Fantastic find!

Thanks Rob. Yes, finally got there.

Not in that order though...😄

Bergen-Belsen: How British troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp On 15 April 1945, the British Army found 60,000 prisoners who were in desperate need of help and medical attention

60,000 starving prisoners. 13,000 bodies left unburied

On April 15, 1945, British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen — and faced a humanitarian catastrophe that didn't end with freedom

A stark reminder of the scale of Nazi atrocities🔗⬇️

Vacancy for a three-year post-doc position at the Universiteit van Amsterdam!

This postdoc position, part of the European Research Council (ERC)-sponsored 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐀𝐃𝐄 project, seeks to understand the long legacies of blockades on the post-war order.

🤣 was a genuine line in a report. It just jumped out!

Thanks Sean.

Missed opportunity on my part!

Hmm. Something like; organisational culture is important. Leadership is linked. The brigade was more effective than many peers but it's complicated.

Cheers!

Thanks!

Thank you.

Cheers Chris!

Out in May.

It *could* work.

Excellent thread.

All the LMGs! Plus, a lurking mortar.

Life-sized diorama of a Greek artillery unit during the Axis invasion.

And yes, that is a Marmon Herrington VI. Info board should be legible.

Athens War Museum. Covers Greek military history from the Bronze Age through to the present. 'Old school' type museum but well worth a visit. Short thread.

Acropolis now.

And this! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikyt...

Full of things I've seen in books since I was little. There's always that joy when you realise " that's here!"

Visited the National Archaeological Museum in Athens today. Incredible place. Short thread.