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20th Century

The Desert War – September 1941

6th October 2021 well_chuffed 0

Into September 80 years ago and only one piece of news from the lingering battle for East Africa where the Italian garrison at Wolchefitt Pass in Abyssinia surrendered to the King’s African Rifles. Meanwhile back [more…]

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Warmongers

21st September 2021 well_chuffed 0

Having merely perused the headline on one of Peter Hitchens’ blog offerings, it has inspired me to this article that asks one of the great unanswered questions of our time. How did the left go [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – August 1941

31st August 2021 well_chuffed 0

August 1941 was extraordinarily quiet in the theatres we are concentrating on. This month it is only news from Libya and precious little of it there is. But things were happening in Italy. In Tobruk [more…]

Computing

Anonymising Data

26th August 2021 well_chuffed 0

The inspiration for this article was the report that so many people have opted out rHNS’s data sharing scam that they have had to postpone it. The associated throwaway comment that the data would only [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – July 1941

10th August 2021 well_chuffed 0

We reach July 80 years ago, it was quiet on the ground in North Africa but the navies were as busy as ever. There was no news from East Africa and precious little from Greece [more…]

Authoritarianism

We have all been had

5th August 2021 well_chuffed 0

The scam continues. I have posted this graph in the comments but seeing as no c— reads them I thought I might do an article but no c— reads them either. The graph shows the [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – June 1941

30th June 2021 well_chuffed 0

And so to June, the first anniversary of the Desert War and it was a hot month in more ways than one in Libya and Egypt. There is also a small report on East Africa [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – May 1941

20th May 2021 well_chuffed 0

An even busier month than April, lots going on in North Africa, Crete and Abyssinia. The Germans and Italians continued to besiege Tobruk, German paratroops invaded Crete and yet more parts of Abyssinia fell to [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – April 1941

14th April 2021 well_chuffed 0

April was a very busy month 80 years ago, Libya, Greece, Iraq and East Africa were all full of action. On the 1st, just as Rommel began his attack, there was a coup d’état in [more…]

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