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James Daly
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Historian | Author | AMA | Associate FRHistS | My own views. https://linktr.ee/jamesdaly83
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You can't beat A Life on the Ocean Wave. They also do a great version of the Local Hero theme
Anyone like to doodle at work? This staff officer did in 1944! Any suggestions what it is?! #WW2 #DDay #DDay81 #Arnhem #Arnhem81
On this day in 1944 Lieutenant-General 'Boy' Browning, the commander of HQ Airborne Troops (it wasn't a corps yet!) circulated a paper on airborne operations in Brittany #DDay #DDay81 #WW2 #Brittany #Bretagne
Some of the most technical wartime documents have some of the most colourful artwork. This is the geology of the Normandy coastline. It was part of the planning for Operation Axehead #DDay #Arnhem #DDay81 #Arnhem81 #Axehead #Normandy
This map shows the defences around St Malo, and potential landing beaches. This map was produced during the planning for Op Beneficiary. The terrain in Brittany was ideal for the French Resistance and allied special forces #WW2 #SWW #Airborne #Brittany #Bretagne #StMalo #Airborne
One of the greatest things about working with Second World War History has been getting to meet so many veterans, many of them sadly no longer with us. In 2017 I went to Normandy with John Jenkins MBE, a Pompey legend #DDay81 #DDay #Pompey #Portsmouth
Never heard of Operations Tuxedo or Wastage? Find out more in my book, Planned Airborne Operations in Normandy in Brittany, published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #DDay #DDay81 #Normandy #WW2 #SWW #Arnhem #Arnhem81
On this day in 1944 the British 1st Airborne Division issues its Operation Instruction No1, for operations where it might be required to fly in to Normandy to reinforce the beachhead. #DDay #DDay81 #Normandy #WW2 #SWW #Arnhem #Arnhem81 #Airborne
The National Archives. Hundreds of years of official records, and a treasure trove of Second World War History. There are hundreds of thousands of documents, many either never viewed before or never written about. I couldn't have written my books without them #Arnhem81 #WW2 #DDay81 #Airborne #TNA
I've been to Arnhem a few times, including in 2007 when me and my brother walked from the DZ at Ginkel Heath to Arnhem Bridge. It's a bloody long way. This is a rather youthful me at the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek. #Arnhem81 #WW2 #DDay81 #Airborne #arnhem
At the briefing Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, the commander of the British Second Army, spoke about his plans for using airborne forces, including using the British 1st Airborne Division to help breaking out from the beachhead #DDay #DDay81 #WW2 #SWW