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Jonny Briggs

@jonnybriggs.bsky.social
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Military History/Defence and Security/Leadership/Organisational Culture. PhD equipped. Book in early 2026, Tanks in Unexpected Places.

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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 23h
This involved difficult choices.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 12/10/2026
"Yandex Strikes Caused Russian Bot Activity To Drop By 50 Percent" Is FALSE. buff.ly/Pa7fvr8
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Rapid-response fact-check: "Yandex Strikes Caused Russian Bot Activity To Drop By 50 Percent" Is False | Joohn Choe
This is going on viral on Facebook today and it's unfortunately wrong. Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex data centers in Russia did not cut
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 12/10/2026
Read more in our new story with @tbij.bsky.social and @cirency.bsky.social: www.occrp.org/en/project/c...
occrp.org
Deloitte’s Cyprus Office Helped Abramovich Firms Relocate Billions in Assets in Apparent Bid to Sidestep Tax and Transparency
A trove of emails shows that Deloitte Cyprus helped firms beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich attempt to skirt tax and disclosure obligations by retroactively transferring assets to British Virgin ...
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Wait.. what?
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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 09/10/2026
Dear people of the UK, this Prize is for you! In 1946, the British founded the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 80 years on, NRW says "Thank you", presenting its highest award, the State Prize, to the people of the UK, recognising the deep friendship between the state and the UK.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mass meaning likely to be more projectiles incoming in c21st. Also, could the UK create the huge quantity of AA wpns it had in the SWW again?
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To be fair, a lot of modern attack drones are flying at similar or lower speeds to V1 rockets in 44-45. A lot of those got intercepted with SWW technology. Mass?
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
youtu.be/gSc46sEZdl4?...
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Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
YouTube video by LloydColeVEVO
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's not about any conventional goals. It's the continuation of social media likes and stock market manipulation by other means.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Excellent article. If you're interested in the AFPU, press coverage in the SWW or Op JUBILEE, well worth your time.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Brilliant piece. Thank you.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Or even wars at all in any conventional 'continuation of policy' sense. It's all performance (attention seeking) and insider trading.
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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Call for Papers - SAHR Virtual Conference, "The British Army Since 1945" Paper and panel proposals sought for an online conference taking place 20-21 February 2027 - full details in link. Please share widely. www.sahr.org.uk/docs/sahr-call-for-papers-the-british-army-since-1945-sahrs1143.pdf
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Linked In always brings me back to this meme...
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The famous 'dapple' camouflage pattern used only by the Royal Scots Greys. Discussed in Tanks in Unexpected Places.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I did wonder if that might be the case. Unusual but not unprecedented.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Wing Commander as well.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That's what I thought. But yes, definitely a few groundcrew on there too.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not sure. Though RAF unlikely to assign so many to their local airfield. Probably just a result of Bomber Commands heavy losses?
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really interesting roll of honour. First, there are a lot of names for a comparatively small place. Second, many additional details which is unusual.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not going to speculate about this except to say the multiple but unspecified number of arrests and the general vagueness are interesting.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
RAF Fairford: Men held under Explosives Act in major incident
A major incident is declared and villagers have been evacuated from their homes in Whelford near RAF Fairford.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Glad the vehicle was identified. Now can we discuss WTAF is going on with the cpl in the foreground?
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That Notts-Lincs border area is so underrated. Beautiful.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
D-Day veteran Kenneth Hay dies aged 101
Kenneth Hay was an "extraordinary gentleman whose remarkable life will never be forgotten", the British Normandy Memorial says.
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The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Finally put the order in @jonnybriggs.bsky.social - didn’t know it was a hardback. Hope to be able to pick it up on the way to the airport Monday.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lol. In what way? Had a few different reactions to it.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Cheers mate! Hope you like it.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_We... Quite the CV. Instructive.
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Hans Weidel - Wikipedia
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
An interesting and timely thread hot from the 1930s.
