Alex Churchill
@alexchurchill.bsky.social
FRHistS Royal/Military Historian
Director @15minutebook.club 🕯️
www.istoriatravel.org ✈️
Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social 📚
#CFC ⚽️ #WW1 #WW2
🏴 But frequently bangs on about the French 🇫🇷
https://achurchill.substack.com
Director @15minutebook.club 🕯️
www.istoriatravel.org ✈️
Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social 📚
#CFC ⚽️ #WW1 #WW2
🏴 But frequently bangs on about the French 🇫🇷
https://achurchill.substack.com
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We’re very excited about this! And lots of great content currently being recorded. Everyone seems to be having fun so far!
Tomorrow is the big day!
If you fancy getting your episodes early, with Extra Time and the chance to ask some questions, join us on Patreon.
It is fun. Promise.
If you fancy getting your episodes early, with Extra Time and the chance to ask some questions, join us on Patreon.
It is fun. Promise.
Our new podcast launches on Wednesday! You’ve heard the pilot, now our patreon subscribers can listen to episode 1 early! In the meantime, give us a follow. Everything from the Holocaust to fake 80s rock bands coming up! @boneyabroad.com @15minutebook.club www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteB...
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We’re very excited about this! And lots of great content currently being recorded. Everyone seems to be having fun so far!
Reposted by Alex Churchill
1945. Japan is going to lose the Philippines. But whilst the fighting goes on, amidst rumours of massacres, the fate of thousands of POWs hangs in the balance… achurchill.substack.com/p/the-los-ba...
The Los Baños Raid, 1945
This one came up in passing as I was getting ready for WHWFest this year, and I have had a note to come back to it for Substack for a while.
achurchill.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
1945. Japan is going to lose the Philippines. But whilst the fighting goes on, amidst rumours of massacres, the fate of thousands of POWs hangs in the balance… achurchill.substack.com/p/the-los-ba...
1945. Japan is going to lose the Philippines. But whilst the fighting goes on, amidst rumours of massacres, the fate of thousands of POWs hangs in the balance… achurchill.substack.com/p/the-los-ba...
The Los Baños Raid, 1945
This one came up in passing as I was getting ready for WHWFest this year, and I have had a note to come back to it for Substack for a while.
achurchill.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
1945. Japan is going to lose the Philippines. But whilst the fighting goes on, amidst rumours of massacres, the fate of thousands of POWs hangs in the balance… achurchill.substack.com/p/the-los-ba...
Join us on this one off trip and you get both myself and @peterhart.bsky.social as guides, as well as the mighty Richard Van Emden on his first ever tour! This is one campaign through the eyes of the individuals on the ground who fought it. @istoriatravel.bsky.social www.istoriatravel.org/somme
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Join us on this one off trip and you get both myself and @peterhart.bsky.social as guides, as well as the mighty Richard Van Emden on his first ever tour! This is one campaign through the eyes of the individuals on the ground who fought it. @istoriatravel.bsky.social www.istoriatravel.org/somme
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Our new podcast launches on Wednesday! You’ve heard the pilot, now our patreon subscribers can listen to episode 1 early! In the meantime, give us a follow. Everything from the Holocaust to fake 80s rock bands coming up! @boneyabroad.com @15minutebook.club www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteB...
The 15 Minute Book Club | Patreon
A fun, short-form podcast for book lovers
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November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Our new podcast launches on Wednesday! You’ve heard the pilot, now our patreon subscribers can listen to episode 1 early! In the meantime, give us a follow. Everything from the Holocaust to fake 80s rock bands coming up! @boneyabroad.com @15minutebook.club www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteB...
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Our annual online course begins on 8th February! For six cold, dark Sunday afternoons you can bypass the winter blues and immerse yourself in the history of the Gallipoli campaign with experts from across the globe…
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our annual online course begins on 8th February! For six cold, dark Sunday afternoons you can bypass the winter blues and immerse yourself in the history of the Gallipoli campaign with experts from across the globe…
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The nights have drawn in and our virtual pub opens its doors again this week! Members are invited to join us for convivial #WW1 chat and inevitable chuckles from 8pm on Friday 28th November (UK time) Appropriate link will be emailed to all members 24 hours before 🎉 🥂
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The nights have drawn in and our virtual pub opens its doors again this week! Members are invited to join us for convivial #WW1 chat and inevitable chuckles from 8pm on Friday 28th November (UK time) Appropriate link will be emailed to all members 24 hours before 🎉 🥂
So M&S are touting these giant cannonball onions, and they are the same size as the 12 pdr shot I got to fire for NatGeo. So obviously French onion soup is in progress but the goggles are essential because I have the wimpiest eyes in humanity and now my cat thinks I’m insane.
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
So M&S are touting these giant cannonball onions, and they are the same size as the 12 pdr shot I got to fire for NatGeo. So obviously French onion soup is in progress but the goggles are essential because I have the wimpiest eyes in humanity and now my cat thinks I’m insane.
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Our lovely Patreon supporters now have access to our launch episode, where we chat with David Rooney about the men who, at the end of the Great War, gathered in Newfoundland to try to fly the Atlantic.
Join today and get 15 extra minutes!
#histbookchat #booksky
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Join today and get 15 extra minutes!
#histbookchat #booksky
www.patreon.com/posts/david-...
David Rooney: The Big Hop - Your 15 Minutes Begins Now... | The 15 Minute Book Club
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November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our lovely Patreon supporters now have access to our launch episode, where we chat with David Rooney about the men who, at the end of the Great War, gathered in Newfoundland to try to fly the Atlantic.
Join today and get 15 extra minutes!
#histbookchat #booksky
www.patreon.com/posts/david-...
Join today and get 15 extra minutes!
