Peter Johnston

De-Nazification was the same. The British quickly realised a lot of people were identifying Nazis merely to settle scores or based on pre-existing grudges, as well as save themselves or profit from the occupation

In a competitive field, ski mountaineering must be one of the most lunatic sports at the Winter Olympics. The uphill zig zags through an approximation of an Elizabethan country house's formal garden. The flight of stairs mid piste. Ripping the grip tape off but having to pocket it. It's outstanding

Genuinely delighted by this for you!

That was my first thought! But I think @jim09ea63.bsky.social is right that it's 9mm Parabellum

When my eldest daughter said she wanted to go collect shells at the beach, this wasn't quite what I had in mind

Undoubtedly true. That also includes paying for the infrastructure to house an increased Army - I don't think people realise how much of the UK's Army was based in overseas garrisons, particularly Germany. The offer is also significantly worse now than it was

IWM has acquired a collection relating to Dame Vera Lynn, inc. uniform, more than 600 fan letters she received, and her diary of her 1944 tour of India and Burma. Congratulations to all my colleagues who've worked so hard to both acquire and celebrate and share this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I hope to see some of you @smh-historians.bsky.social #SMH26 where I'll be presenting on afterlives of British Forces Germany in the UK. I'm tail gun Charlie on the programme, speaking on Sunday at 10.00 in Pentagon. Let me know if/when and where you'll speaking and I'll mark up the dance card!

What's going on at the Natural History Museum and their Pokémon pop up shop is wild!

Yes, from No.9 AFPU

You can almost feel some of the tension through the image. Remarkable

I like how, in the RWF image, the eye is drawn to the line of blokes keeping low, and then you pick out the one who's already moving forward but hidden in the grass

Have come across two stonking photos from the Burma campaign this morn. Left: IWM SE 142, men of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers use paddy fields for cover as they approach Japanese positions. On the right: IWM SE 778, a Bren gunner guards a jungle path after artillery has cleared an area near Pinwe #SWW

Hoping to catch up with lots of @smh-historians.bsky.social friends and colleagues while at #SMH2026 in a few weeks. Let me know if you're going to be there. I'm still waiting on the final schedule, but know for sure I'll be talking about Afterlives of British Forces Germany on the Sunday at 10.00

Practical Archival Skills Training: Military History This workshop is designed to develop the skills of students undertaking research on records relating to military history (1782-present).

There's still time to sign up for TNAs archival skills training sessions relating to military history/records on 3/4 February: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-...

Just squeaks in

Dr "No, it's more of a comment than a question"

Pah, where's the love for the A-wing?

two men are looking at each other with the words that 's not how the force works ALT: two men are looking at each other with the words that 's not how the force works

Yet in the newest movies, somehow the upgraded B-wings were instead made more like B-17s acting out Memphis Belle. Just one of many reasons why they were terrible

This genuinely sounds like a cracking exhibition www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...

Easily the best representation of growth mindset. 1000 times better than any of the usual "high performance" coaching podcasts

I don't disagree. There are certain pots of money and philanthropic funds that are designed to specifically help with projects such as this, and that can't be used for anything else. So it isn't a binary choice, or one museum succeeding at the expense of another

Not unexpected but a big ask

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...

Longer term I think Crimea remains the major issue, more than Donbass. It holds symbolic value for both sides, but despite being clear that there can be no territory loss Ukraine lacks the capability to take it back militarily. Will accepting Crimea's loss become the real barometer of peace in Kyiv?

Sobering reading. And it doesn't take account the issue of quality of forces. But it finally appears the idea of mass having a value of its own is catching on. Yes in 1991 a division was deployed on GRANBY but it took a further 2 from 1 BR Corps to put it into the field
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Give me a bauble, Vashilllly. One bauble only, please"

I commend the effort so far, and can't fault you for skipping chutneys

@dankaszeta.bsky.social's rather epic thread didn't get to either of the world's greatest condiments....