H.G.W. Davie
@hgwdavie.bsky.social
Visiting Research Fellow East Centre UEA - writes about Soviet Logistics in SWW, General Military Transport & Logistics, Railways, Horse-drawn Vehicles
Visting Lecturer University Wolverhampton, MA SWW Eastern Europe and Holocaust
Visting Lecturer University Wolverhampton, MA SWW Eastern Europe and Holocaust
More symbology for the Tommy Gun, the Commando badge
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
More symbology for the Tommy Gun, the Commando badge
this prompts a huge expansion of the East African slave trade from Zanzibar Which is why Gordon is in Khartoum fighting slavery generated by Manchester Cotton Mills as late as 1885.
So stuck between Empire and Reparations, I find Henry Louis Gates Jr as the best middle ground which shows the problem
So stuck between Empire and Reparations, I find Henry Louis Gates Jr as the best middle ground which shows the problem
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
this prompts a huge expansion of the East African slave trade from Zanzibar Which is why Gordon is in Khartoum fighting slavery generated by Manchester Cotton Mills as late as 1885.
So stuck between Empire and Reparations, I find Henry Louis Gates Jr as the best middle ground which shows the problem
So stuck between Empire and Reparations, I find Henry Louis Gates Jr as the best middle ground which shows the problem
Latest reading has turned up, what's not to like about a book about microfiche!
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Latest reading has turned up, what's not to like about a book about microfiche!
Found this Monzo Card in Trafalgar Square this morning in name of MadeleineVan Meyeren. Rang Monzo and spoke to a robot. Shave destroyed card but wanted to put your mind at rest.
October 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Found this Monzo Card in Trafalgar Square this morning in name of MadeleineVan Meyeren. Rang Monzo and spoke to a robot. Shave destroyed card but wanted to put your mind at rest.
At the London Transport Museum
October 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
At the London Transport Museum
I was recommended this book by @mark4harrison.bsky.social and I am on my fourth time reading it Its a magestrial explanation of the creation of the Soviet Warfare State Do not agree with everything the connection with the American Civil War seems contrived but it is hudely challenging in its breadth
September 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I was recommended this book by @mark4harrison.bsky.social and I am on my fourth time reading it Its a magestrial explanation of the creation of the Soviet Warfare State Do not agree with everything the connection with the American Civil War seems contrived but it is hudely challenging in its breadth
www.openaip.net/map#8.11/59....
For clarification
At this point the Gulf of Finland is 60 km wide and the 'international air-space corridor' about 10 km wide with this island sitting 30 km off the Estonian coast in one of the most congested air spaces in the world. Does not excuse the Russian pilots
For clarification
At this point the Gulf of Finland is 60 km wide and the 'international air-space corridor' about 10 km wide with this island sitting 30 km off the Estonian coast in one of the most congested air spaces in the world. Does not excuse the Russian pilots
September 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
www.openaip.net/map#8.11/59....
For clarification
At this point the Gulf of Finland is 60 km wide and the 'international air-space corridor' about 10 km wide with this island sitting 30 km off the Estonian coast in one of the most congested air spaces in the world. Does not excuse the Russian pilots
For clarification
At this point the Gulf of Finland is 60 km wide and the 'international air-space corridor' about 10 km wide with this island sitting 30 km off the Estonian coast in one of the most congested air spaces in the world. Does not excuse the Russian pilots
Doing some geneology am am having trouble reading John Harloe's profession/trade in this 1841 Census, does anyone have an idea of what it reads?
Could be Cu tomes (Customs?)
Could be Cu tomes (Customs?)
September 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Doing some geneology am am having trouble reading John Harloe's profession/trade in this 1841 Census, does anyone have an idea of what it reads?
Could be Cu tomes (Customs?)
Could be Cu tomes (Customs?)
Look what I found at NT Standen (a William Morris masterpiece) The Train by Vera Panova, 1946 English edition 1948, winner of the Stalin Prize in 1946 and a classic of Soviet Realism
August 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Look what I found at NT Standen (a William Morris masterpiece) The Train by Vera Panova, 1946 English edition 1948, winner of the Stalin Prize in 1946 and a classic of Soviet Realism
BBC reporter (not Steve Rosenberg) getting excited about Lavrovs SSSR sweatshirt and befuddled calling it CCCP.
