Major Mike Sadler: Founding member of SAS dies at 103 Major Mike Sadler, a founding member of Britain’s Special Air Service, has died in Girton aged 103. The World War II navigator died at Arlington Manor Care Home on Thursday (January 4). His death was confirmed by John Allcock, the secretary of the Special…
Category: History Roundup
Know Your Military History: Operation Barras (SAS Hostage Rescue)
Via: Bulldog Breed Operation Barras was a British Army operation that took place in Sierra Leone on 10 September 2000, during the late stages of the nation’s civil war. The operation aimed to release five British soldiers of the Royal Irish Regiment and their Sierra Leone Army (SLA) liaison officer, who were being…
Guerilla Warfare History: Commercial and Artisanal Hand Grenades of the Spanish Civil War
Commercial and Artisanal Hand Grenades of the Spanish Civil War Hermit Notes: There are only a handful of Substack Subscriptions I would recommend and Karl Dahl’s is at the top of the list. I also Highly recommend his Fiction. WARNING! Don’t get any silly ideas – the information contained herein is for historic…
Know Your Real Civil War History: It was Really “Deconstruction”
It Was Really “Deconstruction” What the “history” books referred to as “Reconstruction” after the War of Northern Aggression was really the complete destruction of what was left of the Old South when the war ended. It was what Karl Marx glowingly referred to as “the reconstruction of a social world.” The Northern government, peopled…
Know Your Real WW2 History: Everyone Knows The Word “Nazi” But How Did The Term Come Into Being?
Everyone Knows The Word “Nazi” But How Did The Term Come Into Being? World War II is a huge part of our history, with Hitler’s Nazi Germany being remembered as the villains. As such, it is not surprising that the word “Nazi” would still be around years later. Indeed, “Nazi” has become a word…
The Spanish Civil War: 1931-1939 (6 parts)
The Spanish Civil War: 1931-1939 (6 parts) My favorite war to examine. Take note of the international brigades and secret police. Reminds me of the Syrian American antifa recruits. Pay attention to the language. The Democratic Republicans who love liberty were the Communists. Sound Familiar? And the Anarchist Autonomous zones that collapsed… Reminds me…
Know Your Old West History: John “Liver-Eating” Johnson
John “Liver-Eating” Johnson How did he earn his terrifying nickname? The sun lay low on the horizon over Battle Mountain in northwestern Colorado. The big man on the imposing black stallion veered off the trail and onto the shale and gravel scattered along the hillside and dismounted. He stood for a moment, sniffing the…
A Rebel Christmas
A Rebel Christmas How did the Rebels celebrate Christmas? They were far from home and were always under-resourced. Sixty years after the war, William A. Day recalled that he and his mates in the 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment celebrated Christmas in 1862 by rolling dice for a watch. Each man would pay a dollar…
Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery to be Removed
Confederate memorial to be removed in coming days from Arlington National Cemetery The statue, unveiled in 1914, features a bronze woman, crowned with olive leaves, standing on a 32-foot pedestal, and was designed to represent the American South. According to Arlington, the woman holds a laurel wreath, a plow stock and a pruning hook,…
Know Your WW2 History: The Failed Pledge that Sunk the Bismarck
The Failed Pledge that Sunk the Bismarck The U-boat’s captain was mischievous as he put his recently launched U-556 through its trials in the Baltic. It was the winter of 1941 and from his point of view,, it had been a good war. Britain’s merchant shipping convoys ensured the survival of Bolshevik Russia. These…