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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
2 September 1939. British government led by Neville Chamberlain agreed to send an ultimatum to Germany stating that unless Hitler removed troops from Poland, Britain would go to war. It would be delivered at 9AM on the following day and expire 2 hours later.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Helion have been great. Smallish team, all very helpful. Efficient copy editing and map making. Index for author to sort but not a drama.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Germany investigates Russia links to weapons cache discovery, reports say
German intelligence believes guns found last year were for carrying out assassinations on behalf of Moscow, reports say.
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Ian Potter @ianzpotter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
An object believed to have been of religious significance.
A Space Hopper, one of the old orange ones with knobbly horns, a sort of dog face with whisker stubble and a gap-toothed grin like something out of The Banana Splits.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Is it Hamish de Bretton Gordon?
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I think that's changed significantly in the last fifteen years or so. But yeah, very true in the 1930s through to 1990s.
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
65 years ago, on the 13th of August 1961, East Germany closed the border between east and west Berlin and started construction on the Berlin Wall. In the years prior, emigration had become a worry of East German officials, especially young and people leaving and 'brain drain'. #otd #history 🗃️
East German Combat Groups of the Working Class close the border on 13 August 1961 in preparation for the Berlin Wall construction
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rbb|24 @rbb24.de · 13/08/2026
Stacheldraht und Beton: Am 13. August 1961 beginnt der Bau der Berliner Mauer - und damit nicht nur die Teilung einer Stadt, sondern auch die Trennung von Familien, Freund:innen und Nachbar:innen. Eine Teilung in Bildern: rbburl.de/65jahremauer...
Historisches Schwarzweißfoto: Eine Person reicht aus einem Fenster einen Koffer nach unten, während zwei Männer auf der Straße Gepäck wegtragen. Das Bild steht für die Flucht- und Umzugsszenen zu Beginn des Baus der Berliner Mauer am 13. August 1961. Darüber liegt der Text: „13. August 1961 – Vor 65 Jahren begann der Bau der Berliner Mauer“. Unten links ist das Logo von rbb24 zu sehen.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
There are a quarter fewer firefighters in England than there were before 2010.
theguardian.com
‘National priority’ to equip UK firefighters amid growing wildfire threat
Exclusive: FBU calls for more funding as ‘unprecedented summer’ puts rising demands on already stretched crews
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British Military Journal @militaryjournal.co.uk · 10/08/2026
A gas decontamination party from the 167th Field Ambulance dress in protective clothing during a training exercise near Canterbury on 10 August 1940. 📸 Arthur Puttnam / IWM (H 2960)
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"a quarrel in a far away country between people of whom we know nothing…"
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
An idea that would have been alien to politicians and military leaders across the continent in both periods..
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Two phases of coastal defence separated in time by over 1,600 years A section of late 3rd century wall and projecting tower in the SW circuit of Pevensey #Roman coastal fort East #Sussex with a 1940s machine gun emplacement built into the fallen masonry 📷 April 2016 #RomanFortThursday
Roman masonry wall with projecting tower on left and fallen masonry with later machine gun post on right and grass in foreground
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It's Thore Horve, Norwegian naval officer. Commanded the Norwegian vessel that KM's Main to scuttle early in the invasion. Later held key positions in the exiled Norwegian Navy in the UK.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
In Norway currently. Saw this in Stavanger.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Absolutely right. The sheer irrationality of most Nazi ideology can't be underplayed. Anti-science, conspiracy theory obsessed & full of magical thinking. Goodrick-Clarke's book 'The Occult Roots of Nazism' is old but captures much of this well. Often not literally believed but created a culture.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
UK 'ready to defend itself' after Iran says bases are 'legitimate targets'
An Iranian military group has issued a warning to the UK over allowing US forces to use British bases for strikes on Iran.
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Houthis claim attack on Saudi tankers in Red Sea
The Houthi attacks would be the first in the Red Sea since the Iran-backed group announced a "maritime embargo" against Saudi Arabia.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
France 4 England 6 Joan of Arc, Francois Mitterand, Jean Paul-Sartre, etc, etc
France 4 England 6
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Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
One of the best games of the tournament.
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