I was sorting through a pile of books when I came across this magazine from 1988, containing my first paid for article. 1988! #OldGit Still, it was a subject I returned to years later and hopefully will again. #HistBookChat #DienBienPhu #FrenchIndochina

#HistBookChat offerings for this week..... I've not read Keegan's The Price of Admiralty yet, but his Six Armies in Normandy is a classic study of the campaign. One book on the subject I have no hesitation in recommending (apart from my own - obviously!) is After D-Day by James J Carafano.

Irony isn't Trumpington, the FTOTUS (First Traitor Of The United States) thing is it? To use an AI image of him in military uniform is one thing but an image based on a Vietnam War theme? C'mon Capt. Bone-Spur, didn't your family pay a doctor to say you weren't fit to serve there? Shameless.

Late as usual with the week's offering for #HistBookChat and a break from the usual WW2 / Normandy themes.

Currently looking for work. I am a former Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds. I have six years of teaching experience, research experience with particular strengths in qualitative methods, project management experience, and personal tutoring experience. I also have editing experience too!

A sea turtle surfacing by a MASSIVE school of rays near Clearwater, Florida a couple days ago. Another post into the BluSky void. Maybe 2 or 3 people will see this one and my time won't have been wasted. I'll keep trying a little longer. #nature #animals #amazing #wildlife #awesome #ocean

#histbookchat experts, I would like to pick your collective brains: I have an idea for a follow up to Caen, Cobra and Confusion, published by @barnthorn.bsky.social this year. The only issue is I can't work AND research & write at the same time unless I was aiming for a submission date...1/2 (or 3)

Improving my vocabulary, one day at a time...

#histbookchat 2/2 The Invisible Campaign is very good indeed, thoroughly recommended. I returned to 'From Victory to Stalemate' to see if I'd been too harsh in my initial appreciation...no, no I hadn't been. Struggle For Europe is a classic account, a little dated maybe but still worth a read.

Apologies for the gap between posts, I just got caught up in 'stuff', you know how it is I'm sure. Glad to see my fellow historians have still been keeping the flag waving flying though. So, withut further ado, 3 offerings for #histbookchat 1/2

A walking tour of St. Lambert sur Dives. Follow in the footsteps of Major David Currie, who was was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery and actions at the closing of the Falaise Gap in August 1944. #history Watch it here: youtu.be/49iKeabV-0U

Going back in time to my glory days when life was simpler.....#HistBookChat #ThoseWereTheDays

By order of The Empire, I hope you have all had an excellent 4th of May....may the Force be with you. Always. Or something. #501stLegion

I've had the week from hell which has pretty much precluded reading but this book has worked its way to the top of the TBR pile and is waiting patiently...#HistBookChat

Happy anniversary!!!

Three offerings for this week's #histbookchat - Stout Hearts is an invaluable addition to anyone's collection who is interested in the Normandy Campaign. Bella Bathurst's book is a really interesting read. I'm hoping to revisit Vimy Ridge next year so I'm hoping the Tim Cook work is good...

#histbookchat choice for this week is The Pursuit of History by John Tosh, a book I found most useful in preparation for my MA a couple of years ago. His conclusions and thinking isn't for everyone but I found it most useful and would recommend it to anyone contemplating a degree.

Monty v Dracula: who would be most likely to triumph in a face-off?? Fight!

"You boy! What tariff is it today?"

Listen to the latest episode of @authorsofhistory.bsky.social #podcast I talk to Workd War 2 #Historian @sarahloumiller.bsky.social about her journey in to writing and the #books she has written. On all you podcast platforms. play.acast.com/s/67c5cc6ab4...

This week's time #hisybookchat offering....

Cartoon by @davewhamond.bsky.social. 🇨🇦

Typically, I missed Friday's #histbookchat so here are two book choices to make up for it. They're both good reads but 'And the Policeman Smiled' is especially recommended.

If, like Monty, you read no paper then you're in luck as my book is now available on Kindle..... @barnthorn.bsky.social #montgomery #normandy

I've been after another copy of this for ages, finally dropped lucky in a charity shop a week or so ago. I'm hoping to visit Guernsey this year or next but in the meantime, this will make a good start. #histbookchat #channelislands #secondworldwar

This week's offering for #histbookchat is this classic account of the Battle of Midway.

We sat down with @andrew617.bsky.social to discuss one of the Second World War's most successful, brilliant, and polarizing figures: Bernard Law Montgomery. Links- Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2ouc... YouTube: youtu.be/iBmLBSPdMZ4?...

The more one looks at what Trumpington and his de facto VP, Musky are doing (I won't say achieving), the more I am minded to compare them to Pol Pot rather than Mussolini or Hitler with MAGA being more closely aligned to the Khmer Rouge. They are fixed on the destruction of The US in a new Year One.

DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

In my latest Legion Magazine article, I speak to Canadian military historian Brad St. Croix of @otdmilhistory.bsky.social. Over the past few years, he has challenged falsehoods spread by certain online users about Canadian military history and similar topics. legionmagazine.com/history-in-a...

“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954

This week's #histbookchat offerings: Not many laughs in the Chernobyl book but nonetheless a riveting read. The end of Michael Wittmann's Tiger I is covered in depth in the other book in a way that leaves little doubt of how and why he came to his end.

We’ll be chatting with @andrew617.bsky.social about how Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s reputation has been shaped by the onslaught of the Normandy Campaign. We need your questions, so fire away! buymeacoffee.com/homebrewhistory/monty-caen-unending-controversy

I was going to have another look through Field Marshall Alanbrooke's wartime diaries again but decided to take another look at this book first... Brooke could be very catty regarding Marshal and Ike as you know so it's as well to refresh myself with what they said to each other. #histbookchat

Just a quick reminder, if Russia ceased firing there would be a cease fire

The Empire is always watching....

A question about the 50th Division cropped up during my appearance yesterday on the OTD Military History YouTube channel, which has prompted me to re-read this volume. #histbookchat @otdmilhistory.bsky.social #Normandy

And we're live to the Whitehouse...

Interested in the First World War, Adaption, Learning, or just need something to help you sleep? Listen to me warble on in the company of the lovely @kensingtons.bsky.social on Mentioned in Dispatches 👇 #Skystorians #HistBookChat #FWW

For those of you interested in Normandy, Monty and the campaign in general, this was released today. #Normandy #Monty #Caen #OperationOverlord #histbookchat youtu.be/nI9NJPBARZ0?...

Only a day late....this week's #histbookchat offerings.

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

I'm looking forward to this....

We might need to get @beckyaikman.bsky.social on for a chat!

I missed last week's #histbookchat but here for your consideration are three volumes, one of which is by someone you may know from this group....Caen, Cobra and Confusion is not blind to Monty's faults but it isn't overwhelmed by them either. What you think you know may not in fact be the case.

Today we lost Otter. He was (and always will be) the most gentle, most loyal and very best of dogs. There is a massive Labrador shaped hole in my heart.

A sleepy Otter.

#histbookchat is sticking with last week's U-Boat theme....