This is indeed very sad news.

Thank God Trump wasn’t US President in the 1940s, Hitler would have continued to occupy Europe.

There’s an excellent cafe in the tower too!

And finally, we also run online courses. This January you can kill off the post Xmas blues by throughly nerding out over the Italian front with self, @vandawilcox.bsky.social @kaiserjonny.bsky.social @jimsmithson.bsky.social and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social

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Previous topics were: The Isonzo, Verdun, Medicine, Generals, the Vosges, August 1914, Submarines, the Gallipoli Landings, Africa, Artillery, Palestine, the Spring Offensives and Remembrance.

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This is what you have to look forward to next year… Which reminds me I’ve been meaning to ask @jamesbarr.bsky.social if he’d like to put something in the last of those!

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And to fulfil our remit of looking at the WHOLE war, in February we produced the most comprehensive coverage of the Brusilov Offensive in English for decades

And in May we dedicated one to all things Jutland

Members like lovely Russ get four of these a year as a member. The theme always covers about 35-40%, the rest is a mix of subjects. This year they’ve also had a magazine with the broad remit of ‘Belgium’

All of our back issues are available on the website…

Hi Chris, the walks will re-start next May, with 9 walks planned between May & October. The walk last Saturday was an extra due to demand. Keep an eye on Greenham Tower website in the new year for dates!