Ricky D Phillips - Military Historian
@rickydphillips.bsky.social
Nine time international best selling Military Historian & Author specialising in the Falklands War, WW2 through to Napoleonic & Ancient History. Occasional TV Historian. Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Dog lover and rescuer.
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For anyone interested in the history of the Falklands Dispute or of the Falklands War, I'm currently sharing a number of useful articles I've contributed over the years... See below.
Hopefully they'll be found to be useful whether you're beginning to study the subject or already an old hand at it.
Hopefully they'll be found to be useful whether you're beginning to study the subject or already an old hand at it.
It actually wouldn't surprise me 🤣🤣🤣
April 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It actually wouldn't surprise me 🤣🤣🤣
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.
April 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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.
And that's how the China tariffs work, folks...
April 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
And that's how the China tariffs work, folks...
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...
March 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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...
Some days in Twitter, I outdo myself 🤣🤣🤣
March 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Some days in Twitter, I outdo myself 🤣🤣🤣
Donald Trump admits that he's surprised to discover that Lesotho is a country...
... "I only deported him last week!"
... "I only deported him last week!"
March 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Donald Trump admits that he's surprised to discover that Lesotho is a country...
... "I only deported him last week!"
... "I only deported him last week!"
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...
He's a liar...
donald trump is wearing a suit and red tie while talking into a microphone
ALT: donald trump is wearing a suit and red tie while talking into a microphone
media.tenor.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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...
He's a liar...
With Europe beginning to step up to Russia, is it time to set Harry Flashman on them again yet? 🤔
February 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
With Europe beginning to step up to Russia, is it time to set Harry Flashman on them again yet? 🤔
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 😎👍
February 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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 😎👍
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.
February 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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.
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".
February 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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".
"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.
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"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.
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.
"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.
February 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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.
"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.
Absolutely... Let's get rolling into Nazi Russia then offer them peace.
It’s about high time that European troops put boots on the ground in Ukraine
kyivindependent.com/europe-quiet...
kyivindependent.com/europe-quiet...
Europe quietly developing plan to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, AP reports
Estonia's Defense Minister Hanno Pevklur said that European allies are "in a very early stage" of developing the plan to deploy peacekeeping troops to Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Absolutely... Let's get rolling into Nazi Russia then offer them peace.
"When did Argentina first claim the Falklands?"
You might be surprised at the answer... 🧐
www.quora.com/When-did-Arg...
You might be surprised at the answer... 🧐
www.quora.com/When-did-Arg...
When did Argentina first claim the Falklands?
Ricky D Phillips's answer: Argentina first claimed the Falklands on June 10th 1829 and did so illegally and with no justification, against established treaties already in place.
The British claim to ...
www.quora.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"When did Argentina first claim the Falklands?"
You might be surprised at the answer... 🧐
www.quora.com/When-did-Arg...
You might be surprised at the answer... 🧐
www.quora.com/When-did-Arg...
L.O.V.E
February 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
L.O.V.E
Who agrees?
February 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Who agrees?
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.
February 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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.
"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-...
hartmannreport.com/p/bowing-to-...
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…
hartmannreport.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"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-...
hartmannreport.com/p/bowing-to-...
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 😎👍
February 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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 😎👍
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!!
Hey United States Navy! Seems SecDef thinks you couldn’t handle Russia!
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“We train the untrained to fight, and win”
Visit us at www.royalnavy.mod.uk to book a slot with Flag Officer Sea Training Plymouth.
“We train the untrained to fight, and win”
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February 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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!!
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...
www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/chelten...
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
www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk
February 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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...
www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/chelten...
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...
February 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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...