<![CDATA[HISTORYNUT.NET]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3IEx!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F084d2701-ce7a-4770-a832-61648135538b_174x174.pngHISTORYNUT.NEThttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.comSubstackSun, 21 Jun 2026 21:48:59 GMT<![CDATA[The Limits of Force, Part 1]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/the-limits-of-force-part-1https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/the-limits-of-force-part-1Fri, 29 May 2026 21:18:26 GMT

Terugblik: Suez-crisis in 1956 | NOS
French soldiers after landing in Port Said.

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On the evening of October 29, 1956, Gamal Abdul Nasser was standing on the roof of the Koubbah Palace in Cairo. But he wasn’t looking at any sunset, or any stars emerging…

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]]><![CDATA[Sgt. Alvin York and the "Just War."]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/sgt-alvin-york-and-the-just-warhttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/sgt-alvin-york-and-the-just-warFri, 01 May 2026 20:11:15 GMTBlessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called the Children of God. Matthew 5:9.

Sergeant York (film) - Wikipedia

What should a Christian do when his or her country is at war?

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It’s a question that many people of faith have be…

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]]><![CDATA[War by Remote]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/war-by-remotehttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/war-by-remoteTue, 31 Mar 2026 02:26:40 GMT

Russia Enhances "Shahed-136" Combat Drones with Thermobaric Explosives ...
The HESA Shahed 136 might well be the most effective weapon in the Iranian arsenal.

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]]><![CDATA[Chasing A Ghost]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/chasing-a-ghosthttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/chasing-a-ghostThu, 26 Feb 2026 01:58:24 GMT
Donald Trump renomme le Kennedy Center en son honneur, les descendants ...

First he obliterates the Rose Garden, Jackie Kennedy’s once lasting contribution to the beauty of the White House.

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Then he fires the entire board that oversees the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing …

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]]><![CDATA[The Spectacle in Red Square]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/the-spectacle-in-red-squarehttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/the-spectacle-in-red-squareFri, 02 Jan 2026 05:48:36 GMT“Kakogo cherta?!”

German who flew to Red Square during cold war admits it was irresponsible | Germany | The Guardian
The photo taken at the moment that Mathias Rust prepared to land and make history.

In Russian this means “What the hell?!” It is a safe bet that at least one person at Red Square, Moscow at least thought this on the evening of May 28, 1987, when a small, single engine Cessna touched down just behind St. Basil’s Cathedral onto Bol…

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]]><![CDATA[Judgement at Nuremberg]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/judgement-at-nuremberghttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/judgement-at-nurembergWed, 19 Nov 2025 03:19:46 GMT
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961 film poster) - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search

I begin the critique of this film by describing what it is NOT about.

For starters, it is not about the famous 1945-1946 trial of the high-ranking party and government leaders that were still alive after the guns finally fell silent (a good movie about that trial is in the theaters now.) But “Judgement at Nuremberg” takes place two years lat…

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]]><![CDATA[How Far Will He Go? ]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/how-far-will-he-gohttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/how-far-will-he-goSat, 25 Oct 2025 04:28:42 GMT
Papst Leo XIV. hat bei seiner ersten offiziellen Audienz Künstliche Intelligenz als zentrales Thema für die Menschheit bezeichnet. | Heute.at
Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV

I am a Protestant.

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My faith is not something I put on my sleeve, but it is something that I can talk freely about. However, even while I do not subscribe to Catholic doctri…

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]]><![CDATA[One Medal, One Life.]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/one-medal-one-lifehttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/one-medal-one-lifeMon, 15 Sep 2025 01:53:22 GMT

Charles Edward Dryhurst.

Service No. G/9675

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4th Battalion; Royal Fusiliers.

All of the above information is engraved on the rim of a medal that I purchased from an online seller of medals, decorations and other mil…

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]]><![CDATA[The "Hoax" Revisited. Part 3]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/the-hoax-revisited-part-3https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/the-hoax-revisited-part-3Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:38:28 GMT
File:ThompsonWatergate.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
Sen. Howard Baker (TN) Showed how to put principle above blind partisanship, but also did whatever he could to give Nixon a fair shake.

"What did the President know and when did he know it?"

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- Sen. Howard Baker (R-TN)

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]]><![CDATA["Hoax" Revisited. Pt. 2]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/hoax-revisited-pt-2https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/hoax-revisited-pt-2Sun, 03 Aug 2025 01:48:29 GMT

Österreich ist laut einem Verfassungsschutzbericht ein Spionage-Paradies für russische Geheimagenten. | Heute.at

I do not believe for a second that Donald Trump and his sycophant Tulsi Gabbard seriously intend to indict former President Barack Obama. That’s really not the point of these and other “investigations” that he and his allies in Congress. It’s just retaliation and harassment on a monumental scale.

