80 years ago today, on May 27th, 1941, the Bismark was sunk [https://infogalactic.com/info/German_battleship_Bismarck] by the British fleet, either directly, or by being scuttled after being rendered immobile.…
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Today is Veteran's Day. it also marks the anniversary of the end of WW1 - the Great War - in 1918. I think it is fitting to quote the John McRae poem: [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-fields] In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we l…
The title is not original, but inspire by Walker's post [https://bradfordcwalker.blogspot.com/2020/09/history-we-remember-in-september-when.html] . Since I don't hang out on Twitter anymore, he pointed me to this post by ACKs creator Alexander Macris [https://twitter.com/archon/status/1304477747654414337] : > On the 11th of September, 1683, an army of 150,000 Ottoman Muslims under Kara Mustafa attacked Vienna, defended by only 11,000 Christian soldiers. The defenders held out until King John…
The largest tank battle fought [https://infogalactic.com/info/Battle_of_Kursk] started on July 5th, and ended on August 23rd of 1943, between the the German army, and the Soviet army, at Kursk, in the USSR. Of course Sabaton has a song for it. And a history episode. While we're at it, a cover. I think the art is fanart, for Girls und Panzer.…
As was pointed out elsewhere, to all those who think the "boogaloo" is an actual movement because of fake news reporting and not a ha-ha only-serious label for/about when society falls apart, this country was founded on a "boogaloo." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the…