Veteran's Day - and the End of the Great War

Veteran's Day - and the End of the Great War

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…

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In September...

In September...

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…

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Panzerkampf

Panzerkampf

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.…

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Sabaton on Tour

Sabaton on Tour

Interestingly, Sabaton is posting live videos of ther concerts from the European wing of the tour. Not sure how long it will stay up as many of these, despite being official vids on the official channel, are mostly taken down shortly after the next one goes up. Audio and video quality are mobile phone grade at best, but it's an interesting look at the energy and crowd at a typical live show.…

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Rorke's Drift

Rorke's Drift

I'm a bit late, but January 22nd is the anniversary of the battle of Rorke's drift. Of course someone took the song and set it to Zulu with Michael Caine. And in case you want the official lyric video...…

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