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Dr James Halstead

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Military Historian of the First and Second World Wars PhD: ‘Development and Learning at the Operational Level in the British and Indian Armies during the Second World War’ www.drjameshalstead.co.uk/

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · 3d

Delighted to be presenting at Northamptonshire’s Western Front Association this coming Thursday (9th October) about the Battle of Jaroslawice, 21 August 1914.
The talk is at 1930 at:
The Lecture Theatre Church Rooms Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Church Lane off Sheep Street Northampton NN1 3NL

Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jul 25

I’m assuming the Valentine isn’t included as it’s somewhere off the top of the list?

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jul 15

I hold it as a source of pride that the first time I am setting foot in the sports hall after five years of studying at Brunel is on graduation day

Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jul 12

Happy hunting!

Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 28

Back at the TNA!

Different angle this week to keep things interesting

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 21

My two archive highlights for the day….

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 21

Couldn’t believe it!

Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 21

So much easier when it’s all digitised! I managed to pick several research areas that sit precisely in the gaps between digitised collections… but for this project I’m looking forward to being able to pull on some of the digitised WO stuff

Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 21

TNA time!

Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 21

See you in there!

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 20

It was my entry point into TNA on my first two big research projects at BA and MA and I’ve become too accustomed to the stability of WO

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 19

Returning to AIR 1 files after six years and realising just how much I’ve been spoiled by the WO series
Take me back War Office, I didn’t mean it when I said you had inconsistent theatre categorisations

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 11

I was thinking about this the other day and I’d want Band of Brothers but a regular US infantry company
But also band of brothers 50th division does also sound superb

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 11

Aylesbury is much better than Rome, right?

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · Jun 11

It’s 04:22 am and this deserves a repost.

Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · Jun 10

Welcome to the archives.

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 9

Hope none of the protesters have paintball guns

Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 8

Thanks Spencer!

Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Jun 8

Decided to write a few words about First World War cavalry and the latest development in Ukraine

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Mobility, Shock, and Firepower: Motorcycles, Horses, and the Fallacies of Obsolescence – Dr James Halstead, phd

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · May 17

This week I have been writing both my SWWRG paper, and a best man speech and I’m absolutely thrilled at the possibility of mixing them up

Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · May 14

If someone could make an AI that categorises, lists, and organises all my archival photos instead of me spending three working days on it, instead of making bad, plagiarised pictures then I’d be most grateful

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · May 7

What a great valley for a single corps exploitation… it would be a shame… if someone… were to insist on adding a second corps 👀👀👀

Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · May 7

A fantastic week exploring the Monte Cassino battlefields.

Monte Cassino Monastery viewed from Point 593

Snakehead ridge and Monte Cassino viewed from Mont Belvedere

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Apr 6

looks like the next podcast is taking a sharp vibe shift

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James Taub @taubhistory.bsky.social · Apr 4

In this week’s episode of NSQ, we return to a well-known battlefield, but look at it with a perspective that remains unknown in the Anglophone world. Join us as we explore the story of the French Army in the Battle of the #Somme.

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Episode 71: French on the Somme (Ad Free)

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Dr James Halstead @jtthalstead.bsky.social · Apr 5

1000 words a day in any weather !