Tag: history
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Can I make you stop to read about some remarkable American generals you’ve likely never heard of? No worries, US leaders know far less about US history than you do (yes, don’t be modest).
Civil War Confessions, US Political Confessions
We see the Americans lose war after war, but somehow they never feel like losers. Well, here is why. On US Custerism and the war on Iran.
Civil War Confessions, on this day in history
Grant was no Trump. He didn’t do what got him attention, he did what got the job doneOn this day in history, March 10th 1864, Lincoln appointed Grant as commander in chief of all Union forces.
On This Day In History: 9th of March 1945, The US firebomb Tokio. Deadliest conventional bombardment in history. With a lesson strategists refuse to learn
On This Day In The American Civil War. 8th of March 1862 :: The Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia blasts wooden ships into oblivion
History Confessions, on this day in history
On this day in history: On March 8, 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam.
History Confessions, on this day in history
On This Day In History: 7th of March 1936, Nazi-America reoccupy the Rhineland
Iran’s strategy has failed. The Iranian equivalent of the German V1 and V2 rockets ended the same way. Scary on paper, good for morale, but in the end no miracle weapons
On This Day In History: On March 6th , 2021, Pope Francis met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, in Najaf.
Israel only regrets not being much more aggressive EARLIER. Zhi Hauser is tired of Israel scoring mere tactical wins, he finally wants a total strategic victory for Israel. Will Israel ‘gazify’ Teheran, Beirut and other major cities to try and achieve that goal?
The books I read in 2025
The Confessor 