Andrew
@andrew617.bsky.social
Discontented Malcontent, MA by Research, serial Labrador owner, ex commercial diver and instructor. Interested in the Second World War, the Great War, French Indochina. Author of Caen, Cobra and Confusion & Not A Military War. No crypto demons please.
#HistBookChat choices this week, a return to the Home Front and a copy of my own of a book I referenced for my Masters. Apropos of love in a time of war, I discovered many years ago that I'm part American as my Nan was left, literally, holding the baby following a wartime encounter.
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 PM
#HistBookChat choices this week, a return to the Home Front and a copy of my own of a book I referenced for my Masters. Apropos of love in a time of war, I discovered many years ago that I'm part American as my Nan was left, literally, holding the baby following a wartime encounter.
A bit of a change from the usual for this week's #HistBookChat - a good read and a reminder that war doesn't just affect we humans and that animals frequently display more more humanity than we do.
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 AM
A bit of a change from the usual for this week's #HistBookChat - a good read and a reminder that war doesn't just affect we humans and that animals frequently display more more humanity than we do.
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#HistBookChat choices for this week. The book on proposed airborne ops I particularly interesting, the airborne were clearly an asset burning a hole in the Allies pocket. Caen Controversy speaks for itself but for me, the controversy is more created than actual.
January 17, 2026 at 10:43 AM
#HistBookChat choices for this week. The book on proposed airborne ops I particularly interesting, the airborne were clearly an asset burning a hole in the Allies pocket. Caen Controversy speaks for itself but for me, the controversy is more created than actual.
#HistBookChat for this week - I'm planning a trip to Normandy to research another book. Juno Beach will feature if it ever gets beyond the planning stage.
January 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
#HistBookChat for this week - I'm planning a trip to Normandy to research another book. Juno Beach will feature if it ever gets beyond the planning stage.
This is what fascism looks like as enforced by those with small brains and little willies. Too much over-compensating , me thinks.
The only way the next democratic administration is going to do anything even somewhat resembling reforming and rooting out lawless thugs from ICE and elsewhere is due to sustained popular pressure. Otherwise, the instinct from the Dem elite to just turn the page and move on is going to be massive
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
This is what fascism looks like as enforced by those with small brains and little willies. Too much over-compensating , me thinks.
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Just checking in on all those folks who just couldn’t vote for Kamala because of their ideals.
How’s that working out?
How’s that working out?
January 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Just checking in on all those folks who just couldn’t vote for Kamala because of their ideals.
How’s that working out?
How’s that working out?
#HistBookChat offerings for this Christmas day. Apollo is a brilliant book, the images are staggeringly, eye-catchingly beautiful. The Wind In the Willows has been a favourite since childhood and I offer no apologies for continuing to regularly join Ratty, Mole, Toad and Badger on their adventures.
December 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#HistBookChat offerings for this Christmas day. Apollo is a brilliant book, the images are staggeringly, eye-catchingly beautiful. The Wind In the Willows has been a favourite since childhood and I offer no apologies for continuing to regularly join Ratty, Mole, Toad and Badger on their adventures.
A #HistBookChat of a different sort this evening, festively spooky and very well written....
December 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A #HistBookChat of a different sort this evening, festively spooky and very well written....
#HistBookChat offering for this week is this from Alun Chalfont. Not exactly laudatory (no harm in that) to it's subject but I think of all the post war military historians of that period, he grasped the ultimate intention of Montgomery's Normandy strategy and the dilemma it put the Germans in.
December 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#HistBookChat offering for this week is this from Alun Chalfont. Not exactly laudatory (no harm in that) to it's subject but I think of all the post war military historians of that period, he grasped the ultimate intention of Montgomery's Normandy strategy and the dilemma it put the Germans in.
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Done! I have to finish this up first though!
December 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Done! I have to finish this up first though!
Possibly the best book written about British armour in Normandy, if you haven't read it I strongly recommend you do so.
December 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Possibly the best book written about British armour in Normandy, if you haven't read it I strongly recommend you do so.
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#histbookchat I decided to make a short trailer for my forthcoming book to give a little flavour of what to expect.
