How Franco Won the Crusade against Bolshevism, Pt. 1 In this Podcast episode, Will and Karl Dahl discuss the run-up to the Spanish Civil War, with a focus on the political changes that led to a fight between the traditionalists and the communists and how each side organized. They discuss Spanish history, effective organization,…
Category: Historical Study
Know Your Real Military History: Specters in the Snow, the story of Finland’s Skeleton Helmet
H/T WRSA Specters in the Snow, the story of Finland’s Skeleton Helmet A Savage Snow War On a freezing day in January 1940, near the village of Muurila, a Red Army soldier crept through the snow. He placed himself as close to a tent, as he dared; he knew it contained his Finnish…
On This Day in Military History 1992: Operation Restore Hope Begins in Somalia
1992-12-09 US Marines and allied nations launch an amphibious and airborne operation in Mogadishu, Somalia, to restore order to the war-torn nation. Authorized by UN Security Council Resolution 794, passed on December 3. A civil war in Somalia had raged since the late 1980s when dictator Siad Barre began to face significant resistance to…
Cartel Corner: Cartels Use Car Bomb, Suicide Bomber to Attack Police in Western Mexico
Cartels Use Car Bomb, Suicide Bomber to Attack Police in Western Mexico I have used the term “Criminal Insurgency” several times on this blog in the past few years and the reason for that is made perfectly clear in this article. Cartels and Cartel-Affiliated Gangs have been using the same insurgent tactics we witnessed…
Know Your Real Texas History: Bowie’s Men Charge Mexican Supply Train at Grass Fight
Bowie’s Men Charge Mexican Supply Train at Grass Fight The brittle winter grass crunched beneath their boots as James Bowie’s cavalry pressed forward through the mesquite thickets. November 26, 1835, dawned cold and crisp near Alazan Creek, five miles southwest of San Antonio de Béxar. The glint of morning sunlight caught rifle barrels as forty…
On This Day in History: 1963 – JFK Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
60 Facts About the JFK Assassination 1. On Nov. 11, 1963, President Kennedy laid a Veterans Day wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. 2. He would be buried at the cemetery exactly two weeks later. 3. Jacqueline Kennedy rarely traveled with her husband on political trips but decided to fly with…
On This Day in History 1945: Nuremberg War Trials Begin
At the end of World War II in Europe, the victorious Allied powers created the first international court to try war criminals from Nazi Germany. Headquartered in the German city of Nuremberg, the first and most famous trials of the major war criminals were held between November 20, 1945 and October 1, 1946, with…
The Noticing
H/T Outlaw Josey Wales
The Scofield Bible: The Root of Christian Zionism in America
A few years after the publication of the Scofield Bible in 1909, the Federal Reserve Act was slipped into law in 1913. The Rothschild Central Banking Cabal family behind that draconian legislation also funded the creation of the Scofield Reference Bible, the most common Bible found in American Churches today. This Bible had passages rewritten…
The Guns of Faction: Part One
The Guns of Faction: Part One My 2019 novel, Faction, was recognized by many readers as having weapons which seemed at first glance exotic, but were, in fact, rather straightforward, off-the-shelf weapons with slight modifications to make them more useful in urban operations. Let’s examine them in this series, one by one. The criteria for…