To those of you with knowledge of miliatary history

[Kaz]

Hey guys,

I was wondering if some of you could help me out. As you may or may not recall, I am currently working on setting up a business to retail miniatures for tabletop war gaming.

We have a large World War II range based (mostly) around the European Front, although they do include US troops.

We also have an American Civil War range.

We have the following Ranges

20mm World War II Miniatures
20mm American Civil War Miniatures






Containing these Sub Categories

ACW United States (2 different categories need different text)
ACW Confederate States (2 different categories need different text)

1/72nd Scale British Tanks

20mm World War II Allies
20mm WWII Nazis
20mm World War 2 Red Army

WW2 British Infantry
WW2 German Army
WW2 Russian Army
WW2 Amercian Vehicles
WW2 Jeeps
WW2 German Vehicles
WW2 Polish Vehicles
WW2 Landing Craft
WW2 Vehicle Crews
WW2 Gun Crews
WW2 Guns
Post WW2 Vehicles
1919-45 British Navy
WW2 1936-45 Wehrmacht Heer
WW2 1938-45 Red Army
WW2 British Army
WW2 US Army
WW2 Polish Home Army
WW2 Russian Army
WW2 German Army
WW2 British Infantry

World War II Civilians
World War II Refugees
Civilians and Refugees






For each historical range and sub category we need a decent unique paragraph of text about the era, in a wartime context. An overview of the war in the context of the category, maybe a few key battles if appropriate, that sort of thing.

I was hoping some of you might be able to help me out by posting ideas for category text.

I might even hand out a posting title or two if anyone is particluarly helpful.

[owly]

Posting title?

i wish i could help

[Kenos]

not sure if there's anyone around here that can help you, but there are tons of people who could help you at forum.axishistory.com

[Gerien]

From the librarian's perspective, have you tried searching for these online? There is LOTS of material out there about WWII that goes into quite a bit of detail. Try your local library also; they may have databases that specialize in similar subject so you don't get overwhelmed by Google - plus librarian to help you.

[Kaz]

Searching online and grabbing other peoples text isn't the ideal answer.

I'm looking for maybe three or four paragraphs of unique text not found elsewhere on the internet for SEO purposes.

I have so much I need to get done, that searching through the internet is time I can't spend coding the actual shop itself, and the site is taking ages to do anyway

Hopefully there are some people left here that can - and want to - help me out.

Thanks for the history forum link Kenos. If I get no joy here I'll give them a try.

[Nagash]

I could search for some texts and paraphrase them for you, but that would still be plagiarism (albeit the lighter form)...

[losmar]

I'll see what tips I can think of for you with what I know of SEO/etc. You're going to need a combination of language from the industry, what will set you apart SEO-wise will be your efficiency of website structure and the relevancy of the search term to your overall content characteristics.

Have you dug into optimizing options and how you'll allow your site to bend with results from initial operation results/stats.

[Kaz]

SEO is not an issue, the whole structure of the version that I'm currently working on is designed to maximise on SEO. I'm pretty pleased with that side of things.

It's the unique text content that's needs to also be in place for every page in the site, to compliment SEO, that takes so much time for one person to do.

I kind of hoped that there were more of the old comments crew around, this thread would have done better 4 years ago.

[Nagash]

Redirect them to this thread by private mail then.

[Bogumil]

I would have replied sooner, but I've been busy with finishing up school. Military history was the focus of my history degree, but not the periods you're asking about. I've directed several friends to this thread, but none of them have had time to work on anything like this. I'll see what I can do in the next couple of weeks, but I can't make any promises.

[Jokingjoe]

US Civil war was an ugly period. The majority of troops were conscripts and irregulars. While romantically, they are described as "The blue and the gray", as I recall, very few actually had or could afford uniforms. The US military was split heavily, and fortune favored the south, as it was lightly industrialized and many southern men sought careers in the military from lack of other options (besides farming).

Having more military regulars and officers in the south prompted better leadership early on and resulted in many victories for the south on the eastern front under the command of General Lee.

While specialized units like sappers were employed, must were musketmen with cavalry support bearing sabers and muskets. While some use of trench war begain around Petersburg, VA, during the end of the war, it was a traditional war for the most part in that lines of troops would advance upon each other, fire, reload, and fire again. It is said that at the first battle of Bull Run, the wealthy would-be aristocrats, thinking it would be a delightful entertainment, took their carriages and picnicked on the hill above the battle. They fled very quickly when it turned into a Union route.

While the south had a greater experienced military population, the greater industrial power of the north gained momentum when the south could not secure a decisive victory in the north. The greater population and capacity soon allowed the north to gain advantage through sheer attrition. With the south cut off by strategic blockade at all of their ports, they were choked and unable to win allies from Europe to assist them.

The one aspect of United States military which the north retained at the onset of the civil war was the naval force. The union maintained a bulk of the navy which allowed them to put up blockades at every major southern port cutting off their ability to import needed muntions and supplies and their ability export their local goods for cash. While the ironclad fighting vessel had been designed in France by Napolean III's regime, the first battle of ironclad vessels occurred between the Monitor and the Merrimack during the US civil war. While their battle raged to a stalemate, each vessel easily decimated other standard wooden frigates and ships of the line signaling the world to the end of the wooden ship era.