The British Army entered World War I with just two machine guns per battalion. In contrast, the Imperial German Army had long embraced the new weapon — and had already fully integrated it into its infantry regiments. As the stalemate of trench warfare took hold, the British quickly learned how to best use the machine gun. In…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
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Holocaust History: Academics Go To War Over The Best Way To Study the Holocaust
Ahead of international conference in Jerusalem, two rival camps of genocide scholars are at each other’s throats, including accusations of anti-Semitism and debates over the Holocaust Remember the Jew who was stranded on a deserted island and built two synagogues: the one in which he worships and one in which he will never step foot?…
World War II History: Faces From The Beach – 06 June 1944
My father’s generation accomplished some cool stuff, but were they really the Greatest Generation? – I hope not. I hope that Millennials and each succeeding generation of Americans far exceed the accomplishments of the last but it is hard to argue with the humble patriotism, intestinal fortitude and tenacity of the WW2 generation. On 6…
Cold War Files: The Russian “Alfa” Attack Sub
The Soviet Union began the Cold War well behind the United States in submarine technology. Although the Soviets acquired several of the most advanced German submarine types towards the end of the war, the United States had amassed a wealth of experience in submarine and antisubmarine practice from the Pacific War and the Battle of…
History of Terrorism: Bullet Scars as Uganda Remember Israeli Entebbe Raid in 1976
Four decades later, now-friendly countries to jointly mark daring IDF hostage rescue operation in sign of reconciliation ENTEBBE, Uganda (AFP) — Skimming above the choppy waves through the dark the four planes swooped in low over Lake Victoria, packed with over 200 elite Israeli commandos on a daring raid to free hijacked hostages. Landing soon…
Crusader Corner: Defenseless in the Face of our Enemies
What keeps America from protecting itself against radical Islam? EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is adapted from a speech the author delivered this week at the Westminster Institute in McLean, Va. The topic: “Defenseless in the Face of Our Enemies: What Keeps America from Protecting Itself from Radical Islam.” Two weekends ago in Orlando, Fla., in…
Another Reason To Be Armed: Concealed Carry Permit Holder SHOOTS and KILLS Axe-Wielding Attacker at 7-Eleven
Stay Armed Folks….24/7 even at 7/11!! -SF A customer at a 7-Eleven store outside Seattle shot and killed a masked man who attacked a clerk with an ax early Sunday. Investigators said the shooting happened at the store in White Center at approximately 5:45 a.m. local time. Witnesses said the man entered the store and…
In Memoriam: Michael Herr
Remembering Michael Herr, Author of the Vietnam War Memoir ‘Dispatches’ If you have positive notions of war, read this book to get that smacked out of you I was sad to learn that Michael Herr, the author of the Vietnam War memoir Dispatches, died Thursday at age 76. When I first opened a copy of…
Military News: Second Navy Officer Fired Over Iran’s Detention of 10 Sailors
It’s unconscionable that the Navy is making Rasch and Moses the fall guys for this incident after the Obama Administration pretended that nothing amiss had happened in the first place. After the sailors were released, Vice President Joe Biden dismissed the entire incident as the routine treatment of boats with mechanical difficulties. Denying that the…
Military History: 5 Soviet “Super Weapons” That Were Disastorous
For nearly seven decades, the defense-industrial complex of the Soviet Union went toe-to-toe with the best firms that the West had to offer. In some cases, it surprised the West with cheap, innovative, effective systems. In others, it could barely manage to put together aircraft that could remain in the air, and ships that could…