The Operations of the ‘Great Army’ in Britain (865–79) The term ‘great army’, employed by several contemporary sources to describe this unusually large assemblage of Norse raiders, implies a huge horde of perhaps tens of thousands, but it most probably was not. Although no precise figures are given, it is highly doubtful that it numbered […]…
Category: History Corrected
The Viking Onslaught
Big fan of this guy’s blog, Weapons and Warfare. When you have some free time (like now) be sure to read through his selections. The Anglo-Saxons commonly called them ‘Danes’ or ‘heathens’. To the Franks, they were simply ‘the Northmen’. But history knows them as the Vikings, possibly derived from the West Norse word vikingr,…
Why the Average Civilian Should Study Asymmetrical Warfare
From the Archives, 2015. I got asked this question the other day by a close friend and it occurred to me that I had never really plainly answered that question on this blog, even though I talk about the subject frequently. I think the best way to approach this subject is through historical precedent. It…
Know Your History: How did the Zulus Interact with the Voortrekkers? | The Zulu-Boer War (1835-1839)
How did the Zulus Interact with the Voortrekkers? | The Zulu-Boer War (1835-1839) Thanks to Viking Life Blog for this short and informative history lesson! Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Inside Air America: The CIA’s Secret Airline
Supplying guerrilla bases deep in the highlands behind the lines. An older but awesome documentary on the little known story of Air America. Good stuff. -NCS via Inside Air America: The CIA’s Secret Airline — American Partisan
When Men were Men: Fitzroy Maclean
With all of this pansy ass liberalism trying to turn our young boys men into girls through feminist ideology and transgender non-sense, I thought I would create a section where Masculinity was CELEBRATED by telling the stories of awesome MEN through the ages who not only represented the Male Species with flare but also defended…
THE VIKINGS IN IRELAND 795–1014 Part I
I am reading a short novel right now about the Vikings in Ireland so I found this fascinating. Few places suffered more at the hands of the Vikings than Ireland. For the best part of 200 years the Vikings systematically milked Ireland of its people to supply the slave trade, yet, for all their military…
Know Your History: The Invisible Hand of Conquest – How Smallpox Defeated Armies, Toppled Empires & Changed History
Getting a Big Picture understanding of how contagions have shaped our history can put things in perspective. “Its presence shaped the fate of North America fully as much as any bullets, blades or bayonets.” By John Danielski THE CORONA VIRUS is not the first contagion to threaten the stability of civilization. Throughout history, disease…
The Trials of Doc Holliday
THE TRIALS OF DOC HOLLIDAY Since I was a kid I always enjoyed learning the TRUTH behind the myths of the Old West Gunfighters. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Know Your History: Multicultural Vikings?
Multicultural Vikings The on-going agenda by so called “academics” on the left to manipulate the present by distorting the past needs to be confronted head on. Know Your History. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!