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Guerrillas in the Mist: A look back at an obscure classic
Glancing over the bookshelf there’s a number of old books that I’ve come back to over and over again through the years. Like all classics, you seem to read something new in them each time. Not necessary something you missed, but maybe things you’ve come to view another way. The wisdom that comes with age…
Guerrillas in the Mist: A look back at an obscure classic, by NC Scout — American Partisan
Know Your History: Simo Hayha – The White Death
Simo Hayha – The White Death
What has always amazed me about Hayha was the MASSIVE amount of kills he was able to rack up (505 confirmed) in such a short period of time (98 days) with a Mosin Nagant with IRON SIGHTS!
For those of you that have shot a Mosin at any distance over a hundred yards, you know what I am talking about!
History has proven time and time again, especially in the Civil War and WW2 that to produce deadly snipers nothing can replace the self-sufficient and practical hunting/gun culture in which they were raised. Their prowess with a rifle was directly related to their survival. Nothing could be a better teacher than that!
Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Historically Relevant Documentaries: The East German Stasi
Stasi – East Germany’s Secret Police
With the direction of this government and it’s stooge “law enforcement” agencies sliding more and more toward big brother totalitarianism, this one hour documentary is definitely well worth your time.
Know Your Enemy as you know yourself.
Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II Book Review
Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II
By Ikuhiko Hata and Yasuho Izawa, Translated by Don Cyril Gorham
Hardcover in dustjacket, 432 pages, appendices, and index. Illustrated with photographs throughout.
Published by Naval Institute Press November 1989
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0-87021-3156
ISBN-13: 978-0-87021-3151
Dimensions: 7.3 x 1.4 x 10.3 inches
Even today, it is comparatively difficult to find detailed information about Japanese military units in the Second World War. The Pacific Theater was vast, the ocean or jungles swallowed up entire units with their ultimate fates being inferred only after the war by comparison with Allied records. Most original wartime records and photographs were ordered destroyed by the Japanese government, whether officially held or in private collections. This periodically results in the re-discovery of some lost detail of interest of historians and modelers, such as the recent revelation of the shape of the stern of the battleship…
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