Reposted by EmchistiTank Archives @tankarchives.bsky.social · 02/12/2024A Soviet T-34-85 tank and an American M17 halftrack driving on a dirt road in Danzig. The T-34-85's fenders were replaced with those taken from a GAZ-AA truck. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII 1172
Reposted by EmchistiThe Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 02/12/2024A useful reminder that the Allied army assembled to destroy the Axis in North Africa in the autumn of 1941 was multi-racial and religiously very diverse indeed. rommelsriposte.com/2022/01/09/h...rommelsriposte.comHow ‘Imperial’ was Eighth Army in 1941?Soldiers from each of five different allied armies fighting together against the Germans and Italians in Tobruk, Libya. From the left they are Polish, British, Indian, Australian and Czech. AWM via… 34415
Reposted by EmchistiStay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Rejoin is not Remain. There's a key difference. Remain was a warning of danger ahead. Rejoin is a rescue mission. 014739
Reposted by EmchistiJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 27/11/2024The liars, of course, have all moved on to new cons & deceptions. The fishing industry can't. A vaguely honest media would be holding Farage & the rest to account for this instead of promoting a meaningless petition... www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...plymouthherald.co.ukFishermen left feeling 'betrayed' by Brexit'Brexit was sold to our fishermen as a golden opportunity, yet the truth is that many fishermen have experienced the complete opposite' 33758331787
Reposted by EmchistiSlough for Europe @sloughforeu.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Kind of wild how a load of people think they are going to get a general election because they signed an online petition and Starmer isn't as popular at the moment as he was on day 1. It wasn't that long ago that this happened 👇 16018
Reposted by EmchistiTim L 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧🇨🇦 @tim0.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Yet another privatisation scheme in utter chaos 🤬 The oral health gap between rich and poor is widening. Tooth decay remains the no 1 reason a child will end up in hospital. Properly fund NHS dentistry so everyone who needs care can secure it... you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukSave NHS dentistry and make it fit for the 21st centuryPeople are pulling out their own teeth! This dentist is so concerned he’s started a petition about it. I’ve signed – will you join us? 0109
Reposted by EmchistiMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Narrator voice: “Little did he know…” 24669051751
Reposted by EmchistiMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024And THAT is exactly how people with a huge sense of entitlement regularly behave when they get caught out. #JeremyClarkson 694114062688
Reposted by EmchistiLucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Sometimes, the fewest words can be the most powerful. ‘My Son’ George Leonard Boyes, Royal Army Medical Corps, 2nd (London) Field Amb. was just 19 when he died on 4th April 1915. 5718
Reposted by EmchistiMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 11/11/2024The case for the UK to join the EU is getting stronger by the day. If you’re onboard, make sure you join the >23,400 members of European Movement UK. This is how it builds. —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership 12570205
Reposted by EmchistiNicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 22/09/202423 September 1943, Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto is executed by German paratroopers at Torre di Palidoro, near Rome. He falsely confesses responsibility for an explosion that kills two Germans to save the lives of 22 innocent civilians rounded up for execution in reprisal [Thread] >> 1 727081
Emchisti @emchisti.bsky.social · 06/12/2023A French Arsenal VB10 fighter towers over the development team. A novel pre-war idea, if not entirely successful, post-war! 000
Reposted by EmchistiSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/11/2023Oh Sunak, What a day you’ve had. So desperate to be the establishment figurehead on this day of remembrance. But instead, being the handmaiden for fascist thugs marauding through London, ruining Armistice Day with their ugly disrespect. On your watch. Invited by you. For shame. 511436
Reposted by EmchistiMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 08/11/2023I don't want Palantir anywhere near our NHS data... ...and neither should you. Share everywhere and sign below. 👇👇foxglove.org.ukUK Health Secretary Steve Barclay: Stop Palantir’s NHS data takeoverUrgent - the Palantir NHS data deal is a huge threat to the NHS, but it still hasn’t been signed, and there are reports that the government is now wavering. This is our chance to get it dropped - si... 43626500
Reposted by EmchistiBrónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 08/11/2023Excellent article on commemoration. This stopped me. How relevant still. "In 1922 there was a memorable march by the unemployed to the Cenotaph after the official ceremonies on 11 November where veterans wore pawn tickets instead of medals." 11815
Emchisti @emchisti.bsky.social · 04/11/2023An abandoned FCM 36 of 2e Platoon, 2e Company, 7e BCC (combat tank battalion). The FCM 36 was a difficult tank to build and was quite costly to buy however, despite the rather ineffective main gun, the tank was effective in action, often inflicting reverses on the Germans in May and June 1940. 010
Reposted by EmchistiAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/10/2023Boris Johnson believed the UK was being "pathetic" about Covid, and should just have "a cold shower" and "let it rip", according to private messages sent by the Cabinet Secretary Simon Case. 36638
Emchisti @emchisti.bsky.social · 29/10/2023An Avion Marcel Bloch M.B.152 fighter of SPA94 "Le Mort Qui Fauche" (Death Who Reaps), denoted by the insignia on the tail of death dashing forward with his Scythe. The M.B.152 was one of a raft of 3 new French single-seat fighters introduced to the Armee de l'Air just prior to WW2. 000
Emchisti @emchisti.bsky.social · 28/10/2023B1 Bis BOURRASQUE (No 257) of the 1ere Company, 15e BCC, 2e DCR, after taking on elements of Panzer Regiment 1, outside Mortiers on 17 May 1940. Clearly seen is the Blue Heart card suit turret marking, denoting a 2e Company tank, within 1ere Platoon. 331
Emchisti @emchisti.bsky.social · 26/10/2023A French Captain of the 23rd BCC (Combat Tank Battalion), during the unit's receipt of the Croix de Guerre in Metz-Magny, October 1939. At the time they were stood up, 23rd BCC were equipped with the Renault R35 tank. 030
Reposted by EmchistiSteven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 19/10/2023I think it’s time for common terminology here. I think it’s ALMOST universally accepted that a post should be a ‘bloot’? Therefore a ‘blooter’ bloots bloots (note gender neutrality 🏳️🌈) A thread can be a ‘zootbloot’ A zootbloot >100 bloots can be a bloater (alternatively stoater) All agreed? 231
Emchisti @emchisti.bsky.social · 02/10/2023Trying to get hold of original French WW2 uniforms is proving surprisingly difficult. A recent trip to the history museum in Prague might explain why... 010
Reposted by EmchistiPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2023The absurdity of having the Tory chairman Lee Anderson interview Home Secretary Suella Braverman on a so called “news channel” was laid bare tonight. He failed to challenge her on any of the patently misleading statements she has made this week (highlighted in this film) 47633
