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๐จ It's the 30th June 1944, so where to begin?! In this week's News of the War, the pages are full of reasons fror @andyaitch.bsky.social to get stuck in, and @merrynwalters.uk to chip in occasionally with, well, WW2 scoops, really.
EPSOM. OVERLORD. BAGRATION. UNCLE ROGER.
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Latest Substack post refers to Tuesdayโs forthcoming Q&A - hope you can join us. open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...
Expect this may be of interest to the #histbookchat #vietnamwar folks.
๐จ Welcome to this week's News of the War.
It's the 29th April 1944. *Quite* a lot has happened.
Join @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk , and this cheeky chap too, to find out what's in the headlines behind the frontlines in this week's episode.
Recognise him?!
Join us this Friday for the new episode, looking at all the headlines from the 29th of April 1944.
Including the long awaited wartime curling update.
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@merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
Either way, it was outstanding Dr B. ๐
Looking forward to the new book.
My extremely battered copy lives on one of the bookshelves next to a spin-off.
You're welcome, she is currently undergoing a refurbishment.
Cockpit section of Blackburn Buccaneer XW550 at Cotswold Airport.
Great job.
XW550 looks slightly different nowadays.
Very little time left for this offer. Do take advantage of it!
Troops at 52nd Training Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps undergo instruction at Bovington Camp, Dorset. Models controlled by magnets are used to show driving errors. May 1941.
IWM (AYY 119), War Office Film Unit
๐จ In February 1944, what would *you* have discovered in #NewsoftheWar? Multiple invasion reports. Invasion stats. Germany's view on multilple reports of invasion stats.
Loose lips sink ships *BUT*... apparently, it's already in the newspapers! @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
I agree, I always thought he was outstanding in Days of Thunder.
Thread: Rethinking the battlefield as a network, not a map
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Most of us learned to understand war through maps - arrows advancing, fronts collapsing, etc. Clean lines, clear shapes. A sense that geography tells us the whole story.
But this is only the entry point.
www.euronews.com/2026/02/17/u...
Outstanding, way to go!
Following the SAS deeper into Antarctica at Stonington Island. John Tonkin โ no stranger to narrow escapes โ faces another in the ice, while Mike Sadler receives another honour shortly before he passed away. See the full film at: youtu.be/-siOoUDzqGI?...
We're talking about George Washington and enslavement on Monday, and on Tuesday, David Kent will join us to talk about Abraham Lincoln's fascination with science and technology. This event takes place at 7:00 pm ET on my YouTube channel.
www.youtube.com/live/5wlS7ZR...
Thank you for doing this, so we don't have to ๐คฃ๐คฃ
The paperback edition of my book is coming out in April!
(And 40%off!)
๐ Finalist, National Jewish Book Award
๐ Winner, Omeljan Pritsak Book Prize in Ukrainian Studies
๐ Winner, PIASA Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award
๐ Honorable Mention, American Association for Ukrainian Studies Book Prize
Fantastic pic Bobbie. ๐
๐จ SPECIAL: In this week's #NewsoftheWar, it's the George Cross. Never before, was so much bravery and heroism packed into six columns wide.
Grab your hankies ... the King awaits ...
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
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This was outstanding, thank you Jack.
Don't forget that on Monday I'll be hosting @johngmarks.com, author of ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ: ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ. We'll discuss how generations of US citizens have fought over Washington's complicated legacy. www.youtube.com/live/YUgthVz...
Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social this Friday for the News of The War George Cross special.
Often overlooked compared to stories of the Victoria Cross, we dive into the tales of astonishing heroism of the people that were awarded the GC in the SWW
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Get well soon Dr Phil ๐ซก
WW2 British Vehicle Markings Deciphered - a thread ๐งต
Using the Tank Museum's Comet as an example, we can see the following:
1 - Arm of Service Flash
2 - Bridge Classification
3 - Formation Insignia
4 - Serial Number
5 - Tactical Sign
6 - Vehicle Name
All explained in turn below...
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Consistency seems to be key here. ๐ซข
๐จ It's here! It's the 23rd December 1943, and it's all kicking off in the #NewsoftheWar. Starting with the front page headlines that someone's sunk a five-square battleship. And if you get that reference, you're as old as one of our podcast hosts. @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
