The Crusader Project
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Long-running research project on the desert war 1940-43, with a specific focus on Operation CRUSADER.
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This Bluesky feed serves to disseminate information and new posts related to Operation CRUSADER, the #desertwar in WW2 and #ww2 in general.
If desert #armour warfare, surrendering Germans, and challenges to preconceived ideas about the Italians are your thing, you might want to give us a follow.
If desert #armour warfare, surrendering Germans, and challenges to preconceived ideas about the Italians are your thing, you might want to give us a follow.
Panzergruppe ended up with a lot of weird and pointless stuff for trial reasons and presumably because nobody quite knew what on earth to do with the bin-ends or German AFV design.
Even considering this, the Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette II 7,5 cm Kanone L/41 auf Zugkraftwagen 5t stands out as a bizarro
Even considering this, the Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette II 7,5 cm Kanone L/41 auf Zugkraftwagen 5t stands out as a bizarro
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Panzergruppe ended up with a lot of weird and pointless stuff for trial reasons and presumably because nobody quite knew what on earth to do with the bin-ends or German AFV design.
Even considering this, the Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette II 7,5 cm Kanone L/41 auf Zugkraftwagen 5t stands out as a bizarro
Even considering this, the Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette II 7,5 cm Kanone L/41 auf Zugkraftwagen 5t stands out as a bizarro
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In Jack London's early post-apocalypse novel 'The Scarlet Plague' (1912), civilisation has long since vanished. Only a Palaeolithic existence has survived. Histories of ancestors, now fabled beings, could only be told through folk tales since the art of writing had also been lost.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
January 31, 2026 at 11:20 AM
In Jack London's early post-apocalypse novel 'The Scarlet Plague' (1912), civilisation has long since vanished. Only a Palaeolithic existence has survived. Histories of ancestors, now fabled beings, could only be told through folk tales since the art of writing had also been lost.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
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'The 450,000 objects, which are being held in a secret warehouse, include a possible Roman gladiator's tag, a hand axe that may be more than 40,000 years old and 19th Century gold dentures.'
Treasures found on HS2 route stored in secret warehouse
Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.
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January 31, 2026 at 9:29 AM
'The 450,000 objects, which are being held in a secret warehouse, include a possible Roman gladiator's tag, a hand axe that may be more than 40,000 years old and 19th Century gold dentures.'
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Pavlo Martsovenko, a Ukrainian anti-fascist musician, died in combat defending the village of Bilyakivka in the Dnipro direction from Russian occupiers. He played in the doom band House of Flowers and crust punk act Zlyden. He was an electrician, enjoyed powerlifting, and a committed vegetarian.
January 30, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Pavlo Martsovenko, a Ukrainian anti-fascist musician, died in combat defending the village of Bilyakivka in the Dnipro direction from Russian occupiers. He played in the doom band House of Flowers and crust punk act Zlyden. He was an electrician, enjoyed powerlifting, and a committed vegetarian.
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Northumbrian rebels slew their new earl, the Fleming Robert de Comines, and hundreds of his men in Dunholm (Durham) #OTD in 1069. ‘Every street was covered with blood’ in one account. The rebels then made for York and killed the castle’s defender, Robert FitzRichard. 📸Matt Buck #medievalsky
January 31, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Northumbrian rebels slew their new earl, the Fleming Robert de Comines, and hundreds of his men in Dunholm (Durham) #OTD in 1069. ‘Every street was covered with blood’ in one account. The rebels then made for York and killed the castle’s defender, Robert FitzRichard. 📸Matt Buck #medievalsky
The Bostons saw their first frontline service in the Middle East during Operation CRUSADER, equipping No. 24 Sqn S.A.A.F. In No.3 (Bomber) Wing. While it was thought they could operate without escorts as fast daylight bombers, but RAF command was quickly disabused of that notion.
January 31, 2026 at 8:22 AM
The Bostons saw their first frontline service in the Middle East during Operation CRUSADER, equipping No. 24 Sqn S.A.A.F. In No.3 (Bomber) Wing. While it was thought they could operate without escorts as fast daylight bombers, but RAF command was quickly disabused of that notion.
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January 31, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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Introduced in 1815, the Corn Laws imposed tariffs on imported grain to protect British landowners by keeping food prices high. While they safeguarded rural interests, they were bitterly resented in industrial areas, where expensive bread weighed heavily on working-class 1/5
January 31, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Introduced in 1815, the Corn Laws imposed tariffs on imported grain to protect British landowners by keeping food prices high. While they safeguarded rural interests, they were bitterly resented in industrial areas, where expensive bread weighed heavily on working-class 1/5
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83 people were executed for riots relating to the Corn Laws in 1816, including 5 people from Littleport, just outside Ely. 19 people were transported or imprisoned for their part in the Littleport Riot.
The local Morris side are called the Ely and Littleport Riot.
The local Morris side are called the Ely and Littleport Riot.
January 31, 2026 at 7:31 AM
83 people were executed for riots relating to the Corn Laws in 1816, including 5 people from Littleport, just outside Ely. 19 people were transported or imprisoned for their part in the Littleport Riot.
The local Morris side are called the Ely and Littleport Riot.
The local Morris side are called the Ely and Littleport Riot.
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By all means dislike Chomsky for his Epstein Fan Club credentials but please remember to dislike him for his genocide denialism too.
Noam Chomsky and Stephen Pinker say Epstein was an intellectual force with a mind like steel trap and then his e-mails read like the ending of Flowers for Algernon.
January 31, 2026 at 12:14 AM
By all means dislike Chomsky for his Epstein Fan Club credentials but please remember to dislike him for his genocide denialism too.
