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“We’re It”

Posted on 1 October 20242 October 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

  In the pantheon of WW2 Movies, Fury is not that good of a movie, but for our purposes here today, I want to discuss a theme many fellow martial citizens can relate to: Self-Sufficiency and the realization that you cannot depend on any form of  Government or “Higher Chain-of-Command”  for you, your team or…

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Foreign War Movies Worth a Damn: The Arctic Convoy (2023)

Posted on 5 July 20245 July 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

The Arctic Convoy   If you have been following my blog for a while you know my fondness for Foreign Cinema, in particular, Foreign War Movies. You can check out some of my prior recommendations HERE . The Arctic Convoy (aka Konvoi) is a Norwegian WW2 Film (with English subtitles) Based on true events that…

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Know Your Obscure WW2 History: Did You Know a Man Died During WW2 because he resembled Churchill?

Posted on 26 May 202426 May 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

Did You Know a Man Died During WW2 Because he resembled Churchill?   This story reminded me of the classic 1976 WW2 Movie The Eagle has Landed (based on the novel by Jack Higgins) where a body double was used for Churchill as a lure for a possible kidnap attempt. In the movie, the body…

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On This Day in History: Japanese Soldier Hiroo Onoda Surrenders 29 Years After the End of WW2

Posted on 9 March 20249 March 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

One-Man War Finally Ends   March 9, 1974 — Nearly 30 years after the end of the Second World War Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda finally surrendered on this day. He had been waging his own war from a jungle and the mountains. In December, 1944, towards the end of the global conflict, Onoda, an intelligence officer, was…

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Know Your WW2 History: Masters of the Air Twofer

Posted on 18 February 2024 by The Tactical Hermit

DID YOU KNOW WHY THE GERMAN PLANES ATTACKED FROM THE FRONT IN MASTERS OF THE AIR?     DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE AERIAL ROCKETS SEEN IN MASTERS OF THE AIR?   Highly recommend this mini-series along with the book upon which it is based: Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War…

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The Bad Ass Files: Lieutenant Colonel Ronald “Sparky” Spiers

Posted on 27 September 202327 September 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

Badass paratrooper or war criminal?   It’s no secret this blog is a big fan of Ronald Spiers of Band of Brothers fame. I did a couple of pieces on him including When Men Were Men and All War Depends Upon It. This article is one of the most in-depth I have come across on…

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Know Your WWII History: The True Story that Inspired ‘Fury’

Posted on 14 April 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

The True Story that Inspired ‘Fury’    Is Fury a true story? Was the Fury tank an actual Sherman? It sure seems to be. In this article, the renowned and redoubtable Red2Alpha73 (Mike Durand) reviews Belton Y. Cooper’s 1998 memoir:  Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II.  

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Currahee

Posted on 29 March 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

History of Camp Toccoa and Currahee    

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Foreign WWII Movie Trifecta

Posted on 7 September 202231 July 2023 by The Tactical Hermit

  City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a period of several weeks where over two-hundred thousand…

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Foreign War Movies Worth a Damn: The Eight Hundred (2020)

Posted on 25 June 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

During the early days of the Second Sino-Japanese War, and on a greater scale World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Shanghai in what became known as the Battle of Shanghai. After holding back the Japanese for over 3 months, and suffering heavy losses, the Chinese army was forced to retreat due to the danger of being encircled. Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan of…

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