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Hitler’s invasion of Crete followed hot on the heels of his devastating campaign on the Greek mainland. Forewarned by Ultra, General Freyberg prepared to meet the attack at several locations across the island (right). Major airborne assaults at Rethimno and Iraklio, and a smaller one at Kastelli, were contained. West of Hania, however—the preserve of 2 New Zealand Division—the Germans gained toeholds at Maleme airfield and in Prison Valley (below). After an unsuccessful attempt to retake the airfield, the New Zealanders fell back to the east, along with other Allied forces from the Hania–Souda area. Despite fearless resistance, notably at Galatos, 42nd Street and Stilos, retreat to the south coast and evacuation by the Royal Navy offered the bulk of Freyberg’s army its only chance of escape. For many, even this proved a forlorn hope, roughly a quarter of the total force falling prisoner. Resistance to the German (and Italian) occupation of Crete was intense, but liberation came only in 1945. https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/crete/ In May 1941 the German Luftwaffe conducted the first purely airborne invasion of an island in history. Although German airborne forces would seize the island of Crete their operational objective, the operation was accomplished at great risk of failure and at great cost in personnel and resources due to the lawed application of operational art. Operation Mercury was an operational objective of opportunity following unexpectedly successful operations in Greece and Yugoslavia. With only three weeks to plan and prepare prior to execution, improvisation and compromise would characterize the attack. although the operation ended in the seizure of Crete, the cost in lives and resources would prevent Hitler from ever again risking his airborne forces in a major airborne operation. This case study reviews the broad strategic setting surrounding the operation and provides an analysis contrasting German planning and preparation with execution. Through an examination of the operational factors of space, time, and force, an analysis of the operational functions of operational command and control, intelligence, and fires, and an examination of vertical envelopment as a form of operational maneuver, on can derive significant lessons learned applicable to todays forced entry operations. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA392873.pdf

A Documentary revealing the inner circle of the Nazi occult groups such as the Thule society and Black Sun and how they used psychic communication with extra dimensional and extra terrestrial beings in order to further their knowledge and technology by making flying saucers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Air_Base https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Swabia The Cosmic Conspiracy (Secrets of the Universe) - https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/antarctica/antartica38.htm Maria Orsic, the Vril & UFOs – Nazi Germany Secrets - https://www.gaia.com/article/maria-orsic-vril-ufos-nazi-germany-secrets The Occult Reich - http://occultreich.blogspot.com/2012/03/thule-gesellschaft.html Maria Orsic - https://ajeshashok.com/duhovnoe-razvitie/28703-mariya-orshich-devushka-medium.html Bavaria, the Thule Society, the SOSJ and the Making of a Revolutionary Faith - https://visupview.blogspot.com/2014/04/bavaria-thule-society-sosj-and-making.html

