Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘Senegalese Tirailleurs’

Life can be made far more frightening than death

Today I suddenly understood another aspect of the military genius that Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman is showing. The Arab League and its allies are fighting in Syria, using new weapons that I call EMPFAE munitions. They produce shock waves and nonnuclear electromagnetic pulses that wreck the enemy’s electronics. They…

 

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The best soldiers of World War I were Muslim

Since we’re talking about France and Muslims, and since we’re now in the centennial of World War I, here’s a post on the best troops of that conflict. Without question, the most skilled, feared, and successful units of both sides were Muslim. First, the Central Powers—Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. The Bosnian regiments…

 

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