#Skystorians #History Job opportunity: @histparl.bsky.social are recruiting a Research Fellow for their 1660-1832 House of Lords project; initially for 3 years; would suit historian of long 18th century; deadline 16 Feb, see historyofparliament.com/2026/01/12/v...

Former CIA officer @johnsipher.bsky.social joins Chris to unpack what the West gets wrong about Russian intelligence—from hostile counterintelligence to Putin’s use of active measures and reflexive control. 🎧 Audio: pod.fo/e/36a59d 🎥 YouTube: youtu.be/EfRdJ98XJz8

From the archive - A photojournalist in Cold War Eastern Europe coldwarconversations.com/episode232/

🗓️ #OTD in 1943 – COPP 6's Donald Amer and Peter Wild (📸 Peter Palmer via Simon Hatch) follow-up Christmas Day's unsuccessful recce of Normandy by taking part in Operation Bellpush Baker, again with the 712th Landing Craft (Survey) Flotilla. #NavalHistory 🧵 ▶️ buff.ly/lBVRQsP

NEW EPISODE When #EastGerman Soldiers Dreamed of Flying Over the #BerlinWall 🎧🎧Listen here coldwarconversations.com/episode436/ @ddronline.bsky.social@GermanAtPompey.bsky.social #eastgermany #GDR #DDR #berlinermauer

🚨 THIS WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨 Richard Duckett and Duncan Gilmour uncover the astonishing legacy of Col. Edgar Peacock — a #WWII commander whose brilliance shaped #SOE success in #Burma. A true game-changer. 🎙️🔥 🎧 www.patreon.com/post...#WWII#SOE#Burma#History #Podcast #UnsungHeroes #MilitaryHistory

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 Richard Duckett and Duncan Gilmour breaks down the extraordinary impact of SOE in Burma — operations that shaped the whole Far East war. 📊🔥 🎧 www.patreon.com/post... #HistoryRage #Podcast #WW2 #SOE #BurmaCampaign #HistoryFacts #MilitaryHistory

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE 🚨 Richard Duckett and Duncan Gilmour reveals how many Japanese soldiers refused to surrender after VJ Day — forcing Peacock’s men into deadly post-war battles. 🌑⚔️ 🎧 www.patreon.com/post... #Podcast #WW2 #SOE #BurmaCampaign #VJDay #HistoryPodcast

HUGE thanks to Aleks Pluskowski for raging that “Crusades are not just the Middle East” ⚔️ The Baltic Crusades reshaped societies, powered the Teutonic Knights, and left a profound, troubling legacy. 🎧 Out 16 March on Patreon & Apple: patreon.com/historyrage

The Goring Gap from Lardon Chase is a spectacular view of Streatley and Goring on Thames, which are picturesque villages on the borders of Berkshire and Oxfordshire. The River Thames runs through the valley on its way to London and cuts between the Berkshire Downs and the Chilterns. Oil on board.

From the archive - Deep Cover Cold War Spies: How Russia’s Illegal Agents Penetrated the West coldwarconversations.com/episode397/

This bronze head of a goddess with her spooky, hypnotic inlaid silver eyes, will be roaming the shadows tonight on All Hallows Eve! Still looking for her body, 2,000 years later … 😱 🏺 1/ Hellenistic, 150-100 BCE, Mersin, Turkey. #BritishMuseum 📸 me

Pretty damn cool.

What an excellent idea/initiative. Be brave people, and sign up. I have spoken to many people who have a story to tell, but don't think they're the one to tell it.

OUT NOW: Our Remembrance Day Special! Jack & Rob talk to Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby about their powerful new doc, The Last Burma Star. They discuss Lev's grandfather, finding a 100-year-old veteran, & the war's living legacy. Watch the film TONIGHT, 9pm on @skyhistory.bsky.social ! #remembranceday

Being released this Tuesday, 4 November. Also available as E book, and through Amazon as both hardcover and on Kindle.

From Octavia Butler, “Parable of the Talents”:

🚨 OUT THIS WEEK 🚨 Behind enemy lines, Belgian agents risked everything — knowing capture meant death. 🕵️‍♀️ Their courage redefined what it meant to fight without a weapon. Helen Fry tells their story. 🎧 pod.fo/e/345753 📖 uk.bookshop.org/a/10...

🚨The call for papers for the History and Archives in Practice 2026 conference #HAP26 is now live! 🚨 Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️

#OTD in 1941, the BV-222 Wiking flew a mission into Derna, hauling 60 German soldiers into Africa, and returning to Europe with 30 sick or wounded soldiers.

This week’s Halloween episode for the podcast has dropped - on a U-boat ghost story and sea monsters… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m... #history #podcast #navalhistory

6. The eagerly-awaited first book by engaging historian @lmbd1418.bsky.social "Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945" has recently been published (2025.) It relates the daring exploits of a Commando Brigade which included her grandfather. www.ospreypublishing.com/us/jungle-co...

5. Special Operations Executive (SOE) researcher Richard Duckett wrote his 4th book, "Jungle Warrior: Britain's Greatest SOE Commander" (2025) revealing the epic saga of Lt. Col. Edgar Peacock, who led guerrillas in WW2 Burma. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gom5...

