Jayson Geroux

1/2 Short🧵 "The future of warfare lies in the streets, sewers, high-rise buildings, industrial parks & sprawls of houses, shacks & shelters that form the broken cities of our world. We will fight elsewhere, but not so often, rarely as reluctantly & never so brutally. ⬇️

Note the sheer amount of dust produced by a standard grenade. A few points to consider: - Standard CQB tactics often reinforce speed to exploit the grenade, but how often does this effect get represented in training? - Weapon lights need to be high-lumen-high-candela to penetrate dust, while high-lumen-low-candela just creates a floodlight effect on the dust, blinding everyone. - Most importantly🚨: There are short and long-term health implication for operating in high dust enviroments, especially concrete/silica dust. This is something which is incredibly common in high-intensity urban combat, but rarely considered by militaries.

🇮🇹🇨🇦 2/2 ...age 20 during the Second World War (1939-1945). Sapper Treadwell is buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy.⬇️

🇨🇦🇮🇹 1/2 Short🧵 "Beloved, You Were Too Young To Pay The Debt. You Are Not Dead To Us But Sleeping." – The statement written on the tombstone by the family of Sapper Ernest Charles Treadwell, Royal Engineers, British Army, killed in action 26 May 1944 (82 years ago today)...

🇩🇪🇨🇦 2/2 ...during the Second World War (1939-1945). Warrant Officer II Smith is buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.

🇨🇦🇩🇪 1/2 Short🧵 "Not Dissatisfied If It Made The World A Better Place To Live In." - The statement written by the family on the tombstone of Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Thomas Smith, Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in action 26 May 1943 (83 years ago today) age 22...

Urban warfare historical photo of the day. Photo courtesy of @notsonarwhals.

@WarMonitorClips @WarMonitorClips here are more photos of the same action. Thanks for your original post. Cheers:

U.S. Marine platoon Gunnery Sergeant, Ryan P. Shane (C), from the 1st Battalion of the 8th Marine Regiment and another member of 1/8 pull a fatally wounded comrade to safety while under fire during a military operation in Falluja, December 17, 2004. Seconds later Sgt. Shane was also injured by nearby enemy fire.

Urban warfare historical photo of the day.

2/2 If you want to know more about the Battle of Marawi (23 May-23 October 2017) may I kindly suggest the @WarInstitute Urban Warfare Project case study written by @SpencerGuard, @LiamSCollins & myself: mwi.westpoint.edu/the-lessons-of…

1/2 Short🧵with case study attached. A mixture of different units here: Light Reaction Regiment, Scout Rangers, Army & Marines. Focus on the video; ignore the garbage text appearing in the middle of the screen. Thanks to @WarFlash_2630 for the post & @Zarelepotec for the repost.

I discuss in great detail the actions of Lieutenant-Colonel "Big Ernie" Cheatham & 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines during the Battle of Huế (31 January-02 March 1968) with my good friend Brad St. Croix @OTDCanMilHis: youtube.com/watch?v=f2RshD… Thanks to @joeblillib4090 for the post.

3/3 If you would like to understand the history of modern urban combat may I suggest the following @WarInstitute Urban Warfare Project case studies written by @SpencerGuard, @LiamSCollins & myself, that discuss key city battles of the 20th/21st centuries: mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warfare-…

2/3 – Louis A. DiMarco, "Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare from Stalingrad to Iraq." goodreads.com/en/book/show/1…

1/3 Short🧵 "It seems that understanding the future of war in the 21st century requires an understanding of the history of modern urban combat as demonstrated in the key city battles since World War II."

🇮🇹🇨🇦 2/2 ...during the Second World War (1939-1945). Trooper Bigham is buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy.

🇨🇦🇮🇹 1/2 Short🧵 "Now The Battle Is O'er, Sleep, Warrior, Sleep." - The statement written by the family on the tombstone of Trooper Lloyd Wilfred Bigham, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), killed in action 24 May 1944 (82 years ago today) age 26...

Urban warfare historical photo of the day. Photo courtesy of @Zoma3mk.

Sound up! Birdsong at Bourlon Wood Cemetery. Remembering Canadian sacrifice.

🇮🇹🇨🇦 2/2 Private Ross is buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy.

🇨🇦🇮🇹 1/2 Short🧵 "Sometime We'll Meet And Understand. Mother And Dad." - The statement written by the family on the tombstone of Private John Wallace Ross, @SeaforthOfC, killed in action 23 May 1944 (82 years ago today) age 27 during the Second World War (1939-1945).