A book cover featuring a painting of fishing boats at sea with mines chained to the seabed below. It is titled Swept Channels by Taffrail.
Coming from a fishing town, a great many man served during the Great War in the RNR and RNVR on minesweeping and patrol work.
This is apparently among the best accounts on this work.
It’s now at the top of the reading pile.
#ww1 #greatwar #milhist #milbooks #fww #seamines #warbooks
You should know my usual #MilHist references, analogies and banter by now. 🤷♂️
'AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying'. Without a doubt, a smart decision by the Guardian to publish this brilliantly-written #HistSTM piece. #HistTech #MilHist #HistWar 🗃️
Sorry for the gate crashing, but spare a few minutes and explain to me, why nobody in the Department of Whisky read this paper from 1983? It's conclusions, IMHO as mere mortal #MilHist and #Wargamer make sense. The current mess was foreseeable. www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4...
First World War British soldiers stand in front of a row of buildings, the nearest of which is damaged. In front of the building is a newly constructed wooden walkway has been built over a gap in the road. A man pushes a wheelbarrow and others look on. Most are dressed in leather jerkins and steel helmets.
A postcard of British soldiers repairing a road in front of a damaged building in France during the First World War.
Most are wearing the leather jerkins and steel helmets. Possibly a Labour corks unit.
The image dates to the 1916-18 period.
#ww1 #fww #milhist #greatwar #labour
Sooner than you might think... And the Department of Whisky apparently doesn't bother with #MilHist #Wargaming anymore...
Well when your starting position (due to your base) is the civil war wasnt about slavery, yeah #Milhist is coming in second. And this Admin cant plan, even if they wanted to, because their first goal is bootlicking, second is feathering their nests.
Nothing, and that's the point. They don't seem to give a sh*t about #MilHist and or #wargaming certain scenarios before kicking off a major regional war without even a plan. Even Custer had a plan.🤷♂️
Seems like the Department of Whisky, with Whisky Pete on the helm, don't give a fiddler's f*ck about #MilHist and publications at all. Ignorant st00pid f00k m00pets!
Delighted to launch, in conjunction with the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa, their database of men who died at Number 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. See ww1data.co.uk #histiory #ww1 #milhist #CEF #Canada
This #earlymodern war-elephant might be relevant for #milhist too.
Always a delight bumping into people here who understand my #MilHist references. Refreshing.😃
I'll skip on this one, Ems. I'd rather re-read and repost my #OTD #MilHist stuff I've published in recent years on this and the other, the toXic platform. 😀
As of today, the British Newspaper Archive has over 100 million pages available to search.
An indispensable resource for military history or genealogical research 🤓
#bna #milhist #fww #sww #britishnewspaperarchive #history #newspapers
Many thanks to @lucatrenta.bsky.social for the great questions and being a wonderful host for an NBN interview about my book that takes a broad look at the far-flung American #intelligence efforts during World War I. #FWW #intelhist #milhist
In the foreground a yellow and green hedge with a large evergreen tree to the right, a red sign protrudes above the hedge for the black watch museum. In the background can be seen balhousie castle that holds the museum. The building is of the scottish baronial style.
The perfect weather for an afternoon talk by Dr Scrivener-Anderson about Black Watch officers 1902-1918. Their make up by nationality and background, as well as the wartime temporary commission selection process. #ww1 #fww #blackwatch #balhousie #milhist
Goodbye for today. #newshistory #milhist
Hätten die Roten sich nur besser mit #MilHist beschäftigt... Haben die gleichen Fehler wie bei #Kharkov ' 43 und #Kanev '43 gemacht usw. Arrogante brutale Horden aus dem Osten. 🤷♂️
Tomorrow I’m doing a thing. I get lots of opportunities to chat about Steuben, but it’s weird to have been invited by the IG of New York State to weigh in on government oversight. #skystorians #MilHist
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We’re delighted to welcome Matti Tokola to @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social!
Matti is a visiting PhD student from the University of Eastern Finland, and will be using his time at IMH to write up his thesis on how Swedish military pilots perceived great-power threats during the #ColdWar #milhist
Just over 1 month left to get your abstracts in! #CfP #History #Skystorians #MilHist #MinorityHistory
#milhist question: is there a US Navy equivalent to the (excellent) Emerson encyclopedia for the US Army? I'm not finding one. 🗃️
William K. Emerson, _Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms_, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996. www.oupress.com/978080612622...
Lots of great talks here (thanks to @profmurdoch.bsky.social), but may I draw your attention to the event on 1 Apr, where @warmatters.bsky.social and I will be yakking (in Stockholm) about the history of firearms #MilHist #firearmshistory #skystorians
Dear Friends,
Please find in the link below the IMH International Seminar Series programme for the Spring Term 2026. Zoom links to follow, but for now please put these dates in your diary. We look forward to seeing you in person or online.
www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
🗃️ #MilHist #Skystorians
The Battle of Pavia, 1525. Some thoughts on the importance of material culture in studying #MilHist. helionbooks.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/t...
Woman ambulance drivers in World War I? Battlefield hyenas in the Franco-German War of 1870?
Indeed!
If you want to hear about these from young researchers working on these exciting topics, check out the new MKGD video series featuring new #research in #milhist!
mkgd.hypotheses.org/early-career...
P-40N-5 Warhawk combat veteran of the 49th Fighter Group in New Guinea in WWII. Features a blue and white nose cone and olive drab airframe with a grey underside. Large white 19 and nose art Suzy is painted on the air scoop. Photo by @machspeed.bsky.social
Suzy
P-40N-5 Curtiss Warhawk
S/N 42-105861
This frame saw combat in New Guinea with the USAAF 49th Fighter Group.
Restored to flying condition in 2008.
Quite a lovely old warbird wouldn't you agree?
#P-40Warhawk #warbird #Aviation #airshow #photography #milhist #NoseArt #AVgeek
Note: I am just a mere mortal #MilHist #Wargaming hobbyist. If you want examples why the VDV was always overrated, I can provide some examples, too.
Warten wir auf die nächsten Antworten. Eine(r) wird es schon wissen. Ich habe da meine #MilHist Nerds usw. als Follower.
Außer der Ardennenoffensive liegt mein Fokus als normalsterblicher #MilHist #Wargaming Hobbyist auch, und im besonderen Maße, im Osten. Besonders 3. Charkow Schlacht, Kanew, Kiew und Korsun | Tscherkassy. Auf der 'anderen' Seite habe ich einige interessante #OTD 🧵dazu veröffentlicht.
