A Brief History On August 31, 1939, German troops dressed in Polish uniforms pretended to attack a German radio station near the German-Polish border at Gleiwitz (Gliwice in Polish). Concentration camp inmates had been previously shot and dressed in German uniforms and left at the radio station to make it seem the Poles had attacked Germany, giving Germany the excuse for starting World War II in Europe. Actions taken against one’s own side under the guise of being an attack by an enemy is a ruse known as a false flag operation. These can be done on air, on land…
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A Brief History On August 30, 1879, American Army and Confederate Army General John Bell Hood died of Yellow Fever, only six days after his wife and daughter died of that disease, leaving behind 10 orphaned children and a rich heritage as a fighting man. Digging Deeper Hood was born in Kentucky in 1831, and received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point from his uncle, Congressman Richard French. Nearly expelled for being assigned an excess of demerits, Hood graduated #44 out of 52 graduates of the class of 1853. The Superintendent of West Point during…
A Brief History On August 30, 1792, Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed a captain in the French Army, a major stepping stone on the path that eventually resulted in his becoming Emperor of the French. Over two centuries later, on August 30, 2017, we honor that most august of monarchs, Napoleon I the Great. Not at all the little blustering egoist of myth, and certainly not the Anti-Christ, Napoleon is much more than that, and we will share 10 amazing reasons why you should agree. Digging Deeper 1. Napoleon was born in Corsica, an island owned by Italy up until only 2…
A Brief History On August 29, 2017, Southern Texas is reeling from the ongoing effects of Hurricane Harvey, and in times of crisis, you can bet you will find extraordinary people that step up to be heroes, and other creeps that show their true colors as zeroes. Today, we cheer the heroes of this past week, and jeer the zeroes. (Yes, we know we are using an 8 day week!) Digging Deeper 1. Cheers: Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather. McGregor, the current darling of MMA fans, sought the biggest fight of his career by challenging Mayweather, perhaps the greatest boxer for…
A Brief History From August 29-30, 1813, The Battle of Kulm was fought near the town Kulm (Chlumec) and the village Přestanov in northern Bohemia, during the War of the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Digging Deeper 32,000 French troops under Dominique Vandamme attacked an army of about 50-60,000 Austrians, Russians and Prussians under Alexander Ostermann-Tolstoy. The French were defeated with heavy losses on both sides. The French lost some 5,000 killed or wounded and another 7,000-13,000 captured, including Vandamme, while the Austrian, Prussian, and Russian casualties and losses numbered around a similarly horrific 11,000 total. For perspective, the…