@WarDiaryF82 provides daily recap of Falklands War to mark 40th anniversary. Account co-hosted by @ProfTonyPollard & @warsmatter
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Delighted to announce that @WarDiaryF82 is now co-hosted by @ProfTonyPollard & @warsmatter. To mark the 40th anniversary we will be running the daily war diary with help from our veteran friends. We look forward to your input!
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Saddened to report another @2PARA_HQ 'Class of 82' has died: Stan Standish who won.a MM for his leadership at Goose Green as part of B Company
RIP Stan
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Delighted to report that 'The Wars Beneath Our Feet: Adventures in Conflict Archaeology' will be published by @Barnthorn in Spring 2027. barnthornpublishing.co.uk/te…
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Just dropped. 3 minutes on a question not often asked. Please like and subscribe! youtu.be/Lro_ruOppzE?is=dfaq…
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OTD in 1916 the Battle of Fromelles saw the bloodiest 24 hours in Australian military history. Just over 90 years later we went back for some of those who fell.
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Latest Wars Beneath Our Feet outing has just arrived. Please like and subscribe (it's free) youtu.be/kvbl0TNuwZQ
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What happened to the body of James IV after the battle of Flodden? A postscript to the Battle of Flodden video. As ever please like and subscribe. youtu.be/qlWrdU35890?si=oQXi…
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On this day in 1513, Henry VIII landed in France with his army to fight the French in the War of the League of Cambrai. Meanwhile, in Scotland James IV considered a request for support from the French King Loius XII. The result would be the Battle of Flodden, fought between the English and the Scots on 9 Sept, 1513. It's as good a time as any to drop the latest The Wars Beneath Our Feet video. Please do like and subscribe! youtu.be/c119d2VdEmM
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Now l’m ’retired’ there will be more time for other stuff, including my YouTube channel #TheWarsBeneathOurFeet. Here’s a little flavour of what’s up next.
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OTD 1982 Battle of Tumbledown, one of decisive actions of Falklands War. Shout out to Scots Guards vets Jim Peters & John Litterick, who returned with Falklands War Mapping Project in 2022. The first military veterans to take part in archaeological survey of their own battlefield
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Bannockburn! Latest offering from The Wars Beneath Our Feet has just been released (I can't bring myself to say dropped...oh) on YouTube. Please like and subscribe so we can do more of this. Camera work on this one by the very talented Maria Pollard. youtu.be/GQza2pi-hK0?si=AjHi…
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A few of our now 1000 subscribers have asked who the Jacobites were, so here’s a short primer. Late next week on The Wars Beneath Our Feet we’re walking our battle boots over another Scottish battlefield. youtu.be/YwguU1a-nIw?si=q0qf…
Trigger warning! Another short on Culloden has dropped. youtu.be/6d0Ui8DGrkc?si=VkZf…
On the 280th anniversary of Culloden we are pleased to release the first longer video on The Wars Beneath Our Feet. youtu.be/u_0gwZQ-FvI?si…
Retirement plans begin to come together. YouTube channel devoted to archaeology of conflict related topics. First up is a short take on Culloden. A longer video will debut tomorrow on 280th anniversary of the battle. Welcome to The Wars Beneath Our Feet! youtu.be/938hq-L16lk?si=2nFH…
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Article in today’s @heraldscotland by @NeilMackay already posted by others but behind a paywall, so here’s an old school version. Apologies in advance to all those colleagues who never get credit in a feature like this.
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The only footage of the Sir Galahad gun team. The only film of me down south. Galahad had been hit for the first time and we had crossed to Stromness to set up the guns while the bombs on Galahad were dealt with. I am there is yellow life preserver and white anti flash gloves
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Eve of my last ever new academic year. Everything I do from now until end of May will be for last time. Tomorrow it's the intro lecture for my Islands at War in the 20th century course. I've always liked this one and sure some of content will get post-retirment outings.
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OTD 1815 & morning after the day before at Waterloo. What happened to the thousands of dead men & horses? Who cleaned up & where did all the stuff go? What about the wounded? What fate befell the battlefield & its dead in the years to come? Read all about it in these 3 articles:
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TV schedule for ITV the day the Falklands War came to an end. Argentine troops surrendered in Stanley after occupying the islands for 74 days. Live and Let Die was how it was in the brutal battles on the mountains, but Live and Let Live quickly became the mantra.
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OTD 1982 Battle of Tumbledown rages through night. Scots Guards fought Argentine troops at bayonet point along crest & flank of this dragon’s back of a mountain. In 2022 we returned with veterans for first archaeological survey. Read free @Mapping1982 book shorturl.at/s5LXw
ALT James Peters & John Litterick were in 2nd Btn Scots Guards in 1982. Here they are about to become the first veterans ever to take part in the archaeological survey of their own battlefield. Tumbledown, behind them is over a mile long and they fought along its length from left to right through a freezing and at time snowy night. After the battle both were part of a 4-man stretcher team hit by a mortar round. The man on the stretcher was killed, as was the man carrying it next to John, who was wounded in the leg.