youtube.com/live/ZkLikt1... well done @andrew617.bsky.social a very good presentation.

You've probably not heard of Sandakan. Of the almost 2500 British and Australian POWs held by the Japanese only 6 survived. I've listened to their harrowing interviews and it's something special to me to find a book signed by 3 of them. #histbookchat

We've all done it, too much red wine on New years eve so you buy Battalion histories from Australia. No? Probably just me then. #histbookchat

A stunning debut. OTD 1941 Western Desert The Australian 6th Division commenced their assault on the fortified village Bardia. 55 hours later the garrison of 36000 Italians would surrender. Australian casualties were 450

A couple of titles on the go for this weeks #histbookchat On the 85th anniversary (tomorrow)of the debut in action of the AIF in world war 2, Bardia. And a routine company patrol in Vietnam that turns into an epic.

A rare Christmas present book from my wife, a first edition of my all time favourite. #histbookchat

After listening to his AWM interview I found this collection of his wartime experiences as a soldier and prisoner a super read #histbookchat

Absolutely burnt through Roger's new book and can't recommend it enough .

A few pre Christmas Australian POW book finds and a departure from the usual after watching Danger Close. #histbookchat

Shuck things up with the reading this week by playing 'bookshelf battleships' Came up with these titles and thoroughly enjoyed them. #histbookchat

A rather unusual for sale sign

Every year we're plagued by these in Lincoln, council pest control should pull their finger out.

#histbookchat after fighting in the middle east in volume 1 the lads of the 2/12th Battalion head back to Australia and a new enemy the Japanese in volume 2.

More additions to the Australian POW collection my planned reading for next year #histbookchat

#histbookchat deep into this biography of the Australian General Thomas Blamey by my favourite author.

#histbookchat based on the author's 2/2nd Battalion AIF experience of the Atape/Wewak campaign of 44/45 this really is a superb book

A slim volume but a fascinating study of the performance of 3 Australian Battalions under the stresses of jungle warfare on Bougainville. #hisbookchat

#histbookchat using cabinet papers in the Australian National Archives the author examines key points of the Australian war effort. As with all David Horner's books it's a good read.

#histbookchat A memoir from a member of the Australian Army Service Corps, Peter's book is beautifully written with an eye for army life.

On to the final Battalion of the 21st Brigade the 2/27th. #histbookchat

#histbookchat After completing the 30th Brigade histories it's off to the 21st Brigade. Kicking off the 2/14th Battalion. Dipping into the accompanying Men of the 2/14th adds a new dimension to the battalion history.

#histbookchat After reading the superb 39th Battalion book it's on to the much maligned 55/53rd battalion of the 30th Brigade. Love the inscription

Book haul! A slim volume I've been chasing for ages, a Brune monster and a whole new US Pacific reading theatre opened.

Time to start an in-depth look at the 30th Brigade. Hastily formed to defend Port Moresby in early 42. First up the 39th Battalion.

Oldest church in Lincoln? The cathedral? No, St Mary le Wigford. A clue is the Roman grave marker built into the tower with a later Saxon dedication carved above the Latin inscription.

Another super Philip Bradley book and fascinating to follow Peter Ryan's patrol from the Japanese point of view. 'fear drive my feet ' is one of my favourite books, got me digging out my wartime New Guinea maps to follow the route. #histbookchat

First book of the year and a departure from Australian military history. Government Patrol officer and PNG explorer Jack Hides. #histbookchat

#histbookchat . With the short battle of Temor over the war for survival as prisoners begins. As the men of the 2/40th a shattered into dispersed groups all over the Far East the author pieces their story together.

#histbookchat back on the POW reading. The Tasmanian 2/40th put up an outstanding 3 day defence of Temor before disappearing into the hands of the Japanese. Peter followed the story of their experience.

#histbookchat bit of a departure from my FEPOW reading. I've followed Rod's journey with his book and I'm overjoyed to get a copy. It's a fantastic tale of an Aussie soldier.

#histbookchat. The little known story of the 600 RAF and R.A officers and men who ended up at Sandakan in Borneo. As the name suggests it ends badly

August 1944 A Lancaster from 467 squadron RAAF based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. Alongside the nose art the crew have written their names at the position they occupy.

When Stan bit Winston. August 1942. Western desert. During an inspection by Winston Churchill private Stan Collins of the 2/23rd Battalion salutes smartly and asked “ how about a cigar sir?" A smiling Winston duly obliged Stan.

A UK find! Not often I'm that lucky with Australian battalion histories.

Produced to mark the 60th anniversary of the battle of the Somme this documentary captures a quiet different battlefield than that existing today. Presented by Leo Mckern youtube.com/watch?v=e8Ve...

Super work by the international Bomber command Centre. BBC News - Thousands of forgotten bomber crews recognised www.bbc.com/news/article...

2 memorials in Dunholm church

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I'm getting too old to be bullying kneeler stones into position

November 1942 Kokoda - Oivi Papua. After surviving initial capture by Australian troops the look of relief on one of the Japanese prisoners as he smokes an enemy cigarette is obvious, the other not so.

November 1942. Kokoda. With the capture of the airfield the supply of vital equipment is no longer reliant on the 7 day cross mountain line of Papuan native carriers.

A cold dog walk this morning with the Red Arrows

Rising sun plaques carved by a Lebanese monk in Syria to mark the competition of the Tripoli to Hiefa railway by Australian engineers in 1942. Some great work there by Brussels trained sculptor Na,Amthallah

Great set of photos showing Australian stonemasons at work in Syria. The presence of the guard with fixed bayonet indicates word of stonemasons knocking off early has got round

Old foes. Syria 1941. Sergeant Edward Picton DCM MM former 7th Light Horse, captured by the Turks in WW1 chats with a Syrian engine driver and former Turkish POW of the Australians in the same war.

A May 1916 trench map. Not as lively as other areas of the western front and regarded as a nursery sector but still plenty going on in the way of mine warfare

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Syria March 1942. Private Skipworth carves a plaque to commemorate victory in the recent successful Allied operations against Vichy french forces.

youtube.com/watch?v=VgNv... Australian and Allied prisoners of the Japanese tell the truth about a Japanese propaganda film they were forced to "Star" in. A remarkable film introduced by Brigadier Arthur Blackburn V.C.

Another glorious morning at Normanby le wold working on a 14 century church,at 162m the highest point in Lincolnshire.