#histbookchat #booksky
www.patreon.com/posts/david-...
Our new podcast launches on Wednesday! You’ve heard the pilot, now our patreon subscribers can listen to episode 1 early! In the meantime, give us a follow. Everything from the Holocaust to fake 80s rock bands coming up! @boneyabroad.com @15minutebook.club www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteB...
The 15 Minute Book Club | Patreon
A fun, short-form podcast for book lovers
www.patreon.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Our new podcast launches on Wednesday! You’ve heard the pilot, now our patreon subscribers can listen to episode 1 early! In the meantime, give us a follow. Everything from the Holocaust to fake 80s rock bands coming up! @boneyabroad.com @15minutebook.club www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteB...
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Today’s article is up, and it’s a look at some French satire/humour from the First World War achurchill.substack.com/p/photo-arti...
PHOTO ARTICLE: French WW1 Satire
This week I was doing one of my routine, directionless ambles around the Gallica website, which belongs to the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
achurchill.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Today’s article is up, and it’s a look at some French satire/humour from the First World War achurchill.substack.com/p/photo-arti...
Today’s article is up, and it’s a look at some French satire/humour from the First World War achurchill.substack.com/p/photo-arti...
PHOTO ARTICLE: French WW1 Satire
This week I was doing one of my routine, directionless ambles around the Gallica website, which belongs to the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
achurchill.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Today’s article is up, and it’s a look at some French satire/humour from the First World War achurchill.substack.com/p/photo-arti...
My Substack tomorrow is about French #WW1 satire, before I go back to #WW2 next week. achurchill.substack.com
But I found this @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social and thought @tealcartoons.bsky.social would like to see this rendition of the Kaiser! (source @labnf.bsky.social)
But I found this @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social and thought @tealcartoons.bsky.social would like to see this rendition of the Kaiser! (source @labnf.bsky.social)
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My Substack tomorrow is about French #WW1 satire, before I go back to #WW2 next week. achurchill.substack.com
But I found this @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social and thought @tealcartoons.bsky.social would like to see this rendition of the Kaiser! (source @labnf.bsky.social)
But I found this @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social and thought @tealcartoons.bsky.social would like to see this rendition of the Kaiser! (source @labnf.bsky.social)
Just 11 places left now. Keeping this group necessarily small enough that everyone gets proper attention and a chance to develop!
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Just 11 places left now. Keeping this group necessarily small enough that everyone gets proper attention and a chance to develop!
Being nosey on the @labnf.bsky.social legendary resource that is Gallica. Found two bangers from #Gallipoli The first is a field hospital on the peninsula, taken in July.
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Being nosey on the @labnf.bsky.social legendary resource that is Gallica. Found two bangers from #Gallipoli The first is a field hospital on the peninsula, taken in July.
Today’s Substack is all about French perspectives on the Hundred Days in 1815. Just a word on the subscription - for £5 a month you get two articles like this a week, as well as access to a back catalogue of 200 pieces 😮
achurchill.substack.com/p/article-fi...
achurchill.substack.com/p/article-fi...
ARTICLE: Fighting for Napoleon, 1815
Today I thought I’d go back a bit further than usual, and bring you something from the Napoleonic wars.
achurchill.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today’s Substack is all about French perspectives on the Hundred Days in 1815. Just a word on the subscription - for £5 a month you get two articles like this a week, as well as access to a back catalogue of 200 pieces 😮
achurchill.substack.com/p/article-fi...
achurchill.substack.com/p/article-fi...
Hah! Incoming from @merrynwalters.uk this morning #Historianskills
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Hah! Incoming from @merrynwalters.uk this morning #Historianskills
Today’s article is up and it’s a brief look at the Hundreds Days in 1815, but from French eyewitnesses…
achurchill.substack.com/p/article-fi...
achurchill.substack.com/p/article-fi...
ARTICLE: Fighting for Napoleon, 1815
Today I thought I’d go back a bit further than usual, and bring you something from the Napoleonic wars.
achurchill.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Today’s article is up and it’s a brief look at the Hundreds Days in 1815, but from French eyewitnesses…
achurchill.substack.com/p/article-fi...
achurchill.substack.com/p/article-fi...
Last few places available now!
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Last few places available now!
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Places are going fast for this. Your chance to start bridging the gap between passionate enthusiast and thinking historian…
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Places are going fast for this. Your chance to start bridging the gap between passionate enthusiast and thinking historian…
Places are going fast for this. Your chance to start bridging the gap between passionate enthusiast and thinking historian…
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Places are going fast for this. Your chance to start bridging the gap between passionate enthusiast and thinking historian…
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In my latest Legion Magazine article - the first of two parts - I interview British historian and author Stephen Fisher (@seaspitfires.com) about the forgotten Canadians who fought not at Juno, but Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...
📸 Bantam Books.
legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...
📸 Bantam Books.
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In my latest Legion Magazine article - the first of two parts - I interview British historian and author Stephen Fisher (@seaspitfires.com) about the forgotten Canadians who fought not at Juno, but Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...
📸 Bantam Books.
legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...
📸 Bantam Books.
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A pilot episode for you! We had to battle some tech gremlins but you can hear how @15minutebook.club will work and what the bonus content will be like. Thank you Kate for being our guinea pig! @boneyabroad.com
www.patreon.com/posts/kate-v...
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Kate Vigurs: Mission Europe - Your 15 Minutes Begin Now... | The 15 Minute Book Club
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A pilot episode for you! We had to battle some tech gremlins but you can hear how @15minutebook.club will work and what the bonus content will be like. Thank you Kate for being our guinea pig! @boneyabroad.com
www.patreon.com/posts/kate-v...
www.patreon.com/posts/kate-v...