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Trump continues to accommodate the Gromyko playbook Acceding Crimea would not be acceptable to the Europeans: who would be next for ‘a territorial reality’ should Russia cross another border? A Russian strategic ‘bite & hold’ in UKR is not their overall grand strategic intent.

Sun the Master said: Now by the laws of war, better than Defeating a country by the fire and the sword, Is to take it without strife. Now, why did I think of Sun Tzu today…

26 Apr 82 - 2 PARA depart for the Falklands. One looking over the railing said “Better take a good look around, because some of us aren’t coming back”. He was killed in action. TheParachuteRegiment

4 May 45 - FM Montgomery takes the unconditional surrender of German forces in NW Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark at Luneburg g Heath.

94 yr old Dolly Vines memories of VE Day: Joy - her brother would come home after 4.5 yrs as POW Relief - she would never hear or fear the sound of a doodlebug again: a reminder that WW2 was a total war that defied any notions of non-combatant immunity And hope for the future

Owned by a dyslexic predecessor regimental chap to the The Rifles by any chance….

Saddened to report the death of another 2 PARA Falkland veteran- ‘Knocker’ Heald, (on right on the MV Norland): an effervescent morale lifting character. RIP Knocker. TheParachuteRegiment

T E Lawrence Died 90 years ago today: 19 May 1935

20 May 82 - 2 PARA muster in the Continental Lounge of MV Norland ready to conduct an amphibious landing on Blue Beach 2 to reclaim the Falklands. TheParachuteRegiment

21 May 82 - 2 PARA land at Blue Beach 2 in Bonner Bay after having to wade ashore from 4 Landing Craft Utility. They will tab to Sussex Mountain under frequent ‘Air Raid Warning - Red’ alerts, hindering the momentum - it was a long night! TheParachuteRegiment

‘We few, we happy few, we band of brothers’. 2 PARA Falklands Class of 82 officers reunion lunch 2025 TheParachuteRegiment

Time present & time past Are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable Moments of significance exist outside of linear time. These timeless moments hold deeper meaning TheParachuteRegiment

The National Arboretum TheParachuteRegiment

‘Upon these fields of gold’ The 50th anniversary drop on DZ November, Normandy. #DDay81 TheParachuteRegiment

‘An American’ Killed whilst flying with the Royal Canadian Air Force in WW2 Lies in the tranquility of beautiful Little Rissington

Gunner Boyd and a Falklands war ‘high morale watermark’ - 10 June 82

Poor Marianne. How it started (Sunday) How it ended (Tuesday) Liberte, fraternite, egalite, graffete…. (Place de la Republic, Paris)

Without history there is no legacy. Without a legacy there is no history. Always a pleasure & privilege to be invited back to 2 PARA The standards and values endure. TheParachuteRegiment

14 June 1982 - Liberation Day in the Falklands. Any day that you live to see the dawn of a new day after combat is a good day. Tonight, I'll raise a glass to those who did not get to see that dawn ThePara

Airborne history: ‘Ferryside’. Boy Browning sailed up the Fowey river in 1932 & met Daphne du Maurier. “Then out of the sea like a ball of fire, the sun came hard and red”- a line from the Frenchman’s Creek which inspired Browning for the red/maroon beret