EARLY EPISODE: The Battle of Little Bighorn Part 3: Custer's Defeat
Added 2022-07-30 07:38:52 +0000 UTCCuster launches himself into an unwinnable battle formed with a military doctrine based upon racism and gets his entire command killed. America turns him into a hero.
Sources:
Thomas Powers. The Killing of Crazy Horse
Dr. Margot Liberty. Cheyenne Primacy: The Tribes' Perspective As Opposed To That Of The United States Army; A Possible Alternative To "The Great Sioux War Of 1876"
Ernie Lapointe. Oral History of the Little Big Horn Battle.
He Dog. Story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Joseph Medicine Crow. From the Heart of the Crow Country. The Crow Indians' Own Stories.
The official record of a court of inquiry convened at Chicago, Illinois, January 13, 1879, by the President of the United States upon the request of Major Marcus A. Reno, 7th U.S. Cavalry, to investigate his conduct at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25-26, 1876
Thomas Powers. How the Battle of Little Bighorn was won.
Robert Utley. How Custer Met His End at Little Bighorn
Comments
I think my favorite thing that I've learned about the battle (other than a bunch of genociding dickheads getting owned) was that there was a sharpshooter clapping Reno/Benteen soldiers after they dug in from 600 yards away with a 50 cal sharps rifle. They think it was probably a fur trapper who married into the tribes because the warriors usually didn't fight like that.
Nicholas Kidd
2022-08-04 21:49:08 +0000 UTCBut whatever your education, the British Empire receives very little critical examination if at all. Its as if the map turned pink one day. Then there's no discussion about the awful things we did. The official narrative is that there were isolated bad things that happened, but we were one of the good guys. That the British Empire brought civilisation and the modern world to backwards people and helped the natives etc. British people are very proud of it, despite not knowing how it came to exist. Its as if the Raj just happened to become British by the grace of God.
Jamie
2022-08-01 19:49:29 +0000 UTC
