Category: USSR History
Know Your Real History: The secret IRA–Soviet agreement, 1925
The secret IRA–Soviet agreement, 1925 In the summer of 1925, just two years after the IRA’s defeat in the Civil War, the organisation sent a delegation to Moscow to solicit finance and weaponry from the Soviet Union. According to Tim Pat Coogan, the Russians asked their guests, ‘How many bishops did you hang?’, and…
Military History 101: How Siege Warfare Returned
How Siege Warfare Returned The history of war is never far removed from battles for cities. Many of us, of whatever creed, were brought up on the story of the walls of Jericho tumbling after the Israelites marched around the stronghold once a day for six days, seven times on the seventh day, and…
Suggested Reading of the Month
H/T WRSA Always with Honor: The Memoirs of General Wrangel The History of REAL MEN standing up to Corrupt Governments and Communist led Coups is a very relevant topic at the moment. Trump Ain’t Gonna Save You, so what’s your plan now? Study Up and Prepare Accordingly.
Know Your Enemy: The Russian BTR
H/T Mason Dixon Survivalist Association Not to be confused with the Russian BMP-3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV).
Anti-Communist Book of the Month
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich While you are here it would not hurt to re-read one of the best articles Revolver has written in the past few years, Are You Ready to be an American Kulak?
Know Your WW2 History: Operation Barbarossa
The Nazi-Soviet War was the Largest Land Battle Ever Fought Excellent read on Operation Barbarossa with some really nice pictures. For all my fellow Military Historians out there, here is a short list on the subject: Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege 1942-1943 Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin Russia’s War: A History of the…
The White Death
The White Death
World War II History: The Living Hell of the Finnish Winter War
Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Cold War Files: The Ghost of Soviet Past
CRAWLING THROUGH THE DECAYED NUCLEAR MISSILE BASES OF THE USSR Editor’s note: In December 2015, two Army intelligence officers set out on a trip to explore the mysterious remnants of the Soviet Union in the Baltic States. In the first of this two part series, they showed War on the Rocks readers what they saw…