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Duwamish

@poilu.bsky.social
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History buff, former public servant. Long-time fan of wargames and other conflict simulations. Enjoy travel, learning languages, and other cultures. #NoKings

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Volko @volko.bsky.social · 5h
If you have not already, check out @gmtgames.bsky.social expanded Specials: Red Dust Rebellion for $46 (!) Labyrinth: The War on Terror $51 Vietnam 1965-1975 $46 www.gmtgames.com/s-8-specials...
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GMT Games - SPECIALS
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The Boardgames Chronicle @thebrdgmschronicle.bsky.social · 6h
I am bringing together all my Strategy & Training materials for Plantagenet. I hope you will find this content useful in your journey with that wonderful game! LINK: theboardgameschronicle.com/2026/10/04/s... @fgradaille.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social @volko.bsky.social
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étagèresetlivres @etagereslivres.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Baltic Empires de @gmtgames.bsky.social Session à 4 joueurs, victoire polonaise après un début de partie désastreux et une remontée spectaculaire. La Russie, alliée à la Pologne contre la Suède, en a fait les frais. Simultanement, le Danemark et la Suède se sont épuisés mutuellement. Excellent jeu !
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Fred Serval @fredserval.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tomorrow night, at 9pm French time, 3pm EST, @joedewhurst.bsky.social and I will continue our campaign of The Guerrilla Generation "Resisting Reagan". Very cool and unique way to play this new COIN multipack from @gmtgames.bsky.social youtube.com/live/rCK6lII...
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The Guerrilla Generation: Resisting Reagan with Stephen Rangazas – Campaign Playthrough | Part 2
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The wondrously talented DANNY KAYE conducting the audience at the London Palladium in 1948. He could fly any civilian plane on the planet, became the world's most revered non-Asian Chinese Chef & had no formal singing or dance training. A pretty extraordinary human being.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Prez's latest from the bunker. "When does a bunker become a burial vault?" darthputinkgb.substack.com/p/when-does-...
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Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A great deal of food for thought in this interview: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong
In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakt...
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H.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Adolf Hitler autorisiert die systematische Ermordung von Geisteskranken, Behinderten und ‚auffälligen‘ Personen, Aktion T4 genannt, im Oktober des Jahres 1939 mit einem auf den 1. September rückdatierten Führererlass zur „Euthanasie“. 
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 28/09/2026
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Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Volko @volko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For Fire in the Lake fans, check out this well reasoned and meticulously designed and argued new scenario, using the game to examine Abrams and his strategy in Vietnam: boardgamegeek.com/thread/37734...
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Varient: A Better "Better War" A 1969 to 1972 | Fire in the Lake
Westmoreland’s war ends Until the last day of January 1968, William Westmoreland commanded the US war in Vietnam. He’d run it since 1964, built it from advisors to half a million men, and told the Na...
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Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By the way, on these very days, September 25–27, in 1938, the Soviet punitive authorities placed the great Ukrainian Serhiy Korolyov on a list of arrested persons slated for execution.
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Karl Melnyk @karlmelnyk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A friendly Reminder: Russian military Installations in #Belarus are legitimate Targets! Let the Owls fly.
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Duwamish @poilu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russia must be defeated.
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Duwamish @poilu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A nice piece on some French wargamers. Salut, mes amis! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-G-...
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France 3 au cœur de l’OFJH 2026 – Reportage
YouTube video by OFJH - Open de France des Jeux d'Histoire
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💥 A Russian strike against the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 9/28/26
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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think this one needs to be free… The stats and facts behind sexual violence impacting the Italian population in 1944 #WW2 achurchill.substack.com/p/free-full-...
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FREE FULL FEATURE: Allied Shame in Italy, 1944
Last week I led an in depth tour centered the four battles around Monte Cassino.
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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An excellent example of how poorly understood the My Lai Massacre remains, 60 years on. The only real breakdown of command and control occurred when individual GIs refused to open fire on unarmed civilians. Everybody else did what they had been ordered to do... This is the description in question 👇🏻
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James Buckley @jsbuckley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just played this as OFJH. The play experience is like reading polemical long form journalism. The target is the drug companies. The twist is you play as the drug company. The activist is your enemy, the corrupt doctor your friend. It's very well done.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. (Published Jan. 2025)
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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Volko @volko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Setting up for extended session of the full Thirty Years War on my table: Cuius Regio by @fgradaille.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social ... 1618-1648, so 31 turns.
Boardgame set up: Cuius Regio - The Thirty Years War 1618-1648 by Francisco Gradaille, GMT Games
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Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Uncle_Wolf @demiurg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What is happening - A thread! I have often gotten the question why we are not doing enough against Russia. What people never asked themselves is what a war with Russia would bring to Europe. 1/7 www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
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Tyska förband förstärker Gotland i Nato-operation
Tyska förband rullar i dag in på Gotland i en förstärkningsoperation tillsammans med svenska Försvarsmakten. Operationen är ett test av Natos planer för hur ön ska försvaras. – Det här skapar mycket g...
