Lessons and Lore from Elmer Keith For those of you who are just joining us, this “Elmer” guy is Elmer Keith, known to some as the Sage of Salmon, Idaho, and Dean of American Gunwriters to others. He was a cowboy, hunter, packer, guide, shooter, prolific experimenter, and gun writer during most of the…
Category: Know your History
Be Proud of your White History: The Elite Special Forces Of Ancient Celts
The Elite Special Forces Of Ancient Celts The Celts of Ancient Europe were a people group that spanned across most of Central and Western Europe between 500 BC – 100 AD. The term Celt is an admittedly messy and often inaccurate generalization of a diverse people group that lived across many different areas of Ancient Europe…
Know Your WW2 History: Kursk – The Battle that Changed Everything
Kursk: The Battle that Changed Everything It is 75 years since the Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history. More than 3,000,000 men and 8,000 tanks met, 400 miles south of Moscow. Yet today, once again, German tanks are facing Russian tanks, just a few hundred miles from the site of that…
Know Your Civil War History: The Second Battle of Reams Station
H/T RebelGrey57 (Picture: Artist’s impression of battle from Union lines) Aug. 25, 1864- The 2nd Battle of Reams Station Soon after the Union success at the battle of Weldon Railroad, Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock’s (USA) II Corps was ordered to move south along that rail line, destroying it as it…
Fast and Furious: The Philosophy and Mechanics of the Blitzkrieg Tactic
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…
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,…
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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…