Anyone at Chalke History Festival this weekend?

If you like history, get pissed off and are prone to a podcast then do check out History Rage, in which various eminent historians (and some riff raff like me) wax lyrical about myths, misunderstandings and let off some steam. open.spotify.com/show/1S8RCMl...

Bread*, Peace** and Land*** for all**** *Price of bread yet to be fixed **of what is unclear ***once agreed by the subcommitte for advising the committe on land reform ****some

These are the men who shed their blood, Amongst the filthy Burma mud, On the Arakan Front and Imphal Plain, In blistering heat and bloody rain. Later on, in years to come, When you speak of battles fought and won, Remember these men who fought so well, And lived and died in that green hell.

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Respect to him - that's what you're supposed to do BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg... John Healey resigns as defence secretary saying Starmer's military spending plans 'fall well short' - BBC News

youtu.be/srUpKNVg-Kw - Slim's Hammer and Anvil is out....get it whilst it's hot

S'up my friends - new video is about to go live - www.youtube.com/watch?v=srUp...

Happy Monday! A video Premier! We're going back to Burma baby! www.youtube.com/watch?v=srUp... 7pm GMT, EDT 2pm, CDT 1pm, MDT 12pm, PDT 11am, 4am AEST, 2am AWST, 12.30am Rangoon Please apply mosquito cream, take your Mepacrin and ignore the jitter parties

Well, the first step towards a return to Burma is up for Patreons now (patreon.com/LordHardThra...) - it should be up for everyone else probably end of next week

Kimura Heitarō - commander of the Burma Area Army from August 1944, was a very different beast to his predecessor; willing to be tactically flexible to gain strategic advantage he proved to be a formidable opponent. And a war criminal responsible for the Burma Railway and deaths of 1000s of PoWs.

An M3 Grant* crossing a shallow chaung in Burma in 1944. The M3's 75mm would engage bunkers as infantry crawled in,.firing over their heads. Once close enough they'd switch to AP on the 37mm *The M3 was the Lee in US service but the British added a different top turret.

People can be very rude about the RAF Regiment - here they are seen in their natural habitat, pointing and laughing at the Army having to slog across the Imphal plain whilst they relax in thier fox hole* *and by relax I mean, await the next Japanese baynoet charge

81st and 82nd West African Division, and 11th East African Division fought with distinction in the Burma campaign, doing things thought to be next to impossible by higher command, including long range patrols that were far more effective than the much celebrated Chindits.

Just doing a simple 'how big is your unit', because in some ways, size does matter

I am pleased to report that 8 years, 274 day and 4 hours after Bill Kerman setout on a 2.5 yr mission to Duna, he splashed down on Duna 5 this afternoon

Well that went surprising wel... - although I am quite seriously hungover today youtube.com/live/9ANaEgZ...

Those who want to come and watch me play KSP frustratingly badly and try to answer your questions at the same time can head here - www.youtube.com/live/9ANaEgZ... at 9pm BST*. I am unlikely to be sober. *that’s 10pm CET, 6am Sunday AET, 4PM EDT, 3PM CDT, 2pm MDT, 1PM PDT

100k! Let’s celebrate! Sadly Her Ladyship has used the cannons on the ramparts to plant geraniums, & the roof Beacon has been colonised by bats so instead I WILL BE DOING A LIVE Q&A AT 9PM BST* Sat 23/05/26 Come along and watch me fight the technology and probably play KSP badly!

@lmbd1418.bsky.social such a superb book on the push into Arakan in 1945. I've been casting about for a dedicated account and was delighted to have found your tome, and even more delighted to find how well written and compelling it it. Brilliant work, thank you

Does anyone have, say, 34 friends who would like to subscribe? I can promise fun times in Burma very soon... www.youtube.com/channel/UCKe...

I laughed so hard a bit of wee came out...although at my age that is always something of a risk

Well this is frightfully exciting....

You just don't get the same quality troll you used to get, you know. I blame proper use of medication

If you're a bit of a peteol head, or even if you played Gran Turismo back in the day, you need to watch this youtu.be/D3Gvs0NbNzE?...

You may kiss the ring

We're off in 15 minutes!! youtu.be/omM-vr5MXtE?...

Good news! My latest video on the Tu-144 Concordeski will Premier at 2000 (8pm) BST, 1500 (3pm) EDT, 1200 PDT, 1300 (1pm)MDT, 0300AWST, 0430ACST, 0500AEST. Come and join for Soviet fun times…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omM-vr5MXtE May the 4th be with you

Look at that handsome bastard

Well played....

Oh yeah, strong language. That'll do it. Always works. Just a reminder, they used to dirve kids on motorbikes into minefields because they didn't have mine detectors. Anyway, good luck.

In the 617 squadron mess at Woodhall Spa, now the Petwood Hotel

Huge thanks to Will Carver aka @lordhardthrasher.bsky.social 🔥 for lighting the rage fires over the B-17 ✈️💥 — costly, flawed, and overhyped. Are we missing the real story of the crews? 🎧 Coming 11th May on Patreon & Apple 👇 www.patreon.com/historyrage

One foot in front of the other this week, just get through it and there's cool stuff happening soon

I think Donnie, Pete and Sucky Sucky are all jolly confused. Having beaten Iran militarily in a few days it turns out they have not, in fact, beaten Iran. As a result the US seems to be the only participant in a war they seem to be losing. Impressive stuff

Hades is expressing with a look what I feel in my soul about work today

I probably should repost people being stupid on the internet, on the other hand this person is on a rather dark path, and clearly intent on promoting stupidity so a little schooling was in order

It's International Women's Day today, and naturally I forgot (doh!). It's worth saying a lot of women have a pretty shitty time so it's good to reflect on that as blokes, and see if you're helping or hindering. And before you ask Men's Day is 19th Nov....

Whisky, you traitorous hussy, what have you done to me?

OK, well I* have polished the glasses, carvfed a small animal out of lemon rind, added ice, tonic and an illegal measure of gin and am preparing for the premier in just over 20 minutes. Please do join me for the following hour and change... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciTl...

For members of the aristocracy (or, urrghhh, those with new money) who can't wait then the Patreon version is available now here www.patreon.com/posts/152194...

Well vark me if it isn't a Premier! See you then youtu.be/ciTlr3KBdJA

Edit is done, YouTube is deciding if its happy or not

It's all a bit mental isn't it? Like. What the fuck has happened to the relatively stable world? The big kid has gone mad on sugar and the rest of us have to watch as our former friend pounds on another victim. Sure they had it coming but he's lost it and anyone could be next

We are GO in just over an hour

The People Have Spoken! It's Offical. These are the worst Allied generals of the Second World War according to Bluesky, Twitter, Patreon and Discord....now all we need to do is work out who is the recipient of the FIFA/Jenkins Worst of the Worst Prize.

@fightertales.bsky.social has pulled the finest minds in the Elbonian Military-Industrialish Complex, to design a new personal aircraft for El Jeffe. We will be live here - www.youtube.com/live/-XUix8Z... at Saturday at 9pm GMT PST: 1:00 PM, EST 4:00 PM, AEST 7:00 AM (Sunday) ….come and join us!

A helpful pronunciation guide....

Help me here folks - who were the worst Allied commanders of the Second World War? I have Leese, Irwin, Monty, Fredendall, Freyberg, Blamey, King, Pound, MacArthur, Eaker, TLM (IYKYK)....who am I missing? Any Soviets?