We discuss the profound trauma endured by families on the trek out of Burma. Felicity shares the story of 17-year-old Jerry Halpin, who woke to find his mother dead, ants crawling on her face. After all the adults in his family died, he led his three younger siblings to safety #WW2 #Survival

Three August 1925 babies added to soeinburma.com/females-in-t...

Tomorrow, author Felicity Goodall joins us to discuss Exodus Burma, her powerful book on the human cost of the 1942 retreat. We delve into the harrowing personal stories of civilian refugees, the total collapse of society, and the desperation of those caught in the chaos of war #BurmaCampaign #WW2

🚨 New Secrets & Spies 🎙️ Chris & Matt unpack: 🕵️ US intel under fire — strain on Five Eyes 🎯 Spy-Q: learn real spy tradecraft 💥 Israel’s Doha strike & intel backlash Listen via links below 👇👇👇 🎧 pod.fo/e/32e18a 🎥 youtu.be/qGwtAuQtA4I?...

Today in 1940, German bombers mount the first raid of the London #Blitz. This aerial photograph, from a Luftwaffe target folder, shows the Royal Albert & King George V docks. The area marked is now the site of London City Airport. www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

#OTD in 1941 HM/Sub Thunderbolt sank the small Italian steamer Sirena 50 miles off Benghazi. This was the beginning of a week of carnage on the North Africa supply route that would see supply anxiety levels in Panzergruppe Afrika skyrocket. @rjhammond215.bsky.social #navalhistory

Avro Lancaster B.VII (NX611) ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 247. ▶️ vintageaviationnews.com/restorations...

Very excited to debut with the Kohima Ed Trust: webinar with Rob Lyman about Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945. A wonderful charity supporting Naga people,incl. scholarships to uni, set up by former soldiers to thank the Nagas who helped them through the campaign.Get your tickets here tinyurl.com/5n7w69xn

This afternoon the mayhem resumed and we hiked Rhododendron Ridge in reverse. Past communication trenches, tunnels and dugouts #Gallipoli 🇹🇷 #WW1 @istoriatravel.bsky.social @peterhart.bsky.social @seaspitfires.com @danielmcandrew.bsky.social

Season 10 of Secrets & Spies starts here. Today we look at Britain’s Flag Fight, America’s Role in Post-War Ukraine, Gabbard’s Purge, and a New Zealand Spy Trial 🎧Listen here: pod.fo/e/325d60 🎥Watch here: youtu.be/7ZfflfEAWjc?...

Jon Parshall’ VJ80 presentation at the National Museum of the Pacific War. @alanallport.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social @navalairhistory.com @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social youtu.be/4Xvzc37tVJc

Check out our latest podcast: @mattfulton.net with Nicolo Majnoni on the murder of Jock Yablonski and the fight to reclaim America’s most powerful coal union from corruption. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/321631 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/YyB3miDxp_o

In that time, around one million Australians — approximately 15% of the population — served in the armed forces. Over half served overseas, with nearly 40,000 killed and more than 60,000 wounded. But what do Australians today know about this epochal moment in our history?

#Histbookchat Definitely the highlight of my summer #SWW reading. Wading through statistics and censor report summaries was heavy going at times but is the basis of the panoramic overview Fennell provides of the home and fighting fronts for each Commonwealth army and longer term political impacts.👍

'Well researched, utilising official records and never-before seen private family archives, this book's story is compelling. It will fascinate anyone with an interest in Special Forces, WW2, the Far East and British imperial and military history.' www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...

#OTD 1945, my great uncle, George Henry Hall, was liberated from his POW camp in Thailand. He spent over 3 & 1/2 yrs in cruel captivity & was forced to work on the Death Railway via a few camps,inc Changi, to start with. He was repatriated not long afterwards. Poor sod. #FEPOW 🌺

No. 3 RAAF Squadron on the move 12/41. 🧵 1/many AWM 022511 @karljames1945.bsky.social @cedricmas.bsky.social @rafhistory.bsky.social @rafmuseum.bsky.social @alanallport.bsky.social @justin-br0nk.bsky.social @sodrock.bsky.social @airminded.org @smoorebofb1940.bsky.social @navalairhistory.com

I remember thinking Radio4 was broken when I woke up to go to work for the breakfast shift (I was a teenage waiter). It just had this wierd noise and nobody speaking. It was supposed to be sounds of mourning. It really was an odd day serving food to the last of the seaside hotel generation.

Coming tomorrow: the Burma Army’s swansong. Jack and Rob finish the narrative of the 1942 retreat, as Alex and Slim bring their battered but not broken troops back into India. Fear not dear listeners, the series is not over yet! #retreat #slim #Burma

🎉 Big milestone! Our podcast just crossed 200,000 downloads! A huge thank you to everyone who’s listened, shared, and supported the journey so far. 🚀 Here’s to the next chapter—and many more stories to tell. 🫡🎙️

Been adding to soeinburma.com/females-in-t... and had some really interesting files all in a row. Approaching 450 of 723 women who served with SOE in the Far East, either as civilians or FANY. Here are some of them:

'This type of biography is important on so many levels; the military history needs to be recognised of course, but more than that, the social history of the early to mid 20th century too. Very impressive story, very impressively written.'

Japan will deploy F-15J fighters to Europe and the UK for the first time, marking a major step in defence cooperation between Tokyo and London, the UK Defence Journal understands. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/japan-to-dep...

