Jack Bowsher - Thunder Run
@historybowsh.bsky.social
Military Historian, Author & Educator
Associate Fellow Royal Historical Society
Author of Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma - Chiselbury Publishing
Media Representative Past Preservers: [email protected]
Associate Fellow Royal Historical Society
Author of Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma - Chiselbury Publishing
Media Representative Past Preservers: [email protected]
Congratulations @SirMattDeane (on Titter) you have won a signed copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! 🎉🎄🎁🎅
Thanks to everyone who took part! If anyone still wants a signed copy I’m happy to sell them for £20+P&P -feel free to DM me & if quick I can post in time for Christmas👍
@chiselbury.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who took part! If anyone still wants a signed copy I’m happy to sell them for £20+P&P -feel free to DM me & if quick I can post in time for Christmas👍
@chiselbury.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Congratulations @SirMattDeane (on Titter) you have won a signed copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! 🎉🎄🎁🎅
Thanks to everyone who took part! If anyone still wants a signed copy I’m happy to sell them for £20+P&P -feel free to DM me & if quick I can post in time for Christmas👍
@chiselbury.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who took part! If anyone still wants a signed copy I’m happy to sell them for £20+P&P -feel free to DM me & if quick I can post in time for Christmas👍
@chiselbury.bsky.social
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@historybowsh.bsky.social shares my affliction of writing about lesser known battles in Burma that deserve far greater recognition. Stop buying rehashed books on Dunkirk, Normandy, Spitfires etc and open your world to something new.
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
@historybowsh.bsky.social shares my affliction of writing about lesser known battles in Burma that deserve far greater recognition. Stop buying rehashed books on Dunkirk, Normandy, Spitfires etc and open your world to something new.
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This is well worth a read, and the associated podcast is pretty good too 👍
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This is well worth a read, and the associated podcast is pretty good too 👍
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Well, hell, my grandfather fought there with 17th Indian so I'll give the man a push.
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost now and later today and I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #tanks #india #burma #historian #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost now and later today and I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #tanks #india #burma #historian #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Well, hell, my grandfather fought there with 17th Indian so I'll give the man a push.
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost now and later today and I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #tanks #india #burma #historian #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost now and later today and I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #tanks #india #burma #historian #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
December 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost now and later today and I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #tanks #india #burma #historian #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost now and later today and I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #tanks #india #burma #historian #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
December 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #writer #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
🎄🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🎄
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
WIN a SIGNED copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945! The greatest battle you’ve never heard of!
Just repost any of these posts over the next few days, and on Sunday I’ll pick a winner at random. #WNTL?
#ww2 #history #author #sww #christmas #xmas #present #competition #win
Got my Kohima Educational Trust newsletter today, and saw these two fine tomes from @chiselbury.bsky.social there from my talk a few months.
Grab yourselves a copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 for yourself or as a Christmas gift for the Burma/WW2/tank enthusiast wherever you get your books!
Grab yourselves a copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 for yourself or as a Christmas gift for the Burma/WW2/tank enthusiast wherever you get your books!
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Got my Kohima Educational Trust newsletter today, and saw these two fine tomes from @chiselbury.bsky.social there from my talk a few months.
Grab yourselves a copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 for yourself or as a Christmas gift for the Burma/WW2/tank enthusiast wherever you get your books!
Grab yourselves a copy of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 for yourself or as a Christmas gift for the Burma/WW2/tank enthusiast wherever you get your books!
Nice to see my books available at the @tankmuseum.bsky.social 👍 a lovely Christmas gift of course!
Went to the Tank Museum today and the only photo I took was of @historybowsh.bsky.social ‘s books.
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Nice to see my books available at the @tankmuseum.bsky.social 👍 a lovely Christmas gift of course!
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Went to the Tank Museum today and the only photo I took was of @historybowsh.bsky.social ‘s books.
November 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Went to the Tank Museum today and the only photo I took was of @historybowsh.bsky.social ‘s books.
