Britain’s Vietnam War

August 22, 2019 by The Tactical Hermit in Britain and UK, Brush-Up On Your History, Cold War History, Counter-Insurgency, Examining GW Tactics, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, Historical Study, History Corrected, History Remembered, History Roundup, Know your History, Military History and tagged Britain's Vietnam, Cold War History, French indo-China, Guerilla Warfare History, Mark Felton, Post WWII Southeast Asia

Know Your History!

Very eye-opening and informative 8 minutes.

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Mills’ Marauders – Last Stand at South Georgia 1982

June 12, 2019 by The Tactical Hermit in Britain and UK, Cold War Files, Cold War History, History Remembered, History Roundup, Military History and tagged 20th Century Military History, Cold War Era History, Falklands War, Mill's Marauders, Viking Life Blog

So much military history of the 20th Century has been forgotten..let’s honor these brave men and in the process learn something or another about honor and integrity.

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Find out the forgotten story of how 22 Royal Marines faced down an Argentine invasion of a remote British Antarctic colony in April 1982.

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Guerilla Warfare History: Interviews with Hackworth and Giap

October 28, 2018 by The Tactical Hermit in 4GW, American History, American History 101, Asymmetrical Warfare, Civilian Operator 101, Cold War Files, Cold War History, Fourth Gen Warfare, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History and tagged Civilian Operator 101, CO 101, Colonel David Hackworth, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, PBS, Vietnam War

These are two interview transcripts I found on PBS from a 20th Century Historical Timeline Documentary

One is with Colonel David Hackworth, United States Army Retired and the author of About Face.

The other interview is with Vo Nguyen Giap, a Viet-Minh General.

Guerilla Warfare History is of extreme importance to the Civilian Operator. BOLO for more articles like this soon.

Interview with Col. David Hackworth
U.S. Army, South Vietnam

Interview with Vo Nguyen Giap
Viet Minh Commander

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Why So Many Western Covert Operations Have Failed Since World War II

October 14, 2018 by The Tactical Hermit in Ancient Military History, Brush-Up On Your History, Civilian Operator 101, COIN, Cold War Files, Cold War History, Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism 101, Counterintelligence, Current Events, Dark Arts For Good Guys, Deconstructing Terrorism, European History, Examining Terrorist Tactics, Fieldcraft, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, Historical Study, History Roundup, Iran, ISIS, Learning from Terrorist Tactics, Middle East, Military History, Military History Books Worth A Damn, Obscure WW2 History, Small unit Tactics, Studies in Warfare, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Tactics, Tradecraft, Urban Skill Sets, Urban Warfare, Warfare, Warrior Poet, World History, World War II History, World War Two Book's Worth A Damn, WW2 Era Weapons and tagged Clandestine Warfare, Covert Operations, Guerilla Warfare, History of SOE, Lawrence of Arabia, Military History Now, OSS, Proxy Wars, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, SOE, WW2 Special Operations

Shots in the Dark – Why So Many Western Covert Operations Have Failed Since WW2

A Great read both from a historical point of view and practical, Civilian Operator POV on the RELEVANCE of Guerilla Warfare in the 21st Century.

You have to Understand the Lessons of History in order not to repeat the mistakes of the past….this is why every Warrior needs to be a Scholar and Historian FIRST!

Read this article twice and look up the links and read about them…this is a study worthy of your time I promise you.

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