The Legend of Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Hoare

January 28, 2023 by The Tactical Hermit in Africa, Civilian Operator 101, Cold War Files, Cold War History, Guerilla Warfare, Guerilla Warfare History, Military History, Military History Books Worth A Damn, Small Unit Tactics, South Africa, Strategy, Studies in Warfare, Tactics, Tales from the Battlefield, War Documentaries Worth A Damn, Warfare, Warrior Poet, White Culture, White Genocide, White History, White Identity, White Nationalism and tagged Africa, Cold War Files, Congo Mercenary, Mercenary Stories, Mike Hoare, Military History, South Africa, Warfare

I remember reading Congo Mercenary while deployed many moons back.

This guy was the stuff of legend.

Europe Renaissance

Mercenary ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare (1919-2022) was perhaps the best-known of the European mercenaries who fought in the Congo Crisis (1960-1965). Born to Irish parents in Calcutta he was educated in England. A rarity for mercenaries who spend their lives on the frontlines, Hoare, at 101 years old seemingly benefited from the unstinting devotion of a very special and caring guardian angel. A veteran of numerous conflicts, Mike Hoare earned his spurs as an officer in the London Irish Rifles.

What does an army captain do when World War II becomes history? He becomes a chartered accountant of course. When led by Europeans prosperous and peaceful South Africa was a magnet for many disenchanted Britons. Mike Hoare was no exception. The amiable demobbed Brit set up a charted accountant’s business in South Africa.

As a South African citizen, Mike Hoare combined his sense of adventure and soldierly know-how to organise safaris…

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Know Your White South African History: The Battle of Blood River (1838)

December 19, 2022 by The Tactical Hermit in Historical Study, History Remembered, History Roundup, Know Your Enemy, Know your History, South Africa, White Culture, White Discrimnation, White Genocide, White History, White Identity, White Nationalism, White Pride, World History and tagged Battle of Blood River, Boer History, Historical Study, Know your History, South Africa, White History, World History

On This Day in History: The Battle of Blood River

I find it fascinating that white settlers fighting off savages to try and make a better life for their families is not just a purely American story!

Manifest Destiny applies to White’s Everywhere!

For further reading on the subject, check out Origins of the Battle of Blood River 1838.

A Time to Move and a Time to Dig Trenches

October 22, 2022 by The Tactical Hermit in Black Crime, Black on White Crime, Black Power Militants, Communism, Communism Sucks, Marxism, Race Reality, Racial Hate Crime, Racial Issues, South Africa, White Culture, White Discrimnation, White Genocide, White History, White Identity, White Nationalism, White Pride, White Privilege Myth and tagged Black Crime, Black on White Crime, Communism, Marxism, Racial Reality, South Africa, White Culture, White Genocide, White Identity, White Nationalism, White Pride, White Solidarity

White Solidarity Works.

VikingLifeBlog

I recently wrote a piece for the international publication IM-1776 on what Westerners can learn from South Africa. This video is a reading of that piece.

Conscious Caracal

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Solution-building in a ‘De-developing’ country

Claiming reality: The real world is ourally

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