20th Century
The Desert War – March 1943
With the Axis on the run in Tunisia it was only a matter of time until they had to surrender. Their supply routes to Tunisia were under constant attack and the Axis could do little [more…]
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20th Century
The Desert War – February 1943
This month sees the battle of the Kassarine Pass.This was where the Axis forces gave the Americans a run for their money and may have been the start of the “our Italians” handle given to [more…]
Authoritarianism
The price of energy
The rise in energy prices has been confusing me. With standing charges being increased three or more fold and the cost per unit heading for the stratosphere, what on earth is going on. There is [more…]
20th Century
The Desert War – January 1943
January 1943 saw the Casablanca Conference take place where FDR, Churchill, Charles de Gaulle and Henri Giraud (de Gaulle’s #2) would discuss the future of the war though the French were not really involved in [more…]
Arts
Soundbites
The vast majority of yer actual lefties give the impression that they are incapable of either thinking or concentrating and this means their education has to be conducted in soundbites. They use these soundbites to [more…]
20th Century
The Desert War – December 1942
Things are finally looking up for the Allies at the last month of 1942. The Axis are on the run in North Africa, Operation Torch has been a success though not without some busy bits. [more…]
Arts
MSM compliance
One of today’s conundrums, hinted at in my Elected Lords article is the supine compliance of the MSM with what appears to be all the woke nonsense. For the poor lefties who don’t know what [more…]
Authoritarianism
What are they doing in our name
The fat Turk in a very recent interview with CNN has said that the Germans wanted the war in Ukraine to be over quickly. This has since been denied by the Germans but remember, this [more…]
Communism
Elected Lords
Sir Keith Starmer’s call for an elected House of Lords brings to mind the conundrum caused when you replace an essentially toothless institution with an elected one. This applies equally to an elected President replacing [more…]