This day in 1944, Wehrmacht forces recaptured Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, and discovered a massacre committed by Soviet troops.— WWII Pictures (@WWIIpix) October 24, 2019
Citizens were raped, tortured and shot. Some were nailed to barn doors in crucified postures according to witnesses. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/7xd3L5s3DN
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Blast from the past...This day in 1944, Wehrmacht forces recaptured Nemmersdorf, East Prussia, and discovered a massacre committed by Soviet troops.
Spanish Navy & Army doing some type of amphibious exercise (Google Translate let me down)...
Hoy estamos realizando los adiestramientos "Coraza Avanzada".— Armada Española (@Armada_esp) October 23, 2019
Una colaboración entre el Grupo Naval de playa #GRUPLA, el @EjercitoTierra y el Buque de Asalto Anfibio #Galicia.
Potenciando la interoperatividad de nuestros ejércitos.
!La #Unión hace la #Fuerza¡🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/PJZNw909p3
Protolab PMPV in amphibious testing in Finland.
The PMPV in amphibious testing in Finland. pic.twitter.com/VOTjzlS3tZ— Protolab Finland (@ProtolabF) October 24, 2019
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Blast from the past. “It is time to lay down the bible and take up the rifle"...The Battle Of Blair Mountain...
via History Channel.com
The tipping point in the “Mine War” finally came on August 1, 1921, when Sheriff Sid Hatfield was shot dead by Baldwin-Felts agents as he entered the McDowell County Courthouse. The assassination outraged the miners, who considered Hatfield a hero for his involvement in the Matewan shootout. Within days, thousands of union supporters had flocked to the outskirts of Marmet, a small town located near the state capital of Charleston. Led by UMW organizers Frank Keeney and Fred Mooney, they resolved to march on Mingo County to confront the coal companies and free the union men imprisoned in the area. Many of the marchers were World War I veterans, and they came armed to the teeth with military-issue Springfield rifles and shotguns. “It is time to lay down the bible and take up the rifle,” miner and Baptist reverend John Wilburn declared.Story here.
Fascinating! The history we don't know is so much more interesting than the history we do.
Royal Air Force CH-47 close up aerial glamour shot (low level flight over Wales)...
Superb seeing the @RoyalAirForce Chinook up close, low level in Wales earlier today.https://t.co/4BGwF2oVLO@RAF_Odiham @RAFBenson @NikonEurope pic.twitter.com/2COzqm86rq— The Don Photography (@THE_DON_TOG) October 23, 2019
Blast from the past. Operation Compass...when a Reinforced Division crushed a Field Army....
On the eve of Operation Compass General Sir Archibald Wavell could call on only 36,000 troops while facing 215,000 Italians. The British and Commonwealth troops won the ensuing campaign decisively. pic.twitter.com/vOI5nmbbVo— WW2 History Hit (@HistoryHitWW2) October 23, 2019
via Wikipedia.
Operation Compass (also la battaglia della Marmarica) was the first large Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British and other Commonwealth and Allied forces attacked Italian forces in western Egypt and Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya, from December 1940 to February 1941. The Western Desert Force (Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor) with about 36,000 men, advanced from Mersa Matruh in Egypt on a five-day raid against the Italian positions of the 10th Army (Marshal Rodolfo Graziani), which had about 150,000 men in fortified posts around Sidi Barrani in Egypt and in Cyrenaica.Here.
The 10th Army was swiftly defeated and the British continued the operation, pursuing the remnants of the 10th Army to Beda Fomm and El Agheila on the Gulf of Sirte. The British took over 138,000 Italian and Libyan prisoners, hundreds of tanks, and more than 1,000 guns and aircraft, against British losses of 1,900 men killed and wounded, about 10 per cent of the infantry. The British were unable to continue beyond El Agheila, due to broken down and worn out vehicles and the diversion, beginning in March 1941, of the best-equipped units to the Greek Campaign in Operation Lustre.
Amazing.
I want to know more!
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Versatile. Lethal. Sustainable. Bell 360 Invictus.
Note. Why is everyone lusting after the big city fight? I have to wonder if this is about INTERNAL SECURITY rather than an external enemy. Kinda makes sense. In the US the NE Corridor, the New York City, Washington DC over to Boston megaplex would overwhelm local authorities if things went sideways.
Additionally everyone seems to have forgotten the drama when the Boston Bombers went on that rampage and how they shut down the East Coast as well as the Beltway Snipers.
I guess the Pentagon is doing due diligence by running scenarios where they have to secure big cities but I still cringe at the idea of doing this as part of an offensive operations against a high tech foe. But I'm off track. Enough of my musing regarding a small slice of this vid that I allowed to take me off on tangent!
1. The vid is nicely done.
2. It does look like the son of Comanche!
3. Bell is cooking with gas. They're on fire lately.
Additionally everyone seems to have forgotten the drama when the Boston Bombers went on that rampage and how they shut down the East Coast as well as the Beltway Snipers.
I guess the Pentagon is doing due diligence by running scenarios where they have to secure big cities but I still cringe at the idea of doing this as part of an offensive operations against a high tech foe. But I'm off track. Enough of my musing regarding a small slice of this vid that I allowed to take me off on tangent!
1. The vid is nicely done.
2. It does look like the son of Comanche!
3. Bell is cooking with gas. They're on fire lately.
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