Jayson Geroux

Infantry Officer with The Royal Canadian Regiment
Military Historian
Student of Urban Operations/Student of Urban Warfare History
Senior Fellow @urbanwarfareins

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"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.
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Urban warfare historical photo of the day.

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Two urban battles occurred in Khorramshahr, Iran, both during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988):
1. 22 September-10 November 1980; and
2. 24 April-24 May 1982.
Mostly dismounted personnel here; use of machine-guns, RPGs, mouseholes, loopholes.
Thanks to @Zoma3mk for the post.

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Iranian Army Retaking Khorramshahr City, Khuzestan, Iran (Iran-Iraq War, 1982).

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...during The Great War (1914-1918).

Private Robertson is buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.

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"Our Dead Are Never Dead To Us Until We Have Forgotten Them."

– The statement written on the tombstone by the family of Private John Cameron Robertson, 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, killed in action 03 June 1916 (110 years ago today) age 29...

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Urban warfare historical photo of the day.
Photo courtesy of @WW2Facts.

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Urban warfare historical photo of the day.

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My good friend Mark Pyruz @INTELonIRAN will often enhance my urban warfare historical photo of the day with additional information, satellite shots & modern-day views. Here is his contribution to today's photo. Thank you very kindly again Mark!

[Mark Pyruz @INTELonIRAN]

🇨🇦 Pte W.L. Waske operates radio carried by L/Cpl W.D. Smith, soldiers from B Coy, 1st Bn, Loyal Edmonton Regt

⚔️ Battle of Ortona
🗓️ 21 Dec 1943
📌 Via Costantinopoli, 42.350833° 14.404274° (vicinity)

Photographer:
🇨🇦 Lt Terry F. Rowe, CFPU
🗄️ LAC: No. 3227873
𝕏 @Grok

🛰️ Imagery 🔲 Historical photo 📷 Street view ⬇️

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Urban warfare historical photo of the day.

[Stuart Lyle 🇬🇧 @Stu_Lyle]

The latest episode of the Urban Warfare Project Podcast. This time featuring yours truly to talk about FIBUA villages/Tin Towns/MOUT sites or however else you like to call your urban training site.
Thanks for having back on @SpencerGuard.

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The letter was subsequently found and published in The Times of London, 18 June 1940 of which you may find it here: https://t.co/HakhzWsMFr

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"The universe is so vast and so ageless that the life of one man can only be justified by the measure of his sacrifice."

- Flying Officer Vivian A. William Noall Rosewarne, Royal Air Force.

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This particular sentence was an excerpt from an eloquently written letter addressed to his mother in April 1940 during the Second World War (1939-1945).

He was killed on 31 May 1940 (86 years ago today; date on tombstone incorrect) during the battle of Dunkirk, France.

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Urban warfare historical photo of the day.

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

My latest @WarInstitute podcast is out! I sit down with @Stu_Lyle to discuss the inventory of NATO urban training sites from the U.S., Germany, France, to others. What they have, don't have, and how they could do more.
https://t.co/qlS2mCGVxn

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...during the Second World War (1939-1945).

Trooper Fairhead is buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy.

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"I Cannot Say,
And I Will Not Say,
That He Is Dead.
He Is Just Away."

- The statement written by the family on the tombstone of Trooper Cyril Fairhead, Governor General's Horse Guards, killed in action 30 May 1944 (82 years ago today) age 31...

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Urban warfare historical photo of the day.
Colourized photo by @colour_history.

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Urban warfare historical photo of the day.

[Jayson Geroux @JaysonGeroux]

Urban warfare historical photo of the day.

[Jayson Geroux @JaysonGeroux]

Urban warfare historical photo of the day.