Category: Know your History
Know Your Real History: The Jews, Communism and the Russian Revolution
When Men Were Men: Lieutenant Colonel ‘Paddy’ Mayne, SAS – An Irish Lion
‘Paddy’ Mayne: An Irish Lion Lieutenant-Colonel ‘Paddy’ Mayne is a legendary figure in the history of the Special Forces. A celebrated sportsman with a turbulent character, he played a vital role in the early successes of the Special Air Service (SAS), becoming one of its most important commanders. One of seven siblings, Robert Blair…
On This Day in History: January 5, 1919
On this day in 1919, a small political faction calling itself the German Workers’ Party forms in Munich. It will soon draw the attention of a 30-year-old army veteran named Adolf Hitler who will help shape it into the Nazi party. Corporal Adolf Hitler was ordered in September 1919 to investigate a small group…
On This Day in History: December 20, 1860
South Carolina’s state convention voted 169-0 on this day in favor of “dissolving the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other states” declaring itself an “Independent Commonwealth.” Five states were to follow South Carolina’s lead within weeks – Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana. Then came the big one of Texas, followed…
Motorbike Warfare
Via: Matthew Bracken Substack Circa 1997, I was in Panama, on the Caribbean side, getting my boat ready to transit the canal to the Pacific. I was walking from Colon’s old so-called yacht club (now long gone) through an industrial port area to get to Colon City. When I was passing about…
Know Your Real WW2 History: The War in the Pacific
Via: War Views Military History Blog Pacific War 1 – Preliminary Moves Road to the Pacific War Beginning of the war in the Pacific came unexpectedly, at least for some people. Attention was on Europe, where war had been raging for two years. Poland had been invaded by Germany and USSR in September…