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A bit of Monday lunch break sleuthing and I think I've solved the mystery of a #WW2 #NewForest pic taken 77 years ago today. This @I_W_M image purports to be

It was disappointing to hear Ex-First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, on @BBCr4today this morning, claim that Prince Philip's Mention in Dispatches at the Battle of Cape Matapan demonstrated

RIP His Royal Highness Prince Philip. Prince Philip's war service is usually summarised as getting a Mention in Despatches at the Battle of Cape Matapan and saving HMS Wallace at

A bit of weekend #EmbarkingtheDDayArmada goodness for you today, with a dip into the Western Task Force embarkation at Weymouth – specifically the US Army Rangers. This is quite a

#LCT7074 now has her tanks on board so she's almost complete. Both tanks used to be outside @TheDDayStory: the Churchill has had it's original markings refreshed, but the Grizzly has

It's disappointing to see the success of #LCT7074's move used to air a grievance with a museum. It's more disappointing when that grievance is based on #duffhistory.It's time to stop

I've been asked a few times (both on social media and in person) about #LCT7074's eclectic markings, so here are a few details to help make sense of it all.

The #selfie stick: a military history thread.Selfie sticks have, of course, been around as long as the wheel. But despite this, their use in the military can only be traced

This is one of the most important questions about D-Day on the south coast – who embarked where? Except on an extremely local level (ie Lepe), there hasn't been any

If 2020 had gone as planned, I’d be at @trebahgarden in Cornwall right now, talking to my @Zegrahm guests about D-Day embarkation hard PH at Polgwidden Cove. As I can’t

#OTD 75 years ago, the Allies launched Operation Anger, the last truly combined operation of the NW Europe campaign. The next 3 days saw the final liberation of Arnhem by

#Twitterstorians, does anyone have the May/June 1944 War Diary for the 13/18 Hussars? Specifically I'm hoping to see their movement orders for the move from Petworth to Gosport on 2