Steve Marsdin
@stevemarsdin.bsky.social
I’m interested in WW1, particularly the Battle of the Frontiers (22/08/1914) and am a member of the Great War Group and Western Front Association. Outside of military history I like cycling and rugby
#1GM 4e biographie de boxeur dans la Grande Guerre. Georges Papin, champion de France de #boxe des poids légers, fut un authentique fantassin en unité combattante tout au long du conflit.
Parcours inconnu des #IA que je vous propose de découvrir ici :
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Parcours inconnu des #IA que je vous propose de découvrir ici :
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November 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Lovely Patreon people get access to @fxmc1957.bsky.social now! Including a fascinating chat about story-boarding his books! For everyone else; this drops on Wednesday!
Our next episode is live for our Patreon supporters! @fxmc1957.bsky.social joins us to discuss his latest volume in The Hitler Years - Holocaust 1933-45.
Our Patreon supporters get Extra Time, an extra 15 minutes with our guest as we find out more.
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Our Patreon supporters get Extra Time, an extra 15 minutes with our guest as we find out more.
Join today! www.patreon.com/posts/frank-...
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Lovely Patreon people get access to @fxmc1957.bsky.social now! Including a fascinating chat about story-boarding his books! For everyone else; this drops on Wednesday!
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Got a few minutes to spare this weekend? Try our new podcast in which authors get 15 minutes to convince you that you need their book in your life! We’ll also hammer them with the meanest thing we think someone in the internet will say & they get to shoot it down! @15minutebook.club @boneyabroad.com
15 Minute Book Club
Leisure Podcast · Welcome to the 15 Minute Book Club, where we offer authors the grand total of 15 minutes to convince our listeners to buy their latest book. 15 whole minutes, no more, no less (unles...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Got a few minutes to spare this weekend? Try our new podcast in which authors get 15 minutes to convince you that you need their book in your life! We’ll also hammer them with the meanest thing we think someone in the internet will say & they get to shoot it down! @15minutebook.club @boneyabroad.com
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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Coming out this Sunday for paid members is my article on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (out for general release on the 7th December).
The why, how and results of the raid.
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The why, how and results of the raid.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Coming out this Sunday for paid members is my article on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (out for general release on the 7th December).
The why, how and results of the raid.
open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
The why, how and results of the raid.
open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
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The flyer Jules and Mélie Hurlet distributed hoping to find their missing son Lucien...
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The flyer Jules and Mélie Hurlet distributed hoping to find their missing son Lucien...
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🗓️ #OTD in 1943 – COPP/ME 2 is at Kabrit, Egypt, being disbanded when Kim Patterson (📸) and Gordon Lochhead are called on for recce near Anzio, preparing for next year’s Operation Shingle landings. They do the job with help from four men of 'Z' SBS. #NavalHistory
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November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🗓️ #OTD in 1943 – COPP/ME 2 is at Kabrit, Egypt, being disbanded when Kim Patterson (📸) and Gordon Lochhead are called on for recce near Anzio, preparing for next year’s Operation Shingle landings. They do the job with help from four men of 'Z' SBS. #NavalHistory
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#1GM Carnet de notes du caporal Pierre Mathieu (17 février – 1er mai 1915)
Un petit carnet, modeste dans sa forme mais d’une grande valeur par son contenu, rare témoignage du 149e R.I..
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Un petit carnet, modeste dans sa forme mais d’une grande valeur par son contenu, rare témoignage du 149e R.I..
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November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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The headstone of Percy Kelley, RAF, states he was just 17 years and 11 months old when he died at Endell Street Military Hospital, London. His casualty card states he died of influenza on this day in 1918.
📍Foleshill Congregational Burial Ground 🇬🇧
📍Foleshill Congregational Burial Ground 🇬🇧
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The headstone of Percy Kelley, RAF, states he was just 17 years and 11 months old when he died at Endell Street Military Hospital, London. His casualty card states he died of influenza on this day in 1918.
