Mystics & Statistics

Air Power over the Rhine 1940

Air Power over the Rhine: The Luftwaffe, the French Air Force and the Battle of France will be presented by Dr. James F. Slaughter III on WW2 TV at: Airpower over the Rhine: The Luftwaffe, the French Air Force, and the Battle of France

Dr. James Slaughter, in addition to doing eight videos on Antietam and the Maryland Campaign for us, also has done four videos for us on the armor battles in France 1940.  He will be starting shortly a series of videos on the French air force in 1940.

Antietam and Maryland Campaign of 1862: All eight presentations on the Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 – The Dupuy Institute

Tank Battles of the France 1940 Campaign: All Four Presentations on the Tank Battles of the France 1940 Campaign are now on YouTube – The Dupuy Institute

 

 

All eight presentations on the Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862

We have now downloaded onto our YouTube Channel all eight videos on The Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862, presented by Dr. James F. Slaughter III.

The YouTube channel is here: The Dupuy Institute – YouTube

The videos are below.

Understanding Antietam:

  1. The Strategic Situation in Late Summer 1862:  Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 (part 1):
  2. Action Prior to Antietam: South Mountain and Harper’s Ferry: Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 (part 2)
  3. The Armies before Antietam: Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 (part 3)
  4. Antietam: The Morning Battle: Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 (part 4)
  5. The Sunken Road/Bloody Lane:  Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 (part 5)
  6. Antietam Creek: Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 (part 6) – YouTube
  7. The Maryland Campaign: Aftermath and Implications: Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 (part 7)
  8. The Maryland Campaign: Casualties at Antietam: Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 (part 8)

Hope you find them worthwhile.

A Repeat of the Antietam 7 presentation is being done today (Monday 16 February) at 7:00 PM EST via Zoom

We are doing a repeat of the Antietam 7 presentation today (Monday, 16 February) at 7:00 PM via Zoom. This is for the sake of getting a proper recording of it. The link is here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82407948059?pwd=cbwEuOSfw7SvnnC064BaaZMSauSoNa.1

The first two Antietam presentations are on You Tube. We intend to shortly add the other six to our You Tube channel.

The last Antietam presentation via Zoom is scheduled this Wednesday (11 Feb.) at 7:00 PM EST

The Antietam 8 presentation is scheduled this Wednesday at 7:00 PM on 11 February. The Zoom link is here:

11 February: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89148411099?pwd=M6XcmIbVmbsovbE0bVGjespUzZI75G.1

Antietam 1 and 2 are on our YouTube channel.

Antietam 3 – 6 have been recorded and will be posted up soon.

Dr. James Slaughter did give a tour of the battlefield at the last HAAC. For the upcoming HAAC he will be doing Fredericksburg. The link for the Fifth HAAC is here: The Fifth HAAC is Scheduled for 20 – 22 October 2026 – The Dupuy Institute

The Event Brite page for it is here: Fifth Historical Analysis Annual Conference (HAAC) Tickets, Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite

The Siege of Mariupol has been released

The Siege of Mariupol has been released in the U.S. today. It has been available in the UK since November 27, 2025. This is the second book in a series on the Russo-Ukrainian War. It was co-authored with Stefan Korshak. Stefan was an OSCE ceasefire observer in Mariupol for seven years.

We do have three other books in the works for 2026, one on the Battle of Kursk (it is the biggest battle of World War II), and two more on the Russo-Ukrainian War. More details on these later.

Last week to pre-order The Siege of Mariupol

The Siege of Mariupol is being released on 30 January and will be available on Amazon.com: The Siege of Mariupol: The Azovstal Steel Plant and Ukraine’s Battle for Survival: Lawrence, Christopher A, Korshak, Stefan: 9781399034203: Amazon.com: Books

They do offer a pre-release sale price of $34.95 (13% discount) if you order before 30 January. If you are thinking about buying, now would be a good time.

It is already available in the UK.

Last two Antietam presentations are scheduled this Wednesday (the 28th) and Wednesday after next (11 Feb.)

The Antietam 7 and Antietam 8 presentations are scheduled this Wednesday at 7:00 PM on 28 January and Wednesday after next at 7:00 PM on 11 February. The links for them are here:

28 January: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84169372630?pwd=IvSdmZa3dVGPrMFKanNjNeFa9Y1Sf2.1

11 February: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89148411099?pwd=M6XcmIbVmbsovbE0bVGjespUzZI75G.1

Antietam 1 and 2 are on our YouTube channel.

Antietam 3 – 6 have been recorded and will be posted up soon.

Dr. James Slaughter did give a tour of the battlefield at the last HAAC. For the upcoming HAAC he will be doing Fredericksburg. The link for the Fifth HAAC is here: The Fifth HAAC is Scheduled for 20 – 22 October 2026 – The Dupuy Institute

The Event Brite page for it is here: Fifth Historical Analysis Annual Conference (HAAC) Tickets, Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite

Last two Antietam presentations are scheduled this Wednesday (the 21st) and Wednesday after next (4 Feb.)

The Antietam 7 and Antietam 8 presentations are scheduled this Wednesday at 7:00 PM on 21 January and Wednesday after next at &:00 PM on 4 February. The links for them are here:

21 January: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84169372630?pwd=IvSdmZa3dVGPrMFKanNjNeFa9Y1Sf2.1

4 February: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89148411099?pwd=M6XcmIbVmbsovbE0bVGjespUzZI75G.1

Antietam 1 and 2 are on our YouTube channel.

Antietam 3 – 6 have been recorded and will be posted up soon.

Dr. James Slaughter did give a tour of the battlefield at the last HAAC. For the upcoming HAAC he will be doing Fredericksburg. The link for the Fifth HAAC is here: The Fifth HAAC is Scheduled for 20 – 22 October 2026 – The Dupuy Institute

The Event Brite page for it is here: Fifth Historical Analysis Annual Conference (HAAC) Tickets, Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite

Four Friendly Fire Reports

I did a blog past month fishing around for what else has been done on Friendly Fire: A Friendly Fire Discussion – The Dupuy Institute.

As a result of that post asking about where else had been done, Paul Syms (UK), a former Dstl analyst, sent me the following five files. With his permission they are posted here:

First is Chuck Hawkins’ 1991 paper on the issue: “Friendly Fire Casualties: A Vietnam War Perspective”. This effort I was aware of.

C F Hawkins 1991 RVN FF

Next is Gene Visco’s 1995 presentation at ISMOR in the UK: “Friendly Fire Data and Analysis.” This effort I was also familiar with. I had a copy of different briefing from him. At one point was in my lower right hand desk drawer. I probably have a copy of that briefing somewhere in my files.

Visco 1995 Friendly fire 12 ISMOR

Chuck Hawkins and Gene Visco really pushed to get a proper analysis of the subject. I was aware of their efforts. They were unable to get a proper study funded by the U.S. DOD. Chuck Hawkins was the former VP of DMSI (Trevor Dupuy’s company before TDI). Gene Visco was with DUSA (OR) until it was shut down.

Next were two British efforts I was not familiar with, one from 2006 and one a study dated 2008 done by Paul Syms:

Gadsden & Outteridge 2006 Friendly fire HA 23 ISMOR V1.0

Syms 2008 25 ISMOR FF HA slides V1.0

Syms 2008 25 ISMOR FF HA paper V1.0

This last one is presented as both slides (34 slides) and an 8-page paper. It is pretty extensive. The slides are definitely worth flipping through.

I particularly like slides 28-29: Database size, and also the next two slides. In parallels some of the points I made in my one Phalanx article: Phalanx Article: What We Have Learned from Doing Historical Analysis – The Dupuy Institute