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Tag Archives: history
Thomas Sowell on Uncomfortable Truths About the Slave Trade
Social Justice/Critical Race Theory exists in perpetual Year Zero in which no history exists except that of America as a great oppressor. In fact, slavery existed long before there was a transatlantic slave trade, and despite Roots, the people who … Continue reading
Memorial Day: Remembering William James Bordelon
This Memorial Day weekend we celebrate Medal of Honor winner, Texan, Marine Staff Sergeant and combat engineer William James Bordelon, who lost his life securing a beachhead during the invasion of Tarawa. His official citation reads: For valorous and gallant … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Texas
Tagged Congressional Medal of Honor, history, Memorial Day, Military, Tarawa, Texas, William James Bordelon, World War II
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70 Years Ago: The Battle of Chosin Reservoir
On November 27, 1950, Communist Chinese forces launched a surprise attack against United Nations forces (U.S., UK and South Korean) to begin the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, one of the defining engagements of the Korean War. In hard winter … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Military
Tagged Battle of Chosin Reservoir, Chesty Puller, Communism, Congressional Medal of Honor, history, Korean War, Marines, Military, North Korea
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The History of Firearms Development Part 1
This Borepatch post got me thinking about the history of firearms development, and all the mistakes and blind alleys along the way. Plus I wanted to put up videos (where available) of how some of the weird firearms Borepatch described … Continue reading
The Battle of the Bulge: 75th Anniversary
Seventy five years ago, on December 16, 1944, Hitler’s last-ditch effort to stave off defeat in World War II got underway. Using the same trick Germany had used twice before (1914 and 1940), they launched a massive offensive push through … Continue reading
75th Anniversary of The Battle of Leyte Gulf
Yesterday marked the 75th Anniversary of the start of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the last great naval battle of World War II, and arguably the largest naval battle in history. American naval forces (with help from Australia’s Task Force … Continue reading
80th Anniversary of the Soviet Invasion of Poland
I marked the 80th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact a few weeks ago, but I almost missed commemorating one of the most poisonous fruits of that political union: the Soviet invasion of Poland, which occurred 80 years ago today, on … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Military
Tagged Communism, history, Katyn massacre, Military, Poland, Russia, Soviet Union, Stalin, World War II
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The 80th Anniversary of The Great Totalitarian Teamup
Yesterday marked the 80th Anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, AKA The Hitler-Stalin Pact, AKA The Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The evil that men do tends to live on long after they’re gone, … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Foreign Policy, Military
Tagged Belarus, Bulgaria, Communism, Estonia, Finland, Foreign Policy, history, Hitler, Latvia, Lithuania, Military, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Poland, Romania, Russia, Simo Hayha, Soviet Union, Stalin, Ukraine, Winter War, World War II
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LBJ Didn’t Kill JFK
Sunday I got my taxes to the all-but-printed stage, and then drove down to Bookpeople to attend a signing for Robert Caro’s new book Working (an excerpt of which I printed back in January). Caro is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Democrats
Tagged 1960s, assassination, Communism, conspiracy theory, Democrats, history, JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Robert Caro
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Robert Conquest, RIP
Robert Conquest, one of the leading historians of Soviet genocide, has died at age 98. It’s hard to remember now, but for most of the Cold War, western liberals vehemently denied that genocide had occurred in the Soviet Union (or … Continue reading
Posted in Communism
Tagged anti-communism, Christopher Hitchens, Communism, genocide, history, Robert Conquest, science fiction
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