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Military history, policy, leaders, weapons and incredible tales of war. Most of these writings are shared with Ciivilianmilitaryintelligencegroup.com
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It Is Always better To Give Than To Receive.
This is fascinating to me.
kcatfish
Jan 9, 2020
The Most Revered Republican: John McCain
The Most Revered Republican: John McCain
A graduate of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, he flew A-4 Skyhawks for the Navy and made many ground strikes on enemy…
kcatfish
Aug 30, 2018
Fuck Civility!
Fuck Civility!
So tired of the flood of articles warning liberals that if they don’t stop insulting wing nuts, then we are going to lose the midterms. You…
kcatfish
Jun 26, 2018
The Cannibals Of Leningrad
The Cannibals Of Leningrad
A steel ring was tightening around Leningrad beginning in September 1941 and it continued horribly, painfully until January 1944. Fedor Von…
kcatfish
Oct 16, 2017
40 Years Later, Voyager I And Voyager II Are Still Working.
40 Years Later, Voyager I And Voyager II Are Still Working.
Artist’s concept of Voyager in flight.
kcatfish
Sep 22, 2017
I Am Battle Comic. Review.
I Am Battle Comic. Review.
It is perfectly appropriate that I write a review of I Am Battle Comic on my military history site. My site is about all things military…
kcatfish
Aug 27, 2017
The German War, A Nation Under Arms, 1939–1945. Nicholas Stargardt
The German War, A Nation Under Arms, 1939–1945. Nicholas Stargardt
I am reading this book.
kcatfish
Aug 25, 2017
The Thoughtless Frightened Search For A Scapegoat
The Thoughtless Frightened Search For A Scapegoat
“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts……
kcatfish
Aug 13, 2017
When 400 Osage Indians Were The Richest People In The World.
When 400 Osage Indians Were The Richest People In The World.
Source: “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann.
kcatfish
Aug 5, 2017
The Owen Gun
The Owen Gun
Evelyn Owen’s first indigenous UK homemade weapon built in 1938 Chambered in .22 Short. He constructed a drum magazine from an automobile…
kcatfish
Jul 25, 2017
Grant Had A Vision How To Win.
Grant Had A Vision How To Win.
Ulysses S. Grant was an odd fellow. Quite smart, and scholarly, and rather petite in person, and meticulously dressed if not from time to…
kcatfish
Jul 21, 2017
The M3 Lee Tank.
The M3 Lee Tank.
The M3 Lee tank had problems for cure. It was over 10 feet tall, which made it an easy target. The armor was not welded, rather it was…
kcatfish
Jul 9, 2017
This Is What Democracy Looks Like.
This Is What Democracy Looks Like.
Originally published at civilianmilitaryintelligencegroup.com on July 4, 2017.
kcatfish
Jul 3, 2017
The Thin Gruel That Trumpism Is.
The Thin Gruel That Trumpism Is.
I had a friend who married a lout. We all loved her and felt for her, and the presence of this guy was always an irritant. She had circles…
kcatfish
Jun 30, 2017
Dr. Seuss It Turns Out Is No Fan Of Donald Trump.
Dr. Seuss It Turns Out Is No Fan Of Donald Trump.
Theodore Geisel was an author and cartoonist who published some of the most popular childrens’ books of all times. He wrote If I Ran the…
kcatfish
Apr 21, 2017
The HS 293 Was The Father Of The SLAM Missile.
The HS 293 Was The Father Of The SLAM Missile.
The HS 293 was one of the new weapons begun in 1939 by Henschel and a pioneering technology that we actually saw come to fruition during…
kcatfish
Apr 17, 2017
The South Began The Civil War With One Large Advantage.
The South Began The Civil War With One Large Advantage.
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Florida were the…
kcatfish
Mar 27, 2017
George Armstrong Custer. The Kanye West Of The Old West.
George Armstrong Custer. The Kanye West Of The Old West.
George Armstrong Custer December 5, 1839 — June 25, 1876, was one of the youngest Generals in US military history. He led troops at the age…
kcatfish
Mar 23, 2017
The Ruhrstahl Ru 344 X-4 World’s First Wire Guided Air-to-Air Missile.
The Ruhrstahl Ru 344 X-4 World’s First Wire Guided Air-to-Air Missile.
The Ruhrstahl Ru 344 X-4 was the world’s first wire guided air-to-air missile. It was also the prototype to the Malkara, developed by the…
kcatfish
Mar 15, 2017
The Salvator-Dormus. The World’s First Semi-Automatic Pistols.
The Salvator-Dormus. The World’s First Semi-Automatic Pistols.
In 1891 Archduke Carl Salvator and Sir George Dormus designed perhaps the world’s first semiautomatic pistol. It fired an 8mm round and was…
kcatfish
Feb 19, 2017
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