Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/October 2021/Articles


 * Uroš Drenović ( & ) : Another of PM's series on soldiers of the old Yugoslavia -- this time in concert with Amanuensis Balkanicus -- this bio features a Serbian leader of the World War II-era Chetniks. A former Royal Yugoslav Army reserve officer, Drenović initially fought with the Partisans against the Ustashas in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) after the Axis invasion in 1941. He subsequently betrayed the Partisans during an operation against the Italians, and had to seek the protection of the NDH, concluding a collaboration agreement with them. He died in an Allied air raid on Banja Luka in 1944.


 * Battle of the Bagradas River (240 BC) : The Battle of the Bagradas River took place in what is now northern Tunisia. Carthaginian forces led by Hamilcar Barca fought mutinous soldiers and rebellious African cities under Spendius. The conflict was part of the Mercenary War, which had started  in the wake of the First Punic War. Hamilcar emerged victorious, his troops inflicting 8,000 rebel casualties, including 6,000 killed.


 * Yugoslav minelayer Zmaj ( & ) : PM's second appearance among the September FAs is a co-nom with Sturmvogel: Built as a seaplane tender, Zmaj was converted to a minelayer before World War II. She was captured by the Germans during the invasion of Yugoslavia and employed as a troop transport, escort and minelayer under the names Drache and, later, Schiff 50. She was used for shipborne trials of helicopters in 1942–43. A  minefield she laid in the Aegean was responsible for sinking an Allied submarine and two destroyers, and severely damaging another vessel. Schiff 50 was sunk by British aircraft in late 1944.


 * List of commanders of the British 2nd Division : This article lists the commanders of the British Army's 2nd Division, from Major-General Rowland Hill, who took command on the division's establishment in 1809, to Major-General Nick Eeles, in charge at the unit's most recent disbandment in 2012.


 * List of British mobile brigades during the Second World War (EnigmaMcmxc) : This article provides a summary of the various British armoured, armoured reconnaissance, cavalry, motor machine gun, and tank brigades and armoured division support groups of World War II. It provides an explanation of each type of brigade, as well as a list providing key facts about each brigade.


 * Wilfred Clouston (Zawed) : Wilfred Clouston was a New Zealand flying ace of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Clouston joined the RAF in 1936 and fought over France and Britain during 1940. In late 1941 he was posted to Singapore to lead a RNZAF fighter squadron there, but was captured in early 1942. He was credited with the destruction of nine enemy aircraft and shared in the destruction of three more.


 * Grant's Canal (Hog Farm) : As a break from Hog Farm's usual areas of focus on the US Civil War, this article covers a canal that the Union forces unsuccessfully attempted to dig on two occasions to bypass the Confederate fortress of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. The first attempt was made in 1862 by slaves and US Army personnel. A second attempt took place in 1863 by US Army soldiers and African-American labourers.


 * Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom (Hawkeye7) : The UK became a nuclear weapons power in 1952, and has closely collaborated with the United States since 1958. The British military has been equipped with a wide range of nuclear weapons, including bombs, missiles and artillery shells, but all of the current nuclear deterrent is deployed on board the Royal Navy's four ballistic missile submarines. US military units equipped with nuclear weapons have also been stationed in the UK since the Cold War.


 * Allied logistics in the Southern France campaign (Hawkeye7) : This article covers the logistics behind the successful Allied Operation Dragoon landings in Southern France and subsequent operations between August and October 1944. US military logistics units supported US and French Army operations and fed the liberated civilian population. The logistical effort was often out of step with the needs of the fighting troops, as the initial German resistance was much weaker than expected and the Germans mounted a tough defence late in the campaign.