Geraint
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Love History, Red Wine, and books
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Tonight's film The Bourne Supremacy.Karl Urban in between leading the Rohrrim and throwing Cersei out of a Skyscraper is an assassin trying to kill Matt Damon 🤨
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Podcast Episode on The Battle of Prairie Grove
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Civil War Breakfast Club Podcast Episode 159 - The Battle of Prairie Grove
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Lg51cHtz2aP022rhcjQyC?si=RK4Z10ZVSeqFavMUG2Y1aQ
about 10 hours ago
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Happy birthday 🎂 🥳 mate 👍
about 13 hours ago
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This is farcical. Can I have my bomb I tried to kill you with back please !!!
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US Demands Return of Undetonated GBU-39B Bomb in Beirut as Fears Rise Over Technology Falling to China, Russia, and Iran - Defence Security Asia
US urges Lebanon to hand over an intact GBU-39B bomb found in Beirut, fearing China, Russia, or Iran could exploit its precision-strike technology and threaten global security.
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-demands-return-gbu39b-lebanon-tech-leak-fears/
about 18 hours ago
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Thoughts on this 🤔
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Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn
The major Hollywood deal means Netflix will takeover ownership of franchises including Harry Potter and Game of Thrones.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce91x2jm5pjo
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4 days ago
A new set of letters/biography of one of Wellington’s redcoats. You can’t have too many… 📚
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Was watching the Heath Ledger/Orlando Bloom Ned Kelly movie and its underrated good fun but would they really have Irish accents given they were born in Australia 🤔
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Putin saying this feels like he will attack at some point
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Putin says Russia not seeking war but ‘if Europe wants to fight, we are ready’ – Europe live
Putin’s comments appeared aimed at driving a wedge between Washington and European capitals
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/dec/02/ukraine-war-live-trump-peace-deal-witkoff-to-meet-putin
4 days ago
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Watching a great Australian Western The Proposition. Ray Winston plays a Police Captain who gives Guy Pearce Charlie Balfour a choice. To save his younger brother from being
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what I'm currently reading. Know ant good fact or fictional books set during the Maoris Wars ? The British were not fighting Hobbits let me tell you
5 days ago
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What's your thoughts on Sheridan as a General ?
5 days ago
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Thousands gather in Czech Republic to re-enact Napoleon’s Austerlitz victory over Russia and Austria - Yahoo News Australia
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Thousands gather in Czech Republic to re-enact Napoleon’s Austerlitz victory over Russia and Austria
Thousands of re-enactors in the Czech Republic recreated Napoleon’s 1805 victory at Austerlitz, drawing large crowds for the historic anniversary event.View on euronews
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6 days ago
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Listening to this
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Episode 132: The Old Master
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4bNMyO3IqV9hXmCcm8uuwO?si=5jnvhaLMRjC6xKJLyM8fvg&t=24&ct=24
6 days ago
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@andnapoleon.bsky.social
@napoleonicquarterly.com
reading this in this and ouch
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Iv now finished S4 and started the Peacekeeper Wars. To be frank If you'd taken out the whole To be Continued that is shown at the end , it would've been a great way to end Farscape. Crichton saved Earth, stopped the Scarrans and was proposing
8 days ago
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@noduffdispatches.bsky.social
Given the new Ken Burns Documentary on the American Revolution what's your thoughts on Nathaniel Greene as a General. He never won a battle yet he's seen as winning the war in the South despite constant defeats. Is that right ?
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In France I heard that the Berezina is listed as a French victory.Now it was certainly survival and escape and showed
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Crichton calling his DRD after a famous Tchaikovsky piece of music will never not be awesome 😎
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Farscape - 1812 plays his favorite song
YouTube video by Thomas Brix Larsen
https://youtu.be/q8o5hLX5rYI?si=Y-5u78KHENb0xQ7w
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Was the 1798 Egyptian Campaign a disaster. No but once Nelson won at the Nile, long term it was doomed to failure. Without Naval supply/support to bring in reinforcements any conquests could not be maintained. Desaix Campaign in Southern Egypt was
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Have you tried the Gary Oldman show Slow Horses ? If so what's your thoughts on it ?
12 days ago
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@landofrob.bsky.social
Any interest in the Mexican American War ?