December 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#histbookchat I decided to make a short trailer for my forthcoming book to give a little flavour of what to expect.
#HistBookChat I'm thinking of writing something starting near the end of Falaise and the beginning of Market Garden. The Killing Ground is an old book but one which is still worth reading. One Christmas is a good introduction to the political events which forged The Grand Alliance.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#HistBookChat I'm thinking of writing something starting near the end of Falaise and the beginning of Market Garden. The Killing Ground is an old book but one which is still worth reading. One Christmas is a good introduction to the political events which forged The Grand Alliance.
#HistBookChat for the weekend is this by Marc Milner. Has anyone read it, is it worthy of being bumped up to the top of the TBR pile?
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#HistBookChat for the weekend is this by Marc Milner. Has anyone read it, is it worthy of being bumped up to the top of the TBR pile?
Trumpington is a thing (not a man) who it can truly be said knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
November 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Trumpington is a thing (not a man) who it can truly be said knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
I came across this photo the other day. It's the whiteboard I used to list the points I wanted to work into the conclusion of my book which was not just a repeat of my Masters. Writing for an academic audience is quite different to writing for a more general leadership and overall, I enjoyed it.
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I came across this photo the other day. It's the whiteboard I used to list the points I wanted to work into the conclusion of my book which was not just a repeat of my Masters. Writing for an academic audience is quite different to writing for a more general leadership and overall, I enjoyed it.
#HistBookChat for this week is this one, brought back from Toronto this week by my son who paid a visit to that city to watch the Leafs getting beaten twice and winning twice. I'm really looking forward to reading this, I'm looking for some inspiration for my next work.
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#HistBookChat for this week is this one, brought back from Toronto this week by my son who paid a visit to that city to watch the Leafs getting beaten twice and winning twice. I'm really looking forward to reading this, I'm looking for some inspiration for my next work.
#HistBookChat for this week. One is the follow-up to last week's offering but this time the onus leans more towards unknown shipwrecks (the clue is in the name!) whilst the other centres around the human face of armoured warfare in NW Europe. It's not the best account you'll read but still good.
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#HistBookChat for this week. One is the follow-up to last week's offering but this time the onus leans more towards unknown shipwrecks (the clue is in the name!) whilst the other centres around the human face of armoured warfare in NW Europe. It's not the best account you'll read but still good.
Late as usual (or early) for #HistBookChat and a break with the usual. First published in 1970, many of the wrecks listed were listed as 'Unknown' but over the years, many have been identified as seabed obstructions (rocks and the like) but many more are still just that, unknown.
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Late as usual (or early) for #HistBookChat and a break with the usual. First published in 1970, many of the wrecks listed were listed as 'Unknown' but over the years, many have been identified as seabed obstructions (rocks and the like) but many more are still just that, unknown.
#HistBookChat second offering of the week and one which I've bumped up to the top of the TBR pile
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#HistBookChat second offering of the week and one which I've bumped up to the top of the TBR pile
Late again with my #HistBookChat offering. The last two chapters in which the old soldiers reflected on their experiences left me especially moved in a way I haven't felt for a while. Not every soldier was scarred by their experiences but all were marked by it in some way.
October 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Late again with my #HistBookChat offering. The last two chapters in which the old soldiers reflected on their experiences left me especially moved in a way I haven't felt for a while. Not every soldier was scarred by their experiences but all were marked by it in some way.
Absolutely.
Everytime they speak against Antifa reporters need to say “let’s be clear, you’re pro facism, right?”
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Absolutely.
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If you enjoy my work, please help me continue to do it. Snag one (or all) of my books as I’m furloughed and help me pay some bills! 🏴☠️📚 DM me! #SkyStorians #PirateHistory
October 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If you enjoy my work, please help me continue to do it. Snag one (or all) of my books as I’m furloughed and help me pay some bills! 🏴☠️📚 DM me! #SkyStorians #PirateHistory
One of my favourite single volume histories of the 1914-1918 war at sea #HistBookChat
October 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
One of my favourite single volume histories of the 1914-1918 war at sea #HistBookChat