Skip to content
Menu
  • Original Short Fiction
Menu

Category: Military History

On This Day in History: Operation Restore Hope, Somalia 1992

Posted on 9 December 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

U.S. Army in Somalia 1992-1994   US Marines and allied nations launch an amphibious and airborne operation in Mogadishu, Somalia to restore order to the war-torn nation. Authorized by UN Security Council Resolution 794 passed on December 3. UNDER FIRE: Battle of the Black Sea   On October 3, 1993, a composite force of United…

Continue reading

Know Your Real WW2 History: The War in the Pacific

Posted on 2 December 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

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…

Continue reading

Asymmetrical Warfare and 4GW: How Militia Groups Are America’s Domestic Viet Cong

Posted on 2 December 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

*From the Archives   Asymmetrical Warfare and 4GW: How Militia Groups are America’s Domestic Viet Cong   Civil War 2 appears to be the new buzzword among both sides of the brewing conflict in the US, no longer considered some fringe notion. The Right and the Left find themselves at an impasse, and its rapidly…

Continue reading

Know Your Guerilla Warfare History: The Boer War

Posted on 20 November 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Boer War Origins The origins of the Boer War lay in Britain’s desire to unite, or confederate, the British South African territories of the Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (also known as the Transvaal). The Boers, Afrikaans-speaking farmers, wanted to maintain their…

Continue reading

Small-Unit Tactics: The Flying Column

Posted on 19 November 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Ireland’s Wars: Flying Columns   The popular memory of the Irish War of Independence, at least if you happen to be Irish, often revolves around the image of the IRA “flying column”. For a large number of people, those two words indicates a very particular type of unit: A sort of mobile platoon that lived and…

Continue reading

Seven Pillars of Small War Power

Posted on 16 November 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

H/T WRSA       Seven Pillars of Small War Wisdom   Read this and then Save it to your Flash Drive. You may See This Material Again in the near future. Stay Armed, Train Frequently and Prepare Accordingly.   Additional Reading: The Savage Wars of Peace: Small War and the Rise of American Power…

Continue reading

Happy Veterans Day

Posted on 11 November 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

   

Continue reading

Happy 249th Birthday USMC!

Posted on 10 November 202410 November 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

  249th USMC Birthday Message    

Continue reading

On this Day in History, October 25, 1854

Posted on 25 October 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

The Charge of the Light Brigade   Throughout the history of warfare there are recorded instances of events taking place for which no good reason can be offered. At the Battle of Balaclava, on the 25th of October 1854, during the Crimean War, such an incident took place. An incident which inspired a great poem…

Continue reading

Maoris, Moors and Migrants: A History Lesson for Civilized Humans Facing an Ork Invasion

Posted on 25 September 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Maoris, Moors and Migrants: A history lesson for civilized humans facing an Ork invasion   (The essay below serves as a follow-up or companion piece to “The Alienork Way”. I spelled Ork intentionally to generalize upon the theme of barbarian invaders, and not only Tolkien’s Orcs.) From ‘Moriori’, by Denise Davis and Māui Solomon, in Te…

Continue reading
  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • …
  • 70
  • Next

Tactical Hermit Substack

Recent Post

  • Let Freedom Ring
  • In Memoriam: Michael Madsen
  • The Great Anti-Southern Psyop!
  • Know Your White History: Rudolf Diesel and Clessie Cummins
  • The Ultimate Women’s Issue, 2025
General Franco (2008-2024)

Book of the Month

Fellow Conspirators

Area Ocho

American Partisan

Western Rifle Shooters Association

Brushbeater

Von Steuben Training and Consulting

CSAT

Politically Incorrect Humor and Memes

Freedom is Just Another Word

Prepared Gun Owners

Fix Bayonets

The Firearm Blog

BorderHawk

Cold Fury

Don Shift SHTF

NC Renegades

Big Country Ex-Pat

The Bayou Renaissance Man

Bustednuckles

The Feral Irishman

It Ain’t Holy Water

Evil White Guy

Pacific Paratrooper

Badlands Fieldcraft

Riskmap

Stuck Pig Medical

Swift Silent Deadly

Spotter Up

The Survival Homestead

Bacon Time!

SHTF Preparedness

Sigma 3 Survival School

The Organic Prepper

The Zombie Apocalypse Survival Homestead

Texas Gun Rights

The Gatalog

Taki’s Magazine

Defensive Training Group

The Trail Up Blood Hill

No White Guilt

Europe Renaissance

Vermont Folk Truth

The Occidental Observer

The Dissident Right

Daily Stormer

American Renaissance

Blacksmith Publishing

Arktos Publishing

Antelope Hill Publishing

White People Press

White Rabbit Radio

White Papers Substack

Viking Life Blog (Archived)

Identity Dixie

The Texian Partisan

Southern Vanguard

League of the South

The Unz Review

Dissident Thoughts

The Third Position

Renegade Tribune

COPYRIGHT NOTICE/DISCLAIMER & FAIR USE ACT

All blog postings, including all non-fiction and fictional works are copyrighted and considered the sole property of the Tactical Hermit Blog. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in the short stories and novelettes are entirely fictional and are of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or organizations or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental, The information contained in the articles posted to this site are for informational and/or educational purposes only. The Tactical Hermit disclaims any and all liability resulting from the use or misuse of the information contained herein.

The views and opinions expressed on this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any of the companies that advertise here. 

Much of the information on this blog contains copyrighted material whose use has not always been specifically authorized by the rightful copyright owner. This material is made available in an effort to educate and inform and not for remuneration. Under these guidelines this constitutes "Fair Use" under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. The publisher of this site DOES NOT own the copyrights of the images on the site. The copyrights lie with the respective owners.

© 2025 | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme