Five Leadership Lessons from the Legions (click on the above Title Link to be re-directed to Source Page) Some really outstanding “software” vs Hardware Lessons here. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Category: Historical Study
World War II History: The Devil’s Guard, Hitler’s Waffen SS
THE DEVIL’S GUARD: HITLER’S WAFFEN SS (click on title to be re-directed to article) A very well-written, in-depth three part series with some outstanding pictures. For all you fellow World War II buffs, This is one you will want to save somewhere for later review.
World War II History: Two Great Stories Worth Your Time
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Applied Military History: Back to the Basics of Expeditionary Warfare
After more than a decade of expansive stability operations in the Middle East, the U.S. Army is embracing a more expeditionary posture. This shift finds America’s primary land power institution returning to its origins as a more modestly sized, but tactically effective, fighting force. During the final decade of the 18th century and throughout the…
Military History: The Winter War Part II (This Is Not The Fabian Strategy You Are Looking For)
In a recent article (Lessons from the Winter War: Frozen Grit and Finland’s Fabian Defense) Iskander Rehman gives a stirring tale of the Winter War pitting the Soviets against the Finns, but there is one big problem with it: It isn’t, as he argues, an example of a Fabian strategy. Rehman provides a link to…
History of Domestic Terrorism: The Harvey Casino Bombing of 1980
One of the most intricate and complex IED’s ever built was not created in Iraq or Uzbekistan, but right here in the U.S. 36 Years ago. -SF Watch this video of an FBI special agent discussing the most complex IED ever encountered on U.S. soil. On the morning of Aug. 26, 1980, an employee…
World War II History: “Steel Versus Struts and Canvas”
In Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom, historian Iain Ballantyne lays out in an almost cinematic style how the German high-seas raider met her match during a contest of steel versus struts and canvas. It was the most unlikely of tales — fragile, supposedly obsolete Swordfish biplanes against the modern battle-wagon Bismarck, at the time the most powerful warship…
Military History: The Attack of the USS Stark by an Iraqi Warplane in 1987
On May 17, 1987, the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Stark was on a patrol in the central Persian Gulf, about three kilometers outside the Iraq-declared war-zone off the coast of Iran. Around 22.00hrs local time, Stark came under attack from an Iraqi air force fighter jet. Radars on the U.S. warship tracked the…
History of Terrorism: Munich 1972 and 2016
The long history of German incompetence in the face of Islamist terrorism We all know about Germany under Angela Merkel deciding to admit about a million immigrants from lands where jihadism, Sharia law, terrorism and hatred of women, Jews and gays are endemic. Most of know that on New Years’ Eve last, some 1000…
Ancient History: 16,700 Year Old Tools Found in Texas
Archaeologists in Texas have found a set of 16,700-year-old tools which are among the oldest discovered in the West. Until now, it was believed that the culture that represented the continent’s first inhabitants was the Clovis culture. However, the discovery of the ancient tools now challenges that theory, providing evidence that human occupation precedes the…