@columbiaup.bsky.socialNow available! Engagingly written and richly detailed, SHOTS IN THE DARK illuminates the biased thinking that has long undermined US foreign policy. buff.ly/qenrVaU #USForeignPolicy #MilitaryStrategy #WarHistory #PoliticalScience
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialInterest in the war was popular way before social media posts and Great War Groups.
The exhibitions showing the front and the general experiences of the war, were very popular with the public. Albeit featuring censored, vetted and sometimes staged images.
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialDuring the German Spring Offensive of 1918, the British Fifth Army had to beat a hasty fighting retreat in the face of superior German nunbers.
Felling trees was a useful delaying tactic.
@noble123.bsky.socialStepping into history. Experience the intensity of the landing at Normandy. Would you have the courage to face this mission? Let us know in the comments. #WWII #History #DDay #Cinematic #WarHistory
@tsarreed.bsky.socialDuring #WW1 you find distractions wherever and whenever you can. #rugby #WarHistory
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialJust a month before the final advance and capture of Baghdad, officers take some time for a game of rugby. It was a good way to ease the tension and stay physically fit.
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialA question in two parts:
You favourite book so far this year?
And the one you are most looking forward to on your TBR?
@tsarreed.bsky.socialKnowledge bomb dropping! 💣
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialThe subsea cables that were cut by CS (Cable Ship) Alert forced Germany to use radio transmissions which were easier to intercept.
Couple this with the attacks on German Wireless Towers globally and their ability to communicate was severely hampered.
@mabelquill.bsky.socialThe Iran Iraq War Begins On September 22, 1980, Iraqi forces attacked Iran, beginning a devastating war that continued for eight years without a decisive victor. #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #IranIraqWar #MiddleEastHistory #WarHistory #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialTea was a lifeline to the soldiers. It helped keep warm, made the water taste better (often carried in reused petrol tins), and kept a certain sense of normalcy in the trenches.
@casematepublishers.bsky.socialRead "A Bloody Business", an examination of Allied Convoy PQ 17 and its tragic destruction.
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialLetters from France to the UK took around two days, but between four to eight weeks to Australia.
Mail went via the censors, over to UK, sorted, then loaded onto ships. Ships full of mail could be sunk, or otherwise lost, meaning agonising waits for loved ones at home
@latestnewsofficial.bsky.social1965 War: Indian Aircraft Target Passenger Train on 17th Day
#GTVNews #1965War #PakistanIndiaWar #September1965 #PakistanArmy #PakistanAirForce #1965IndoPakWar #Kashmir #PakistanHistory #WarHistory
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@casematepublishers.bsky.socialLearn about Operation Earnest Will, America's most successful military intervention in "Tanker War in the Gulf".
@thegreatwargroup.bsky.socialWe all have different definitions of icon, hero, or defining figures.
Who is it that inspires or interests you the most?
@gmreviews.bsky.socialFor a more considered cultural stop.
New museum guide on Global Museum Reviews:
Royal Army Museum Brussels
https://globalmuseumreviews.com/museums/royal-army-museum-brussels/
@smokesteelgame.bsky.socialIt's Friday after all! Here's a screenshot (wip!) from the first scenario in the Great Northern War Campaign, "Across the Sound". Based on the historical Landing at Humlebæk in Denmark, 1700. #gamedev #indiedev #warhistory
@gmreviews.bsky.socialUseful planning begins with knowing what the museum actually offers.
New museum guide on Global Museum Reviews:
Estonian Maritime Museum
https://globalmuseumreviews.com/museums/estonian-maritime-museum-tallinn/
@gmreviews.bsky.socialAnyone planning time around museums can use a clearer sense of the visit.
New museum guide on Global Museum Reviews:
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
https://globalmuseumreviews.com/museums/polin-museum-of-the-history-of-polish-jews-warsaw/