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Duwamish @poilu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wehrmacht getting younger every year…. #BCS #MMP #C3
BCS Panzers Last Stand
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Duwamish @poilu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My forward Red Army positions prepare for German onslaught to relieve Budapest in Operation Konrad. #BCS #C3
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Duwamish @poilu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Playing #OnTheOtherSideOfTheHill at #C3 Con in Prague. Head hurts from the rules. Lot going on, but am I having fun?
Playing On the Other Side of the Hill.
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Germany and Sweden are reinforcing Gotland in light of deteriorating security situation. Aerial, naval and other units are active with live weapons. It is explicitly described as not an exercise and aimed at securing logistics. "Primary focus is Russia" www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
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Tyska förband förstärker Gotland i Nato-operation
Tyska förband rullar i dag in på Gotland i en förstärkningsoperation tillsammans med svenska Försvarsmakten. Operationen är ett test av Natos planer för hur ön ska försvaras. – Det här är ingen vanlig...
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Duwamish @poilu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Color me Vektyr curious.
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El Desafío de las Águilas - Where Eagles Dare @desafioaguilas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Resumen del boletín de novedades de @gmtgames.bsky.social de septiembre: eldesafiodelasaguilas.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/r...
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Resumen del boletín de GMT de septiembre
Resumen de las novedades que anuncia GMT en su boletín de septiembre de 2026
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I can’t believe how little media coverage any of this is getting. Russia is escalating across Europe, Poland is warning of possible Russian strikes on NATO countries, and Lithuania is preparing evacuation routes in the event of a military attack. You wouldn’t know it from our media
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Lithuania Prepares Evacuation Route to Poland in Case of Russian Attack
With warnings growing that Russia could launch a military attack against NATO countries, Lithuania and Poland are getting ready.
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Hansemann @hansemann355.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Heute eine Erstpartie Vijayanagara. Ein recht zugängliches COIN Spiel im frühen Indien. Hat Spaß gemacht und eine Wiederholung verdient. Die Siegpunkte waren sehr schwankend und lagen bei uns am Ende zwischen 6 und 10 (aus 24). Ist das immer so? @gmtgames.bsky.social #brettspiel #boardgame
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Duwamish @poilu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good painting on the eve of heading to a gaming convention.
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Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Four basic rules: 1 The more Putin threatens us, the more we must threaten him; 2 The more he forbids us from doing something, the more we must do it; 3 The more he attacks us, the harder we must respond; 4 The more he tries to scare us, the more we must terrify him. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Putin says European troop deployment in Ukraine would be 'war against Russia'
The Russian president said European leaders 'are frightening their populations with an imaginary threat coming from Russia,' adding that 'this threat does not exist and has never existed.'
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Like the US Civil War battle between the first ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimac: kyivindependent.com/first-ever-b...
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'First-ever battle' — Ukrainian naval drone destroys Russian unmanned boat in Black Sea, Navy says
The Russian drone was destroyed by a Ukrainian Sargan 3000 unmanned boat, equipped with a 12.7-mm Protector remote weapons station, according to the Navy, marking a historic first battle between marin...
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vorph54.bsky.social @vorph54.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
On a enchaîné hier 3 parties de Coast Watchers : vraiment génial ce jeu. Une réussite totale, le thème n'est pas plaqué, tout s'imbrique au niveau historique et au niveau des règles. Il y a une tension réelle lors des search/observe... 🏆 Vorph dOr 2026 4 CW !! @volko.bsky.social @poilu.bsky.social
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U.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 13/09/2026
Peleliu remains one of the Pacific war's least understood battles. www.usni.org/magazines/naval-histor…
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A Bitter Hemorrhage of Fighting
Peleliu remains one of the Pacific war's least understood battles.
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Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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JoeA64 @joea64.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So much for the caterwauling over the Taliban's capturing US equipment back in 2021.
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Jesse Alexander @jessealexander.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Our latest on the Russian Civil War: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJZk...
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How the End of WW1 Influenced The Russian Civil War (Documentary)
YouTube video by The Great War
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Wargaming Weekly @wargamingweekly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Finally about to try "Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific" by @sebastianbae.bsky.social 🎲 LC: IP explores hypothetical scenarios where the USMC and the USN confront the PLANMC and the PLAN in the year 2030 and beyond 💥 🔗 Order your copy here: dietzfoundation-org.square.site/product/litt...
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
1/ A gang of 'black recruiters' in Russia has been arrested for spiking men's drinks with drugs, kidnapping them, selling them to the army, stealing their money and emptying their bank accounts, and marrying them off to 'black widows' to steal their death benefits. ⬇️
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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
wow who would expect that from a guy with that haircut?
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Steve Hunnisett @blitzwalker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
THREAD/Today marks the 86th anniversary of "Black Saturday" - 7th September 1940, what would prove to be the first day of the London Blitz. The docks, the East End, Woolwich Arsenal and the entire eastern half of London suffered most on this day. Here we see the first of two photographs taken by...
The Surrey Commercial Docks and the East End ablaze on Black Saturday, 7th September 1940. Photograph taken from London Bridge by Edward E Creffield of the New York Times
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TheKnightIrish @theknightirish.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Another August publication from Helion books. Can’t have enough Seven Years War content!!! 📚 #histbookchat
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