Having evaded arrest - after helping an estimated 75 downed Allied airmen escape Nazi-German occupied France - #MadeleineDamerment was recruited & trained by #SOE in the UK. They judged her both ‘a hard worker’ & ‘extremely keen.’ 🧵🪡

From the archive - #US #SpecialForces in West #Berlin Listen here coldwarconversations.com/episode120/

NEW EPISODE -On the edge of war: A V-Force pilot during the Cuban Missile Crisis Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode458/ #VForce #Cuba #Nuclearwar #Coldwar #DHVictor #Vbomber

Significant Dates... May29,1900 Battle between Boers & 2nd Battalion,Royal Canadian Regiment at Doornkop READ www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibiti... The Boer War introduced khaki to Canadian uniforms which started to replace red & blue PICS 2nd(Special Service)Bn, Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry

How do you feed a massive army when standard lines of communication are at their limit? In our new episode, we look at the innovative farming on the Imphal Plain, where 800 farmers grew vegetables & much more to sustain hundreds of thousands of troops. #WWII #MilitaryLogistics #History

Last week Fiona Hill delivered the 2026 IWM Institute Annual Lecture on readiness, resilience and the realities of war in the world today. If you read about it in the extensive media coverage but weren't able to join us, then you can watch it online via: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Ep...

In late 1943, a profound structural transformation shook India Command. The Eastern Army was rebranded into what would be the aggressive, innovative 14th Army under General Slim, forged specifically to crush the enemy. Tune in to hear how it happened. #WWII #14thArmy #MilitaryHistory

"In September 2025, nine mosques and cultural centers in and around Paris were targeted...Bloody severed pig heads, each marked with the word “Macron” in blue ink, were left outside their front doors." This was a Russian stunt. From @occrp.org Read more: www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

"U.S. Marines at the Battle for Sangin" is a memoir exploring the untold stories of a small Marine infantry unit in Afghanistan. Order your copy today! https://tinyurl.com/yc7xj54u #militaryhistory #militarystories #personalmemoir

Baader Meinhof member 67, was finally caught in a flat in Berlin in 2024 after more than 30 years on the run. She went on trial last year and has now been jailed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm rather taken with these pics of a 115 Squadron Lancaster Mk2 being serviced.

Catch Kees Koenen in conversation with Paul Woodadge of WW2TV discussing his book, ‘The Betrayal of Colditz: The Story of Ronald Bolton Littledale’, via this YouTube link: www.youtube.com/live/hfY2Mxq... #Colditz #WW2TV #MilitaryHistory

#BOOKGIVEAWAY - #Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms & Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line Follow @coldwarpod.bsky.social , like & reply to this post for a chance to win a copy of this book T&C's & other ways to enter here coldwarconversations.com/giveaway @rorycormac.bsky.social

Have you caught our latest podcast on Russian Spy Tradecraft? Check it out below 👇👇👇

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 Nanjing. 1937. One of WWII’s most horrific massacres — and still barely discussed in the West. Jenny Chan tells the story on History Rage. 🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post... #Nanjing #WWII #PacificWar #HistoryPodcast 🔥

Don't forget that on 23 April, I will be giving a #VirtualLecture at the @rafmuseum.bsky.social on 'An ‘admirable achievement’: The 'War in the Air,' Creating the Narrative, and the Origins of a Discipline' drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/v... #WW1 #airpowerhistory #plsRT

Love cooking Far East/Southeast Asian food but my wife has just binned the turmeric! Does anyone have remedies for the cursed yellow stain, please!!! As it stands, turmeric is banned from the house!

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 ⚓️ Even if Trafalgar was lost, Britain had another fleet ready. @zwhitehistory.bsky.social of @napwarspod.bsky.social explains the forgotten naval reality on History Rage 🚢 Listen now: pod.fo/e/3c9366 #HistoryRage #RoyalNavy #Trafalgar

NEW EPISODE #Soviet - #Afghan #War, #Mujahideen Resistance: The Brutal Fight for #Zhawar with Michael G Stroud Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode450/ #afghanistan #coldwar

Silly not to, unless you want the physical book.

Great morning recording a couple of episodes of the pod today - on the anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Kohima - the totemic struggle that turned the tide of the Burma Campaign.

A wooden figure of a Gurkha rifleman of the Burma campaign, on display at #IWMLondon. He wears a jungle green uniform with the 'golden arrow' patch of 7th Indian Division, and is armed with a Sten submachine gun. #wartour

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 In this History Rage episode, 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. 🌑⚔️ 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/3aaf13 #WW2 #SOE #Podcast #HistoryRage @chiselbury.bsky.social

#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as "the girl with the red hair", was arrested. She was executed by the Nazis, allegedly saying "I shoot better" after their first shots missed. #WomensHistoryMonth #WorldWar2 #History #WomensHistory🗃️

Spy Agency Bosses Pledge New Look at Havana Syndrome www.spytalk.co/p/spy-agency...

If you missed out on my talk yesterday at @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social You can catch it on YouTube 📺 m.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Fv...

NEW EPISODE - An officer in the Internal Troops of the #Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode448/ #Lviv #coldwar #Sovietunion #redarmy #ukraine

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