Diesel Engines: First designed and patented by German engineer Rudolf Diesel in 1892-1893 Later, Clessie Cummins would innovate and create the modern version making them economically viable for commercial use and production in 1919.
Category: Know your History
Know Your White History: Richard Wagner (Composer)
Via: On This Day Full Name: Wilhelm Richard Wagner Profession: Composer Nationality: German Biography: Primarily known for his operas. Unlike most opera composers, he wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. His life was characterised by political exile, turbulent love affairs, poverty and repeated flight from his creditors. His most…
Know Your Firearms History: The Dillinger Gang’s Assault Rifle
The Dillinger Gang’s Assault Rifle When we think of 1930s bank robberies, the Thompson no doubt comes to mind. These heavy yet potent sub-guns were among the most preferred weapons of that era’s outlaws. The Dillinger/Nelson gang was no exception, of course, and Johnny D. was not afraid to sling a drum full of…
Know Your Real WW2 History and The Truth about the Jews
H/T The Outlaw Josey Wales (Text enlarged below) My grandfather was a volunteer with Arajs Kommando. In 1982 shortly before his death I visited my relatives in Jelgava and asked him about the war. I was just a child, but what he told me I’ll never forget. His unit were police battling armed criminal gangs…
Know Your REAL WW2 History: The Morgenthau Plan
Via: Gab The jew Theodore Kaufman’s 1941 book Germany Must Perish! advocated for the complete extermination of the German people via forced sterilization and for the territorial partition of Germany by surrounding countries, France, Poland etc. wiping it off the map, but there were others. It was the publication of this book, prior to US involvement…
Dead In The Water: The Attack on the USS Liberty
Know Your Military History: Night Jump into Dien Bien Phu
Night Jump into Dien Bien Phu: An Eyewitness Account From A French Paratrooper Captured by the Viet Minh Pierre Fauroux was born in 1921. He graduated from the French Military Academy at St. Cyr in 1942, when France’s Vichy government was dominated by Germany. In 1943 he escaped from France via Spain and joined the…
On This Day in History: February 23, 1836
Battle of the Alamo In 1835, Texas, which was then under the control of the Mexican Republic, rebelled against its overlords. Though there was a fierce debate among Texians as to whether they wanted to declare independence or simply force a return to the freer Mexican constitution of 1824, eventually the rebels did declare…
Know Your White History: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Birthday (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria. His father, Leopold Mozart, a noted composer, instructor, and the author of famous writings on violin playing, was then in the service of the archbishop of Salzburg. Leopold and Anna Maria, his wife, stressed the importance of music to their children. Together with…
Happy (Belated) Birthday General Stonewall Jackson!
*Apologies, fully meant to post this yesterday morning but due to extreme weather conditions, it was delayed. I hope Stonewall can forgive me! Stonewall Jackson’s 200th Birthday Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson was born 200 years ago on this day in history, January 21, 1824, in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). Fatherless at the…