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Historian. Senior Lecturer. Vice-President and Founder Member of the Second World War Research Group: https://www.swwresearch.com/. Co-Editor of War in History journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/WIH

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Aug 2

Some news: I am now a Co-Editor of the journal War in History: journals.sagepub.com/home/WIH. If you are interested in submitting something, and particularly if you are interested in organising a special issue, please do get in touch. 🗃️

War in History: Sage Journals

Driven by its view that military history should be integrated into a broader definition of history, this peer-reviewed journal publishes articles on war in all ...

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 4d

Have you snuck up many Welsh flags around town?

Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 6d

In rugby terms, I think that reselecting Lecornu is the equivalent of holding the ball up over your own try line. You didn’t concede a try, but you’re going to have to kick possession away again in a moment.

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah same, has started to usurp Spidey to some extent here but again the songs are decent so again no complaints

Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 13d

‘Super hero on the beat’ is a classic. Good lyrics

Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 13d

The broader Spidey playlist is on a lot at our place/in the car at the moment and I genuinely don’t mind it. Some catchy songs. Take the small wins wherever you can find them I guess

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 14d

Plea for help: can anyone direct me to any published and/or online *primary* sources regarding the Reorganized National Government of China/The Wang Jingwei Regime that are, ideally, in English and would make good talking points for final year UG students on themes of occupation/collaboration? 🗃️

Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 19d

Success! Avoided spoiling the result *and* got the desired result!
🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 19d

Right, current challenge: stay off the web for the next 3-4 hours or so to avoid giving away the rugby result, so I can watch the recorded World Cup final after the kids are asleep.

Living the dream. ish.

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 26d

Just caught up with the rugby semi final and was delighted with the result but also to see it featured someone who I once briefly taught (even if she missed much of the module to play WXV)!

Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 27d

O Canada! 🏉

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Pablo del Hierro @pablo1981.bsky.social · 28d

📰 Just published! My latest article in @modernitaly.bsky.social looks at how Mussolini’s regime used the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) to expand Italy’s influence in Francoist Spain between 1936 and 1943. You can read it open access here:
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The role of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) in Fascist Italy’s economic strategy towards Franco’s Spain, 1936–43 | Modern Italy | Cambridge Core

The role of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) in Fascist Italy’s economic strategy towards Franco’s Spain, 1936–43

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 28d

Lots of it is very good but I’m not sure I could bring myself to eat Casu martzu.

I was more just curious why the lines appear to converge there

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · 28d

Does this map centre on Sardinia? Does that mean Sardinian food is in every category?

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Gwendal Piégais @gwendalpiegais.bsky.social · Sep 16

I am very proud to share with you the introduction to the special issue that I co-edited with Robert Gerwarth in the journal @conteurohistory.bsky.social : "Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction" #Humanitarianism #CivilWar www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core

Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Sep 13

Haha! Also have you written a book on ‘American military policy’?

Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Sep 13

How’d you manage to land a ‘paid grifter’ role?

Asking for a friend

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Sep 6

Finally some good news

Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Sep 3

This document from @crusaderproject.bsky.social (who is fully acknowledged ofc) features in a forthcoming journal article of mine. I’ll post further details when it’s published.

The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · Sep 3

#OTD in 1941 the Kriegsmarine sent this banger to the Regia Marina, explaining to them what was so special about submarines.

Spoiler: they can operate under water.

@rjhammond215.bsky.social @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social @alanallport.bsky.social @ima-naval-history.bsky.social #navalhistory #ww2

Mansplaining Submarines to the Regia Marina – German-Italian Cooperation September 1941

It doesn’t often happen that I come across a text in my files that makes me roll my eyes. But this is clearly one of them, as it shows some breath-taking, and probably subconscious arrogance by the…

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Aug 25

I refer you to a previous post of mine some time back about cheese shortages in Sicily in 1940…

Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Aug 25

Just excellent.

Minor quibble that they didn’t actually launch many during the war, of course.

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Aug 22

Reviewer 2 has entered the chat I see

Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Aug 22

A robust beer, full of depth, with intellectual (foot)notes

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Jul 31

Did they ever do a sequel about villainous Grandma Swag?

Richard Hammond @rjhammond215.bsky.social · Jul 30

I haven’t read it in a long time but David Reynolds wrote that article back in the 90s that called the FoF the ‘Fulcrum of the Twentieth Century’, linking the global wartime and postwar impacts with some counterfactual discussion. Although I do remember thinking the argument was too Euro-centric