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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Very pleased to hear the Tunisian Govt's Major Projects Committee has approved a study to protect #SidiBouSaid from landslides - FYI @palacestories.bsky.social #PalaceStories #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

On This Day 1943, Claus von #Stauffenberg was severely injured at this location during the #TunisianCampaign . There's still some debris lying around. As you can see I was photobombed by some goats..... #SoundOn

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The battle of Wadi Akarit ended on this day in 1943 with a "sort of" victory for Montgomery's 8th Army. Whilst the ground was taken and the non-motorised Axis forces captured/killed, the bulk of the Axis forces successfully withdrew to the Enfidaville Line. #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

"O, that my tongue were in the thunder’s mouth! Then with a passion would I shake the world" #ShakespeareSunday #Patton #TunisianCampaign

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Winkie Williamson @palacestories.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

#OTD 27 Jan 1943. The 149th WAAC Post Headquarters Company arrives in North Africa, the first Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) unit to go overseas. They will carry out duties within General Eisenhower’s headquarters, mostly secretarial and administrative duties. tinyurl.com/mpmdtj49

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It's #MapMonday - as far as maps in WW2 history books go, they don't get much worse than this one. How does this happen? #TunisianCampaign #skystorians

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

FunFact of the Day: whilst @USArmy soldiers were forming up to assault the beaches in North Africa in 1943 at least one @USNavy ship broadcast over the ship's PA system the live radio commentary of the "Army versus Notre Dame" football game. Notre Dame won 26-0 #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

The “Tunis cake” recipe was discovered by a British soldier in Tunis in 1943. He was a Master Baker. It was sold as a post-war alternative to expensive Christmas cake. You can still buy it in the UK! Wikipedia has the full history 😏 #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

It's #MapMonday - the French post-war historical maps are almost all universally in the "super simple style". This is, my guess, a result of the style adopted at the French Staff College. I like it though. #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

"No profit grows where is no pleasure ta’en: In brief, sir, study what you most affect" #ShakespeareSunday

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

It's #TankTuesday - moving an Armoured Brigade, overnight, side lights only, on unfamiliar mountain roads, with 582 vehicles, at 8 'miles in the hour', arriving and deploying before dawn. In radio silence. That's an under appreciated staff work skill. #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

"This world's a city full of straying streets, And death's the market-place where each one meets" #ShakespeareSunday #Takrouna #TunisianCampaign

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Researchers: NARA has digitized hundreds of thousands of operational reports from US units in the Pacific Theater of WWII, to include divisional reports with regimental reports, maps, and sketches. It’s a gold mine. Go nuts catalog.archives.gov/id/305275

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The online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records.

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

My #ThursdayThought: Probably the most woeful British Army Commander of WW2. There's no doubting Anderson's professional competence in the first few weeks of the #TunisianCampaign but he was eventually let down by his dour personality and inability to inspire his Staff or allies.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Ever wondered why walking around museums is weirdly tiring? At normal speed our legs act like pendulums, swinging forward from the hip & saving us a huge amount of energy. In "museum shuffle" our muscles must do ALL the work of constant readjustment. So cake in the cafe is scientifically justified 🥳

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Destinations Journey @destinationsjou.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The #A43BlackPrince #InfantryTank was an experimental development of the Churchill #tank with a larger, wider hull and a QF 17-pounder gun. The project was abandoned with only six prototypes built. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #militaryHistory #BlackPrince #WW2

The A43 Black Prince Infantry Tank was an experimental development of the Churchill tank with a larger, wider hull and a QF 17-pounder (76 mm) gun. By the time the Black Prince prototypes had appeared in May 1945, the Sherman Firefly had proved itself in combat, the Comet tank was in service and the introduction of Centurion was imminent. All these tanks carried the QF 17-pounder or a derivative; all had better mobility than the Black Prince and the Centurion had frontal armour of comparable effectiveness. The Black Prince had become redundant and the project was abandoned with only six prototypes built.