Russian nostalgia is a strange phenomenon, a few years back we had White Guard songs about the post Civil War diaspora.
Russian nostalgia is a strange phenomenon, a few years back we had White Guard songs about the post Civil War diaspora.
August 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
BBC reporter (not Steve Rosenberg) getting excited about Lavrovs SSSR sweatshirt and befuddled calling it CCCP.
Russian nostalgia is a strange phenomenon, a few years back we had White Guard songs about the post Civil War diaspora.
Russian nostalgia is a strange phenomenon, a few years back we had White Guard songs about the post Civil War diaspora.
Busy couple of days, drove back home from Leuven and then onto Norwich to enroll as a student at @ueahistory.bsky.social to continue my study of the Soviet Union.
Looking forward to the next six months as I have two conferences to attend and a paper to finish and another to write.
Looking forward to the next six months as I have two conferences to attend and a paper to finish and another to write.
June 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Busy couple of days, drove back home from Leuven and then onto Norwich to enroll as a student at @ueahistory.bsky.social to continue my study of the Soviet Union.
Looking forward to the next six months as I have two conferences to attend and a paper to finish and another to write.
Looking forward to the next six months as I have two conferences to attend and a paper to finish and another to write.
Calling all Soviet citizens and historians! I am looking for a book to see if it might be available somewhere outside Russia.
Milovsky, Mikhail Pavlovich Тыл Советской армии в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг. 6 частях Ленинград: ВАТТ (Воен. ак. тыла и тр-та), 1963 rusneb.ru/catalog/0002...
Milovsky, Mikhail Pavlovich Тыл Советской армии в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг. 6 частях Ленинград: ВАТТ (Воен. ак. тыла и тр-та), 1963 rusneb.ru/catalog/0002...
May 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Calling all Soviet citizens and historians! I am looking for a book to see if it might be available somewhere outside Russia.
Milovsky, Mikhail Pavlovich Тыл Советской армии в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг. 6 частях Ленинград: ВАТТ (Воен. ак. тыла и тр-та), 1963 rusneb.ru/catalog/0002...
Milovsky, Mikhail Pavlovich Тыл Советской армии в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг. 6 частях Ленинград: ВАТТ (Воен. ак. тыла и тр-та), 1963 rusneb.ru/catalog/0002...
In his early youth he served under Prince Maurice of Orange and under King Christian IV of Denmark, then with the Swedes, the Imperial and again with the Swedes, until he entered the French service in 1635 and attracted attention at the Paris court for his blond beauty. He commanded now in
April 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In his early youth he served under Prince Maurice of Orange and under King Christian IV of Denmark, then with the Swedes, the Imperial and again with the Swedes, until he entered the French service in 1635 and attracted attention at the Paris court for his blond beauty. He commanded now in
A Mad Dane
As an aside, I recently came across Josias Rantzau, Herr auf Bothkamp, a French and Imperial general who happened to fight at the Battle of Rocoi. HIs picture was in the book by Ribas, and I took no more notice of his picture which was in black and white. However, later on I
As an aside, I recently came across Josias Rantzau, Herr auf Bothkamp, a French and Imperial general who happened to fight at the Battle of Rocoi. HIs picture was in the book by Ribas, and I took no more notice of his picture which was in black and white. However, later on I
April 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A Mad Dane
As an aside, I recently came across Josias Rantzau, Herr auf Bothkamp, a French and Imperial general who happened to fight at the Battle of Rocoi. HIs picture was in the book by Ribas, and I took no more notice of his picture which was in black and white. However, later on I
As an aside, I recently came across Josias Rantzau, Herr auf Bothkamp, a French and Imperial general who happened to fight at the Battle of Rocoi. HIs picture was in the book by Ribas, and I took no more notice of his picture which was in black and white. However, later on I
Detroit–Moscow–Detroit
An Architecture for Industrialization, 1917–1945
Edited by Jean-Louis Cohen, Christina E. Crawford and Claire Zimmerman
This is a stunning book about the design and building of the great motor car factories of the Five Year Plans. Epic levels of detail in a series of essays
An Architecture for Industrialization, 1917–1945
Edited by Jean-Louis Cohen, Christina E. Crawford and Claire Zimmerman
This is a stunning book about the design and building of the great motor car factories of the Five Year Plans. Epic levels of detail in a series of essays
April 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Detroit–Moscow–Detroit
An Architecture for Industrialization, 1917–1945
Edited by Jean-Louis Cohen, Christina E. Crawford and Claire Zimmerman
This is a stunning book about the design and building of the great motor car factories of the Five Year Plans. Epic levels of detail in a series of essays
An Architecture for Industrialization, 1917–1945
Edited by Jean-Louis Cohen, Christina E. Crawford and Claire Zimmerman
This is a stunning book about the design and building of the great motor car factories of the Five Year Plans. Epic levels of detail in a series of essays
Visiting the Gladstone Library, just for fun and to have a few days of quiet while I write my presnetation for the summer conference season. What's not to like, you get to sleep in a library!
