We need to move beyond the discussion about security guarantees to Ukraine. For their own security, European NATO members should pursue a real alliance. In this video, I explain why Ukraine is so important for Europe's ability to deter Russian aggression.
#OTD 15/4/1953 #RememberRCN -HMCS CRUSADER destroys three Chinese supply trains in 24 hours off Tanch’on, Korea. Bringing the destroyers total to a record breaking four trains destroyed. To honour this accomplishment, her UN code name was changed from "Leadmine" to "Casey Jones."
On 11 June 2026, I'm running an online intro to early modern legal records, part of The National Archives' Practical Archival Skills Training #TNAPAST workshops. More details can be found via the link. For accompanying on-site workshops, see the below thread www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/past-early...
Stridsbåt 90 appreciation post.
Drivers are trained at driving at full speeds through the Swedish archipelagoes, even with radar only. Training is performed by covering the windows.
Devised as a means of fire support and transport of coastal rangers, eventually broadened use.
Out on Castle Ring hillfort near Callow, Shropshire and following minor footpaths around here in very changeable weather conditions today. The hillfort looks like it has been heavily damaged by land improvement for grazing in the past with much reduced ramparts, interior and a flattened gateway.
Captain Rostron and his officers
At 3.45am, each of the department heads on the Carpathia report personally to Captain Rostron informing him that all his orders had been carried out. They are now ready for the rescue. #Titanic
From aboard the Germany Reichsmarine Torpedoboat V6, crew pose for photos in their bunk space & mess hall.
#torpedoboat #warship #ship #reichsmarine #germany #navalhistory #history #sailor #sailors #bunk #mess #kitchen
Historical hottie du jour: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, showing off his incredibly sharp white outfit (& v. nice dog) in 1564. No wonder Elizabeth fell for him! Painted by Steven van der Meulen.
Captain's Requestmen aboard H.M.C.S. Assiniboine. Leading Stoker Henri LeClair at left. Officer behind table is Lieutenant J.H. Stubbs, November 1940. (LAC a104185-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History
‘The Cornish giant’ Richard Trevithick, born #OTD 1771, developed steam power & locomotion and set up London's first 'circle line' in Bloomsbury 1808.
UCL | Railway Museum York
The audio version of The History of Firearms in the Renaissance is now available wherever you get your podcasts.
Many thanks to @catherinefletcher.info for joining us!
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This is the first in a series of pieces by Danny Lake-Giguère looking at medieval forests www.medievalists.net/2026/04/how-... #forestmanagement #medieval #history
An image showing the Newhaven cliffs in the background, with sailing ships and barges in the middle, and a part of a broken up groyne in the foreground.
Image of the sweep of Seaford Bay, showing Newhaven in the background with a windmill on the far hill, a facory with smoke, people walking along the beach, and rows of wooden groynes in an arc. A woman walks with her child and a basket towards Seaford (or Tidemills?)
Close up of the woman and child, also a man sitting on one of the groynes and another family of three -- a man, woman and child. In the background are the buildings of Newhaven, with one having a smoking stack. A sailing ship is moving through Mill Creek, having entered through Newhaven Harbour at the River Ouse.
Trying to find out more about an image of a painting we hold at Newhaven Museum. It's of Seaford Bay, between Newhaven and Seaford. These are a few closeups. #SussexCoast Anyone have any clues as to painter or date?
Painting of the tramp steamer Ship ‘SS Venture’ in about 1920 by David Young (called "Tramp Steamer". It shows a small cargo ship with a black hull and white superstructure steaming in calm water.
With @revdrjohn.bsky.social coming to the rescue of the Naval History feed, there's no marginal cost for me leaving the Civil Maritime History and Maritime History (both #MaritimeHistory), Pirate History ( #PirateHistory ) and Coastal History ( #CoastalHistory ) feeds up. (1/3)
Today’s article is up and joy of joys, I’ve finally got Pétain to Verdun… achurchill.substack.com/p/full-featu...
Destroyer HMS Glowworm crosses the bows of German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper as she presses home her attack on the much more powerful German ship off Norway on 8 April 1940: photograph taken from the Admiral Hipper. Imperial War Museum image: FL 1973. Description: a small warship producing large amounts of black smoke as she moves at high speed with shell splashes around her. In the foreground can be seen the bows of the ship she is attacking, from which the picture is taken.
8 Apr 1940 // Destroyer HMS Glowworm sank off Norway after a valiant and tenacious attack on German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. 109 of her crew were lost. CO Lt Cdr Gerard Broadmead Roope was posthumously awarded the first VC of #WW2 for this action. (IWM FL 1973) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
#OTD in 1970, the "Doomsday Ship" USS Northampton (CLC-1) was decommissioned. Laid down as a heavy cruiser in 1944, the Northampton was converted into a command ship that would serve as the "Floating White House" to direct a retaliatory strike in the event of a nuclear attack.
NEW EPISODE #Soviet - #Afghan #War, #Mujahideen Resistance: The Brutal Fight for #Zhawar with Michael G Stroud
Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode450/
#afghanistan #coldwar
Nouvelle édition au format poche de Guillaume Calafat - Contribution à l'histoire de la souveraineté
Méditerranée - XVIIe siècle
À paraître en mai chez Points
#OTD 2 April 1801 the Battle of Copenhagen - Contrary to popular (British) belief the Danish-Norwegian Navy was not destroyed:
Of 28 ships of the line 7 old hulls were engaged in the battle with 7 lost/captured (25%)
Of 14 frigates 3 were engaged with 1 lost (7%)
#Navalhistory
This week’s free to read is on the Battle of #Auschwitz & #Birkenau in 1866 between a Prussian led force and an Austrian garrison.
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#history
Published today OA in @routledgehistory.bsky.social 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea' book series:
www.routledge.com/Material-Cul...
Many congratulations to the editors! ⚓⚓⚓
Who to write to? Am looking for pictures and/or plans of Austrian-Hungary subs U20 - U23 (WWl). Can anybody recommend an archive or museum, who might have such?
The stupidity is so thick, it's hard to comprehend:
"The U.S. president […] went on to call NATO a "paper tiger" and said Russian President Vladimir Putin shares that opinion."
Hvis USA tillader at Iran begynder at opkræve told på skibe, der sejler igennem Hormuz, kan vi så genindføre Øeesundstolden? Skulle spørge fra Nikolaj Wammen...
The European Union is strengthening its strategic autonomy at a time when geopolitics, hybrid threats and actual war are accelerating insecurity at sea. The situation calls for a review of the EU’s role as a maritime security provider. Read policy brief 👇
According to the U.S. 2026 Annual Threat Assessment report, the Kola Peninsula hosts “about two-thirds of Russia’s second-strike nuclear capabilities”. #NorthernFleet #SSBN #NuclearWeapons #Submarines #Gadzhyievo #Severomorsk #BarentsSea
Historical analogies are dangerous, but the way the Iran war has developed reminds me of the final stages of World War II in the Pacific and poor U.S. understanding of Imperial Japan’s calculus for a negotiated peace. 1/n
