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Looking for a last minute Father’s Day present? Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma is out now in both hard and paperback - order now from chiselbury @amazonuk @waterstones Or maybe you can’t get it to wrap in time - how about my new book Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 - out 27

👋 New ep 🎧 🚨 On 11/12th June 1982 during the #FalklandsWar the Battle of Two Sisters was fought bravely by both sides ⚔️ 🎙️ Brigadier Ian Gardiner RM discusses his reflections of the battle leading a company of 45Cdo #RoyalMarines, his thoughts on #leadership and the War

This siege coin was minted to pay the Royalist defenders of Scarborough (1644-45) during the English Civil War. Silver plate was cut to size & stamped with a value & depiction of Scarborough Castle, this one's worth 5 shillings 8 pence. From the Hunterian

🎙NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW.... 'A Real Stinker Of A Job'. In the final part of our D-Day themed episodes commemorating the 81st Anniversary, we welcome back to the podcast author and 6th Airborne expert, Neil Barber. This time to talk about the assault on the Merville Battery by

The first British Prima Ballerina, Dame Alicia Markova 🔵🩰✨ Our newest blue plaque celebrates Lilian Alicia Marks, better known as Alicia Markova. She helped shape British ballet, supporting the Royal Ballet & co-founding the English National Ballet.

Word on the street is that Dr Kate Vigurs FRhistS 's new book, 'Mission Europe,' is selling like hot cakes. I'm so pleased.

💪 Paraphrased from the latest pod ep talking about his book ‘The Yompers: with 45 Cdo in the Falklands War’ reflecting on his time in the Services:- “Fortune does not favour the brave. Fortune does not favour the bold. It’s a…lie. Fortune favours the professional” Brig Iain

As we approach the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, on 18 June the team will be at Waterloo Station.  Come along to see us and discover more about the power of archaeology in supporting veterans wellbeing.

The new audiobook of DOMINION (read by moi)! Out this Thursday!

'Wellington & Blucher meet before the battle of Ligny & Quatre Bras. The two commanders meet near Ligny (Windmill in the distance) where W & B met, promising to try to support each other IF possible. This became almost impossible. W also advised on the ground, B ignores this.

👋 Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Quatre-Bras during the 1815 campaign ⚔️ Recently we did an episode on the 🇳🇱 Dutch-Belgium 🇧🇪 Contingent contribution with Andre Dellevoet - if you missed it, check it out below 👇

👋 on the pod this week… Discussing ‘The glider assaults on the Albert Canal and Eben Emael’ with Mike Peters 🎧 to Mike talk about the troops, plan and execution of this operation that started the Blitzkrieg in 1940 during #ww2 It got the Allies thinking how they should

🚨 Coming tomorrow on the pod… Mike and Mark talk 1940. The importance of surprise and glider operations during Fall Gelb during #WW2 ⚔️ Only three references to #SWW movies 🎥 made during it 😝 Like, post, review and subscribe wherever you get your pods 🙏

We were lucky to have our friend Tom Sellen with our group for our stay in Normandy. Tom is a former Normandy Battlefield guide and current living historian, and he kindly agreed to share some of his research about the 9th Parachute Battalion with us. More to follow...

📣It is Waterloo week! The team will be at Waterloo Station from 8am tomorrow to mark 210 years since the battle in 1815.  Come along to see us and discover more about our archaeology and how we support veterans wellbeing and recovery.

On 1st July 2025, we will be conducting our usual ceremony to mark the the start of the battle of the Somme. Please congregate in Sunken Lane at around 7.15am, followed by a short act of remembrance at the craters. All are most welcome. Please RT.

👋 new ep released🚨 ‘Discussing Fall Gelb: the Fallschrimjager assaults on the Albert Canal and Eben Emael (1940)’ with Mike Peters ⚔️ 💬 Mike discusses the operation, the first use of novel glider technology and weaponry alongside how it set the tone for shaping glider

👋 on this anniversary of The Battle of Waterloo - if you want to know more about the French Army, its evolution and what it was like in 1815 - this pod with the fab Dr Graeme Callister is for you 👇 #Waterloo #Napoloen #NapoleonicWars