Time for another well overdue book review: @mikecarlton01.bsky.social 's "Scrap Iron Flotilla". I've enjoyed all of Mike's books and this is no exception #HistBookChat 1/

Fini/...accounts. Another excellent entry in Mike's RAN series and a must read for those interested in Naval history and Australian military history. (HMAS Stuart in the Battle of Matapan, 1941, by Frank Norton) #HistBookChat @axe99.bsky.social @ernestmalley.bsky.social @alparky.bsky.social

Actually it's possibly the first book on the 2nd AIF I've bought since @karljames1945.bsky.social stonking "The Hard Slog"! @ernestmalley.bsky.social @alparky.bsky.social @axe99.bsky.social

Looking forward to making time to check out this series, based on the harrowing book, that nearly snuck up on me! Make sure we share it around! #wehaveways @ernestmalley.bsky.social @almurray.bsky.social @karljames1945.bsky.social #histbookchat #thenarrowroadtothedeepnorth

Hello #HistBookChat gang. I was very fortunate last week to have a short holiday in Hay on Wye. As well as being just a really lovely place to visit it is, of course, secondhand book utopia! 1/... @historybookreads.bsky.social @matteatonmedia.bsky.social @lwestwoodauthor.bsky.social

One for @ernestmalley.bsky.social: 3rd Aust Farm Company??

The series is much more likely to show an incident on 27 November when 5 NZ Bde was attacked at Menastir by forces from the Bardia fortress, and in which the Bde notes one enemy I tank was lost to a 2-pdr. @ernestmalley.bsky.social @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social IWM E3743E

#OTD in 1941, in a footnote to the #desertwar's #navalhistory, the modern and fast merchant Sebastiano Venier (ex-Dutch Jason) called at Bardia, carrying 14 M13/40 tanks, and 1,968 tons of supplies. She was to carry over 2,000 POWs to Italy on the return run. @ernestmalley.bsky.social

Meanwhile, in the desert events had progressed towards the climax of the battle. Rommel was convinced he was winning. The #newzealand Div was reported as destroyed. @ernestmalley.bsky.social rommelsriposte.com/2013/12/08/p...

Perfect

Scrounging around for the last reserves, the decision is made to commit the accidental Australians of 2/13 Battalion, left behind in the fortress when their ride, HMS Latona, out was sunk on the inbound journey. @karljames1945.bsky.social @ernestmalley.bsky.social rommelsriposte.com/2021/12/28/g...

Re-reading this at the moment (French Indochina is my thing). It occurs to me (not for the first time) how, despite his undoubted greatness, FDR was quite naive when it came to both his pronouncements on colonialism with all men being born equal and also in his dealings with Stalin.

Remarkably still in use with Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War! Maybe when complete we’ll do some videos about how it was loaded and equipped by them. Likely the CMF @ernestmalley.bsky.social? The crowdfunding page is still running but making slow progress.

On behalf of all Gen Xers, I apologise for this.

A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.

Finally getting into that great #Canberra #Sunset season. #Belconnen.

#History #Australia #WeHaveWays #Miltary #WW2 #WorldWar go.bsky.app/LGj8sYm

I found some glasses cleaner in my draw and the difference is amazing. Like before now feels like when someone uses the squid ink splatter on Mario kart. So this is what the world looks like 🤔

#Australian starter packs

Much like the classic sci-fi film, 'The Blob' this Starter pack keeps on growing...stronger! Please enjoy, the community is excellent. #History #Australia #WW2 #WW1 #GretaWar #WeHaveWays #Military #ANZAC go.bsky.app/LGj8sYm

A TALE OF TWO CITIES HARD ❌ “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” EASY ✅ “Yeah, nah”

Much like the classic sci-fi film, 'The Blob' this Starter pack keeps on growing...stronger! Please enjoy, the community is excellent. #History #Australia #WW2 #WW1 #GretaWar #WeHaveWays #Military #ANZAC go.bsky.app/LGj8sYm

#History #Australia #WeHaveWays #Miltary #WW2 #WorldWar go.bsky.app/LGj8sYm

What's not to like about this good oil? #History #Australia #Military #WeHaveWays #WorldWar #GreatWar go.bsky.app/LGj8sYm

oh if the Atlantic is hating on us you know it's a good place 😂

Some great weekend reading, just published and covering a topic that's generally never mentioned; Australia sent many thousands of service personnel to India/Burma but you would hardly know it.