🚨New episode🚨- the bloody Battle of Albuera! Special guest & author Marcus Beresford walks us through this collision of French forces under Marshal Soult and Allied forces under Marshal Beresford. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Join me for a special talk and signing of advance copies of Jungle Commandos at the National Army Museum on 20 September. Book your tickets here: tickets.nam.ac.uk/event/413:94... and you can also take the time to visit NAM’s new Burma exhibition!

@radioandnukes.teamosint.social please follow us and pass on updates. We are sure you’re followers will be interested in this new drama. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

OTD August 21st,the Battle of Vimeiro took place! #battles #otd

Vacancy with the Royal Historical Society: Membership and Office Administrator bit.ly/46TgZNA We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians

The scale of the 1942 Burma evacuation is staggering. About 400k civilians attempted to flee the Japanese advance. Up to 120k died from disease, starvation, & exhaustion—a devastating human toll on the long road to India. #ForgottenWar #WWII #History shorturl.at/rnHZA (2:30-3.16 for refugee crisis)

NEW EPISODE LIVE! This week, we explore the tragic refugee crisis that engulfed Burma in 1942. We move beyond the military campaign to share the harrowing eyewitness accounts of the civilians who fled the Japanese invasion on the long walk to India. #ForgottenWar #WWIIHistory

The York Boer War memorial lists 1,459 local dead — including women. 🇬🇧⚰️ Yet it’s rarely mentioned. @tessadunlop.bsky.social explores this in #HistoryRage, for Gloucester History Festival. 🎧 pod.fo/e/30c0ca 🎟️ Tues 16 Sept: 🎟️ 16 Sept: www.gloucesterhistor...#HistoryRage

We are delighted to announce we will be doing our first ever LIVE episode at the Imperial War Museum podcast festival on Sat 1 Nov - get your tickets here 👇 www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca... Rob is in the Far East in November, so Jack will be joined by guest host @lmbd1418.bsky.social

Today in #shelfies, collection of HMSO wartime histories covering the Middle East, Africa and the Mediterranean. @alanallport.bsky.social @ima-naval-history.bsky.social @rgpoulussen.bsky.social @milavhis.bsky.social @rjhammond215.bsky.social @cedricmas.bsky.social

I visited Hiroshima in 2017. It is an extraordinary place - I am forever in awe at the resilience of man kind to have rebuilt what is now a thriving and wonderful city out of the ashes of destruction.

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 8,000 British Commonwealth soldiers lie in Salonika, yet their memory fades. Why do we honour some war dead while others are forgotten? Chris Loader makes the case for remembrance. 🕊️⚰️ #LestWeForget #HistoryMatters Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/30381b#LestWeForget#HistoryMatters#History #Podcast #WWI

One of the very first books I bought about Burma. It certainly had an impact, but then I do love a good first hand account.

I'm a complete amateur, gave talks at work but hated it. Thankful that Woody gives viewers the chance to tell their stories and with much encouragement by the sidebar mates. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3cv...

Significant Dates in our Military History 2 AUG 1945 Prefix "Royal" is granted for the Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC) by the King 1940-Canadian Armoured Corps formed 1945-1967-know as RCAC 1968-2013 Armoured Branch (P.Trudeau changes) 2013-now- RCAC (Harper changes) PIC- BC Dragoons Holland 1945

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We covered the story of Little Boy Blue in a podcast. UK Time Team has made a special programme about the lost B17 and its crew. Available here on YouTube: youtu.be/w7o3fVYTafs?...

#BOOKGIVEAWAY Follow @coldwarpod.bsky.social then re share this post to enter a chance to win a copy of this book. T&C's here coldwarconversations.com/giveaway/ #coldwarberlin #coldwarbook #spyhistory

Read the story behind the historic photo, "Iwo Jima" chronicles the month long battle between the American and Japanese forces. 💻️: https://tinyurl.com/5n97a277 #iwojima #wwIIstories #militaryhistory #booksky

A walk up to Swinside stone circle this afternoon, or Sunkenkirk as it is also known. One of the less visited stone circles in Cumbria. With its 57 stones and dating back some 5-6 thousand years, it’s definitely worth a look. @ancientstones.bsky.social

"Royal" Review- a month prior to royal designation,the Canadian Armoured Corps is reviewed by Gen.Crerar, GOC in C 1st Canadian Corps Battle Honours Italy N-W Europe PIC-Princess Louise Fusiliers in Universal Carriers at the Victory parade,review and marchpast Eelde airport, Netherlands 23 May 1945

Today on CVMM- We posted about Wellington Bomber R 1465 Crash & Crew members You are welcome to add comments.

@canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social RCAF Wellington crash site, 1942, in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales. Just been again this week with my Canadian visitors. These photos from last November.

#histbookchat "The Special Operations Executive in Malaya" by Rebecca Kenneison just arrived from @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social‬. The myth busting and tie-in with my #SOE Operation Oblivion work & SOE Burma book by @drrichardduckett.bsky.social ‬ should appeal to @ww2tv.bsky.social for a #WW2TV show.

Our latest special issue (53/3) on 'Petitions and Petitioning in Colonial and Post-colonial Contexts' has been released, fantastically co-edited by Miranda Johnson and @henryjmiller.bsky.social - you can read the issue here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

Very early #OnThisDay, 7 Jul 1944 Krystyna Skarbek parachutes into France to work as a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent. The British SOE worked with resistance fighters across German-occupied Europe. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #EuropeanHistory #WorldWar2 1/2