https://www.europesays.com/2062416/ UK’s King Charles and Prince William lay wreaths to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day – The Irish Times #BritishRoyalFamily #catherine #CatherineMiddleton #KateMiddleton #PrinceOfWales #PrinceWilliam #PrincessOfWales #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily #SECONDWORLDWAR #William
#OnThisDay in 1942, Admiral Syfret accepted the formal surrender of the French forces in Diego Suarez. The next day, Churchill sent a note to 29th Independent Infantry Brigade, whom he had observed in training some months before. He wrote, "I was sure when I saw you at Inverary nine months ago that the 29th Brigade Group would make its mark."
https://russellphillips.uk/madagascar/
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Today’s AI can crack second world war Enigma code ‘in short order’, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/07/todays-ai-can-crack-second-world-war-enigma-code-in-short-order-experts-say #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Secondworldwar #AlanTuring #Technology #Computing #Science #UKnews
#154 - https://boxd.it/Ud7U #2025MovieMarathon #Cinemastodon #Netlfix #Movies #Documentary #SecondWorldWar Some new historical recollections from people where were there.
#OnThisDay in 1942, the Allied invasion of #Madagascar began on the west coast. The defenders there were unable to report this to their higher command because Percy Mayer, an #SOE agent, had cut telephone cables.
I'll be giving a talk about the invasion at #WeHaveWaysFest in September.
https://wehavewaysfest.co.uk/line-up/
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https://www.europesays.com/2049332/ Canada’s role in Netherlands liberation remembered in Nelson #Nederland #netherlands #Nieuws #SecondWorldWar|#CanadianMilitary
I'm very excited to announce that I will be giving a talk about the invasion of #Madagascar at #WeHaveWaysFest in September.
I went to my first We Have Ways Fest last year. It's a great festival, with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. If you go, come and say hello.
Tickets are available now at
https://wehavewaysfest.co.uk/
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The Eastern Front (1941-5), called the Western Front or Great Patriotic War by the Soviets, was by far the bloodiest of the Second World War (1939-45). #History #German-SovietWar #EasternFront #GreatPatrioticWar #NaziGermany #SecondWorldWar #SovietUnion #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2716-en/
I've set up a store so that you can now buy my books directly from me. To celebrate, until Friday 9th May you can use code FEDI25 to get 25% off all purchases.
https://russellphillips.uk/books/
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The German-Soviet War, known in the USSR and today's Russia as the Great Patriotic War or, in Western Europe, as the Eastern Front of the Second World War (1939-45), began in June 1941 with Operation Barbarossa and ended in Germany's total defeat in May 1945. #History #German-SovietWar #EasternFront #NaziGermany #SecondWorldWar #USSR #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24261-en/
The Battle of Smolensk in August to September 1943 was the second time the Soviet Union and the Third Reich fought over the city on the Dnieper during the Second World War (1939-45). #History #OperationSuvorov #SecondWorldWar #Smolensk #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2707-en/
The Battle of Kursk (Jul-Aug 1943), which involved nearly 6,000 tanks, was the largest tank battle in history and ended in a decisive victory for the Red Army in WWII (1939-45). #History #BattleOfKursk #German-SovietWar #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #Tank #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2704-en/
"We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing..." (Churchill, on VE Day)
The 8th of May will mark 80 years since Victory in Europe was declared, after a back-breaking, titanic struggle by the generations who came before us, to crush the horrendous evil of the Nazi regime.
History to be remembered.
#143 - https://boxd.it/Un0E #2025MovieMarathon #Cinemastodon #AmazonPrime #Drama #Romance #History #SecondWorldWar #Movie Some lovely and heartbreaking content sprinkled among the brutal treatment by the Imperial Japanese Army of Australian prisoners during the Second World War. Some is very difficult content.
Joe Rogan’s guests are revolting | Sam Wolfson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/16/joe-rogan-guests #Trumpadministration #Secondworldwar #Israel-Gazawar #BernieSanders #Farright(US) #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #JoeRogan #ElonMusk #Podcasts #USnews #Men
The Red Army of the USSR began the Second World War (1939-45) with a series of shocking defeats, but from late 1942, it rallied and held on to key cities like the capital Moscow, Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), and Stalingrad (Volgograd). #History #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #SovietUnion #USSR #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2700-en/
The Battle of Stalingrad (now Volgograd, July 1942 to February 1943) was an attempt by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) to control the USSR's access to the Caucasus oil fields. #History #RedArmy #SecondWorldWar #SixthArmy #Stalingrad #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2696-en/
An Author Help client recently sent me a photo of her dad reading A Ray of Light. Apparently, once he'd finished it, he told her and her mum the story.
I wrote it to spread awareness of #Lidice and the North Staffordshire miners, which I think deserves to be much better known. So it's heartening to hear of someone reading it and then telling the story to others 