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]]><![CDATA["Hoax" Revisited. Pt. 1.]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/hoax-revisited-pt-1https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/hoax-revisited-pt-1Wed, 23 Jul 2025 01:42:05 GMT

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One of the few things that Donald Trump is considered to be a master of, is distraction.

He’s been doing it throughout his political career and he is doing it now. But this time, his distraction may wel…

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]]><![CDATA[Prime Time Armageddon ]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/prime-time-armageddonhttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/prime-time-armageddonTue, 01 Jul 2025 00:41:55 GMT

Nuclear Bomb Detonation by SilentEmotionn on DeviantArt

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In 1983, it seemed like the world was careening towards catastrophe.

My school had an assembly where the speaker told us what a single nuclear warhead could do to little old Elizabethtown if detonated ov…

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]]><![CDATA[What should we do in the face of oppression? Ask the Czechs.]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/learn-from-the-czechshttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/learn-from-the-czechsSun, 08 Jun 2025 05:20:16 GMT
Prague-1968-street-scene, Finland - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Image

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]]><![CDATA[The Night of the Captains.]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/the-night-of-the-captainshttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/the-night-of-the-captainsTue, 03 Jun 2025 03:22:04 GMT
File:Salgueiro Maia graffiti.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
Salgueiro Maia is remembered and memorialized as one of Portugal’s greatest heroes.

Grândola1, brown town

Land of fraternity

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It's the people who lead

Inside you, oh city

Inside you, oh city

It's the people who lead

Land of fra…

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]]><![CDATA[Twilight In Milan]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/twilight-in-milanhttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/twilight-in-milanMon, 28 Apr 2025 02:19:08 GMT

Operation Eiche: The Rescue of Benito Mussolini
For SS Col. Otto Skorzeny, the Gran Sasso Raid would be the most remembered of all of his special operations. But it seems that Mussolini is less than thrilled.

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]]><![CDATA[Implosion]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/implosionhttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/implosionFri, 28 Mar 2025 02:06:29 GMT
L'exposition "Ciao Italia !" (Musée national de l'histoire… | Flickr

Benito Mussolini always liked to present himself as a man of action. He could be seen driving a sports car, or working in the fields during his “Battle with Wheat” program, and he particularly loved flying. He loved sitting in the co-pilot’s seat while and sometimes would take the controls of the airplane, but only for a brief time. Even after his youngest son Bruno was killed test flying a prototype bomber in 1940, he still had a keen interest in aviation.

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]]><![CDATA[Catastrophe on the Don]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/catastrophe-on-the-donhttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/catastrophe-on-the-donFri, 28 Feb 2025 23:15:12 GMT

Italian soldiers on the Russian Front, with a Breda M30 machine gun and a Carcano carbine.

At approximately 3:15 a.m. on June 22, 1941, the entire European border of the USSR was lit up by over 3,600 artillery pieces firing upon the forward positions of the Red Army. The barrage coincided with a comprehensive airstrike consisting of nearly 4,000 aircraft, and heralded the beginning of an invasion of over three million German and Axis troops in one of the largest land wars ever fought in human history.

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]]><![CDATA[The Conqueror and the Conman]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/the-conqueror-and-the-conmanhttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/the-conqueror-and-the-conmanTue, 18 Feb 2025 02:41:46 GMT

DONALD TRUMP NAPOLEON Collaboration JL David Photoprint Poster Artist Direct | eBay

I suppose this was inevitable.

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Sooner or later, the man who clearly fancies himself as a genius and a man of destiny would resort to invoking the example of someone who could arguably be considered history’s …

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]]><![CDATA[Italy Reprieved]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/italy-reprievedhttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/italy-reprievedFri, 24 Jan 2025 23:14:59 GMT

Public Domain: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, June 194… | Flickr
The two dictators in happier times.

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]]><![CDATA[When The President Came To Town.]]>https://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/when-the-president-came-to-townhttps://toddaraffensperger.substack.com/p/when-the-president-came-to-townMon, 30 Dec 2024 23:42:24 GMT
President Carter leaves Three Mile Island - April 1, 1979 | Flickr
The presidential motorcade leaving the plant. Take note of the massive cooling towers in the background.

When I was nine years old, I thought the world was going to end.

I was in the fourth grade at Mill Road Elementary School in Elizabethtown, PA, when the evening news first reported that at approximately 4 a.m. on March 28th, 1979, one of the Th…

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