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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I saw somebody say that the British guns of Nelson and King George V. Could not penetrate the armor of Bismarck...
(Breath in)
BOI WHAT?!
(Breath in)
BOI WHAT?!
January 31, 2026 at 7:22 AM
I saw somebody say that the British guns of Nelson and King George V. Could not penetrate the armor of Bismarck...
(Breath in)
BOI WHAT?!
(Breath in)
BOI WHAT?!
It is a well known fact that the only successful way to fight fascism is for the progressives to (checks notes) tear themselves apart.
January 31, 2026 at 7:05 AM
It is a well known fact that the only successful way to fight fascism is for the progressives to (checks notes) tear themselves apart.
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1. Yesterday I was fortunate enough to visit the Alfa Romeo museum in Milan. What a gorgeous museum of design.
Over the next few days I'll be posting a thread of pictures from my visit.
Here's a teaser.
Over the next few days I'll be posting a thread of pictures from my visit.
Here's a teaser.
January 18, 2026 at 9:33 AM
1. Yesterday I was fortunate enough to visit the Alfa Romeo museum in Milan. What a gorgeous museum of design.
Over the next few days I'll be posting a thread of pictures from my visit.
Here's a teaser.
Over the next few days I'll be posting a thread of pictures from my visit.
Here's a teaser.
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More tomorrow, but there’s a free little piece on my substack this week. Which involves the Crown Jewels, a biscuit tin and WW2… achurchill.substack.com/p/free-artic...
FREE ARTICLE: Hiding the Crown Jewels, 1941
A short one today, but interesting.
achurchill.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:33 AM
More tomorrow, but there’s a free little piece on my substack this week. Which involves the Crown Jewels, a biscuit tin and WW2… achurchill.substack.com/p/free-artic...
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Jon is one of the finest people you could hope to know, AND he's right in the middle of the desperate fight against the NuFascists in Minneapolis. He deserves your support, and his work will doubtless be regarded as the standard work on the subject in coming years.
January 30, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Jon is one of the finest people you could hope to know, AND he's right in the middle of the desperate fight against the NuFascists in Minneapolis. He deserves your support, and his work will doubtless be regarded as the standard work on the subject in coming years.
Expected June 2026. Can be preordered at Waterstones in the IK for £35
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Expected June 2026. Can be preordered at Waterstones in the IK for £35
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Let's all take a moment to stop and drink a toast to the wonderfulness and luminosity of Catherine O'Hara. Here's to her.
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Let's all take a moment to stop and drink a toast to the wonderfulness and luminosity of Catherine O'Hara. Here's to her.
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The 1962 murder case of Paul Guihard, an AFP correspondent killed while covering the desegregation struggle of the University of Mississippi, and only known journalist killed during the Civil Rights Movement, remains unsolved today
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
January 30, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The 1962 murder case of Paul Guihard, an AFP correspondent killed while covering the desegregation struggle of the University of Mississippi, and only known journalist killed during the Civil Rights Movement, remains unsolved today
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
As it’s Friday, this account has what YOU need.
A picture of Faà di Bruno firing her guns.
A picture of Faà di Bruno firing her guns.
January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
As it’s Friday, this account has what YOU need.
A picture of Faà di Bruno firing her guns.
A picture of Faà di Bruno firing her guns.
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6/11/1940 #RememberRCN-HMCS OTTAWA (1st) shares in sinking Italian submarine Faa di Bruno in the N. Atlantic. Credit for attack not given until re-assessment in the 1980's. First enemy vessel to be sunk in the history of the Royal Canadian Navy & 1st submarine sunk by RCN during #WWII.
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
6/11/1940 #RememberRCN-HMCS OTTAWA (1st) shares in sinking Italian submarine Faa di Bruno in the N. Atlantic. Credit for attack not given until re-assessment in the 1980's. First enemy vessel to be sunk in the history of the Royal Canadian Navy & 1st submarine sunk by RCN during #WWII.
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#NavalNews
German Navy Type 212A-class diesel-electric attack submarine with French Navy Amiral Ronarc’h-class frigate Amiral Ronarc'h (D-660) in the North Sea. Photos by Mads Ilebekk Johansen/Forsvaret taken from the Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate KNM Thor Heyerdahl (F-314).
German Navy Type 212A-class diesel-electric attack submarine with French Navy Amiral Ronarc’h-class frigate Amiral Ronarc'h (D-660) in the North Sea. Photos by Mads Ilebekk Johansen/Forsvaret taken from the Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate KNM Thor Heyerdahl (F-314).
January 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
#NavalNews
German Navy Type 212A-class diesel-electric attack submarine with French Navy Amiral Ronarc’h-class frigate Amiral Ronarc'h (D-660) in the North Sea. Photos by Mads Ilebekk Johansen/Forsvaret taken from the Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate KNM Thor Heyerdahl (F-314).
German Navy Type 212A-class diesel-electric attack submarine with French Navy Amiral Ronarc’h-class frigate Amiral Ronarc'h (D-660) in the North Sea. Photos by Mads Ilebekk Johansen/Forsvaret taken from the Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate KNM Thor Heyerdahl (F-314).
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Maryse Hilsz French aviator. Began flying 1930, saved up to earn license doing parachute & flying stunts. 1936 made women's altitude record 14309m. #WWII 1939 recruited w 3 women pilots to ferry planes to Front for French Air Force, then Resistance d #OTD 30 Jan 1946 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryse_...
January 30, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Maryse Hilsz French aviator. Began flying 1930, saved up to earn license doing parachute & flying stunts. 1936 made women's altitude record 14309m. #WWII 1939 recruited w 3 women pilots to ferry planes to Front for French Air Force, then Resistance d #OTD 30 Jan 1946 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryse_...