Boer War Origins The origins of the Boer War lay in Britain’s desire to unite, or confederate, the British South African territories of the Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (also known as the Transvaal). The Boers, Afrikaans-speaking farmers, wanted to maintain their…
Category: Guerilla Warfare History
Small-Unit Tactics: The Flying Column
Ireland’s Wars: Flying Columns The popular memory of the Irish War of Independence, at least if you happen to be Irish, often revolves around the image of the IRA “flying column”. For a large number of people, those two words indicates a very particular type of unit: A sort of mobile platoon that lived and…
Guerilla Warfare History: Say Nothing
Say Nothing This 9 Episode TV series about the IRA and the Troubles which is based on the Book by the same name is definitely worth a watch. The writing in both the book and TV series is bare bones without a lot of fluff and cuts to the chase about what 20th century…
Speaking of Ireland…
Guerilla Warfare Movie Anthology: a Recap
WWMCD?
Rhodesian Twofer
Archives, 2022 The Rhodesian Vest, Fireforce Style (a YBH tale) Fire Force: A Trooper’s War In The Rhodesian Light Infantry
Attention White Men: Time to Get Your Rhodesia On
Rhodesia and What Could Have Been Don Shift Sends: SHTF Lessons from Rhodesia Rhodesia’s Death, Europe’s Funeral
Karl Dahl: Presentation: Small Arms of the Spanish Civil War
Texas News: Dallas Police Officer Executed While In Patrol Car
Dallas police officer ‘executed,’ 2 others injured in targeted shooting So what you have here is a planned execution and subsequent ambush on the Law Enforcement QRF (Quick Reaction Force or back-up). These types of guerilla warfare tactics were used by insurgents in Northern Ireland and Iraq and Afghanistan time and time again with…
Know Your Real History: The secret IRA–Soviet agreement, 1925
The secret IRA–Soviet agreement, 1925 In the summer of 1925, just two years after the IRA’s defeat in the Civil War, the organisation sent a delegation to Moscow to solicit finance and weaponry from the Soviet Union. According to Tim Pat Coogan, the Russians asked their guests, ‘How many bishops did you hang?’, and…