At the HBO Band of Brothers 2019 Reunion in Normandy, Capt. Dale Dye (Who played Colonel Sink in the series and is also a Military Historian and Advisor) explains how basic Military Artillery works and how the German 105 Howitzers operated at Brecourt Manor on D-Day. Discussion begins at 2:25 To see an excellent overview…
Category: History Roundup
Know Your WW2 History: Ante Pavelik – Hitler’s Forgotten Ally
Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Assaulting a Fixed Position
The Brécourt Manor Assault: Classic Small Unit Assault The assault on the Brécourt Manor guns is a textbook example of frontal assault on a fixed position and is taught at West Point, as a case study. With 24 men, including reinforcements, Winters defeated approximately 60 Germans in a defensive position, killing about 20 and…
Know Your Weapons: M1 Carbine
One of America’s Legendary Small Arms was designed by a Convict Rednecks and Hillbilly outlaws made this Country great! Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
The Liberation of Corsica 1943
WW2 Short Story Research.
Lessons from Grozny: Deadly Classroom for Urban Combat
H/T to WRSA The Battle of Grozny: Deadly Classroom for Urban Combat
Know Your History: The Forest Brothers
Who were the ‘Forest Brothers’: The thorn in the Soviets’ side? There is a long and storied history in the Baltic states of the fight against the scourge of Communism. Let these Brave men and women be an example to all of us to Stand up to the Rising of the Red Tide of…
Know Your History: The Last Zeppelin Raid, 1939
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How Totalitarianism Rhymes Throughout History: Czechoslovakia, China, & Venezuela
How Totalitarianism Rhymes Throughout History: Czechoslovakia, China, & Venezuela As I always say Know Your History because those that don’t are DOOMED to repeat the mistakes of the past. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Italia Addio: a counter-history of the Risorgimento
Know Your History. A long but worthwhile and fascinating study.