MAKE READING GREAT AGAIN: SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the US in 1940, for the United States Lines and designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs. She carried many names in the 54 years between her construction and her […]
Three mariners spent several days on a deserted island after their boat was damaged. Three stranded sailors were rescued from a deserted island in the Pacific on Tuesday, ending a week-long torment after their boat was damaged, the US Coast Guard said in a statement this week. Rescuers […]
Removed from Amazon’s bookshelves under pressure from the Jewish lobby, Mike Walsh’s beautifully illustrated Life in the Reich was the most popular of the writer-historian’s scores of published books. He simultaneously has had over 1,000 media columns and stories published for British, Spanish and American media publications earning […]
MICHAEL WALSH DISSIDENT HISTORIAN: The U-boat’s captain was mischievous as he put his recently launched U-556 through its trials in the Baltic. It was the winter of 1941 and from his point of view,, it had been a good war. Britain’s merchant shipping convoys ensured the survival of […]
Recently, I came across a story of immense poignancy even though nearly 200 years have passed since the Irish Famine was a major talking point. It is estimated that starvation and deportation of the Irish, Scottish and English folk led to a 50 per cent loss of population […]
MICHAEL WALSH AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN. From June 1941 onward the possibility of a German invasion of England had all but vanished. Another press-promoted lie was that Ireland faced a serious threat of invasion by Germany. In fact, Germany’s twice-elected (1933 and 1936) German Chancellor never contemplated invading the […]
MICHAEL WALSH EX-BRITISH MARINER: The concept of the best submariners of any war is unclear and requires an explanation for correct understanding. Naturally, the definition of who is the best is subjective. Such is the makeup of any submarine complement that all crew members, officers and ratings, earn tributes […]
MICHAEL WALSH FORMER MARINER: The vast oceans and seas that touch all of our lives abound with mystery. The fathomless and mysterious oceans consist of ever-changing horizons hardly touched by human hands. Mysterious because we know more about the distant moon than we do of the enigmatic waters […]
MICHAEL WALSH – EX-MARINER Samuel Plimsoll (1824 – 1898) was an English politician and social reformer. He is best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line. This is a painted watermark on a ship’s hull indicating the ship’s maximum safe draught. If the weight of a loaded cargo pressed the vessel’s […]
MICHAEL WALSH EX-BRITISH MARINER: Underwater archaeologists from Parks Canada have explored one of the two wrecks of the Royal Navy, the Erebus. He was part of the unfortunate 1845 British expedition across the Arctic. The vessel, one of two got stuck in the ice near King William Island along […]
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