Luftwaffe officers during the Second World War

Lady’s great grandfather (mother’s father’s father) was an officer and combat pilot in the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War.

1st Life Hussars Regiment of the Prussian Army and the Imperial German Army in formation. The regiment was nicknamed the “Death’s Head Hussars” for their famous Totenkopf (skull) emblem on their headgear and their black uniforms.

Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire. 15 September 1911.

Multiple of Lady’s ancestors were officers in the 1st Life Hussars Regiment “Death’s Head Hussars”, including her great great grandfather (mother’s father’s father’s father) who was an officer in that regiment during the First World War.

Victoria Luise, German Princess and Princess of Prussia, in the uniform of the 2nd Life Hussars Regiment.

In addition to being the daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia, Victoria Luise is also the great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, the grandmother of King Constantine II of Greece, and the great grandmother of King Felipe VI of Spain.

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Nietzsche

"The thing that’s in between talent and success can be summed up in one word: discipline. Do you have the discipline to do the work, to make the hard decisions, to put in the daily grind?"

JOCKO

United Kingdom Special Boat Service - “By Strength and Guile”

Video by Kanutster on YouTube

I personally know that at least two of the young officers from this documentary on Royal Marines Officer training later became commanding officers of the British Special Boat Service (SBS), the British Royal Navy’s Tier 1 Special Forces unit: Lieutenant Colonel Richard van der Horst and Lieutenant Colonel Conrad Thorpe.

Knight’s weakness ;)

The Royal Air Force College Cranwell (1961)

RAF Cranwell trains officers for the Royal Air Force

Knight’s paternal grandfather was an officer and combat pilot in the Air Force and he would have gone through a very similar, if not identical, training regimen as that shown in the video, as he completed his officer’s training and received his officer’s commission on a date not far from 1961. He would have known the men in the video. It is possible that he may be featured in the video as well, but Knight will neither confirm nor deny that due to privacy reasons.

Both of Knight’s paternal great grandfathers were also Air Force officers and combat pilots and participated in the Second World War.

British Royal Marines Christmas Firefight

Helmand Province, Afghanistan. 2007.

“HATE FOR HATE — AND RUTH FOR RUTH,
EYE FOR EYE — AND TOOTH FOR TOOTH,
SCORN FOR SCORN — AND SMILE FOR SMILE,
LOVE FOR LOVE — AND GUILE FOR GUILE,
WAR FOR WAR, — AND WOE FOR WOE,
BLOOD FOR BLOOD — AND BLOW FOR BLOW.”

- Ragnar Redbeard, “Might is Right”

“If a man smite you on one cheek, smash him down; smite him hip and thigh”

- Ragnar Redbeard, “Might is Right”

“The natural world is a world of war; the natural man is a warrior; the natural law is tooth and claw.”

- Ragnar Redbeard, “Might is Right”

👱🏻‍♀️ > everything