Jim Grundy
@jimgrundy.bsky.social
The Great War, Gallipoli in particular.
The view from Hunter-Weston Hill inland towards Achi Baba, Helles, #Gallipoli.
May 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The view from Hunter-Weston Hill inland towards Achi Baba, Helles, #Gallipoli.
A Lancashire Fusiliers cap badge on W Beach, Lancashire Landing, Cape Helles, #Gallipoli.
(N.B. It was photographed there, not found there, as someone once accused me of faking. We don't keep in touch.)
(N.B. It was photographed there, not found there, as someone once accused me of faking. We don't keep in touch.)
April 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A Lancashire Fusiliers cap badge on W Beach, Lancashire Landing, Cape Helles, #Gallipoli.
(N.B. It was photographed there, not found there, as someone once accused me of faking. We don't keep in touch.)
(N.B. It was photographed there, not found there, as someone once accused me of faking. We don't keep in touch.)
"Heldenmütige Verteidigung der Dardanellen," the Heroic Defence of the Dardanelles.
April 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"Heldenmütige Verteidigung der Dardanellen," the Heroic Defence of the Dardanelles.
Ian Hamilton blamed Frederick Stopford for the failure at #Suvla, #Gallipoli. Stopford had been the Lieutenant of the Tower of London, a sinecure post offered to the old and unfit for anything else.
Hamilton is pictured here at the end of his tenure as Lieutenant of the Tower of London.
Hamilton is pictured here at the end of his tenure as Lieutenant of the Tower of London.
April 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Ian Hamilton blamed Frederick Stopford for the failure at #Suvla, #Gallipoli. Stopford had been the Lieutenant of the Tower of London, a sinecure post offered to the old and unfit for anything else.
Hamilton is pictured here at the end of his tenure as Lieutenant of the Tower of London.
Hamilton is pictured here at the end of his tenure as Lieutenant of the Tower of London.
No-one seems to know the origin of the saying that "journalism is the first rough draft of history" but journalists have certainly helped frame our understanding of our past.
March 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
No-one seems to know the origin of the saying that "journalism is the first rough draft of history" but journalists have certainly helped frame our understanding of our past.
American journalists George Schreiner & Raymond Swing witnessed the Anglo-French naval attempt to force the #Dardanelles on 18th March 1915.
I'll discuss their take on the campaign in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
Image: "Shells bursting at Kilitbahir." AWM P04411.056.
I'll discuss their take on the campaign in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
Image: "Shells bursting at Kilitbahir." AWM P04411.056.
March 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
American journalists George Schreiner & Raymond Swing witnessed the Anglo-French naval attempt to force the #Dardanelles on 18th March 1915.
I'll discuss their take on the campaign in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
Image: "Shells bursting at Kilitbahir." AWM P04411.056.
I'll discuss their take on the campaign in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
Image: "Shells bursting at Kilitbahir." AWM P04411.056.
Some men wanted Charles Bean sent home during his time in Egypt. But what he did at Gallipoli turned that around.
How and why I'll discuss in my talk to the @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March: Gallipoli Through Journalists' Eyes.
Image: 'Sydney Mail' (New South Wales), 21st October 1914.
How and why I'll discuss in my talk to the @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March: Gallipoli Through Journalists' Eyes.
Image: 'Sydney Mail' (New South Wales), 21st October 1914.
March 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Some men wanted Charles Bean sent home during his time in Egypt. But what he did at Gallipoli turned that around.
How and why I'll discuss in my talk to the @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March: Gallipoli Through Journalists' Eyes.
Image: 'Sydney Mail' (New South Wales), 21st October 1914.
How and why I'll discuss in my talk to the @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March: Gallipoli Through Journalists' Eyes.
Image: 'Sydney Mail' (New South Wales), 21st October 1914.
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Absolutely fuck this racist shit too.
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Absolutely fuck this racist shit too.
When Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett met the British Prime Minister to discuss #Gallipoli he gave an account, "which was not altogether agreeable."
That's British official-speak for disaster. I'll be covering this in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
That's British official-speak for disaster. I'll be covering this in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
March 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
When Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett met the British Prime Minister to discuss #Gallipoli he gave an account, "which was not altogether agreeable."
