Sadly got to hit the road back to #Orkney this morning so no time for a longer visit to @scotmaritimemuseum.bsky.social but here’s a few outdoor highlights: Clyde Puffer “Spartan”, steam yacht “Carola” and an amazing survivor, Air Sea Rescue Craft 10. Thanks again for hosting me! #NormandySailors
So this is exciting! I have a book launch for the paperback edition of #NormandySailors at the Scottish Maritime Museum on 8 May, really hope to meet some of you there! Details 👇
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/event/hear-n...
So this is EXCITING! So thrilled with the paperback edition of #NormandySailors Fab job from @jogodfrey.bsky.social and the @yalebooks.bsky.social team. What do y’all think? I’m loving the blue, I guess I’m just a stereotype #navalhistorian out for preorder now!
Sooo this is exciting! The paperback edition of #NormandySailors will be out VERY soon with @yalebooks.bsky.social @jogodfrey.bsky.social Links to 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸 editions below!
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Once again, huge thanks to all of you who have taken the time to leave such incredibly positive reviews for #NormandySailors on @amazon ❤️
Normandy: the Sailors' Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France https://amzn.eu/d/81LnztP #Amazon
Very excited and proud to be giving my Maritime History seminar on #NormandySailors tomorrow, tickets still available!
Thu 10 Oct 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM: King’s Maritime History Seminars: Excellent Planning and Executio…...
So excited & proud to report that I'm having a belated launch event for #NormandySailors at @KingsCollegeLon on 10 October, almost 30 years to the day since I handed in my dissertation & finished my MA in War Studies. @YaleBooks @jo_godfrey @Laughtonunit...
Whoop, the prize for the furthest sighting in the wild goes to @markbackhouse29 for this Attenboroughesque snap of #NormandySailors on the loose in Sydney, Australia!
Sincere thanks to everyone who has taken the time to leave #NormandySailors such positive reviews on Amazon, it really is very much appreciated ❤️
#LCT7074 arrived at Gold today, 7/6/1944. Off Utah the troopship Susan B Anthony was mined & sank, fortunately nobody was lost. 53 LCTs, 27 coasters & six big MT ships were off Juno' waiting to unload. The work of the Allied navies only began on 6 June. #NormandySailors #dday80
When Force S left Spithead, Talbot’s HQ ship HMS Largs hoisted the signal ‘Good Luck. Drive On’, keeping it flying until the last ship left...7th ML Flotilla played a popular song called ‘We Don’t Know Where We’re Going (Until We’re There)’. #Elan #Drama #NormandySailors #DDay80
Incredible - #NormandySailors in @Telegraph list of six recommended new books on the subject. Very chuffed indeed :)
D-Day at 80: The best new books for its anniversary www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/d-day...
Fantastic chatting with @sauldavid66 about all things #NormandySailors for his Battleground pod just now, thanks for having me on! @YaleBooks @jo_godfrey
It’s 25 May folks. 🧵At 2330 tonight, 80 years ago, Operation Neptune began when the signal went out for sealed orders to be opened. Half an hour later the military holding camps on the south coast were sealed. #NormandySailors 📷@portsmouthnews via @TheDDayStory
Very proud that I shall be taking part in @SWWresearch Global Seminar on 4 June talking about #NormandySailors www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-second-world-...
Ok taking a leaf out of @SeaSpitfires book...! What comes next after #NormandySailors ? No promises but it's always great to judge the mood ;) All from a naval perspective, ofc
The Exercise Tiger disaster, 27/28 April 1944 - eighty years ago yesterday. With apologies for being a day late here's my take on it, from #NormandySailors. RIP, we have the watch.
📷 US LST-289 limps into Dartmouth US Navy Photo 80-G-283502
Thrilled & flattered to have recorded #NormandySailors contribs to some fab pods, including @HistoryExtra @hack_history @HistoryHit with @HistoryRage @CIMSEC and @Noiser_Podcasts in the pipe, 5 by 5 😀 and the legendary @WW2TV booked for #DDAY80 itself, can't wait. @YaleBooks
Long overdue catch-up and a little light book crossing with @SeaSpitfires 😀 Lovely to finally meet @rentaquill too, thanks for taking the great photos! #NormandySailors #SwordBeach #LCT7074 #DDay80 @YaleBooks l
It’s…..PUBLICATION DAY!!! @jogodfrey.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social #NormandySailors is out in the world <yikes>
#NormandySailors out in the wild tomorrow! Thanks again to all who’ve supplied such amazing endorsements including @thehistoryguy @timbenbow1 @Tessadunlop @kejamieson_ & Professors Lambert and Knight, who are sadly not on X. #DDay80
So now that I’ve finished #NormandySailors #DDay reading for a while I’ve challenged myself to read some books which have been on my shelves for FAR too long without being read cover to cover. These were the first. It’s been an extraordinary, illuminating but grueling journey.
I’m super excited to let you know that #NormandySailors now has an audio publication date! It will be available for sale on 14 May across 60+ retail & library digital distributors, including Audible, Apple, http://audiobooks.com and Google Play.
The narrator is Julian Elfer.
#ShipPicSaturday - what a great idea! Here’s HMS Scylla, Vice-Admiral Sir Philip Vian’s Eastern Naval Task Force flagship for Operation Neptune and the Battle of the Seine Bay. 📷 IWM FL 2932 #NormandySailors
Nice to see Operation Postage Able getting some attention from @BBCSouthNews You will be able to read more about this and other COPP operations in #NormandySailors when it’s out! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv28w27r8ddo
At least 200,000 Allied sailors took part in Neptune, & more fought the wider battle. They weren't taxi drivers, but active combatants, maintaining a ceaseless watch & making the Bay history's greatest defended encampment. I hope I’ve done them justice. #NormandySailors. 📷@I_W_M
#NormandySailors presents the work of the Allied navies as a forgotten naval battle, the Battle of the Seine Bay, although geographically it spread well outside that congested and vulnerable body of water. 📷@USNavy
At most you may find one or two sailors, usually operating landing craft on 6 June. Sailors appear as passive facilitators whose only role was to ferry the troops to the beaches. There are more books about paratroopers. #NormandySailors tries to redress that balance. 📷@USNavy
