Category Archives: History

William Eaton and The Battle of Derna

Posted on April 27, 2024 by TTG

Eaton Builds His Own Army Before he could start his campaign, Eaton needed an army. Hamet had arrived with roughly 100 followers, whose actual fighting ability was dubious at best. Eaton had requested a contingent of 100 marines from Barron, … Continue reading →

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A Note On Our Folly By Walrus

Posted on April 3, 2024 by walrus

“The March Of Folly” by Barbara Tuchman, analyses the causes of historic foreign policy disasters from the seige of Troy onwards with a view to understanding the role of pure unadulterated Govermental stupidity – folly – in the decline of … Continue reading →

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“Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land”

Posted on January 6, 2024 by TTG

In light of Russia’s aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed, from pre-Christianity to the fall of Communism—illuminating the remarkable cultural significance … Continue reading →

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“La Grande Fete de Merci Donnant” Buchwald – reposted 2023

Posted on November 23, 2023 by TTG

“They landed at a place called Plymouth (once a famous voiture Americaine ) in a wooden sailing ship called the Mayflower (or Fleur de Mai ) in 1620. But while the Pelerins were killing the dindes, the Peaux-Rouges were killing … Continue reading →

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Veterans Day 2023

Posted on November 11, 2023 by TTG

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme. None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why. The bodies were taken … Continue reading →

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Alan Farrell on Soldiering

Posted on November 10, 2023 by TTG

Ladies and Gentlemens: Thanks for having me here to honor those who’ve served. I was a soldier. Then I was a teacher. Now I’m just a… well, a citizen, I guess. A teacher. One day I’m dozing through a meeting of the English Composition … Continue reading →

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 Ap Bu Nho – A Remembrance for Veteran’s Day 

Posted on November 7, 2023 by TTG

Garryowen in Glory, the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Ap Bu Nho  By a quirk of fate, “D” 2/7 Cavalry, was given the chance to demonstrate the plausibility of Spinoza’s despair several weeks later.  A Montagnard agent reported that the 141st NVA Regiment … Continue reading →

Posted in History, The Military Art, Vietnam | 16 Comments

“Sacrifice, the future has its price”

Posted on October 14, 2023 by TTG

A question in many minds is what the hell did Hamas expect to accomplish with the  execution of al-Aqsa Flood? Why go far beyond a successful and shocking military raid to widespread commissions of atrocities upon innocents? Is Hamas no … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Israel, Middle East, TTG | 122 Comments

The capture of the CSS Florida – 7 October 1864 

Posted on October 7, 2023 by TTG

Comment: This is the work of Matt Palmquist, a writer, editor Civil War enthusiast and unabashed Unionist. His CivilWar Humor Twitter account was a great source of amusement and history. I’ve been holding onto this Twitter thread of his for … Continue reading →

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A bloodsucking parasite

Posted on September 21, 2023 by TTG

“I think the problem that we’ve had is that people decided they didn’t really want to work so much anymore through COVID and that has had a massive issue on productivity. Tradies have definitely pulled back on productivity. They have … Continue reading →

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