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Going Home, the theme to Local Hero by #MarkKnopfler #DireStraits #RoyalMarines
31.08.2025 18:10 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
You can't beat A Life on the Ocean Wave. They also do a great version of the Local Hero theme
28.07.2025 18:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Anyone like to doodle at work? This staff officer did in 1944! Any suggestions what it is?! #WW2 #DDay #DDay81 #Arnhem #Arnhem81
21.06.2025 07:40 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
On this day in 1944 Lieutenant-General 'Boy' Browning, the commander of HQ Airborne Troops (it wasn't a corps yet!) circulated a paper on airborne operations in Brittany #DDay #DDay81 #WW2 #Brittany #Bretagne
18.06.2025 07:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Some of the most technical wartime documents have some of the most colourful artwork. This is the geology of the Normandy coastline. It was part of the planning for Operation Axehead #DDay #Arnhem #DDay81 #Arnhem81 #Axehead #Normandy
04.06.2025 07:04 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
This map shows the defences around St Malo, and potential landing beaches. This map was produced during the planning for Op Beneficiary. The terrain in Brittany was ideal for the French Resistance and allied special forces #WW2 #SWW #Airborne #Brittany #Bretagne #StMalo #Airborne
01.06.2025 10:04 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
One of the greatest things about working with Second World War History has been getting to meet so many veterans, many of them sadly no longer with us. In 2017 I went to Normandy with John Jenkins MBE, a Pompey legend #DDay81 #DDay #Pompey #Portsmouth
25.05.2025 08:24 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Never heard of Operations Tuxedo or Wastage? Find out more in my book, Planned Airborne Operations in Normandy in Brittany, published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #DDay #DDay81 #Normandy #WW2 #SWW #Arnhem #Arnhem81
24.05.2025 11:48 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
On this day in 1944 the British 1st Airborne Division issues its Operation Instruction No1, for operations where it might be required to fly in to Normandy to reinforce the beachhead. #DDay #DDay81 #Normandy #WW2 #SWW #Arnhem #Arnhem81 #Airborne
24.05.2025 11:47 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
The National Archives. Hundreds of years of official records, and a treasure trove of Second World War History. There are hundreds of thousands of documents, many either never viewed before or never written about. I couldn't have written my books without them #Arnhem81 #WW2 #DDay81 #Airborne #TNA
19.05.2025 20:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I've been to Arnhem a few times, including in 2007 when me and my brother walked from the DZ at Ginkel Heath to Arnhem Bridge. It's a bloody long way. This is a rather youthful me at the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek. #Arnhem81 #WW2 #DDay81 #Airborne #arnhem
18.05.2025 12:13 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0At the briefing Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, the commander of the British Second Army, spoke about his plans for using airborne forces, including using the British 1st Airborne Division to help breaking out from the beachhead #DDay #DDay81 #WW2 #SWW
15.05.2025 20:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
On this day 80 years ago in 1944 General Montgomery held the second of his briefings before D-Day, codenamed Thunderclap. This one was attended by HM King George VI and the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill #DDay #DDay81 #WW2 #SWW
15.05.2025 20:42 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Grandad served in the Home Guard before joining the Berkshire Regt and going to Palestine. After suffering from Malaria he joined the Paras. This photo shows him during Parachute Training - third from left - the aircraft is a Lockheed Hudson #Arnhem81 #WW2 #DDay81 #Airborne
14.05.2025 10:59 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
So, why Second World War History? It all starts in 1944, 39 years before I was born. My Grandad, Private Henry Miller, fought at Arnhem in the 11th Battalion of the Parachute Regiment and was taken prisoner about a mile from the bridge. #WW2 #Airborne #DDay81 #Arnhem81
13.05.2025 11:45 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The Drop Zone at Ginkel Heath, Arnhem. The 4th Parachute Brigade landed here on 18 January 1944. Photo taken in 2004 during the 60th Anniversary #Arnhem #Arnhem81 #Airborne #WW2 #2WW
10.05.2025 07:03 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Bit of local culture on a Bank Holiday...
05.05.2025 14:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