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
April 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Visiting the Gladstone Library, just for fun and to have a few days of quiet while I write my presnetation for the summer conference season. What's not to like, you get to sleep in a library!
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
One professional problem is that many publishers run this metric system that only tracks Twitter posts and not from other social medias like Bluesky. So I keep a Twitter account alive just to promote papers and nothing else. Sorry.
March 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
One professional problem is that many publishers run this metric system that only tracks Twitter posts and not from other social medias like Bluesky. So I keep a Twitter account alive just to promote papers and nothing else. Sorry.
At the National Railway Museum today
March 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
At the National Railway Museum today
@robdale.bsky.social your suggestion of Schlogel has led down a very deep rabbit hole....
March 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
@robdale.bsky.social your suggestion of Schlogel has led down a very deep rabbit hole....
My weakness is for both.... in celluloid @dienekes.bsky.social is a fellow pen fan
December 13, 2024 at 1:36 PM
My weakness is for both.... in celluloid @dienekes.bsky.social is a fellow pen fan
Stunning book on the similar paths and synergies of industrialization in USA and USSR in 1930s
November 30, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Stunning book on the similar paths and synergies of industrialization in USA and USSR in 1930s
Directives to deal with them, which makes understand what is going on for easier.
There are plenty of memoirs from the likes of 2 BelF commander Rokossovsky, plus his reports on the East Prussian, East Pomeranian and West Pomeranian operations which gives coverage from Jan 1945 to May 1945.
There are plenty of memoirs from the likes of 2 BelF commander Rokossovsky, plus his reports on the East Prussian, East Pomeranian and West Pomeranian operations which gives coverage from Jan 1945 to May 1945.
August 28, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Directives to deal with them, which makes understand what is going on for easier.
There are plenty of memoirs from the likes of 2 BelF commander Rokossovsky, plus his reports on the East Prussian, East Pomeranian and West Pomeranian operations which gives coverage from Jan 1945 to May 1945.
There are plenty of memoirs from the likes of 2 BelF commander Rokossovsky, plus his reports on the East Prussian, East Pomeranian and West Pomeranian operations which gives coverage from Jan 1945 to May 1945.
Current research is on the "Rear of the Front" and I have become intrigued about the East Pomeranian Operation of Feb and March 1945. Not only was it launched with no preparation directly after the East Prussian Operation of January 1945 but 2 Belorussian Front was split in half with some units
August 28, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Current research is on the "Rear of the Front" and I have become intrigued about the East Pomeranian Operation of Feb and March 1945. Not only was it launched with no preparation directly after the East Prussian Operation of January 1945 but 2 Belorussian Front was split in half with some units
Just finished repairing the tracks on the T-34/76 1/48th scale and need to touch up the paintwork on the SU-85 before getting on with the new T-34/76 hexagonal turret version.
October 14, 2023 at 9:10 AM
Just finished repairing the tracks on the T-34/76 1/48th scale and need to touch up the paintwork on the SU-85 before getting on with the new T-34/76 hexagonal turret version.