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Mexican American War - The Battle of Monterrey
YouTube video by Uncovered
https://youtu.be/M6HNo2wRhlc?si=_nkpB4u8ioYKhcFH
12 days ago
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Have you seen this new documentary
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The American Revolution | All Episodes Now Streaming | Ken Burns | PBS
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States. Stream the full documentary from Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt.
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-american-revolution
16 days ago
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Got this from
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and it looks interesting
16 days ago
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Just imagine waking up 1 morning thinking OMG we gotta leave the country 🤣🤣
17 days ago
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Have reached the arrival of Scorpius on the show and how it gets there is brilliant. Crichton learns of a Secret base from a Special Forces Unit an earlier episode. He goes there and gets captured and Scorpy with his S an M look but gentle voice
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Was Rivoli Napoleon's finest defensive battle ?
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The Campaign in Italy, 1796-97: Rivoli
Napoleon Series Virtual Tour of rivoli
https://www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/virtual/c_rivoli.html
17 days ago
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With Twitter down I say blue skies
19 days ago
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I saw this on Twitter and I laughed 🤭
20 days ago
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when an Officer in the Connaught Rangers met an American in Canada
21 days ago
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Some sad news brought over from Twitter. His books were or excellent and got me interested in the War of 1812 as were his Peninsular War books on Thomas Pearson and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
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22 days ago
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One you might like
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Decision Making Lessons From Robert E Lee
YouTube video by ACWRTUK
https://youtu.be/NI5sVzvzwr8?si=QVU4d86O5I6nEErA
22 days ago
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Are the Wheel of Time books any good ?
23 days ago
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So I watched the 1st season of Rings of Power. I have to say I didn't think it was very good and won't be watching Season 2. The problem for me was not so much ignoring Tolkien lore but simply the writing just wasn't very good. I didn't care about any of the characters.
23 days ago
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Eagles in the Snow
YouTube video by Epic History
https://youtu.be/oPwGq8MH4pU?si=Qm7FkXoHkGHhXDDk
23 days ago
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Was there ever a chance of Hoods Campaign succeeding?
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The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville (Modern War Studies): Amazon.co.uk: Sword, Wiley: 9780700606504: Books
Buy The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville (Modern War Studies) Illustrated by Sword, Wiley (ISBN: 9780700606504) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free del...
https://amzn.eu/d/0AE35l4
24 days ago
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Iv not read, is it any good ???
26 days ago
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Did you hear. Two Antennas got married. The reception was amazing 😀
26 days ago
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So I watched the extended edition of the Hobbit an Unexpected Journey. My god there's a really good film buried in there. The Bilbo/Gollum scene is first class. Just cut out
27 days ago
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ChrisO_wiki
28 days ago
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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I'm watching Return of the King Extended Edition. Its still great after all these years. The Greatest Trilogy imo
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Have you read the Simairilian and if so what are your thoughts on it. Could it be made into a TV series for instance ?
28 days ago
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So when are you gonna do your 1775 Quebec book ?
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American Revolution: Battle of Quebec
YouTube video by Epic History
https://youtu.be/1_yymGwl768?si=I0x_macit5TT4uNc
29 days ago
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On Return of the King (extended edition) now and Smeagols murder of Deagol is still brutally dark and the music really reinforces that as you see him physically become Gollum
29 days ago
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Thoughts on the Hobbit Trilogy. Are you fans or non fans ?
30 days ago
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I saw Ted Cruz ranting about Mamdani win and this feels very relevant
about 1 month ago
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Watching the Two Towers Extended Edition. I actually think it's the weakest of both the books and the films but it's still fantastic and Andy Serkiss Gollum is brilliant. A combination of evil and tragically pitiful while also being hilarious at
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Generals and Napoleon
about 1 month ago
🚨New episode🚨- the Top 15 Generals of the Napoleonic Era! Special guests Michael Hamel, Jonas de Neef, Rachael Stark, Graeme Callister, & Nick Kramer count down the brilliant, bold, and controversial commanders who shaped European history.
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Currently watching The Fellowship of the Ring extended edition. Damn it's still fantastic 😍 One of my favourite books and films
about 1 month ago
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This is what my mum got me for my birthday ☺️
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about 1 month ago
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Rhinos don't like bullies 🤨🫡
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This is the ultimate 'mess with my tiny friend, you mess with me' moment #Rhino #Safari
YouTube video by Smart Animals
https://youtube.com/shorts/LOWfOVAIk5k?si=r-mKGHtjPeDlGXLb
about 1 month ago
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