I like to think of Australia as a serious country but Australia doesn't make it easy...as evidenced by my shiny Dollar Buck. #Bluey #Australia

Ordered this three weeks ago and it's finally arrived. Can't help but think my subconscious was trying to tell me something I didn't want to think about at the time. Hoping for insight & solace.

A week of assorted reading and, as it turns out, quite a bit of book buying. I'm embracing my inner Erasmus. #HistBookChat #Vietnam #MilitaryHistory #Books @axe99.bsky.social @matteatonmedia.bsky.social @ernestmalley.bsky.social

For this week's #HistBookChat a quick double header. Finished this last week but unfortunately forgot to post. A fantastic and well-researched study of officers in the 2nd AIF and very much recommended 👇 #PhotoFriday @ernestmalley.bsky.social @alparky.bsky.social @bochard193945.bsky.social

3/ And finally this. An excellent piece of scholarship and highly recommended. @ernestmalley.bsky.social @alparky.bsky.social #HistBookChat #Photo Friday.

This week's #HistBookChat offering. The lack of footnotes is perplexing, especially given that it's a Palgrave published work. Very odd.

Unit history heaven...even though they are South Australians. #HistBookChat

This week's offering for #histbookchat....

My read this week, the story of the 2/5th Australian infantry battalion as told by an officer who served throughout the war with them. One of the few battalions to fight all the kings enemies Italians, Germans, vichy French and Japanese. #HistBookChat

This week's reading - shaping up to be a new favourite. Momentarily paused for a fortnight though as I jump into the Eastern Front for the MA. #HistBookChat #PhotoFriday @matteatonmedia.bsky.social @bochard193945.bsky.social @ernestmalley.bsky.social @alparky.bsky.social

Today's #HistBookChat is the 30th Battalion history. Some great photos and contributions. No glamorous battles just long hard patrolling in the south West Pacific.

This week I’m still with Syd Rowell in New Guinea so my #histbookchat offering is one of my most anticipated reads for the new year: ‘Australian Light Horse: The Campaign in the Middle East, 1916-1918’ by Phillip Bradley. I’ll be pairing this with the Imperial Camel Corps from last week…

With a Capt Roy Hodgkinson illustration of their 1943 landing at Scarlett Beach, what's not to like about this 2/15th Bn unit history? #histbookchat

Snagged this beauty, full of fabulous photos and my old friend Parry Okeden of the 2/9th was C.O

Published in 1961 and still looking great. #histbookchat

@histbookchat - it's a good job I'm not in the army, I'd be in the glasshouse the amount of times I've missed the Friday deadline. Anyhow, before I'm buried beneath a ton of spuds which the Sgt. Major will want peeling, here are my tardy offerings for this week....2 for the price of one.

Sometimes #Canberra has nice #Sunsets ☺️

Matilda II tank in Australian service being pulled across a river on Bougainville, February 1945(!). The Japanese captured Bougainville in 1942. In Nov '43, the Americans landed and secured a perimeter. From Nov '44-Aug '45 Australian forces conducted mopping-up operations. AWF 018380

Worse battalion in the Australian Army? Need one man mortar support? It's the 49th battalion. #HistBookChat

Something of an companion piece to Mark Johnston's, 'Anzacs in the Middle East: Australian Soldiers, Their Allies and the Local People in World War II' ...and just as comprehensive. #histbookchat

Next in my medical series is ‘Keep The Men Alive: Australian POW doctors in Japanese captivity’ by Rosalind Hearder (2009). This is the story of the 106 medical officers whose courage, compassion and ingenuity helped 14,000 of the 22,000 Australian POWs survive their brutal captivity. #histbookchat