Know Your History.
Category: History Remembered
Mitchell WerBell
Know Your History.
Know Your WW1 Weapons: Germany’s MG08 Heavy Machine Gun
Germany’s Heavy Machine Gun of WWI: The MG08 All you former infantryman out there might find this fact jaw dropping: “The MG08 machine gun itself weighed approximately 60 pounds. Combined with its “Sled” (or Sledge) mount that used four legs, the whole affair weighed around 140 pounds, excluding the water can and ammunition supply….
Sodomites Beware
A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea I had to actually look up what a Tunguska Event was and after reading up on it I was, excuse the pun, blown away! I don’t know about you but this increases my faith…
Attack on Poland – German and Soviet Rearmament
Know Your History.
The Fake History of the 20th Century
The Fake History of the 20th Century How Well Do you THINK you Know Modern American History? Historically speaking, when it comes to headlines dealing with either Black or Gay Injustice, you can bet the narrative is heavily skewed or completely bogus. Always Question the Historical Narrative Folks, there is Always an AGENDA behind…
Know Your Confederate History: Col. John S. Mosby, CSA
“My purpose was to weaken the armies invading Virginia, by harassing their rear… to destroy supply trains, to break up the means of conveying intelligence, and thus isolating an army from its base, as well as its different corps from each other, to confuse their plans by capturing their dispatches, are the objects of…
Lessons From the Bitter End: What General Wrangel Means for Americans Today
H/T WRSA Lessons From the Bitter End: What General Wrangel Means for Americans Today The memoirs of the last leader of Russian anti-communist forces, General Pyotr Wrangel, were republished under the title Always with Honor in 2020 by an obscure publishing house, generating new interest in the man and his struggle to save his country….
Why Did The Great Compromise Take So Long?
WHY DID THE GREAT COMPROMISE LAST SO LONG? “If you are younger than a Boomer, you have spent much of your life under only one pillar of the Great Compromise. Although we lost home rule in 1965, we were able to keep our identity. The reasoning for this was largely two-fold, the destruction of…
Know Your Cold War History: William Morgan, The American Comandante
William Morgan, The American Comandante If you are a Cold War/Espionage/Guerilla Warfare History buff and have not heard the tale of William Morgan, well you definitely need to watch this documentary. American Experience, Season 28, Episode 3 (Please remember to use VPN and Ad Blocker).