Office by Alex Penny
Historical Actors Guild
The Soviet Army: Operations and Tactics
The Soviet Army: Specialized Warfare and Rear Area Support
The Soviet Army: Troops, Organization, and Equipment
Defending Forward: Soviet Activities In Front of the Main Line of Defense
Changing Soviet Objective Depths: A Reflection of Changing Combat Circumstances
Three cheers
for 200 years
of peace between
the Enlish-speaking peoples
on the North American continent!
Hip, hip, hurrah! 1812, the war we all won
by taking a giant, collective dump
on the heads of the First Nations.
It is my sincere hope
that you will consider
a trip to the beautiful
Niagara region
this summer.
Soviet Women Soldiers
—
Lysander Spooner, An Essay on the Trial by Jury, 1852 (via poetrespasser)
Would anyone like a free copy of Pride of Nations, or know someone else who might want one as a gift? I bought a second copy on sale at GamersGate and I can’t think of anyone I know who would be likely to play it. It’s got a very steep learning curve, and processing turns can take upwards of 2-3 minutes on my laptop in the Grand Campaign (1850-1920 in two-week turns - yikes!). It’s not for the faint of heart, but if you’re into 19th century grand strategy, this game is a real gem, and if you find the GC too tedious, it also comes with smaller scenarios like the Indian Mutiny, Risorgimento, and the Russo-Japanese War.
327 years ago: a genius was born and the music would never be same anymore. Nor even the world would have so much beauty. Beauty big enough to make one hold on on life, believing how blessed he is to live in the same world as this genius.
Happy birthday, dear Georg Friedrich Händel!
(via canuhandelthis)
February 22nd - Today marks the 164th anniversary of the French Revolution of 1848. The “February Revolution” was sparked by the suppression of the campagne des banquets. This revolution was driven by nationalist and republican ideals among the French general public, who believed that the people should rule themselves.
Because political gatherings and demonstrations were outlawed in France, activists of the largely middle class opposition to the government began to hold a series of fund-raising banquets. This campaign of banquets (Campagne des banquets), was intended to circumvent the governmental restriction on political meetings and provide a legal outlet for popular criticism of the regime.
Anger over the outlawing of the political banquets, brought crowds of Parisians flooding out into the streets at noon on 22 February 1848. The crowds erected barricades in the streets of Paris, and fighting broke out between the citizens and the Parisian municipal guards. The next day, Prime Minister Guizot resigned and King Louis Philippe abdicated and fled to England.
February 22nd 1943: Members of the White Rose group are executed in Nazi Germany
On this day in 1943 three members of the peaceful resistance movement in Nazi Germany, the White Rose, were executed. The White Rose comprised of students from the University of Munich and their philosophy professor and distributed leaflets protesting against the regime of Adolf Hitler. On 18th February 1943, the siblings Sophie and Hans Scholl were arrested by the Gestapo for being discovered distributing these leaflets. On the 22nd, the Scholls and Christoph Probst (the founding members of the group) were tried, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. That same day the three were executed by guillotine at Stadelheim Prison. After their executions the remaining members were arrested and killed, thus ending their resistance movement.
The group’s motto was:“We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will not leave you in peace!”
(Source: placeboseverywhere, via sing-a-song-of-revolution-deact)