📍Foleshill Congregational Burial Ground 🇬🇧
📍Foleshill Congregational Burial Ground 🇬🇧
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Have you caught up with The Big Hop yet?
We are delighted to share our launch episode with you, as @rooneyvision.bsky.social joins us to discuss the men who showed up in Newfoundland after the end of the Great War to attempt to fly the Atlantic. David, your 15 minutes begin now...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Have you caught up with The Big Hop yet?
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Europe should give Ukraine the money right now, outright.
No ifs, no buts, no loans.
It’s the cheapest defence we will ever pay for; a loan will only store up trouble for decades; and it needs to be done with full democracy, making the case to voters to help them understand the threat we face.
No ifs, no buts, no loans.
It’s the cheapest defence we will ever pay for; a loan will only store up trouble for decades; and it needs to be done with full democracy, making the case to voters to help them understand the threat we face.
My press remarks in full here ↓
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Informal Foreign Affairs Council: press conference by High Representative Kaja Kallas
Check against delivery! Good afternoon everybody, We just met with the EU Foreign Ministers in video format to discuss latest developments in ending Russia’s war. Foreign Minister Sybiha also joined u...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Europe should give Ukraine the money right now, outright.
No ifs, no buts, no loans.
It’s the cheapest defence we will ever pay for; a loan will only store up trouble for decades; and it needs to be done with full democracy, making the case to voters to help them understand the threat we face.
No ifs, no buts, no loans.
It’s the cheapest defence we will ever pay for; a loan will only store up trouble for decades; and it needs to be done with full democracy, making the case to voters to help them understand the threat we face.
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Sgt William A. Hartman, , Co F, 107th Engineers, 32nd Div, AEF, by Joseph Cummings Chase, 1919, #NAMH.
The portrait is one of a series of #DSC winners the artist created for the #USArmy after the #GreatWar. Like so much #FWW art, it is not of public display. #combatart #fwwhist #combatengineer
The portrait is one of a series of #DSC winners the artist created for the #USArmy after the #GreatWar. Like so much #FWW art, it is not of public display. #combatart #fwwhist #combatengineer
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Sgt William A. Hartman, , Co F, 107th Engineers, 32nd Div, AEF, by Joseph Cummings Chase, 1919, #NAMH.
The portrait is one of a series of #DSC winners the artist created for the #USArmy after the #GreatWar. Like so much #FWW art, it is not of public display. #combatart #fwwhist #combatengineer
The portrait is one of a series of #DSC winners the artist created for the #USArmy after the #GreatWar. Like so much #FWW art, it is not of public display. #combatart #fwwhist #combatengineer
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From the Channel to the Ypres Salient: The Belgian Sector 1914 -1918
The Belgian Sector 1914 -1918
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November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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This week’s free to read is on the sinking of U-100 and the death of Schepke using surface radar for the first time
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/ace-killing
#history #navalhistory #uboat #ww2
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#history #navalhistory #uboat #ww2
Ace killing
The Royal Navy's use of Radar and sinking of Schepke
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November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This week’s free to read is on the sinking of U-100 and the death of Schepke using surface radar for the first time
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/ace-killing
#history #navalhistory #uboat #ww2
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/ace-killing
#history #navalhistory #uboat #ww2
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🗓️ #OTD in 1942 – COPP is officially formed during a meeting at Combined Operations HQ in London. (📸 Adobe Stock = very, very illustrative) #NavalHistory 🧵
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🗓️ #OTD in 1942 – COPP is officially formed during a meeting at Combined Operations HQ in London. (📸 Adobe Stock = very, very illustrative) #NavalHistory 🧵
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100 years ago on 26th November 1925 James Anderson MC DFC, a Great War ace, was killed in a flying accident in Wiltshire.
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
100 years ago on 26th November 1925 James Anderson MC DFC, a Great War ace, was killed in a flying accident in Wiltshire.