1. This History Thread is about recent (2023-25) books on Burma (Myanmar.) It includes books on WW2, ethnic issues & the anti-coup revolution. A pre-order announcement of my new book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" is at the end. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 📚

Fast, unarmed, and unstoppable: the Mosquito became the Allies’ ultimate recon weapon! 💨 History Rage explores how it shaped the air war. 🎧 Tune in: pod.fo/e/342a15 #WWII #WW2Aircraft #RAF ✈️⚡

Your Saturday need some spicing up? 😄 Via the link below you can read my latest article (open access) on surveillance of the Scottish public during the Second World War. Enjoy! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#RIP Saddened to hear of the passing of Tim Cook, chief historian at the Canadian War Museum. He leaves us an impressive legacy with his books that tell Canada's story. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Boo! #writingcommunity

Whilst we are between series,Jack&Rob are still working on new content&we’re very excited to say we’ve seen Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby’s wonderful doc The Last Burma Star. Looking forward to having them on for Remembrance Day. Premier at the NAM, London on 6 Nov Released on Sky History 9 Nov.

Battle of Loos with Peter Doyle: in the latest @oldfrontline.bsky.social we are joined by @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social to discuss the offensive of September 1915. oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/10/25/b...

This week we look forward to publication, on Thursday, of the next in the Society's New Historical Perspectives book series: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4o9iblT Available free Open Access from @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2

🗓️ #OTD in 1945 – with the end of the war, COPP is officially disbanded. But it won't be long before the legacy is revived when 'cockleshell hero' Royal Marines officer 'Blondie' Hasler (📸 IWM A 29378) sets up the School of Combined Operations Beach and Boat Section (SCOBBS). #NavalHistory 🧵

Never listened! Madness! Get on it folks. I usually listen to pods when exercising or washing up or driving. Or doing housey things like painting or gardening or sorting out the garage/hiking gear.

Number 10 has arrived! The feeling never gets old.

📣 The WFA PhD Grant Scheme is currently open to applicants! We want to hear from anyone researching the First World War as part of their doctoral thesis, no matter what the topic! #fwwhist Full details and application form can be found below ⬇️ www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/...

"Masters of Mayhem" will be available in paperback later this fall! Learn about how T. E. Lawrence's ideas influenced modern special operations warfare. Pre-Order Here: https://tinyurl.com/278yvanm #militaryhistory #telawrence #britishmilitary

A reminder to my followers from the WW2 history world, I am always looking for new guests and subjects for my YouTube channel. Battles, social history, biographies, niche research - all welcome. www.youtube.com/WW2TV Here are some recent shows to give you an idea of the variety of subjects.

Forget Enigma—RAF Photo Reconnaissance was the real intelligence power! ✈️📸 Dave Robertson & Tony Hoskins (For You The War Is Over) reveal how the PRU outshone Codebreakers. 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/342a15 🔴 LIVE Nov 1 @IWM #WWII #RAF #Podcast #Spitfire

#LestWeForget Vancouver street banners recognizing Chinese-Canadian vets. Here is Ronald Lee and Bill Chong. Lee inspired the #Force136 children's book by @catherinelittle.bsky.social. Bill Chong was a decorated secret agent. You can learn more about Chong at www.youtube.com/live/dEebnwD....

Mountains, happiness and joy. Glyder Fawr yesterday.

Did you know there were more American servicemen in the CBI theatre than British by April 1945? In our new Q&A, we break down the numbers and discuss the vital American roles in logistics, engineering the Ledo Road, and air support. #ForgottenWarPod #CBI #USHistory #WW2

Did the Japanese have their own 'Forgotten War'? For Japan, the 1944 Imphal offensive (Operation Ugo) is seen as the "epitome of military failure". The disaster was so complete that it was essentially covered up. We discuss this in our new Q&A. #ForgottenWarPod #WW2 #Imphal

NEW EPISODE The #KGB #defector who saved #MI5 and changed the #ColdWar 🎧🎧Listen here coldwarconversations.com/episode425/

🕵️‍♂️⚡️ From Cambridge to Greenham , from NATO to nuclear fallout — Britain’s Cold War story is massive but overlooked. Fraser McCallum lifts the lid on 50 years in the shadow of the bomb. 🎙️ 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/33aa86 🎟️ LIVE IWM Podcast Festival! 👉 Tickets: www.iwm.org.uk/event...

Happy Publication day to me! 🥳 Jungle Commandos is out now! @ospreypublishing.bsky.social

Was great to be back on @ww2tv.bsky.social last night for a wee chat with Woody about Jungle Commandos. If you missed it, you can catch up here:

It’s been a while but I’m back on @ww2tv on 9th October folks, publication day for Jungle Commandos.

We've updated our three BlueSky starter packs for historians. Our principal list now includes details of 130+ societies and networks, based in the UK and Ireland, that advance the study, research and promotion of history go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd Please let us know if there are gaps. #Skystorians 1/2

#OTD in 1941 12 Field Coy R.E. started a new war diary, settling in for another month of the siege of Tobruk. @ubiquevir.bsky.social @karljames1945.bsky.social rommelsriposte.com/2021/11/05/1...

He was one man against the jungle. In 1942, Eric Lambert led a small party into the treacherous Hukawng Valley to find the 25,000 lost men of the Chinese 5th Army. His mission: establish a supply route and guide them to safety in India. #ForgottenWar #WW2 #Heroism