One of the best WW2 Military History trilogies I have ever read is Rick Atkinson’s Liberation Trilogy. The second book of the series, The Day of Battle is about the Sicily/Italian Campaign. The amphibious landing at Anzio and the Battle of Monte Cassino are covered in amazing detail.
Category: History Remembered
Know Your WW2 Firearms History: Why German tanks used the MG 34 vs. the MG 42
Why German tanks used the MG 34 vs. the MG 42 Fascinating little article on two of the most amazing machine guns ever invented.
Celebrating White History and Culture Every Day of the Year: Whiteness is More than Anti-Blackness
Whiteness Is More Than Anti-Blackness From the 2013 Archives.
A Brief History of Jägers and Light Infantry
As some of you may already know, I am planning to offer the 5-day Jäger Course in the coming years. The Jäger Course will be an immersive light infantry training experience, in which students will learn to work as small squad-sized elements, living for a week out of just what they carry in their packs.… A…
Know Your Weapons: The FG-42
The FG 42: The Automatic Rifle of the Fallschirmjäger Airborne Infantry The FG 42 was a powerful automatic rifle developed by the Germans during WWII and served in a similar role to the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). It was designed for and used by the elite Fallschirmjäger paratroopers. With an ergonomic shape, select-fire capability,…
Colt M1877 Revolver
COLT M1877 REVOLVER You can never learn enough about the six-gun in my opinion, especially if you are a western writer! Anybody who has ever tried to fire a double action revolver accurately, take a close look at John Wesley Hardin’s perforated playing cards. Amazing stuff.
The Golden Road to Unlimited Socialism
The Golden Road to Unlimited Socialism My good friend Concerned American at Western Rifle Shooters Association recently wrote to Vlad and me. He wanted to ask our East Bloc contacts who grew up under communism the following question: “What lessons, if any, can be taken from the collapse of the Soviet Bloc and applied to those of us…
Know Your History: A Critical Look at the Polish ‘Pogroms’ of 1914–1920
A Critical Look at the Polish ‘Pogroms’ of 1914–1920 I recently had the good fortune to read William Hagen’s Cambridge-published Anti-Jewish Violence in Poland, 1914–1920, one of the most interesting books I’ve read on Jewish-European relations since John Doyle Klier’s Oxford-published work on the Tsarist pogroms. It’s always refreshing to see scholars of European heritage…
Why Small Victories are Important
Why Small Victories are Important No matter how dark or hopeless it get’s, remember: As long as you are six feet above ground and not below it and have air in your lungs, you can FIGHT. “If this long island story of ours is to end at last, then let it end, but only…
Tribalism Ascendant
Tribalism Ascendant A trifecta of articles on FUSA, Tribalism and Race. I highly recommend you read them all twice and then pass them on to somebody you care about. Time is Short and things are about to go from Spicy to Nuclear Hot real quick. Highlights: “Individual rights and individual liberty, the rule…