Mercenaries

WEIRD

“We will fight until our last bullet is spent” | Tales From the Bottle

Qxir | December 31, 2025

155 Irish soldiers versus thousands of Katangese and their mercenaries. Sounds like a losing battle, right? You’re correct – but what if the Irish had some whiskey…? “The siege of Jadotville was an engagement during the Congo Crisis in September 1961. “A” Company, 35th Battalion (UN service) of the Irish […]

NATIVE CULTURE

How the Aztec Empire was Built by Spies

PBS Origins | October 17, 2024

Check out A People’s History of Native America here: https://youtu.be/dXJ4Ldy-hLQ In ancient Mesoamerica, an elite class of merchants helped build the Aztec Empire. How? By mastering the arts of spycraft, disguise, and self-sacrifice. These Pochteca acquired plenty of wealth and status and they traveled between cities to collect tribute, trade […]