The Battle of Berlin

April 16, 1945. The Red Army is at the doorstep of the centre of Hitler's Third Reich. The promise of a thousand year Reich has now become a dull glimpse of the past. Along the Soviet line are 2,500,000 men, 6,250 tanks, 7,500 aircraft and supported by some 41,600 artillery pieces all poised to put the red banner on the summit of the Reichstag. The German Army defending the city were nothing like the victorious army that marched through France just 5 years earlier. Though it was only a shadow of its former self, the German Army, supplemented by men from the police force, boys of the Hitler Youth and the old men of the Volkssturm totalling 766,750 men have no intention of giving up their capital city. This is a story of Berlin's final hours, this is the story of one of mankind's bloodiest battle, this is the story of the Battle of Berlin.

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Thanks DWol001 for the materials and for the viewers, Enjoy!

The Warriors Blog

Alright, another blog of Dark Emperor has officially been opened. You can get it through the Navigation Compass located on the top, right of this page or you can reach it at http://darkemperorswarriors.blogspot.com/. It is dedicated to showcasing different warrior classes from different civilizations throughout the ancient and medieval periods. So, please check them out and enjoy!

The Viet Cong

"Whoever should wish to

seize Vietnam must kill

us to the last man" - Ho Chi Minh

The Vietnam War was the longest war America has ever faced, and the only war where American forces packed for home in a defeat. This time, unlike in any previous wars, America is facing a determined, ruthless and elusive opponent. One that was willing to throw anything to unite all of Vietnam. Who exactly are these people? Today I bring to you "The Viet Cong, Declassified". Also, thanks DWol001 for providing the materials.

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Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF)

Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), is the Japanese military of post-WW2 Japan. After the defeat in WW2, the Japanese were stripped of their rights to the building of a military, as dictated by Article 9 of the American-written, Japanese constitution:

"ARTICLE 9. Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. (2) In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized."

This, however, changes when communist China prevailed in the the Chinese Civil War. The subsequent rise of communism and the Korean War made America realised the need for a strong ally in the Far East, capable of containing the threat of communism, and Japan was to become that ally.

This marks the start of the JSDF. However, due to the nature of the pacifist constitution of post-war Japan, the JSDF was not allowed to become a powerful military capable of strategic offense (invasion). This defensive nature is today prevalent in the JSDF's lack of Aircraft Carriers, Strategic Bombers and Ballistic Missiles. Besides that, a cap was placed on the number of troops that each arm of the JSDF can maintain. This leads to the JSDF becoming a high-tech military with heavy emphasis on technological and organizational edge. Below are two videos of the JSDF in action, the top one is the earlier version, with clips that was possibly taken in around 4 years ago. The next one is pretty recent, I could guess a year ago. Sorry for the quality, you know how Youtube is.....anyway, ENJOY!

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Oh ya, btw, thanks to dynabook2001 for providing the videos.

The Blogs

Well, finally found some time to slip in a post or two. By the way, wow! I'm surprised that I could get more than 2 posts on the Cbox in a single day. Heh, never was this popular, guess the restructuring plan did work after all. Oh ya, if you notice, there is a Navigation Compass on the right of this page. For your information, all the blogs listed there are mine. So, feel free to take a look.

This blog in particular is dedicated to posts regarding modern militaries, equipments and modern military history (starting from the era of WW1), but they do not include history of ancient and medieval militaries. Why? I guess because ancient and medieval militaries are usually made up of warrior classes (e.g. Spartans, Samurai, Knights etc). You can find out more about those once I opened up another blog specifically for that. Also, posts pertaining to historical generals (e.g. Napoleon, Alexander the Great, William the Bastard aka William the Conquerer etc) will not be seen here. You will be able to see them on another blog that I will create soon (as soon as I get the permission to broadcast the materials) that is dedicated to this topic. Hopefully, I will be able to open those blogs within the next few days. Along with warriors and generals are history of empires. Again, I'm still awaiting the permission to broadcast the materials. So, just enjoy this blog (as well as the ones under Navigation Compass, if you like the topic) for now.