And so we dive into our next 6-part series on News of the War. This time it's what was in the newspapers during the Biggest, Baddest Battles*, and first up is Leningrad! @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk (*battles-ish) ваше здоровье!
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Former RAF mechanical genius (TG5) with a thing for military history. Proud dad and grandad. Volunteer for CWGC and TBAG.
Looking forward to hearing @matteatonmedia.bsky.social discuss this on @ww2tv.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/7yTXfNu...
Madam V - Virginia Vernon’s War: Battling to Bring (ENSA) Entertainment to the British Troops
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Matt Eaton@matteatonmedia.bsky.social · 7d agoThere's nothing like holding a physical book, especially when it's your first to be published. A privilege to be able to write about this great lady's wartime contribution with her godson, Adam Fairclough. Madam V: Virginia Vernon's War will be on sale from 13 August from all the usual places.
NEW SERIES COMING… This Friday we change course, from the Generalissimos to the Battles, 6 of them… …This Friday our first is Leningrad. How was the longest siege in the SWW reported in the papers? @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
An obscure project of the Italian Navy to deploy a high number of low-cost submarines when the outcome of ww2 seemed compromised: youtu.be/QOdAyVRD0Vw?... @crusaderproject.bsky.social @navalairhistory.com @drachinifel.bsky.social @axe99.bsky.social
82 years ago, the first ENSA mobile column landed in Normandy led by George Formby. Continuing my series looking at troop entertainment around D-Day, I write about a very different perspective of the breakout from Caen! newsletter.mattheweaton.co.uk/p/the-ensata... #skystorians
The ENSAtainment Has Landed
Or Carry on Camping (in Bayeux)
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#OTD 25th July '44 My great uncle was on Operation Wildhorn lll to pick up V2 paraphernalia & insert/extract Polish VIP's connected with the Warsaw Uprising & Government in Exile, from their base in Italy to Poland. Was awarded the DFM & Polish Cross of Valour @WeHaveWaysPod @James1940 @almurray 👍🫡👏
🚨 Well, here we go - Who Shares Wins, eh. Our very own rogue zeroes, @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk , bring you this special episode on the Special Air Service. What appeared in the newspapers 1939 to 1945. What didn't - and why. You'll only find this in the #NewsoftheWar!
Join us tomorrow for the big cash in… It’s the News Of The War SAS Special! Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social as they discuss how the exploits of the Special Air Service was reported in the newspapers. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
🚨 Heeeeeere's Monty! Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - the one and only, bringing this six-part series on The Generalissimos to an end. What a man. What a myth. What a moment. @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
www.youtube.com/live/GlBJSjJ... Tomorrow at 19.00. Many thanks to @ww2tv.bsky.social for having me on the channel.
Tanks in Unexpected Places: The Fighting Effectiveness of 4th (Independent) Armoured Brigade 1943-45
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🚨 Welcome to the News of the War! In this, the fifth in our 6-part series on Generalissimos, it's the turn of Erwin Rommel - the Desert Fox himself. @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
1/8 🇺🇸 Remember the Fourth of July scene in The Great Escape? It really happened. As shown in movie the party is short-lived and contrasted with the discovery of tunnel “Tom”. The real events lacked the drama - but were considerably more raucous. 🧵
🚨 It's Patton Day! 🚨 TThis week's Generalissimo needs no introduction — or does he? General George S. Patton, Old Blood and Guts himself. But with ivory-handled pistols and a slap-happy attitud', how did the British papers clock him in 1939-45? @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
Had a great trip to the Battle of Britain Bunker at the former RAF Uxbridge. Massive thanks to Jerry our guide.
86 years ago today the German Occupation of Guernsey started. I wrote about it here. island-fortress.com/2022/06/30/t...
THE OCCUPATION STARTS – FIVE LONG YEARS UNDER THE JACKBOOT! - Island Fortress
30 June marks the anniversary of the arrival of the Germans in 1940. This followed an air raid on 28 June which you can read about on my last blog, just scroll down or click here If you want to listen...
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🚨This week we head east to the man himself: Georgy Zhukov! The Soviet Marshal who stared down the Wehrmacht, saved Moscow, and planted the Red Flag over the Reichstag. What did 1940s British papers actually make of Stalin’s favourite general? @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
Looking forward to hosting Hilary Buxton on my YouTube channel tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 ET. British colonial troops reshaped colonial medicine, welfare systems, and imperial governance long after the guns fell silent in 1918. www.youtube.com/live/f0NmTHZ...
🚨 Emergency Podcast🚨 You know us. Any old coat-tail. ☺️ All the headlines on Prime Ministers resigning, as reported in the News of the War... Link below... @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
I will be on WW2TV at 19:00 BST Tuesday 23rd June. I will be talking about escapes from the Channel Islands during the German occupation of the Channel Islands. Do join us if you can. My book “Tides of Defiance” is published by Barnthorn Publishing Limited www.youtube.com/live/5QTHEIa...
Tides of Defiance: Channel Islanders who risked everything to escape from the German Occupation
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🚨 This, ladies and gentlement, is the #NewsoftheWar. And in this episode of our Generalissimos series - we're heading far east to get all the news, as it's reported, about General Hideki Tojo! 🇯🇵 linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
For our next instalment of the new Generalissimos season, we turn to the land of the rising sun… He’s, well, let’s just say: a bit of a character 😬 New episode out this Friday, find us wherever you get your podcasts linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
This Wednesday I’ll be joining Paul Woodadge on WW2TV to discuss The Undefeated and the experiences of Allied POWs during WWII. Tune in via the link below and leave any questions you’d like us to cover during the show. emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
The Undefeated: Untold Lives of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe 1939-1945
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I'm doing another talk in Lincoln - for the Lincolnshire Aviation Society on Thursday 18th. 7:30, Royal Naval Club, Coulson Rd, Lincoln. Non members £3.
🚨 It's the Generalissimos! We're back, and we're back with a new, 6-part series. Six of the best generals, and how their wars were reported in the #NewsoftheWar from 1939 - '45. First up - Marshal Pietro Badoglio. 🇮🇹 @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
ICYMI, #D-Day was not just an American show. For Canada's part, I recommend watching 'Storming #Juno' tonight: www.justwatch.com/ca/movie/sto....
Storming Juno - movie: watch streaming online
Find out how and where to watch "Storming Juno" on Netflix and Prime Video today - including free options.
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📢*Next 2026 EVENTS*📢 ➡️Sunday 14th June 2026 - IWM History Festival, IWM Duxford. Interview with an unusual guest for 'Eagle Days' ➡️Saturday 11th July 2026 - Dowding System Day, Bentley Priory Museum, 'Taken Off: Psychological Health in the Luftwaffe during the Second World War'
Part 2 of our VC special is out this Friday….you’ve heard of the Arnhem VCs? Cain, Baskeyfield, Lord, Greyburn and Queripel. Well, in the words of Yoda “there is another” Tune in on Friday to News of the War linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar @andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
