I was born in 1973 so Margaret Thatcher was PM for my formaive years.
I very vaguely recall “Sunny Jim” and have no recollection of that fat treachorous oaf Ted Heath or of that deranged buffoon Harold “bloody” Wilson. He thought MI5 were gonna kill him. If only…
So she was my PM. In eleven years [...]
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Victor Davis Hanson: Why Study War?
Why Study War?
Victor Davis Hanson
In case anybody doesn’t know Victor Davis Hanson, he’s a military historian and classicist; former Prof. of Classics at California State U., Fresno; farmer; current Fellow of the Hoover Institution; and essayist, columnist, pundit. He’s very highly regarded over here as a military historian.
The essay is longish (but only one [...]
The truth about NAZIs
They’re actually “Nazis”.
The pure evil of Herr Hitler (scratch that “Herr” - it is a title of respect and honour that Hitler did nothing to command). I think it was Churchill who called him a “guttersnipe”. And he was right. Hitler was not some great Satanic figure. He was scum with terrible hair. [...]
Roman law, modern law and “Feudal” law - a hint as to what that wild madman Paul Marks is on about.
I am no legal expert (”we have noticed Paul”), but I do want to give an hint about what I am on about when I mention the words “Feudal law” or Roman law or modern law - it if be wrong….. well see later for my “get out of jail” card on that.
Before I say [...]
Heroes of the Day…
In a daring raid intended to boost the morale of the French [hmm...], Wing Commander Ken Gatward flew just feet off the ground to put the wind up the Germans.
After dropping a huge French flag on top of the Arc de Triomphe, the British pilot headed towards the Gestapo headquarters which he raked with 20mm [...]
Best Bond Line Like Evah!
And it’s said by Q. “Skyfall” is a decent movie but it lacks such lines…
Some might say this is a good thing.
Some might.
They also might find this puerile…
They just don’t have the eternal mind of a ten year old.
I do.
I’ll leave Carrying on up The Khyber to reality which is infinitely more [...]
The Storm I Believe In.
The Israeli air-force has c.100 F-16I Soufa (Storm) Vipers (nobody uses the official name “Fighting Falcon” because that is camper than a scout jamboree). These are block 50/52 F-16s (the USANG flys block 15s) which have been tricked with conformal tanks and additional Israeli ‘tronics and integration with Rafael and Elbit weapons and systems such [...]
We remember…
Do we wear our poppy with pride? Or with shame that we personally forked no lightning or again with pride that we never had to but others did for us? It’s a tricky one.
It fell off (damn pins!). I had to scrabble for it. There was no way at 11am as I stood in [...]
Did Charles the Bald help create the West - by accident.
What is the post Roman West? How does it differ from the Roman Empire?
Well, for example, under the Roman Empire the army was a professional force - it was the state.
The warbands of the Germanic chiefs were not the world of the Middle Ages either - the armies of the Middle Ages were Feudal, the [...]
For Valour.
Sidney Frank Godley VC (14 August 1889 – 29 June 1957) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the first private soldier awarded the VC in World War I.
Godley [...]
Two World Wars and One World Cup (and the Americans).
This is a gem of idocy from Walter Ellis of the Telegraph…
Most of the world, China now included, views football as the number one team game. You had only to turn on your television or pick up a newspaper in England’s final days in Euro 2012 to realise that, for the English, beating the Germans [...]
Drones & stuff…
This is my response to Single Acts of Tyranny.
Nick and RAB
I wasn’t really talking about historical battles like Lepanto, Famagusta, the always forgotten battle of Tours, forgotten by people moaning about the crusades I mean, (predating the first crusade by some 350 years). By the standards of today you could argue Henry V at [...]
Rambo V
Sylvester Stallone says, at the age of 65, he is ready to don his jungle gear again and star in Rambo 5.
The actor says he is working on a script that will see the former Vietnam veteran fighting his final battle.
With what? Reality, plausibility, drug lords. Yes, drug lords. He is going to be taking [...]
What could possibly go wrong with missiles in the East End?
From Wikipedia,
Construction of the Central Line’s eastern extension was started in the 1930s, and the tunnels were largely complete at the outbreak of the Second World War. While some stretches were used as underground factories, with the advent of the Blitz, Bethnal Green station was used as an air-raid shelter, unofficially at first, and then [...]