Always great fun catching up with @historywithjackson - talking about my book Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945.
Catch the episode wherever you get your pods, and you can get my book from Chiselbury.co.uk , Amazon, Waterstones and more.
Catch the episode wherever you get your pods, and you can get my book from Chiselbury.co.uk , Amazon, Waterstones and more.
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Always great fun catching up with @historywithjackson - talking about my book Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945.
Catch the episode wherever you get your pods, and you can get my book from Chiselbury.co.uk , Amazon, Waterstones and more.
Catch the episode wherever you get your pods, and you can get my book from Chiselbury.co.uk , Amazon, Waterstones and more.
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Thank you for listening to our Remembrance Day Special with @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby on their moving doc The Last Burma Star. Aside from a couple more specials, we will return in January for Series 3 to cover the events of late 1942 and 1943. Make sure to follow us for updates #ForgottenWarPod
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Thank you for listening to our Remembrance Day Special with @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby on their moving doc The Last Burma Star. Aside from a couple more specials, we will return in January for Series 3 to cover the events of late 1942 and 1943. Make sure to follow us for updates #ForgottenWarPod
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How does this 80-year-old war live on? In a refugee camp school - the Phoenix School. Lev & Alex met a young boy named 'Japan'. He was named in honour of his grandfather, a hero of what the family calls "the Japan War". Hear this amazing story on the pod, and catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
How does this 80-year-old war live on? In a refugee camp school - the Phoenix School. Lev & Alex met a young boy named 'Japan'. He was named in honour of his grandfather, a hero of what the family calls "the Japan War". Hear this amazing story on the pod, and catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History
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What happened to the local allies who fought for Britain? Many were forgotten. We discuss the tragic story of a Chindit veteran's son, whose father was cited for two medals including an MC, but never got them.The official reply? "Sent to Rangoon". Listen in & catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM
What happened to the local allies who fought for Britain? Many were forgotten. We discuss the tragic story of a Chindit veteran's son, whose father was cited for two medals including an MC, but never got them.The official reply? "Sent to Rangoon". Listen in & catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History
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For many in Burma, the war never ended. The current civil war is a direct aftershock of the 1940s. In our chat, @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby describe meeting refugees who just fled the fighting —including some who remember being bombed in the Second World War. Catch our pod & The Last Burma Star now.
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
For many in Burma, the war never ended. The current civil war is a direct aftershock of the 1940s. In our chat, @LevisonWood & @AlexBescoby describe meeting refugees who just fled the fighting —including some who remember being bombed in the Second World War. Catch our pod & The Last Burma Star now.
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In their doc, Lev & Alex find Con Herh, a 100-year-old veteran. He joined the British Army twice but never received his medal, and even crossed an active warzone to meet them. Hear about the moving moment he received his Burma Star & a letter from the King. Catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History.
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
In their doc, Lev & Alex find Con Herh, a 100-year-old veteran. He joined the British Army twice but never received his medal, and even crossed an active warzone to meet them. Hear about the moving moment he received his Burma Star & a letter from the King. Catch The Last Burma Star on Sky History.
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Why is the campaign so personal for Levison Wood? His grandfather served in the 36th Div from 1944 and told Lev gruesome stories of the war, including surviving an ambush that killed his entire patrol . Lev retraces his steps in the doc. Listen to our pod & see The Last Burma Star on Sky History.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Why is the campaign so personal for Levison Wood? His grandfather served in the 36th Div from 1944 and told Lev gruesome stories of the war, including surviving an ambush that killed his entire patrol . Lev retraces his steps in the doc. Listen to our pod & see The Last Burma Star on Sky History.
