Although the title of this vid was “creepy sounds”, it had quite a collection of psy-ops (Psychological Operations) various militaries throughout history used to frighten and dishearten the enemies will to fight, including quite a few from WW2. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Tag: Military History
Military History: The Genesis of Sniping
Sharpshooting North & South: The Genesis Of Sniping (click on above link to be re-directed to source page) Excellent read on the genesis of Civil War Sniping and how it advanced the craft of the sniper in conventional and guerilla warfare around the world. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Military History: How The Ghost of Tradition Inspired Ancient Military Might
Podcast #231: How the Ghosts of Tradition Inspired Ancient Military Might (click on the link above to be re-directed to source page and podcast) I have this very book in my “To Read” List so when I saw the author on this podcast I jumped. It is just under an hour, but well worth…
Military History: How ‘Nam Helped Secure Our Borders
How the Vietnam War Brought High-Tech Border Surveillance to America (click on above link title to be re-directed to source page) An interesting read on what I like to call “Practical Military History.” Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Weekend History Read Roundup #1
When I started the new blog I wanted to try out some things I have admired on other blogs. One of them is a post every Friday that consist of a collection of articles that the author set aside for Weekend Reading. Since I am a history buff/amateur historian I thought I would do a…
Military History: Operation Paul Bunyan – August 1976
Operation Paul Bunyan – August 1976 (click above link to be re-directed to Source Page) An Obscure piece of Military history that is both entertaining and enlightening as to how friggin crazy the North Korean’s really are. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Applied Military History: Back to the Basics of Expeditionary Warfare
After more than a decade of expansive stability operations in the Middle East, the U.S. Army is embracing a more expeditionary posture. This shift finds America’s primary land power institution returning to its origins as a more modestly sized, but tactically effective, fighting force. During the final decade of the 18th century and throughout the…
Military History: The Winter War Part II (This Is Not The Fabian Strategy You Are Looking For)
In a recent article (Lessons from the Winter War: Frozen Grit and Finland’s Fabian Defense) Iskander Rehman gives a stirring tale of the Winter War pitting the Soviets against the Finns, but there is one big problem with it: It isn’t, as he argues, an example of a Fabian strategy. Rehman provides a link to…
Military Weapons From the Past: Winchester M2 Rifle
In the previous video, we looked at the Winchester G30M rifle as it was submitted to Marine Corps trials in 1940. When the trial result came back with the G30M in last place, Winchester immediately assigned David Williams to work on adapting it to resolve the problems found in testing. What Williams did was to…
Military History: “Nobody Can Soldier Without Coffee…”
In April 1865, at the bloody, bitter end of the Civil War, Ebenezer Nelson Gilpin, a Union cavalryman, wrote in his diary, “Everything is chaos here. The suspense is almost unbearable.” “We are reduced to quarter rations and no coffee,” he continued. “And nobody can soldier without coffee.” If war is hell, then for many…