That's British official-speak for disaster. I'll be covering this in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
That's British official-speak for disaster. I'll be covering this in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
One book I've looked at while researching my talk on #Gallipoli and journalists is Dr. John Bourne's "Who's Who In World War One."
This on John Masefield: "He had no qualifications and so looked for employment in an occupation where qualifications were not required, journalism."
This on John Masefield: "He had no qualifications and so looked for employment in an occupation where qualifications were not required, journalism."
March 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
One book I've looked at while researching my talk on #Gallipoli and journalists is Dr. John Bourne's "Who's Who In World War One."
This on John Masefield: "He had no qualifications and so looked for employment in an occupation where qualifications were not required, journalism."
This on John Masefield: "He had no qualifications and so looked for employment in an occupation where qualifications were not required, journalism."
The earliest reference I can find to the use of the expression "No Man's Land" was the name given to a place of execution in 'The Ipswich Journal' on 24th July 1790.
March 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The earliest reference I can find to the use of the expression "No Man's Land" was the name given to a place of execution in 'The Ipswich Journal' on 24th July 1790.
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The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders | The United States Army
U.S. Army Heritage Asian American & Pacific Islander Microsite | The United States Army
web.archive.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
My talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March will cover the Army's attitude towards war correspondents.
Kitchener wanted none anywhere near the war zone but later appointed Col Ernest Swinton (right) as an "Eye Witness" on the Western Front. Did his writings tell us anything?
Kitchener wanted none anywhere near the war zone but later appointed Col Ernest Swinton (right) as an "Eye Witness" on the Western Front. Did his writings tell us anything?
March 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
My talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March will cover the Army's attitude towards war correspondents.
Kitchener wanted none anywhere near the war zone but later appointed Col Ernest Swinton (right) as an "Eye Witness" on the Western Front. Did his writings tell us anything?
Kitchener wanted none anywhere near the war zone but later appointed Col Ernest Swinton (right) as an "Eye Witness" on the Western Front. Did his writings tell us anything?
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Disgraceful. Shameful. taskandpurpose.com/news/arlingt...
Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans
The Arlington National Cemetery website "unpublished" links to material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.
taskandpurpose.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Disgraceful. Shameful. taskandpurpose.com/news/arlingt...
"We have a certain number of ships which we can spare for these operations, ships which we could lose without jeopardising our naval superiority. This — coupled with the fact that the enemy are not a brainy folk — makes the #Dardanelles effort possible."
Fred T. Jane, 13th March 1915.
Fred T. Jane, 13th March 1915.
March 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"We have a certain number of ships which we can spare for these operations, ships which we could lose without jeopardising our naval superiority. This — coupled with the fact that the enemy are not a brainy folk — makes the #Dardanelles effort possible."
Fred T. Jane, 13th March 1915.
Fred T. Jane, 13th March 1915.
"I was filled with a great contempt for everything and everybody civil, more especially for politicians and war correspondents and war correspondents in khaki. The only men who counted were the men who took the trenches or died in taking them."
Edmund Candler, Mesopotamia, 13th March 1916.
Edmund Candler, Mesopotamia, 13th March 1916.
March 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"I was filled with a great contempt for everything and everybody civil, more especially for politicians and war correspondents and war correspondents in khaki. The only men who counted were the men who took the trenches or died in taking them."
Edmund Candler, Mesopotamia, 13th March 1916.
Edmund Candler, Mesopotamia, 13th March 1916.
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett and Henry Nevinson, the two most prominent British war correspondents at #Gallipoli, both wrote books about the campaign. One mentioned the other; the other didn't reciprocate.
Learn more in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
Learn more in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
March 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett and Henry Nevinson, the two most prominent British war correspondents at #Gallipoli, both wrote books about the campaign. One mentioned the other; the other didn't reciprocate.
Learn more in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
Learn more in my talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Dipping into the vaults again this time its the denouement of the Battle of Waterloo. What a battle: so much slaughter in just one small area. What a place to visit. Relive the horror with us one more time. Please share! Thanks chums! open.spotify.com/episode/5osr...
