Not unusual for German express trains today:

First of the mulled wine.

The British government has admitted to Parliament that they have lost control - isn’t that the real story tonight?

Unsure what we gain from knowing about #HitlersDNA. I fear research the #Holocaust and #NaziGermany will be framed by ADHD, Autism, and small sexual organs. The intervention by a clinical psychiatrist warning against such conclusions will be lost in the morass of social media.

Tracy, Widmark, Lancaster, Garland, Schell, Dietrich and Clift did it better. Call me old fashioned but I don’t recall Göring had an Aussie accent.

#BBC - last night Sir Max Hasting’s defended the BBC against the right-wing media and newspaper barons. If we lose the BBC, Britain will lose something very precious and an important part of the national heritage.

A Substack post #RemembranceSunday open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

A deep examination of the War on Terror with Colonel Seth Folsom. philipwblood.substack.com/p/col-seth-w...

20 years after we met and became instant friends, I was grateful for the opportunity to catch up with my good friend, Dr. Philip W. Blood, on his podcast, “The Historian’s Stammtisch.” He asked some hard questions, and I was happy to answer them.

In conversation with @profelainechalus.bsky.social about here work in 18th Century British politics and her research in the loneliness of Royal Navy captains. open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

Welcome to the house of fun..

With a little inspiration from Beethoven and the forest, ready to set out on the next book.

Time for magnificence open.spotify.com/track/1OAb3B...

In conversation with @profelainechalus.bsky.social about here work in 18th Century British politics and her research in the loneliness of Royal Navy captains. open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

Back in 2022, we discussed how sanctions against Russia were not working & received a hail of criticism for it. Very pleased to see Private Eye has now altered its City page to address issues like the failure to impose sanctions properly - from 14:40 onwards. youtu.be/saFY6vwzxzM?...

Recollections of a past lecture. open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

My latest Substack post substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...

My latest Substack post substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...

End of the staff ride, back to May 1940.

Staff ride in the Eiffel and Hürtgenwald.

The return of the coffee table books, the table in this case being an Indian Army officer’s trunk.

One of the best shows on WW2TV, about artillery - on my third listening. www.youtube.com/live/vxFfkZi...

Pleased to announce a new series on Substack: Bandenbekämpfung goes West. Ascq, April 1944. open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

A new post on Substack - Wikipedia as a Digital Source of Military History open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

Latest on Substack, the final act - open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

The latest from Substack - Aachen's Capitulation - The POW Experience open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

A new post on Combat Fatigue and The US Historical Branch Reports open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

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Lurking in the Aachen city centre bookshop … the founder looks on, approvingly I think! www.mayersche-aachen.de

Have a great weekend everybody: open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

Hopeless Defiance - Kampfgruppe Rink - new content about the battle of Aachen open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

Have a great weekend everybody: open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

As the #BattleofAachen came to a bloody conclusion, we can see how Model’s actions in September had transformed the war in the west into slow attrition. philipwblood.substack.com/p/the-german...

Future War - in conversation with @rbarretttaylor.bsky.social substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...

Retired F-16 drivers: "F-16s won't survive in the contested air space of Ukraine." The Ukrainian air force: "Hold my Obolon."

Hopeless Defiance - Kampfgruppe Rink - new content about the battle of Aachen open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

Future War - in conversation with @rbarretttaylor.bsky.social substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...

The final phase of the Battle of Aachen - more questions, more conundrums. substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...

The final phase of the Battle of Aachen - more questions, more conundrums. substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...

Our Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue is here! 🎉 ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdf7e6km Read the on-the-ground reportage from the pre-eminent historian of Gaza; the unlikely story of Decca Mitford, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist; and much more. See the thread below for some highlights ⬇️

DDR was a major theme at today’s museum visit. The ‘38’ was a popular steam loco on tours. I first travelled with it on a Dresden Railway anniversary in 1983. The diesel is from a class dubbed ‘Ludmilla’ because of their construction in Soviet Russia.

A little light reading for the weekend: philipwblood.substack.com/p/kolle-und-...

The final part of the Bobbie Brown story substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...

"Every trip across Germany includes a stop at a City Brauhaus..." Selbstverständlich. This is the way.

A little light reading for the weekend: philipwblood.substack.com/p/kolle-und-...

The Historian’s Stammtisch has opened with some searching discussions. We are recording for the next discussions - Germany, 18th Century and Future war among others. Please join us on Substack or YouTube.

Librarians on the frontline - beware the coming politics of stupidity.

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Prof. Alan Lester - 5 minute book review open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...