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Bishop Wilton Wold – better after it's highest point Garrowby Hill – is situated in the Yorkshire Wolds, a broad sweep of farmland rising north of Pocklington, with the A166 skimming its crest. But its quiet fields hold a sombre memory. On the morning of
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Bishop Wilton Wold – better after it's highest point Garrowby Hill – is situated in the Yorkshire Wolds, a broad sweep of farmland rising north of Pocklington, with the A166 skimming its crest. But its quiet fields hold a sombre memory. On the morning of
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"The Working Party", 1917, by Richard Tennant Cooper 1918, #NAM
Depictions of night combat are especially powerful. Hardly any frontline photos taken at night exist from the #GreatWar. Therefore, we must rely on artists’ work to show us this aspect of the soldier’s life. #fwwhist #fww #WesternFront
Depictions of night combat are especially powerful. Hardly any frontline photos taken at night exist from the #GreatWar. Therefore, we must rely on artists’ work to show us this aspect of the soldier’s life. #fwwhist #fww #WesternFront
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"The Working Party", 1917, by Richard Tennant Cooper 1918, #NAM
Depictions of night combat are especially powerful. Hardly any frontline photos taken at night exist from the #GreatWar. Therefore, we must rely on artists’ work to show us this aspect of the soldier’s life. #fwwhist #fww #WesternFront
Depictions of night combat are especially powerful. Hardly any frontline photos taken at night exist from the #GreatWar. Therefore, we must rely on artists’ work to show us this aspect of the soldier’s life. #fwwhist #fww #WesternFront
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What a tragic story. I know that US Navy battleships had several catastrophic explosions in powder magazines over the years. USS Iowa had one at late as 1989 that killed an entire turret crew.
USS Iowa turret explosion - Wikipedia
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November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What a tragic story. I know that US Navy battleships had several catastrophic explosions in powder magazines over the years. USS Iowa had one at late as 1989 that killed an entire turret crew.
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The casualty card belonging to Private 2nd Class Percy Greenslade, RAF, states that he died of cerebral effusion and heart failure while serving at Lilbourne, Warwickshire.
📍Clifton-on-Dunsmore (St Mary) Additional Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Clifton-on-Dunsmore (St Mary) Additional Churchyard 🇬🇧
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The casualty card belonging to Private 2nd Class Percy Greenslade, RAF, states that he died of cerebral effusion and heart failure while serving at Lilbourne, Warwickshire.
📍Clifton-on-Dunsmore (St Mary) Additional Churchyard 🇬🇧
📍Clifton-on-Dunsmore (St Mary) Additional Churchyard 🇬🇧
#otd 1914 HMS Bulwark exploded at her moorings on the River Medway killing most of her crew.
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The loss of Bulwark
On the 26th November 1914 a Midshipman on HMS Agamemnon, stationed in the Medway estuary, recorded in his diary:
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November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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This week’s podcast is out!
The story of one Polish destroyer’s defence of the Isle of Wight against a brutal low level Luftwaffe strike during #ww2
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The story of one Polish destroyer’s defence of the Isle of Wight against a brutal low level Luftwaffe strike during #ww2
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Defending Cowes
Podcast Episode · Maritime History with Chris Sams (live and unplugged) · 26/11/2025 · 15m
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November 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
This week’s podcast is out!
The story of one Polish destroyer’s defence of the Isle of Wight against a brutal low level Luftwaffe strike during #ww2
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
The story of one Polish destroyer’s defence of the Isle of Wight against a brutal low level Luftwaffe strike during #ww2
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Alex Decoteau was the first Indigenous police officer in Canadian history.
But he did much more than that.
He was an Olympian and gave his life for his country during the First World War.
This is his story.
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But he did much more than that.
He was an Olympian and gave his life for his country during the First World War.
This is his story.
🧵 1/8
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Private Reginald Tite, Royal Sussex Regiment, was executed by firing squad for cowardice on this day in 1916. Ninety years later he was one of 306 soldiers who were granted a posthumous pardon.
📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪
📍Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 🇧🇪
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Free access to British Newspaper Archive
BTW some of you may know this but others won't. If you're in a place that's free WiFi is _TheCloud then it will give you unlimited credits to the BNA.
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Free access to British Newspaper Archive