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Such a fantastic listen today …
and such an important listen today 🙏
Make sure you tune in to the @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social 🎧
and to @historyuk.bsky.social this evening at 9pm to see Levison Wood & @alexbescoby.bsky.social incredible film documentary
‘The Last Burma Star’
🎥🎬🎖️
and such an important listen today 🙏
Make sure you tune in to the @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social 🎧
and to @historyuk.bsky.social this evening at 9pm to see Levison Wood & @alexbescoby.bsky.social incredible film documentary
‘The Last Burma Star’
🎥🎬🎖️
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Such a fantastic listen today …
and such an important listen today 🙏
Make sure you tune in to the @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social 🎧
and to @historyuk.bsky.social this evening at 9pm to see Levison Wood & @alexbescoby.bsky.social incredible film documentary
‘The Last Burma Star’
🎥🎬🎖️
and such an important listen today 🙏
Make sure you tune in to the @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social 🎧
and to @historyuk.bsky.social this evening at 9pm to see Levison Wood & @alexbescoby.bsky.social incredible film documentary
‘The Last Burma Star’
🎥🎬🎖️
It was a lovely chat sitting down and talking to Levison & Alex about their new doc The Last Burma Star - you can watch the show tonight on @skyhistory.bsky.social at 9pm. In the pod we dug into the making of the doc, & much more.
Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you get your pods
Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you get your pods
OUT NOW: Our Remembrance Day Special! Jack & Rob talk to Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby about their powerful new doc, The Last Burma Star. They discuss Lev's grandfather, finding a 100-year-old veteran, & the war's living legacy. Watch the film TONIGHT, 9pm on @skyhistory.bsky.social ! #remembranceday
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It was a lovely chat sitting down and talking to Levison & Alex about their new doc The Last Burma Star - you can watch the show tonight on @skyhistory.bsky.social at 9pm. In the pod we dug into the making of the doc, & much more.
Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you get your pods
Listen on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever else you get your pods
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OUT NOW: Our Remembrance Day Special! Jack & Rob talk to Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby about their powerful new doc, The Last Burma Star. They discuss Lev's grandfather, finding a 100-year-old veteran, & the war's living legacy. Watch the film TONIGHT, 9pm on @skyhistory.bsky.social ! #remembranceday
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
OUT NOW: Our Remembrance Day Special! Jack & Rob talk to Levison Wood & Alex Bescoby about their powerful new doc, The Last Burma Star. They discuss Lev's grandfather, finding a 100-year-old veteran, & the war's living legacy. Watch the film TONIGHT, 9pm on @skyhistory.bsky.social ! #remembranceday
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A terrific book. #histbookchat
Last day of the Thunder Run Meiktila 1945 flash sale with code IWM20.
Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...
Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A terrific book. #histbookchat
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Out tomorrow! Our Remembrance Day Special: The Last Burma Star with Levison Wood and Alex Bescoby.
Jack and Rob interview the two adventurers on their brilliant new documentary - out tomorrow evening at 9pm on Sky History!
Jack and Rob interview the two adventurers on their brilliant new documentary - out tomorrow evening at 9pm on Sky History!
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Out tomorrow! Our Remembrance Day Special: The Last Burma Star with Levison Wood and Alex Bescoby.
Jack and Rob interview the two adventurers on their brilliant new documentary - out tomorrow evening at 9pm on Sky History!
Jack and Rob interview the two adventurers on their brilliant new documentary - out tomorrow evening at 9pm on Sky History!
Last day of the Thunder Run Meiktila 1945 flash sale with code IWM20.
Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...
Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Last day of the Thunder Run Meiktila 1945 flash sale with code IWM20.
Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...
Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...
⚡️20% flash sale of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 - only at Chiselbury.co.uk using code IWM20.
Perfect time to grab your copy now, or get ahead as a Christmas gift 🎄 🎁
@chiselbury @I_W_M @forgottenwarpod
Perfect time to grab your copy now, or get ahead as a Christmas gift 🎄 🎁
@chiselbury @I_W_M @forgottenwarpod
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
⚡️20% flash sale of Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 - only at Chiselbury.co.uk using code IWM20.
Perfect time to grab your copy now, or get ahead as a Christmas gift 🎄 🎁
@chiselbury @I_W_M @forgottenwarpod
Perfect time to grab your copy now, or get ahead as a Christmas gift 🎄 🎁
@chiselbury @I_W_M @forgottenwarpod