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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…

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On This Day in History: 480 B.C. – The Battle of Salamis

Posted on 29 September 202429 September 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I   For further reading on this amazing subject, I highly recommend: The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece — and Western Civilization.    

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Remember the U.S.S. Liberty

Posted on 24 August 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

    The Loss of Liberty – A Documentary      

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Know Your WW2 Naval History: Hunting the Bismarck – Part I

Posted on 24 May 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Hunting the Bismarck – Part I   Without doubt, the Bismarck is the single best-known German warship of World War II. Large, fast, hard to sink and equipped with the latest in German radar and optics technology, it quickly earned notoriety after it sank the HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy. The panicked British response eventually brought low the German monster, but only after…

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The US Submarine Force is Sunk

Posted on 24 May 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

H/T WRSA   The US Submarine Force is Sunk   When you look at the larger disaster of American arms and readiness, all the services are in the hazard of being mission ineffective. The US Navy surface fleet has been an unmitigated building debacle with the Little Crappy Ships, Zumwalt class and the USS Ford carrier not performing up…

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Ghost Fleet

Posted on 6 May 20248 May 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Military unveils New Underwater Technology   For those of you out there who have not yet read P.W. Singer’s 2015 WW3 novel Ghost Fleet, I highly recommend it. The rapid development of drone tech just in the last decade is both amazing and scary: Navy Releases Videos From Mysterious Drone Swarms Around Warships Off California Russia’s…

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Last of the Cold War Gunfighters: Vought F-8 Crusader

Posted on 4 February 20244 February 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Vought F-8 Crusader: Last of the Gunfighters   The Vought F-8 Crusader was a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based, high-performance jet fighter that first flew in 1955, a mere decade after the end of World War II. The Crusader was the first American fighter to break 1,000 miles per hour. The F-8 earned its testosterone-besotted moniker because…

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Texas News: What Lurks Below

Posted on 29 August 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

The Texas drought caused some World War I-era shipwrecks to resurface on a river near Beaumont   Susan Kilcrease was worried a piece of U.S. history would be altered or damaged after it surfaced on the Neches River last week. Parts of several shipwrecks recently surfaced on the southeast Texas river due to lower water…

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Know Your Naval History: Dinosaurs of the Deep Blue Sea

Posted on 29 July 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

Dinosaurs of the Deep Blue Sea   Thought provoking essay on the current state of American Naval Technology, Strategy and Readiness. Though some might argue it is a bit dated compared to other WW3 novels,  I still say Ghost Fleet is one of the most realistic novels at a plausible WW3 scenario.  

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German War Art: The Kriegsmarine

Posted on 21 July 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

Claus Bergen (1885-1964)  Returning from a tour against the enemy (1941) German War Art – The Kriegsmarine   The Third Reich was still very interested in creating art during the second World War, with artists focusing their talents on the war effort itself. Via NS Europa   Eduard Schloemann (1888-1940) Speedboats fogging in front of the…

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