Fast and Furious: The Philosophy and Mechanics of the Blitzkrieg Tactic It’s the dawn of World War II, and the old ways of fighting aren’t cutting it anymore. Soldiers huddled in trenches, days turning into weeks with little progress—it’s a stalemate that no one wants to repeat. Enter the Blitzkrieg tactic, a plan that’s…
Category: Know your History
Know Your Confederate History: J.E.B. Stuart’s Raid at Catlett’s Station
H/T RebelGrey57 (Picture: J.E.B. Stuart by Don Troiani) Aug. 22, 1862- J.E.B. Stuart’s raid at Catlett Station Robert E. Lee had already decided on a course of action by the time Maj. Gen. Jeb Stuart arrived at his headquarters around noon on August 17 outside Orange Court House. Facing Lee…
Chaos Reigns: Modern Warfare in the West
Via: The Patrol Base Archives Disgusted by the latest news, I pushed myself back from my computer desk. “The country is going to Hell,” I declared to no one. It seemed like America was pulling herself apart. In this cold Civil War, the schism isn’t as evident as the Mason-Dixon line was. Instead,…
Never Forget
Know Your History: How the Stasi Perfected Mass Surveillance
How East Germany’s Stasi Perfected Mass Surveillance The state has a monopoly on violence. However, abusive repression harms government credibility and alienates public support in the long run. A more subtle and effective way to exercise power is to surveil the population and to prevent open manifestations of discontent. This article analyzes the case…
The Road to Revolution
H/T WRSA The Road to Revolution The study of the Spanish Civil War is without a doubt one of the most practical historical topics to study for the modern day dissident. For Further Study: Guerilla Warfare 101: Lessons from the Spanish Civil War The Victorious Counter-Revolution, The Nationalist Effort in the…
The Way of the Warrior
H/T WRSA The Way of the Warrior in Anglo-Saxon England involved far more than merely being trained in the use of weapons as I put it simply in my thread of yesterday. Of equal, or greater, importance was learning both the rituals associated with warfare and the right form of battle. 1/19 The…
The Gallipoli Sniper Duel
The Gallipoli Sniper Duel The “sniper exploits” that occurred on the Russian Front during the Second World War have become something of a legend, even breaking into popular culture. Yet, the famed duel involving Vasily Zaitsev likely never occurred — at least not in the way Hollywood would have you believe. However, a generation…
Know Your Dissident History: Gordon Kahl
Death and Taxes: The Story of Gordon Kahl Gordon Kahl was an American tax rebel, decorated Air Force veteran who fought in the Pacific Theater of the Second World War whose revolutionary activity and refusal to participate in the communist slavery-by-taxation system led to a deadly struggle with the Internal Revenue Service and US…
Slavery
Slavery Slavery in American history has come into vogue among those of much political enthusiasm but the intelligence of box turtles and little knowledge of the matter. I sometimes think that America should institute a system of public education, but apparently this is not going to happen. Anyway, a few thoughts of possible interest:…