For the first time, the legendary 2006 Russian documentary 'Third Reich - Operation UFO' in its entirety, fully translated into English and available for free viewing. Many thanks to Irina Du Toit for the translation and the saucer people for the subtitles. The film explores the historical mysteries and rumors' of a Nazi secret base in Antarctica, the 1947 flying saucer attack on Admiral Byrd's ill-fated 'Operation Highjump' expedition and the occult origins of Third Reich anti-gravity engines, flying discs and ancient Atlantean technologies viewed through the lens of perhaps the three most mysterious twentieth century German organizations of all: the 'Thule Society, 'Vril Society' and the 'Ahnenerbe' One of the core themes of the film is the alleged existence of 'Base 211', the legendary underground Nazi base in the Antarctica. Drawing upon the pre-war Nazi interest in Antarctica and the creation of 'New Swabia'; the testimony of German U-Boat submarine commanders and the alleged disappearance of thousands of Nazi scientists and engineers at the end of the war, personnel that cannot be accounted for by the Vatican and Odessa 'rat lines' or American 'Operation Paperclip' activities. In addition, the film analyses the actual geo-physical possibilities of an underground base in Antarctica. The other core theme is the alleged existence of a Nazi flying saucer program and the many evidential strands that this area generates. From the supposed channeling of extraterrestrial engineering schematics by members of the German occult group 'Thule Society' in the early part of the twentieth century to the 'implosion engine' of Viktor Schauberger and its possible appropriation by the Third Reich. Bringing us to the the latter part of the twentieth century the documentary illustrates the many sightings of unknown crafts around the Antarctic region and the theoretical basis for polar wormholes as entrance and exit points for visiting extraterrestrial spaceships and the possible involvement of HAARP, as well as asking why nearly all American Antarctic bases seem to be populated by agents of the National Security Agency and CIA. Like the study of any phenomena and/or events that exist at the edges of consensus reality, occupy imaginal realms and are subject to historical revisionism; the interface of myth and reality is a shifting mosaic of fact, speculation, disinformation and fantasy, or to use the phrase of head CIA counter-intelligence spook, James Jesus Angleton, we have entered a "wilderness of mirrors". Certainly there are elements in the documentary that give cause for concern such as the alleged "Special Bureau 13", the Nazi secret flying saucer research group and its similarity to the top secret government agency in the early eighties role playing game "Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic " (though equally the RPG title could be an insider homage to this secret Nazi organisation). Likewise, there is the lack of information on the existence of the US Navy destroyer 'Murdoch' in the testimony recounted by pilot 'John Sireson' in his description of the flying saucer attack on Admiral Byrd's fleet (testimony taken from an interview by the late pioneering American researcher Leonard Stringfield). Equally, the testimony of Admiral Byrd that flying saucers attacked the 'Operation Highjump' fleet is of historical record as is his testimony to Congress of enemies that have the ability to fly "pole to pole". Likewise, the creation of 'New Swabia' is as much a historical fact as the 'impossible' existence of the 'Piri Reis' map. What sets this documentary apart from most others of its kind is the inclusion of high ranking Russian scientists and military personnel and their testimony should not be discounted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Highjump http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Swabia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahnenerbe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis_map The German Antarctic Expedition 1938-39 http://www.amazon.com/Third-Reich-Antarctica-Antarctic-Expedition/dp/1852971037 Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity http://www.amazon.com/Black-Sun-Esoteric-Politics-Identity/dp/0814731554 Admiral Richard E. Byrd and The Phantom of the Poles http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Diary-Admiral-Richard-Phantom/dp/160611137X

America's Atomic Bomb Tests - Operation Cue - An Everyday Test

America's Atomic Bomb Tests - Operation Upshot Knothole

America's Atomic Bomb Tests - Operation Doorstop- Test Results

America's Atomic Bomb Tests - Let's Face It - Test Assessment

America's Atomic Bomb Tests - Operation Tumbler Snapper

America's Atomic Bomb Tests - Part 4 - Sub-Kiloton Effects

America's Atomic Bomb Tests - Part 3 - Underwater Tests

America's Atomic Bomb Tests - Operation Hardtack - Part 2 - High Altitude Tests

America's Atomic Bomb Tests - Part 1 - Basic Effects - Structures and Materials

During the height of the Cold War, the world’s preeminent communist powers – the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union – were also at odds over differing political ideologies. With a willingness on both sides to escalate their conflict to war, the threat of nuclear catastrophe loomed larger than ever. A very good educational video made by the Georgetown University, Washington DC, for the Arms Control Seminar, describing China's "Underground Great Wall" tunnel network, which plays an important role in China's nuclear deterrence capability by enabling China to have a survivable second strike ability, while simultaneously masking the true number of China's nuclear arsenal. By 2011, the "Underground Great Wall" is reported to amass 3500 miles in total, hiding an estimated number of 2500 to 3000 nuclear warheads. The "Underground Great Wall" also hides underground production/enrichment facilities and nuclear reactors for additional warhead production. -https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/chinas-underground-great-wall-subterranean-ballistic-missiles