SPECIAL: Waterloo - The Battle, Part 2
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March 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Dipping into the vaults again this time its the denouement of the Battle of Waterloo. What a battle: so much slaughter in just one small area. What a place to visit. Relive the horror with us one more time. Please share! Thanks chums! open.spotify.com/episode/5osr...
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#WW2 Chasselay, France, June 20th, 1940. A Panzer IV is opening fire. The target: a group of POW. They are Tirailleurs Senegalais, African Colonial Infantry in the French Army.
This is the most documented massacre made by the German Army during the Battle of France.
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This is the most documented massacre made by the German Army during the Battle of France.
A thread 🧵
March 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#WW2 Chasselay, France, June 20th, 1940. A Panzer IV is opening fire. The target: a group of POW. They are Tirailleurs Senegalais, African Colonial Infantry in the French Army.
This is the most documented massacre made by the German Army during the Battle of France.
A thread 🧵
This is the most documented massacre made by the German Army during the Battle of France.
A thread 🧵
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11 Mar 1942 // Light cruiser HMS Naiad was torpedoed by German submarine U.565 south of Crete and sank with the loss of 82 of her crew. (Imperial War Museum images: HMS Naiad photographed in 1940, A 447; and some of Naiad's survivors on the deck of HMS Jervis, A 8388) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
March 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
11 Mar 1942 // Light cruiser HMS Naiad was torpedoed by German submarine U.565 south of Crete and sank with the loss of 82 of her crew. (Imperial War Museum images: HMS Naiad photographed in 1940, A 447; and some of Naiad's survivors on the deck of HMS Jervis, A 8388) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
I accompanied my father-in-law to Normandy in 2014 for the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations. This Maple Leaf lapel badge was one of many handed out by some Canadian officials who helped make sure we were able to attend one event at that time. Thank you, #Canada.
March 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I accompanied my father-in-law to Normandy in 2014 for the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations. This Maple Leaf lapel badge was one of many handed out by some Canadian officials who helped make sure we were able to attend one event at that time. Thank you, #Canada.
My talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March will cover depictions of Turks prior to the Great War.
Robert Gibbs' famous painting of the 'Thin Red Line' at Balaklava is a good example. But there are no Turks shown... Exactly.
Robert Gibbs' famous painting of the 'Thin Red Line' at Balaklava is a good example. But there are no Turks shown... Exactly.
March 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
My talk to @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March will cover depictions of Turks prior to the Great War.
Robert Gibbs' famous painting of the 'Thin Red Line' at Balaklava is a good example. But there are no Turks shown... Exactly.
Robert Gibbs' famous painting of the 'Thin Red Line' at Balaklava is a good example. But there are no Turks shown... Exactly.
Alfred Gardiner on Lord Northcliffe:
"Does the temper of the moment demand the immolation of France, then he is the fiercest of Francophobes... Does the mood change and Germany become the object of national suspicion, then who [is] so ready to throw faggots on the flame."
"Does the temper of the moment demand the immolation of France, then he is the fiercest of Francophobes... Does the mood change and Germany become the object of national suspicion, then who [is] so ready to throw faggots on the flame."
March 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Alfred Gardiner on Lord Northcliffe:
"Does the temper of the moment demand the immolation of France, then he is the fiercest of Francophobes... Does the mood change and Germany become the object of national suspicion, then who [is] so ready to throw faggots on the flame."
"Does the temper of the moment demand the immolation of France, then he is the fiercest of Francophobes... Does the mood change and Germany become the object of national suspicion, then who [is] so ready to throw faggots on the flame."
The two most prominent British war correspondents at #Gallipoli were Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett and Henry Nevinson. But only one of their books was cited as a source in the official British history of the campaign.
Find out why in my talk for the @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
Find out why in my talk for the @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
March 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The two most prominent British war correspondents at #Gallipoli were Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett and Henry Nevinson. But only one of their books was cited as a source in the official British history of the campaign.
Find out why in my talk for the @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.
Find out why in my talk for the @gallipoliassoc.bsky.social on 25th March.