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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
Nov 5, 1946 - Nov 19, 2018DittoOriginally Posted by Truckman
...Ben
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Below is an "unwar" story. I have never heard of this incident, and it is reported from an infamous fake news source, RT News, so take it for what it is worth, but it ostensibly reports on the death of a former Soviet Army officer in charge of that empire's nuclear early warning and response team in 1983 who got "The Call" and refused to act later to find the warning was triggered by faulty software in the Soviet satellite system mistaking sunlight off clouds for American missile attacks. The guy is billed as "The Man Who Prevented Armageddon."
https://www.rt.com/news/403625-nucle...-officer-died/
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Nov 5, 1946 - Nov 19, 2018There are probably a lot of these stories that still has not been told. Thanks.
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The particulars of how Nazi Germany's inferior forces routed the French and Brits in their invasion of France in 1940 —
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the...d-war-ii-22799
Had the French, Belgian and Brits defended the Nazi A Army's push through the Ardennes instead of concentrating on the B Army faint to Belgium in the North, WWII may have ended right then & there.
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Nov 5, 1946 - Nov 19, 2018Thanks Joe, I enjoyed that.
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The British SAS "Ghost Patrol" —
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...rmans-11421129
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Myths of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero —
http://www.historynet.com/myth-of-the-zero.htm
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Why Nothing Was Worse Than The Battle Of Stalingrad —
https://scout.com/military/warrior/A...grad-112602409
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The secret dogfight between U.S. & Soviet piloted jets during the Korean War —
https://www.themaven.net/warriormave...sk-NQht5trJS0Q
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For even greater detail and insight, find a copy of William Shirer's "The Collapse of the Third Republic"...Extremely tiny print, and a thousand pages, but the most detailed account of the events leading to the fall of France I've ever read, written by a man who was there to witness it...Maybe after a couple more readings, I'll be able to compose a proper review......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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Not all war stories have to end in death or defeat by one or the other participant...Here's one that ended on a friendly note...And yes, it concerns my beloved F-4's...Suddenly, Archie was struck with an idea; an idea which he discussed with his navigator who seemed quite amused by the preposterous proposition.
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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POW's live a private war, one which doesn't always end even if they return home alive...Sometimes we just move on as best we can, and call it forward progress...When the bodies were later found, Dixon's jacket, which carried letters from his wife in the pockets, was the piece that mistakenly linked him to a deceased fellow soldier.
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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The largest aircraft carrier sinking in history —
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...-carrier-74541
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The cite below is not a “war story,” but rather an article on the history of Japanese military ideology leading to its attack on Pearl Harbor and ultimate defeat. I find it a compelling argument wherein the dominant thought of the Japanese military adopted a American Naval historian & theorist’ view of one decisive battle determinative of war’s fortunes (Kuntai Kessen) written by Alfred Thayer Mahan resulting in the Pearl Harbor attack designed to even the odds presented by pre-war treaty constraints in preparation for the Kuntai Kessen.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...l-harbor-84326
Those of you interested in these things might find the article compelling too.
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