Portions of the archives of the Netherlands Red Cross - relating to prisoners and intenees during the Second World War - have been opened. nationaalarchief.nl/beleven/nieuws…

Remember watching in Canberra the results of the last referendum on an Australian Republic in 1999 during a wonderful party hosted by Prof Peter Dennis after the 'The Boer War: Army, Nation and Empire’ conference. 👋 Ian van der Waag canberratimes.com.au/story/7762506/…

Indian troops in German East Africa, WW1. Pretty cool viewpoint, I suppose the officer on the horse had a personal camera.

An interesting parallel to the initial invasion of Ukraine is the Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia in 1914. An under-resourced force goes to war with an experienced adversary and suffers a serious defeat on the defendant's pre-war training grounds.

Steph Hinnershitz traveled a rough road to the Nat'l WWII museum. Being a first gen. college student, academic job cuts, and geographic separation from an academic spouse are all part of this great story! National WWII Museum SMH Historians Penn Press spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Y8QJJ4oPpub

It’s almost time for the #globaltechsummit 2022 #india - cannot wait! See registration details below

My friend in South Africa told me they've become used to power outages for maybe 5 hours at a time — which is what Kyiv, on a good day, is dealing with. Why is a country not at war going through these outages for years? Corruption has to be the answer.

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British troops use a bulldozer to pull down a Fascist stone monument at Kismayu in Italian Somaliland on April 11, 1941. #History #WWII

Today's research find, in the form of a question: What's scarier than a bunch of US Army privates tooling around Germany in a jeep loaded with a tactical nuclear weapon?

#newblogpost Professor Ian Van Der Waag, one of the authors of Botha, Smuts and the Great War 1914–1918 , writes a blog post about their book. 📖 Read it here: helionbooks.wordpress.com/2023/11/17/bot… 🛒 Buy Botha, Smuts and the Great War here: helion.co.uk/military-histo…

Tony Garcia and I are delighted to announce the publication of our new book. Thank you Helion & Company Ltd and Wolverhampton Military Press, for a wonderful job done! The Great War Group Western Front Association Military History Forum 🇺🇦 worldwar

Massively excited to see that the South Africa edition of our book is out! Thank you Jonathan Ball Publishers

The most incredible book about the 8th Army's negligence of rear base area logistics, written in 1966 by someone there in Cairo and Tunisia. It has it all - organised crime, senior level corruption, gross incompetence, sexual favours, deserters living in gin palaces....blimey.

Let's continue the threads about Finland's preparation for the threat of war and crisis situations. Next part is the Finnish nationwide civil defence system 🧵

This is a King 👑! The King of Spain 🇪🇸 today among the people risking lynchings, anger, and extreme gestures from those brought to their knees by tragedy The Prime Minister escaped, with his car being pelted with rocks The King stayed to calm the people This is a King 👑!

Just finished reading «Botha, Smuts and the Great War» by Tony Garcia and Ian van der Waag. This story of leadership in crisis is a powerful reminder of how two individuals can change the course of history. It highlights timeless lessons: adaptation, strategic thinking, and

In this new and open access article, Ian van der Waag examines the experiences of South African soldiers interned in Italy and Germany during the Second World War, focussing on their transition from being combatants on the battlefield to prisoners of war. doi.org/10.1080/025824…