@Mark_Historian’s hobby podcast for all with an interest in anything history. Episodes every Wednesday. Views own. Follows not endorsements.bit.ly/4huFXEJ The Podcast Universe / UKJoined January 2025
Fab books discussed this week on the pod with @robert_lyman about the similarities between the warfighting lessons learned in the FWW and SWW, then forgotten as the soldiers returned
Yet in the Korean War (1950-53) were relearned quickly due to the proximity of WW2 experience
Very excited to make my debut with the @KohimaEdTrust - a wonderful charity supporting Naga people, including scholarships to top universities. All set up by former soldiers to thank the Nagas who helped them throughout the campaign.
Very excited to make my debut with the @KohimaEdTrust - a wonderful charity supporting Naga people, including scholarships to top universities. All set up by former soldiers to thank the Nagas who helped them throughout the campaign.
Heading across to Oxford to speak at a Road Scholar event. I will be talking about the Shweinfurt & Regensburg Raid on 17 August 1943. I'm looking forward to sharing some remarkable stories about the men who flew that day. Not least, Leonard Spivey, lead Navigator, 381st BG.
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine is now out on Amazon kindle!
'The real joy of the book is its ability to breathe life into its key figures ... aided by Turnbull’s exceptional study of primary sources'
Steven Veerapen - for Aspects of History
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New ep release with @robert_lyman about his co-authored book ‘Discussing Korea: War Without End’
Rob introduces the causes and lessons from the war on this fascinating ep as an insight into the book
Listen and rate via the profile linktree link for wherever you get your pods
A #Roman mosaic panel showing Achilles dragging the body of the defeated Hector behind his two-horse chariot; it was laid some 1800-1900 years ago #MosaicMonday#Archaeology
September marks the month of the Battle of Inchon (1950) during the Korean War, where Gen MacArthur used amphibious landings to reverse the course of the war
This week on the pod, we’re discussing ‘Korea: War Without End’ with its co-author @robert_lyman
Out this Weds
Saw this small unassuming plaque today and it reminded me of 218 (Gold Coast) Sqd RAF - motto ‘in time’ - who became unofficially known as ‘Weston Super Mare’s Own’
A WW2 / SWW family link that will hopefully become an @HistSyndicate pod ep
Lest We Forget
Photo: my own
The Battle of Austerlitz, fought in the snows of Southern Moravia on 2 December 1805, was Napoleon’s battlefield masterpiece – a hard-fought destruction of a larger enemy army.
But what is the battlefield like to visit today? Here’s a quick walking tour 🧵…1/
Great to have recorded a super pod on ‘The London Underground shelters of WW1/FWW & WW2/SWW’ with Niall Devitt
Who knew that only circa 14% of the London population used the tube as a shelter in WW2?
Coming soon
‘The rule of thumb’ refers to millers testing the quality of flour and ‘the millers golden thumb’ refers to the old practice to hold flour back for themselves or to overcharge
Who knew?
Find out on this week’s ep ‘discussing Charlecote Mill with Karl Grevatt’
📷 K. Grevatt
Did Napoleon just throw untrained conscripts into battle? Did his army just get worse year on year as the veterans fell?
Here's a table I've compiled using exact dates of service/becoming a casualty from the records of the hard-fighting 33e Ligne.
How would you interpret this?
Coming soon…
Recorded a fabulous pod talking about historical wargaming and ‘spreading the lard’ with @Dozibugger from @TooFatLardies
Discussing tabletop gaming, including WW2 and Napoleonics to understand history and events
Great fun!
Recorded via Podcastle.ai
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