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Today I am watching 'Valkyrie' again, well at least the first 6 minutes which is set in Tunisia 1943. #TunisiaCampaign #Stauffenberg

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

‘Tank enthusiast’ defined: history buff, modeller, engineering geek, collector, veteran, movie fan, gamer. I’m 5 out of the 7. #MuseTech24

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

It's #TankTuesday - in the first 50 days of the #TunisianCampaign the Axis forces had delivered, from Europe, approximately 56,000 troops and 160 tanks including Tigers. That's from a standing start with no prior planning. Numbers exclude aircraft and air personnel. Just 50 days.

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

"The Armd Bde had been in the course of changing from Crusader tanks to Shermans...one regiment had actually begun taking over their new tanks...when orders were received to take over their old Crusaders once more and move (straight into battle)" this is also known as #SNAFU. #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

My recent Tunisian road trip captured by Tunisia's favourite blogger. It gives a good sense of the Tiger 131 site, Point 212 'The Bou' and much more. A great day out! #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

“Borj Al Amri is more than a name on a map—it is a reminder of the sacrifices and strategies that shaped the world we know today. Through stories like these, we gain a deeper appreciation for the hidden layers of history that surround us, waiting to be uncovered.” #TunisianCampaign

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Dr Bethany Usher @bethanyusher.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Remember folks that we need to return to the old habit of reposting (retweeting) people's posts instead of liking them to allow the folks we think are cool to build their following. Let's continue to build one another's visibility as a community should.

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Found it. The remains of the Irish Guards memorial on 'The Bou'. The memorial was placed there soon after the 1943 battle, subsequently removed sometime in the 1950s to St George's Church in Tunis. #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

"If there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it, Making it momentary as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night..." #ShakespeareSunday #TunisianCampaign

Medjerda valley near Medjez el Bab, Tunisia

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The caption says 'Tunis 9th November 1942' but somehow I doubt they would have parked their vulnerable aircraft like that, bearing in mind they were meant to be delivering the first troops into Tunisia and subject to air attack. Was this photograph perhaps taken in Italy instead? #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

"At first light he observed Germans on the hilltops...particularly in the Mosque on Banana Ridge. He engaged them [with 25pdrs] over open sites...over 20 German dead were found there..." 226 Battery, 67th Field Regiment, 1943. Viewed from gun position and modern motorway to Tunis. #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

It's #FridayFriendship day. Great to recently share with friends the views from 'The Bou' over the Medjerda valley and Massicault road on a crystal clear day. We could see the whole 5 Corps and 9 Corps areas in the final battles of the Tunisian campaign. Making history come alive! #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty, in 1943.

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

10 movies to get to know me #hatm 1. Citizen Kane (1941) 2. Casablanca (1942) 3. Jane Eyre (1943) 4. Tunisian Victory (1944) 5. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) 6. Steel Bayonets (1957) 7. Das Boot (1981) 8. Downfall (2004) 9. Forrest Gump (1994) 10. Greyhound (2020) What are yours?

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

It's #TankTuesday "After recovering all possible tanks, Bn losses in actions since April 24 are: 'A' Sqn 15 tanks; 'B' Sqn 12 tanks; 'C' Sqn 11 tanks... TOTAL 38" War Diary 12 RTR. The battalion had been in Tunisia less than 4 weeks, this was their first battle (Peter's Corner). #TunisianCampaign

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Tonight's dilema. Adele, ZZ top or WeHaveWays zoom?

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

It's #MapMonday - yes, buy a map and read all about the battle in a book but IMHO if you also make your own map on #googleearth, walk the ground, then you'll deeply understand it. #TunisianCampaign #AfricanStalingrad #MilHist #GroundTruth #PME #MilitaryEducation #LongstopHill

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Trevor from AfricanStalingrad.com @africanstalingrad.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

War films all set in Tunisia 1943, either fully or partially. But can you guess which of these movies is banned in Tunisia today? Days of Glory, Wedding Song, Patton, Valkyrie? #TunisianCampaign

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Euan Williamson @euanjwilliamson.co.uk · 16/11/2024

Trying to refine a book proposal at the moment and struggling to make it snappy. Any tips?

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