(Via: On This Day) Born: August 16, 1888 Birthplace: Tremadog, Caernarfonshire, Wales Full Name: Thomas Edward Lawrence Profession: Soldier and Writer Nationality: Welsh Biography: T. E Lawrence is remembered as a soldier in WWI, where he helped lead an internal rebellion against the Ottoman Empire, events he detailed in his work “The Seven Pillars” of Wisdom”. These events were in…
Category: Historical Movies Worth A Damn
On This Day in History: 480 B.C. – The Battle of Salamis
Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I For further reading on this amazing subject, I highly recommend: The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece — and Western Civilization.
Movies and Series about European Political Terrorism: Exterior Night
Being a history nerd, I am always on the lookout for interesting historical movies or series and the other day I ran across one from Italy titled Exterior Night (aka Esterno Notte) about The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists. Now this is not the…
In Memoriam: William ‘Bill the Butcher’ Cutting
William ‘Bill the Butcher’ Cutting Full Name: William Poole Profession: Gangster Nationality: American Biography: The leader of the New York City gang Bowery Boys, he was the inspiration for the character of William “Bill the Butcher” Cutting (portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis) in Martin Scorsese‘s 2002 film “Gangs of New York”. Born: July 24, 1821 Birthplace: Sussex County, New Jersey, USA Died: March 8, 1855 (aged…
Two Rode Together
Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight made history in 1866, and 120 years later Larry McMurtry made them legends The story of Loving and Goodnight influenced Texas Western writer Larry McMurtry to write one of the most authentic and influential western saga’s of our time, Lonesome Dove.
The Last Valley
H/T WRSA
John Adams: Scenes from the Mini-Series
JOHN ADAMS: SCENES FROM THE MINI-SERIES This is one of my favorite miniseries, Here are a few clips from it that are relevant for this weekend, culminating in the scene where they vote. The actual vote took place 245 years ago today, July 2nd. Being we are two days from Independence Day, I would…
Know Your WW1 History: April 25, 1915 – WWI Allied Troops Land in Gallipoli
April 25, 1915 – WWI Allied Troops Land in Gallipoli Excellent overview of the Gallipoli campaign debacle. It is important to note that some historians have attempted to lay the blame of this military tragedy solely at Winston Churchill’s feet (who at the time was the Lord of the Admiralty) but this is not…
Beowulf: The Epic in Performance – Benjamin Bagby, voice and medieval harp
H/T Survive the Jive Beowulf: The Epic in Performance – Benjamin Bagby, voice and medieval harp — Survival Homestead
Know Your Military History: Intimate Enemies
Intimate Enemies (L’ennemi intime) 2007 A French Film with english sub-titles, this movie tracks a French Army Platoon in 1959 during the Algerian War of Independence, which in terms of studying Guerilla Warfare is a red letter date event. When studying how Guerilla Warfare has changed, one of the re-occurring themes you will come across again…