Daniel Cowling
@dcowling.bsky.social
Historian | Author of Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans and https://postwarhistory.substack.com
To understand our current moment, we need to understand the world built in 1945.
So... I’ve started a Substack about postwar history – please share and subscribe! postwarhistory.substack.com
So... I’ve started a Substack about postwar history – please share and subscribe! postwarhistory.substack.com
Postwar | Daniel Cowling | Substack
A Historian's Guide to the World since 1945. Click to read Postwar, by Daniel Cowling, a Substack publication. Launched 3 days ago.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
To understand our current moment, we need to understand the world built in 1945.
So... I’ve started a Substack about postwar history – please share and subscribe! postwarhistory.substack.com
So... I’ve started a Substack about postwar history – please share and subscribe! postwarhistory.substack.com
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Dr Daniel Cowling is Senior Historian at the National Army Museum. He is currently an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Historical Research. "Don't let's be beastly to the Germans, the British occupation of Germany, 1945-49" is his first book.
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Dr Daniel Cowling is Senior Historian at the National Army Museum. He is currently an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Historical Research. "Don't let's be beastly to the Germans, the British occupation of Germany, 1945-49" is his first book.
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This is an interesting read, and I'm not just saying that because one of the experts quoted in here (@dcowling.bsky.social) is my best mate!
Also, a shame that "Freedom is in Peril, Defend it with all your might" never caught on as a twee motivational slogan.
Also, a shame that "Freedom is in Peril, Defend it with all your might" never caught on as a twee motivational slogan.
August 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is an interesting read, and I'm not just saying that because one of the experts quoted in here (@dcowling.bsky.social) is my best mate!
Also, a shame that "Freedom is in Peril, Defend it with all your might" never caught on as a twee motivational slogan.
Also, a shame that "Freedom is in Peril, Defend it with all your might" never caught on as a twee motivational slogan.
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Wäre heute 80 Jahre alt geworden: Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
May 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Wäre heute 80 Jahre alt geworden: Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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#VEDay in Britain saw a momentary outbreak of celebration, but the overall mood according to Mass-Observation that spring/summer was one of “war weariness, disappointment, and bewilderment” at the state of the world and the country. Extracts from M-O’s File Report 2268, compiled in late 1945.
May 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#VEDay in Britain saw a momentary outbreak of celebration, but the overall mood according to Mass-Observation that spring/summer was one of “war weariness, disappointment, and bewilderment” at the state of the world and the country. Extracts from M-O’s File Report 2268, compiled in late 1945.
I wrote something that is quite literally a matter of public record:
www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/...
www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/...
VE Day 80: the British Army in 1945
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Daniel Cowling, Historian at the National Army Museum, explores events in 1945 that led to the end of World War II, as well as its aftermath.
www.thegazette.co.uk
April 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I wrote something that is quite literally a matter of public record:
www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/...
www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/...
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Nour Odeh reports that Israel admits they bombed a hospital in order to kill a patient receiving treatment inside.
The west has trashed the pretence of international law in order to continue supporting, arming & enabling Israel to commit war crimes like this.
The west has trashed the pretence of international law in order to continue supporting, arming & enabling Israel to commit war crimes like this.
March 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Nour Odeh reports that Israel admits they bombed a hospital in order to kill a patient receiving treatment inside.
The west has trashed the pretence of international law in order to continue supporting, arming & enabling Israel to commit war crimes like this.
The west has trashed the pretence of international law in order to continue supporting, arming & enabling Israel to commit war crimes like this.
Walking in the footsteps of giants @footballramble.bsky.social @marcusspeller.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Walking in the footsteps of giants @footballramble.bsky.social @marcusspeller.bsky.social
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Quelle surprise! Turns out the people with lots of money in this country do, in fact, have lots of money
March 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Quelle surprise! Turns out the people with lots of money in this country do, in fact, have lots of money
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#OtD 7 Mar 1916 a UK judge ordered the destruction of anti-war literature seized in a raid on an anarchist club in Stockport during WW1. Five anarchists had been arrested in the raid for dodging military service (inc Charles Bradlaugh Warwick, pictured) stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1...
March 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#OtD 7 Mar 1916 a UK judge ordered the destruction of anti-war literature seized in a raid on an anarchist club in Stockport during WW1. Five anarchists had been arrested in the raid for dodging military service (inc Charles Bradlaugh Warwick, pictured) stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1...
On BBC London News today (good reasons)
March 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
On BBC London News today (good reasons)
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this is so good. this is so so so good. i'm running around my office screaming the lev manovich quote about how software is ideology
January 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
this is so good. this is so so so good. i'm running around my office screaming the lev manovich quote about how software is ideology
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Arteta would’ve withdrawn Arsenal from all FA competitions if they’d had that penalty given against them
January 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Arteta would’ve withdrawn Arsenal from all FA competitions if they’d had that penalty given against them
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How does 2025 find you?
December 30, 2024 at 5:40 PM
How does 2025 find you?
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Didn’t see where that was coming from. Created almost nothing. But wow. What a moment for Amad. Kid deserves it.
December 15, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Didn’t see where that was coming from. Created almost nothing. But wow. What a moment for Amad. Kid deserves it.
There was outrage in 1949 when Field Marshal Manstein was tried at the age of 61 - he was deemed 'old and sick'. After he was found guilty of war crimes and complicity in the Holocaust, Manstein served 4 years. Following his early release he worked for the West German government.
Court rules former Nazi camp guard, 100, can face trial in Germany
Court rules former Nazi camp guard, 100, can face trial in Germany
Gregor Formanek is charged with aiding and abetting 3,322 murders at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp
German authorities are pressing for a 100-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard to face trial almost 80 years after the end of the second…
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:38 PM
There was outrage in 1949 when Field Marshal Manstein was tried at the age of 61 - he was deemed 'old and sick'. After he was found guilty of war crimes and complicity in the Holocaust, Manstein served 4 years. Following his early release he worked for the West German government.
So much going on in this photo, the only known image of a Canadian Army riot in Aldershot, July 1945
December 3, 2024 at 3:26 PM
So much going on in this photo, the only known image of a Canadian Army riot in Aldershot, July 1945
I appeared on the New Books Network to talk about my book, which is new (in paperback). Listen here:
newbooksnetwork.com/dont-lets-be...
newbooksnetwork.com/dont-lets-be...
Daniel Cowling, "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans: The British Occupation of Germany, 1945-49" (Bloomsbury, 2023) - New Books Network
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November 28, 2024 at 10:11 AM
I appeared on the New Books Network to talk about my book, which is new (in paperback). Listen here:
newbooksnetwork.com/dont-lets-be...
newbooksnetwork.com/dont-lets-be...
Starting the timeline with wholesome content
November 17, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Starting the timeline with wholesome content