Operation Northwoods “You can understand history, or you can trust the government – but you can’t do both. This is a statement that Southerners have understood for more than a century. Those that have served the American Empire in its futile military escapades are usually in tune with this sentiment. Of course, I don’t…
Category: Historical Study
WW2 Podcast: Surviving Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima
On this episode of the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash,” RCD contributor John Waters speaks with William Swanson, a Marine Corps veteran of the battle of Guadalcanal in World War II’s Pacific campaign. Now 98 years old, Swanson is the author of “The View From My Foxhole” a firsthand account of the brutal fighting at Bougainville,…
Know Your White Culture: Happy Birthday Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!
And a belated birthday to the great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart… Me and my son watched the movie Amadeus last night in honor of Wolfgang’s Birthday. 260 Years later and the man’s work still brings me to tears.
Know Your Weapons: The Cap and Ball Revolvers Prior to the Peacemaker
Prior to the Peacemaker The Revolvers that ‘Really’ Won the West Before the Colt Peacemaker? Before the Colt Peacemaker there was a whole boatload of other Colt single action revolvers. And in truth they had a lot more influence in the Old West than did the Peacemaker because the wildest and woolliest times had passed by…
Know Your Confederate History: Confederate Sniper Jack Hinson and his Rifle
The Story of Civil War Sniper Jack Hinson and His Rifle I can also recommend the book Jack Hinson’s One Man War, A Civil War Sniper by Lt. Col. Tom McKenney, USMC (Ret.)
Know Your WW2 History: The Invasion of Poland
The History and War Blog did an Outstanding Four Part Series on the Invasion of Poland beginning in 1939. Part 1: The Attack on Poland 1-17 September Part 2: Soviet Invasion and the Fall of Poland Part 3: The Exodus Part 4: The Aftermath Also as a cool supplement, Jeff over at The Inch…
Know Your WW1 Weapon’s History: The Flammenwerfer
Flammenwefer — World War I German Flamethrowers It appears the first flamethrower of modern design was patented in Germany by Richard Fiedler in 1901. During the same year, the German army funded his continued work on flamethrower designs. Fiedler, a private citizen, designed several flamethrowers models and presented a working product to the German…
Know Your White History: Wergeld
Wergeld This thread is all about your legal options if you were to travel back in time to medieval Europe and murder someone. It’s also about measuring the decline of the extended family and the origins of English individualism. On Bertha Phillpotts’ “Kindred and Clan in Past Time”. Say as an example you traveled back…
WW2 Books Worth a Damn: Das Boot (The Boat)
“The thrilling wartime novel that inspired Wolfgang Petersen’s Academy Award-nominated, blockbuster film! Written by an actual survivor of Germany’s U-boat fleet, Das Boot is one of the most exciting stories of naval warfare ever published, a tale filled with almost unbearable tension and suspense. In autumn 1941, a German U-boat commander and his crew set…
The Last Valley
H/T WRSA