@doug581.bsky.social
Be welcoming, Be enthusiastic, Be ready to learn. Retired, now Independent Company, Time Team, CVHF, SOFOtrust, WWW2TV, & the wonderful GreatWarGroup
This morning we’re on Castle Hill #Cassino #Recce #WW2
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Today we’ve explored the abbey, visited cemeteries, museums, and gone in search of the 36th Texas Division… #Cassino #WW2 #Recce @istoriatravel.bsky.social
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Last of today’s light illuminating the abbey above Cassino #WW2 #Cassino
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Sunset over the Liri Valley and Point 575 from 593 #Cassino #WW2
22.10.2025 17:14 — 👍 37 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Beautiful, looking forward to seeing it myself one day. 👌
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Today’s feature is up on Substack. I’ve been obsessing over my Tank Memorial Book again, but this time I’ve put all of the citations in context. You get tanks, Canadians, and a bad few days for the German Army in 1918… achurchill.substack.com/p/full-featu...
03.10.2025 18:03 — 👍 26 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
(Photo of tank drivers in training via the Tank Museum, Bovington)
Our @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. From the Royal Logistics Corps Museum, Samantha Jolley is going to be telling us all about tank drivers from the Army Service Corps!
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Our conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. Phil Watson will be kicking off our Friday night on all things Haig by talking about the BEF chief’s command philosophy. Ticket details👇🏼
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Men queuing to enlist in Toronto at the beginning of the war
Our conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. Emmett Kelly is going to tackle the story of how Canada went from a tiny army/navy to mobilising men up to 11,000km to get them to war in 1914! Ticket details 👇
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Today’s article is live and it’s an on-the-ground view of what French capitulation looked like in 1870 after the opening weeks of the Franco-Prussian War. Specifically a Metz-born officer watching his city fall… achurchill.substack.com/p/article-th...
23.09.2025 11:13 — 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Our conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. Caroline Drew will be talking all about poison sweet madness and Home Front propaganda. Fake news is not a modern invention... Ticket details 👇🏼
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Our conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. Roy Larkin is going to be discussing just how exactly by 1917 you could spend £5 million (in old money) a day on a war… Tickets 👇🏼
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Our conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. Making his debut, Jamie Nimmo has got (family) skin in the game when it comes to talking about Scots at the Battle of Loos!
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Our conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. Trustee Henry Spilberg will be hosting a very special session where you can listen along to the war!
23.09.2025 19:05 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Our conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. Lastly, it wouldn’t be a WW1 event without Peter Hart, and he’s going to be telling the tale of a Welsh officer at 1st Ypres
23.09.2025 19:09 — 👍 21 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1We have several hours right!?
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The @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference is a month away! So many talks to choose from. Antonia Newell will be talking about the incredible Agnes Bennett, a doctor and the first female commissioned officer in the British Army. She eventually ran the Ostrovo Unit in Salonika. Ticket details 👇🏼
20.09.2025 11:51 — 👍 39 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 2
Today’s Substack is up and it’s a feature based on the Philippines ‘45 talk I gave last weekend at We Have Ways Fest 5. If you weren’t able to get there, take a look!
achurchill.substack.com/p/article-ph...
@alexchurchill.bsky.social This arrived today, thank you for the recommendation during your excellent talk at We Have Ways festival! @jamesmscott.bsky.social
18.09.2025 16:34 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
New cat bed unlocked. After he looked outraged when I slung him on the bean bag in the first place…
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