The ultimate guide to #ColdWar locations in #Berlin with @jonnywhitlam.bsky.social coldwarconversations.com/episode296/

An excellent episode.

History is often written by the elite, but Gautam Hazarika used 20,000 interrogation reports to hear the actual voices of the sepoys and sergeants. Discover their personal accounts of the Burma campaign in our new episode. These stories are there to be told. #History #WWII

4/4 They aren't great ones for bathing & I only occasionally see them bathing at the #WeedyPond

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 Staggering numbers define this History Rage episode: thousands recruited, 723 women, and nearly 30,000 Japanese accounted for. Richard Duckett and Duncan Gilmour reveals SOE Burma’s true scale. 📊🔥 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/3aaf13 #WW2 #SOE #Podcast @chiselbury.bsky.social

Time for the first in the new Forgotten Defenders of the Home Front series. I'll take a look at the Young Soldier Battalions and how they undertook airfield defence. Keep an eye out for a very important bit of clarification of a likely misinterpretation of airfield defence. youtu.be/8-E507sMMeI

🚨 SPECIAL EPISODE🚨 30,000 spectators. One condemned doctor. 😳⛓️ Stephen Bates revisits the dramatic execution that gripped Victorian Britain and proves true crime obsession is nothing new. 🎙️🔥 Listen now: pod.fo/e/3a68ec #TrueCrime #VictorianHistory #Podcast

It's me! Raging! #Junglewarrior

Subhas Chandra Bose and the INA: heroes or traitors? We tackle the complex legacy of the Indians who fought alongside the Japanese. Walter Reid examines how this movement challenged British authority and shifted the post-war landscape forever. Tune in! #INA #ChandraBose #HistoryPodcast

Remains of Roman fortlet found under house gardens in Bearsden (north of Glasgow). The Antonine Wall was built after AD 142 by the Roman Army on the orders of its emperor Antoninus Pius. If it was our garden I would be very excited - my wife less so😂. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lovely study of a Daimler Dingo in Tunisia. IWM NA 1120 Details in ALT. The Dingo was a very popular vehicle with the enemy to. The Germans called them ‘Flitzer’ (‘Dasher’) while the Italians did it the ultimate flattery of copying it as the ‘Lince’ (Lynx), manufactured by Lancia.

NEW EPISODE - Growing up in #Soviet #Ukraine in the 1960s and 70s Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode447/ #Lviv #coldwar #childhood #Sovietunion

🚨 NEXT WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS🚨 Did 1948 Berlin really face total isolation? 🤔 Joseph Pearson rethinks the Berlin Airlift — from civilian crossings to Cold War brinkmanship and near-war moments. Get this early release at: www.patreon.com/historyrage Or join on Apple subs #BerlinAirlift #ColdWar

🚨 THIS WEEK 🚨 @brushingboots.bsky.social unpacks Britain’s upper class today 🏰📘 From shrinking estates to hereditary peers & the National Trust’s influence, with Wentworth Woodhouse as a study of decline and survival. 🎧 Listen: shows.acast.com/hist... #History #Podcast #BritishHistory

Tomorrow, we delve into the complex, hidden history of 62,000 Indian POWs from WWII. Join Rob & special guest Gautam Hazarika as he explores the "impossible dilemma" of loyalty after the fall of Singapore. It is a truly deep story of survival, sacrifice, & forgotten struggle #FEPOW #WWII #History

If you missed it - this week was all about Eisenhower and the Holocaust with the excellent @histprofdad.bsky.social Next week - the pod will be talking about the road to the Battle of Culloden Have a fab weekend!

V Force wasn't just regular soldiers. It relied on the bravery of local hill tribes—the Naga,Chin&Lushai people, or people like the anthropologist Ursula Graham Bower. Their knowledge of the geography of the Burma/India frontier was the ultimate weapon against invasion. #NagaHills #BurmaWar #VForce

#ThingThursday from me is something my 2 Div uncle made. He was with 208 Field Company RE, with all that entailed from Dunkirk to Mandalay, via Kohima.

On 20 February 1942 two of the victorious commanders of Operation CRUSADER were recognised by the award of Bars to their Distinguished Service Orders, Brigadiers Willison, who had effectively commanded the Tobruk breakout, and Watkins, who was in command of 1 Army Tank Brigade under 13 Corps.

5 (fiction) authors I have read at least 5 books by: - Wilbur Smith - Edward Wilson - George MacDonald Fraser - Charles Cumming - Philip Kerr

Tomorrow on The Forgotten War Podcast, we are in the desperate days of the summer of 1942. Discover how General Wavell scrambled to defend India’s frontiers against the Japanese advance. A story of shadows, and survival. Join Jack and Rob for S3 E6 at dawn. #WWII #HistoryPodcast #VForce

Still tickled by this! Nice one @historybowsh.bsky.social

This #photofriday offering is a new purchase ‘Milne Bay 1942: The Story of ’Milne-Force’ and Japan’s First Military Defeat on Land’ by Clive Baker and Greg Knight. I’m very excited about this one and will probably percolate it to the top of the TBR after the Coastwatchers. #histbookchat /2

'Even if you don’t usually read non fiction, you’ll find this book hard to put down. The way it weaves in the personal side of Peacock and his family, is truly touching, making history feel deeply human.' #histbookchat #Junglewarrior

Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update (#173). It begins with reports of Ukraine liberating a large amount of territory. This could reveal alot of things, in particular that the Russian system continues to lie upwards about the state of the war. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 Think Bushido defined the samurai? Think again. 🧘‍♂️💣 @matt-okuhara.bsky.social reveals that Japan’s famous warrior code was written after they’d already mastered the gun. Tradition met technology — myths began. 🎧 Catch the full episode! pod.fo/e/3901a7 #Samurai #JapaneseHistory

#OTD in 1945, Major Peacock and his Special Group were poised for their second attempt to parachute behind the lines into Burma. What followed was probably SOE's most successful mission of the entire Second World War: Operation Character.

NEW EPISODE - High School Student to The Top Secret #USAF Red Eagles Soviet MIG Squadron Part 1 Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode444/ #avgeek #avgeeks #ColdWar @AviationXtended

Not sure how many trips to Berlin I have made now but pretty sure it's into double figures. So much to see and do, every time there's something new added to the itinerary. #loveberlin

Look what got on the plane with me @lmbd1418.bsky.social Sub zero Berlin meets beating hot Burma...

Mosquito Night Intruder Missions open.substack.com/pub/hushkit/...

#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' ⬇️