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Mainly I like the 52nd Lowland Division. Cohost of News Of The War The Lowlander pod Walking With The Jocks Tour 2025
The Field Marshal on the three most memorable moments of his life. ITN 1956 Perhaps not the ones people might expect. I wonder if privately, the death of his wife would have been on the list. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Even if you don’t listen to the episode, can you just take a second to appreciate the outfit? GOAT. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
We land on Rommel this week. Inevitable really. It’s interesting to see in the papers just when the legends any myths around him start. He looms large in the articles from 1941 onwards. Listen to how they came across in @newsofthewar.bsky.social pod. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Naughty, naughty, George. General George S Patton speaks at a Boston war bond drive. Joking of course about the malingerers in army field hospitals… some of whom he “interacted” with personally. New ep, Patton, out today. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Booked a lovely little holiday with the kids. I’ve promised them it’s not a sneaky battlefield tour. Anyway, as always, I’ve ordered a walking map of the area 👀
The greatest general of the Second World War, and Zhukov meet in Berlin… Monty presented Zhukov the Order Of The Bath on behalf of King George VI. I do like this little Monty Zhukov bromance Find out more on NOTW pod linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
How can we possibly be at the stage where the baby of the family is looking at universities? 😭
Strong contender for history’s most contemptible little shitebags, we bring you the second ep of our Generalissimo series: Hideki Tojo. Oh to be able to slap that heed of his. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Join us, for our first episode in our Generalissimos series. To kick us off we have Marshal Pietro Badoglio - a nasty little shitbag if ever I saw one. Find us here: linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Take that, Fritz! Monty leading the way. Manchester Evening News 7th June 1944.
Some young Tim Hiddleston action here, from the brilliant 2006 Victoria Cross Heroes series. Hard to recreate the intensity of the fighting around Kohima, and they miss out the part where John Randle covers the embrasure with his own body to contain the grenade blast linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Here it is. The found footage of Ian Liddell VC. As far as I know this footage has NEVER been seen publicly before. Filmed on the 7/4/45, 4 days after the action on the bridge, and 2 weeks before he was killed. He was called the officer that never lost his temper, I think you can see that here.
Lt Col Phil Roden on Bruce’s charge: “You could see his Bren gun held out and his big bottom swaying as he went with the momentum he was getting up, followed by Alan Avery. They were cheerful. They were going out on a picnic almost.” linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Ladies and gentlemen: Charles Hazlitt Upham VC and Bar. This Is Your Life, 1985. Holy smokes. Listen to how he got his VC here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
On this day: 27th of May 1945 Peter White, along with B company 4 KOSB took over the occupation of Oebisfelde-Kaltendorf. “The pipers passing the town hall. German police chief, burgomeister in doorway and my secretary, Fraulein Schmidt, in white” Credit: @merrynwalters.uk 📷
Will nobody think of the poor radar mechanics? Our @newsofthewar.bsky.social letter of the week, from disgruntled nerd, LRM. Naval Air Arm. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Some articles are so good you have to turn them into an episode. The Civil and Military Gazette of Lahore has consistently delivered great stories and a different perspective than papers from the UK. We invoked the spirit of The Lowlander pod football results for this one linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Most people don’t realise that actor Mark Margolis, famed for his role as Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad, was actually from South Yorkshire. Her he is talking about how much sex is on tv in 1983.
Only a small piece in the newspapers today on the death of war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Pulitzer Prize winner and voice of the GI. Here he is in France, 1944, filmed by Jack Lieb on his home cine camera. Find out more in this weeks episode from the 19th April 1945 linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
The more you learn about the Japanese regime during the war, the more insane it gets…. Case in point from this weeks @newsofthewar.bsky.social ep from the 14 April 1945…. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Don’t take our word for it, take it from Lt John Grimball, 14th Tank Battalion. All the news from the 12th of March 1945 on NOTW Listen here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
The more No. 75 the “Hawkins” grenade, the less I like it. So many accidents in the war. This case is different, the Sgt instructor was fucking about with a live mine in a lecture… the cardinal rule in the RE was TREAT DUMMY AS LIVE linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar Thanks to @vickersmg.bsky.social 🫡
We also talked with John @badsocialism.bsky.social about African American troops in Britain. The insane mental gymnastics the US army has to go through to continue segregation and Jim Crow laws in a country where officially there’s no segregation laws. Check it out here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Absolutely brilliant guest editor special this week!! We were so lucky to have John Concah @badsocialism.bsky.social come on and take us through how the newspapers talked about the Atlantic charter, Caribbean and West Indian experience in wartime Britain and much much more. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
I love this illustration by Bryan De Grineau, from the ILN. It reminds me a little of the photo of 155 Inf Bde with 8th Amd Bde before Blackcock (shared by SRY association). I think it says something about the relaxed professionalism of 21st Army Group in 1945. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar