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Jesse Alexander

@jessealexander.bsky.social
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Public historian; host of The Great War and Real Time History channels on Youtube via Real Time History; History lecturer; Host of the Both Sides of the Wire podcast via Battleguide Productions.

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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 3h
Youtube comment of the day: "Canada is not even a real country and doesn't really have a distinct geopolitical stance that differs from the US or impacts globally."
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "All the horrors which befell Europe & even globally in the 20th Century are a result of French Republicanism."
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our full-length treatment of the Soviet-Afghan War: www.youtube.com/watch?v=saFt...
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Soviet War in Afghanistan 1979-1989 (Full Documentary)
YouTube video by Real Time History
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our full-length treatment of the Soviet-Afghan War: www.youtube.com/watch?v=saFt...
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Soviet War in Afghanistan 1979-1989 (Full Documentary)
YouTube video by Real Time History
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Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I always like Roman brutal realism in art. So different from our age of the image
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "All the horrors which befell Europe & even globally in the 20th Century are a result of French Republicanism."
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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#OnThisDay 1946: David Low in the Evening Standard on the Nuremberg Trials verdicts...
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When it's Jonah and the Whale. Every. Single. Week.
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wise words from an Ottoman politician in 1911, when facing an aggressive foreign imperial power:
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Franz Josef, upon learning high-ranking intelligence officer Alfred Redl had spied for Russia: ‘‘So this is the new age? And these are the creatures it produces? In our old days such a thing would have been unthinkable.’’ (Schindler, 2007)
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "you think this garbage spewing propoganda is convincing?"
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "The West did not develop on its own, but was supported by the Manchus and eventually got out of control. [...] If the Ming Dynasty did not fall, the West would have no chance."
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "the war against Germany [in 1939] was forced by America."
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "The West did not develop on its own, but was supported by the Manchus and eventually got out of control. [...] If the Ming Dynasty did not fall, the West would have no chance."
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "the war against Germany [in 1939] was forced by America."
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Slightly out of focus @normandy661944.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
West Country Manoeuvres: Camouflaged Bren Gun Carriers in a Lane, by Edward Ardizzone, 1941. IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 1494)
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bkmacd @bkmacd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "you think this garbage spewing propoganda is convincing?"
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In this quiet painting, young domestic servant in wealthy household has interrupted her dusting duties & stands engrossed in reading a book. On the elegant tabletop is a still-life of a stationery box, Asian vases & a porcelain figure (William McGregor Paxton, The House Maid, 1910, NGA, Washington)
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just as a reminder Trump apologists, in the last 9 months Trump has: Threatened to invade Greenland Seized the leader Venezuela Launched a war against Iran without Congressional approval. Any state in the world needs to worry about him. Except Russia of course. Putin is safe.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "Even though this is a podcast you could have spiced it up with some pictures and not just you two talking. Even though I love the subject it is way too boring to finish." NARRATOR: The episode in question has had over 125,000 views
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André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Unpopular opinion Histoire de France : quelqu'un qui serait capable de réciter dans l'ordre tous les rois / présidents depuis les origines, mais sans connaître l'enquête linguistique de 1863 ou les réalités qu'elle illustre, ne connaît et ne comprend en fait rien à la trajectoire historique du pays
carte tirée du livre d'E Weber sur l'enquête linguistique de 1863 montrant un grand nombre de départements non francophones (sud, ouest, est)
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "I watch an episode every night when I get home from work. Jesse: you are an incredible historical sherpa, guiding us through The Past. THANK YOU!"
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Icy Reception: How Rebel Forces Lost Hoth Despite Prepared Defenses and Favorable Terrain
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Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Franz Josef, upon learning high-ranking intelligence officer Alfred Redl had spied for Russia: ‘‘So this is the new age? And these are the creatures it produces? In our old days such a thing would have been unthinkable.’’ (Schindler, 2007)
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wise words from an Ottoman politician in 1911, when facing an aggressive foreign imperial power:
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "Listening to this video sounds more like a purple-haired freshman disrupting a classroom than serious history."
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Almost certainly yes.
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "Listening to this video sounds more like a purple-haired freshman disrupting a classroom than serious history."
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "I did my dissertation on Fall Gelb. If I had handed in the text of this documentary for that assignment I would have never received a degree."
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "I did my dissertation on Fall Gelb. If I had handed in the text of this documentary for that assignment I would have never received a degree."
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "Imagine how much better the world would’ve been without Canada."
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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
One of the greatest political cartoons ever drawn is 87 years old today. Rendezvous, by David Low.
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Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Jean Veber, ‘The Somme, 20 September 1916’, lithograph, 1916. Source: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
Drawing: shell cratered landscape in which five soldiers in a trench watch as one fires a machine gun.
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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 18/09/2026
S’il y en avait encore quelques-uns qui en doutaient parmi la classe politique française, le sujet de la Russie n’est pas juste l’Ukraine. Mais la démocratie et la sécurité sur tout le continuent européen, c’est aujourd’hui incontestable.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Damian Boeselager from Germany in the European Union 🤣🙌🏼🤭😆 PM Mark Carney Call me maybe? 😆
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Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The people advocating for Ukraine to surrender its territory to Russia today are the same people that told Ukraine to surrender Crimea to Russia yesterday and the same people who will tell Ukraine to surrender Odesa tomorrow.
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "Imagine how much better the world would’ve been without Canada."
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "The boring reading to your audience is brutal... the pronunciation of foreign words and the Kanuck accent makes me want to restart WW1 with Kanuckistan."
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Main dates in the history of the neighbourhood of Sievering, in Vienna.
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Our latest video is sure to be of interest these days: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_x3...
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The Failed US Invasion of Canada 1812 (Documentary)
YouTube video by Real Time History
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Jenna McLaughlin @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is kind of like the presumption of omniscience/malice when often the far more likely explanation is negligence/stupidity/basic human error. Encountered this plenty covering technology/natsec/intelligence.
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Our latest video is sure to be of interest these days: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_x3...
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The Failed US Invasion of Canada 1812 (Documentary)
YouTube video by Real Time History
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Main dates in the history of the neighbourhood of Sievering, in Vienna.
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Benjamin Brillaud @notabenemovies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Si l'Histoire m'a appris un truc, c'est qu'il n'y a pas de fatalité. Le déterminisme est un vœux idéologique bien pratique pour nos politiques. Alors on a rien sans rien, il faut se bouger, il faut prendre la parole, il faut dénoncer. Parce que ces idées s'infusent partout .
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "The boring reading to your audience is brutal... the pronunciation of foreign words and the Kanuck accent makes me want to restart WW1 with Kanuckistan."
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Youtube comment of the day: "Man… you’re being a parasite."
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