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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Falklands War season is always a busy time of year for me... Sadly my main audience is on Twitter, and I only wish I could devote more time to it over here too.

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

July 1987 Moscow: Trump is 41 years old, he flies to Moscow at the invitation of the USSR Ambassador to the USA, Dubinin. Returning from Moscow, the bankrupt Trump suddenly receives loans from 16 banks and without bargaining buys "The Plaza Hotel" for $407.5 million - a record price for a hotel...

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Donald Trump admits that he's surprised to discover that Lesotho is a country... ... "I only deported him last week!"

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Trump announced for the first time the actual figures of US aid to Ukraine: America provided $67 billion in military aid & $31.5 billion in direct budget support. The total amount of US aid to Ukraine is $98.5 billion, and not $350 billion, as Trump previously stated. He's a liar...

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

With Europe beginning to step up to Russia, is it time to set Harry Flashman on them again yet? 🤔

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Fan of Military History and the Falklands War? Watch this space, because from now until the 45th Anniversary of the war in 2027 a whole lot of what you thought you knew, is going to change 😎👍

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Happy Discovery Day to the British South Shetland Islands, discovered this day, February 19th, 1819 by William Smith and still 206 years later, forming part of British Antarctica. Smith Island in the British Antarctic Archipelago still bears his name.

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Trump and Musk have FIRED the Federal Workers at the Veterans Crisis Hotline... More blood on their hands. This is the same Trump who branded the American dead of Omaha beach as "losers".

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

"Book burning" the 2025 way... Whether or not you agree with certain materials, it's important to open minds and not hide things from children that you don't want them to read: it will be their world soon, not ours.

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

One of my readers and a good friend, Peter Corridan, just sent me this as his book arrived. "Phoenix & Belgrano: The Life and Death of a Warship" was easily one of the best books I've ever written. My first WW2/Falklands war crossover, which traced the history of USS Phoenix/ ARA General Belgrano.

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Absolutely... Let's get rolling into Nazi Russia then offer them peace.

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

One serious accusation of r*pe plus 25 other accusations, and evidence of him actually noncing kids at Epstein's parties (this girl is 14 at most) yet this man told you the biggest threat to women was trans women in public bathrooms... No it is not. It's rich white guys who can pay top lawyers.

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

"Putin the Butcher played Trump like a fiddle at a country fair" says this report, as the United States of America prepares to surrender to Russia without a shot fired. hartmannreport.com/p/bowing-to-...

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Bowing to the Butcher: Trump Grovels to Putin and Promises to Abandon Ukraine

No American leader has ever pledged loyalty to a foreign dictator — until now…

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

As someone who had the Government and the MOD try to ban my most famous book, The First Casualty, which is now a six time #1 best seller, I agree with Asimov 😎👍

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

While Hesgeth gets ready to surrender America at sea, the Royal Navy still does the job. Some of you American sailors should jump ship... We have egg banjos. Yes, real eggs!!

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Three B52 bombers plus tankers have arrived in UK air bases, ready to bomb Gaza... Why aren't the RAF or UK Government telling them to sod off? We're complicit in this planned genocide if we let this happen. www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/chelten...

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Huge B52s land at RAF Fairford with rumours more bombers on the way

The US aircraft SLIDE11, SLIDE12 and RAMP22 are now on Gloucestershire soil

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Did you know that Cartoon Rick is also a thing? Perhaps when I accidentally mentioned on X that my handle here was @RDPHistory I should have checked first, but hopefully a few friends from the other place will join me here... And very soon, I'm getting my own Wikipedia page built. Someone offered...

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Liar, coward or traitor? US Secretary of Defence Hesgeth publicly admits that the US Navy is afraid of the Russian Navy and would require seven years to get the strength to face them... Ukraine has managed without a bloody Navy!!

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The Guardian thinks St Thomas is in the British Virgin Islands... It's in the USVI. I got married there. Bad Journalism with a twist, some of which Horace points out below, is no journalism. If people can't trust anything, what's the bloody point?? This is embarrassing.

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

A bit of useful history... Before they ban history...

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Did ANYONE think he'd just step down when his time is up? He's going for dictatorship as Putin has. I've been saying this for a long time. All he'll need to do is declare some faux "national emergency" at the right time. You're looking at the next Fuhrer here...

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The Royal Historical Society is leaving Twitter/X ... Historians cannot be a part of what we all know is wrong, and what we have warned about since the war. It's happening all over again. Well done @royalhistsoc.bsky.social 👍

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Just so people know THIS is where I stand right now... It's not politics any more: politics divides, but fascism cannot. It cannot win. As historians, we told you, we warned you, we showed you... But this one will stand with you, because I believe the good guys always win in the end. Who's with me?

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Big announcements coming, as I return to the Twittersphere after six weeks away today, to check the damage and to see where our journey goes from here... As ever, I'll give my readers the choice. Watch this space...

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

My great, great, great Uncle Henry George Blogg GC BEM - "The Greatest of the Lifeboatmen" - who saved more lives at sea in his 53 years than anyone in history: 873 people, and a dog whom he then adopted 😊

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

If any journalist or news editor is looking to cover the Falklands especially the muttered threats of Musk et al, please do ask me... The most widely read Falklands Historian in the world is open for questions and comments, and I've got a few important opinions too... #Falklands #News

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

A lot of stuff about Musk, Starlink & the Falklands... No doubt they enjoyed the "not an authorised territory" line which means for their roaming data package but will be taken as something else by Argentina. Here's everything so far with official communiqués: www.openfalklands.com/february-202...

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January 2025 Falkland Islands Starlink status - what a few days it's been!

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I just want to add that the new WW2/Dunkirk epic, ", NOT A FOOT BACK" is going great... Just a shame Amazon has become a dirty word since it was published. Still looking for other options... www.amazon.co.uk/Not-Foot-Bac...

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Well he's already rich, so there's only one way to go...

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Time to put a new President in the running. One who can tell Trump, Musk and the Doge creatures to know their role and shut their mouths, lay the Smackdown on the Orange Manbaby and deliver the People's Elbow to Musk and the Nazis #PresidentRock2028 has odds on. www.pennlive.com/sports/2025/...

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Could Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson be president in 2028? Vegas has him in the betting odds

Could WWE's 'Final Boss' be the next president? Here's what Vegas says about his chances.

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Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian @rickydphillips.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Oh dear Vladimir... Perhaps you and Trump will be in neighbouring cells in the Hague, who knows?

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