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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Lieutenant Desmond Minchin, a talented poet educated at Charterhouse, was serving with 6 KOSB at Le Haut du Bosq when he was killed on 1 July 1944 as Panzergruppe West attempted to shunt Second Army back into the sea. Here are a young man's thoughts. #WW2 #SWW #History

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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

In many respects it defeats the purpose anyway. "Is this Grade II listed?" "Yes." "Do you have any money to make it habitable?" "No, but isn't it a lovely ruin?"

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

So who is Henry West Gaming? He is claiming to stand in Clacton by election. He claims, 'I'm just an idiot, it's not that deep'. Is this correct? Let's have a look at Mr West through his own words, action, and inaction. /1

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Everything wrong with art & heritage funding in a nutshell In 2014 the 14-18 NOW centenary art commission paid to repaint HMS President in a dazzle inspired scheme but the historic vessel was not restored & now faces the scrap. Shambles. #WW1 #Museums #Heritage

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Popped on @worldoftanks Tiktok stream of @TankMuseum's Tankfest. Painful commentary, doesn't know what a Dingo is & providing rambling filler. No engaging material at all. Very, very poor. Real opportunity for engagement, miserably failed. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

it appears the village idiot finally broke ranks and revealed their stupid identity a lot going on here #ww2 #sww #history

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Review to follow. I have long debated writing a comprehensive study of 141 RAC in NWE, during the scoping stage I heard that Saunders & Hone were penning something so shelved the project. First thoughts: very poor effort. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Dr Philip W Blood MBA @philipwblood.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

On the anniversary of Operation Epsom, one of the pivotal British offensives of the Normandy campaign, we are pleased to announce the launch of Just Armour—a new collaborative publication exploring the history, technology, doctrine, and people of armoured warfare. open.substack.com/pub/justarmo...

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Just Armour

The Inauguration of the Armoured Warfare Group

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

As someone who has read tons of 21 AG memoirs... Bloody hell. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The more I watch of World War II with Tom Hanks it reminds me of going for drinks with an old mate. After a while it slowly becomes apparent why you drifted apart. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

One of the many British soldiers who served in 53rd Welsh Division. Landing three weeks after #DDay, they fought to liberate Europe from the Nazi yoke. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Another complaint to the BBC about reporting on Stanley Drew has resulted in even more errors. He was part of 1/5th Welch, not 5th Welch & died on 21 July at Le Bon Repos, near Hill 112 & Evrecy. The Falaise Gap unfolded about 3 weeks later, nowhere near Bayeux. Utter shambles. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

What's that? A wartime Kriegslok in the UK? HOLD ON?? A WARTIME KRIEGSLOK IN THE UK?? #WW2 #SWW #History

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Dr Catherine Bateson @catbateson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Looking forward to seeing this - but not looking forward to the fact that after extensive access to my work’s collection of British papers relating to the American Revolution, and a long historical context discussion with the production team, neither myself or my work’s archives are credited.

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Why is VE-Day important? Runcie was a Troop Leader in 3rd (Tank) Battalion, Scots Guards in Normandy, later becoming Archbishop of Canterbury. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

6 June 1944 H Hour + 3 1/4 hrs Disembarking infantry wade through the surf over slippy shingle. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Overjoyed to hear that IWM are abolishing all image and film reproduction charges. Amazing opportunities loom as our muted heritage can now be seen, heard and used, helping expand engagement across society & with marginalised groups. Simply brilliant!

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KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme @neuengamme-mem.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

So what were conditions like in Hamburg in 1945? A thread for #HolocaustMemorialDay 53rd Welsh Division arrived in the city to find it in complete ashen ruins from the firebombing, only one building - the Atlantic Hotel - still stood. /1 #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Last few edits of final chapters exploring 53rd Welsh Division's charge on Falaise. Tons of aggressive tactical action w. British infantry tackling fortified localities... not always with full Monty arty package. Radical drive over plodding mythology. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

To counter disinformation at a societal level, historians have to be willing to challenge bad takes head on. They also need access to the tools to do so, otherwise archives & museums will be shuffled aside by rabid discourse. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

So what does a 'whole society' response to rearmament entail? Great Britain has done it before, it can do it again, it's a matter of will & consistency. /1 #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Hitler orders von Kluge to commence Operation Lüttich, aiming to decapitate the US army at Mortain. After weeks of intense fighting & firefighting, the panzer divisions were battered & exhausted - while Allied commanders knew German intentions from Ultra. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Stop leaving poppies on Wittmann's grave. This should not be hard #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Hold on, is this documentary about the return of an A-26 Invader to Normandy? A class of aircraft that did not participate in the campaign? Err... Perhaps it is niche alt-history??? Go figure. #WW2 #SWW #History www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN5N...

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IN THE SHADOWS | 2025 | OFFICIAL TRAILER 2 (HD)

YouTube video by Ethan O'Rourke "Dzzy"

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Final paragraph, of the final chapter, of the final part, finalising the Hill 112 campaign. Finished by Welsh soldiers. Now onto Volume 2's home run. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Utter drivel. For starters, 7 RWF did not operate M10s. Nonsense. This should not be hard. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

army group b and poor sturmpanzer colorized #ww2 #sww #history

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

‘Germany must win… the Fuhrer will find a way.’ Anon Officer, 271 Artillerie, 30 July 1944 Spoiler: they didn't #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Slave labour underpinned V-2 production, engrained in the Holocaust. To suggest it was POWs overlooks a deliberate Nazi campaign of exploitation, presecution & genocode. I think this needs to be front & centre. Thoughts? #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Gebuza Nungu was a Zulu member of 15th Glamorganshire (Gower) Home Guard, born in Ulundi in 1870, he came to Britain as a lion tamer with the The Savage South Africa Show in 1898, before moving to South Wales & working in the steel industry. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jeff Rutherford @jeffcrutherford.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Historians of Germany, fascism, & the Second World War: any suggestions for recent book chapters/articles that examine the historiography of Nazi Germany along the lines of those in Kershaw's rather dated The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems & Perspectives of Interpretations? It's for a senior seminar.

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

At some point we need a suitable phrase for 21st Army Group's massive July offensive, 15 - 25 July... as these lack a suitable operational name tying them together. 'Titanic' #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Very glad, if knackered, to say that Vol 1 of Jocks, Dragons and Sospans, the new history of 53rd Welsh Division has been submitted to the publisher. Now to finish Vol 2. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Steve Smith @stevesmith1944.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

All being well, my next book comes out on 30 Nov 25. It looks at the alleged disappearance of the 5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment & looks at all the duff history that surrounds the story of their advance on Kuchuk Anafarta Ova on 12 Aug 15 during the Gallipoli Campaign #WW1 #FWW #Norfolk #Gallipoli

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

A reminder to most militaria dealers that the majority of Sospan Fach were not manufactured or supplied to 4 Welch... But to the Home Guard. Possibly a ratio of 10:1. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

So @wartimeni.com thought you may like these higher res images of troops in NI, feel free to use them.

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

A Challenger (no not that one) at the surrender of Cuxhaven, 7 May 1945. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Simple maths. Approximately 90% of German divisions on the Eastern Front participated in genocide/atrocities/the Holocaust. German infantry divisions in Normandy had approximately 30% of their strength drawn from Eastern Front veterans. #WW2 #SWW #History

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Person A: Did the army not put out any guidance on how to wear GS Caps? Normandy Bean: You mean Cap, Ridiculous? British soldiers: #WW2 #SWW #History

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