.com/JustAPenguin_01/status/1746205150740373820s=20"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1747060877080105465)  2024-01-16T00:59Z 24K followers, 212.4K engagements


"How would you even defeat this 25/25"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1747060923657851277)  2024-01-16T00:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Stillicho82 I once had a Kuwaiti student who bragged to me that America (West Virginia) was a real s**t-hole compared to Kuwait City where everyone had central air and middle class homes at elevators. Paying for other peoples' defense is also a hard thing to espouse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1748013457251738090)  2024-01-18T16:04Z 16.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Because European history was entirely peaceful before the rise of the American Empire in the late 1940s. The hottest of takes. Sorry my country hurt you this way./s @KKriegeBlog The only reason they have any enemies is because they are American client states @KKriegeBlog The only reason they have any enemies is because they are American client states"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1748023504312684698)  2024-01-18T16:44Z 16.2K followers, 16.6K engagements


"My students order their Tercios to assault the hill. Me softly: Its come to the Push of Pike My student from Manhattan: GUYS HE SAID THE TITLE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1748870819185303582)  2024-01-21T00:51Z 16.2K followers, 14.3K engagements


"This is what happens when you smoke essentialism just once kids. Wasnt Cornwallis sent to India after Yorktown The Britglish upper class has always been composed of potato faced inbreds who live in a fairy tale universe where nothing matters. The difference is that 19th century Arthur Wellesley could be stashed in India and brought in to lead armies when it got real. The Britglish upper class has always been composed of potato faced inbreds who live in a fairy tale universe where nothing matters. The difference is that 19th century Arthur Wellesley could be stashed in India and brought in to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1749092395457630614)  2024-01-21T15:31Z 16.2K followers, 17.8K engagements


"There has been some lively discussion regarding witchcraft trials today addressing the horror of the deaths of 40000-60000 women who were murdered as a result of these trials mostly between [----] and [----]. I enjoyed this chart and took the liberty of modifying it. 1/11 @xruiztru You might want to mention that the huge majority of these executions happened after [----]. People often connect the witch hunts to the middle ages while they were mostly a modern era thing. https://t.co/gSSUcaKz5S @xruiztru You might want to mention that the huge majority of these executions happened after [----]. People"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1749143639559692721)  2024-01-21T18:55Z 16.2K followers, 202.1K engagements


"If World War II has become: the Band of Brothers universe Then (unfortunately) I study: the Benjamin Martin/Captain Potzdorf cinematic universe Other historians how about you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1749180582460837947)  2024-01-21T21:22Z 16.2K followers, 14.2K engagements


"I'm just over a year late to this discourse. Thinking of it again bc of debate over drones their impact the battlefield. A Cavalry charge 🧵 TL;DR: watching some extras duke it out is not a substitute for a source-driven understanding of what occurred on the battlefield. 1/30 The devastating power of cavalry https://t.co/U8Twx8j3U3 The devastating power of cavalry https://t.co/U8Twx8j3U3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1750344555939930227)  2024-01-25T02:27Z 16.8K followers, 1.1M engagements


"2nd this story reminds us that military and technological change often proceeds at a gradual pace: the longbow and crossbow forced adaptation but cavalry remained a useful weapon for [---] years after Agincourt. Drones may replace infantry but it will not happen tomorrow. 30/30"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1750345670328791396)  2024-01-25T02:31Z 16.2K followers, 18.1K engagements


"A huge part of military history education is getting students to realize "no I probably wouldn't beat the Romans if I travelled back in time" bc people in the past actually develop military structures that are fairly effective given their social and technological limitations. If you travelled back in time supplied with all the modern day knowledge that you have (but no technology) do you reckon you could defeat the Romans in battle if given command of another ancient army If you travelled back in time supplied with all the modern day knowledge that you have (but no technology) do you reckon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1750569039611547841)  2024-01-25T17:19Z 16.3K followers, 213.8K engagements


"Some Sherman discourse on here today: my advice is get a copy of his correspondence and try to engage with the man on a more than a meme level. Its rewarding and he is interesting. War is cruelty but can we refine it Lately I've seen people claiming both that civilian casualties are never acceptable or opposingly that brutality is acceptable as a means of ending violence sooner. A 🧵 on limited war total war and William T. Sherman. 1/25 https://t.co/fvHoVHur1B War is cruelty but can we refine it Lately I've seen people claiming both that civilian casualties are never acceptable or opposingly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1751028395608297536)  2024-01-26T23:44Z 16.2K followers, 23.1K engagements


"America needs to realize that we had it pretty great for the last [--] years. If we want a chance of that continuing we need to start constructing military infrastructure seriously. Bespoke systems won't cut it. This is more important than the football"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1751664721906864141)  2024-01-28T17:53Z 16.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@wtfis2bdone I'm better at the crying part but will try to improve"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1752787671552860237)  2024-01-31T20:15Z 16.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Do a lot of disciplines still have comprehensive exams"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1752877267519185175)  2024-02-01T02:11Z 16.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@whsieh My program had not updated their policies in a while so my experience may be out of date but that is good to hear from the standpoint of students hating the process but bad to hear from being well-rounded scholars Idk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1752879176573391118)  2024-02-01T02:18Z 16.3K followers, [---] engagements


"The sad facts are these: major US history journals are receiving fewer submissions and fewer of their published articles have had impact on the field. Younger US historians are much less prolific than their predecessors. Job market not mentioned: bold"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1752901328202846591)  2024-02-01T03:46Z 16.4K followers, 135.6K engagements


"A more sane response to the decline of history as a discipline can be found here rather than the inside higher education piece. Alright enough of being angry about the decline of the humanities what can we do about it Well here is the Devereaux Five-Step Plan to Save the Humanities; we'll go from the macro-level (federal funding) to the micro-level (individual action). 1/ Alright enough of being angry about the decline of the humanities what can we do about it Well here is the Devereaux Five-Step Plan to Save the Humanities; we'll go from the macro-level (federal funding) to the micro-level"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KKriegeBlog/status/1753093471362052184)  2024-02-01T16:30Z 16.3K followers, [----] engagements

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