Richard Hammond
@rjhammond215.bsky.social
Historian. Senior Lecturer. Vice-President and Founder Member of the Second World War Research Group: https://www.swwresearch.com/. Co-Editor of War in History journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/WIH
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War in History: Sage Journals
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Some news: I am now a Co-Editor of the journal War in History: journals.sagepub.com/home/WIH. If you are interested in submitting something, and particularly if you are interested in organising a special issue, please do get in touch. 🗃️
I am once again issuing a request to Italian historians: please write shorter books!
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I am once again issuing a request to Italian historians: please write shorter books!
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The Axis had many problems in their logistics chain to North Africa. Port capacity wasn't really one of them.
Monthly Supply Requirements of German forces in Africa – Nov. 1941
Background From the DAK War Diary appendices on supply, I can provide the following numbers on supply requirements for the Panzergruppe and Luftwaffe in Africa, which make quite interesting reading…
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November 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The Axis had many problems in their logistics chain to North Africa. Port capacity wasn't really one of them.
Plea for help: can anyone direct me to any published and/or online *primary* sources regarding the Reorganized National Government of China/The Wang Jingwei Regime that are, ideally, in English and would make good talking points for final year UG students on themes of occupation/collaboration? 🗃️
October 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Plea for help: can anyone direct me to any published and/or online *primary* sources regarding the Reorganized National Government of China/The Wang Jingwei Regime that are, ideally, in English and would make good talking points for final year UG students on themes of occupation/collaboration? 🗃️
Success! Avoided spoiling the result *and* got the desired result!
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Right, current challenge: stay off the web for the next 3-4 hours or so to avoid giving away the rugby result, so I can watch the recorded World Cup final after the kids are asleep.
Living the dream. ish.
Living the dream. ish.
September 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Success! Avoided spoiling the result *and* got the desired result!
🏉🏴🏉🏴
🏉🏴🏉🏴
Right, current challenge: stay off the web for the next 3-4 hours or so to avoid giving away the rugby result, so I can watch the recorded World Cup final after the kids are asleep.
Living the dream. ish.
Living the dream. ish.
September 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Right, current challenge: stay off the web for the next 3-4 hours or so to avoid giving away the rugby result, so I can watch the recorded World Cup final after the kids are asleep.
Living the dream. ish.
Living the dream. ish.
Just caught up with the rugby semi final and was delighted with the result but also to see it featured someone who I once briefly taught (even if she missed much of the module to play WXV)!
September 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Just caught up with the rugby semi final and was delighted with the result but also to see it featured someone who I once briefly taught (even if she missed much of the module to play WXV)!
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📰 Just published! My latest article in @modernitaly.bsky.social looks at how Mussolini’s regime used the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) to expand Italy’s influence in Francoist Spain between 1936 and 1943. You can read it open access here:
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The role of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) in Fascist Italy’s economic strategy towards Franco’s Spain, 1936–43 | Modern Italy | Cambridge Core
The role of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) in Fascist Italy’s economic strategy towards Franco’s Spain, 1936–43
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September 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
📰 Just published! My latest article in @modernitaly.bsky.social looks at how Mussolini’s regime used the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) to expand Italy’s influence in Francoist Spain between 1936 and 1943. You can read it open access here:
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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I am very proud to share with you the introduction to the special issue that I co-edited with Robert Gerwarth in the journal @conteurohistory.bsky.social : "Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction" #Humanitarianism #CivilWar www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction
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September 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I am very proud to share with you the introduction to the special issue that I co-edited with Robert Gerwarth in the journal @conteurohistory.bsky.social : "Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction" #Humanitarianism #CivilWar www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This document from @crusaderproject.bsky.social (who is fully acknowledged ofc) features in a forthcoming journal article of mine. I’ll post further details when it’s published.
#OTD in 1941 the Kriegsmarine sent this banger to the Regia Marina, explaining to them what was so special about submarines.
Spoiler: they can operate under water.
@rjhammond215.bsky.social @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social @alanallport.bsky.social @ima-naval-history.bsky.social #navalhistory #ww2
Spoiler: they can operate under water.
@rjhammond215.bsky.social @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social @alanallport.bsky.social @ima-naval-history.bsky.social #navalhistory #ww2
Mansplaining Submarines to the Regia Marina – German-Italian Cooperation September 1941
It doesn’t often happen that I come across a text in my files that makes me roll my eyes. But this is clearly one of them, as it shows some breath-taking, and probably subconscious arrogance by the…
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September 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This document from @crusaderproject.bsky.social (who is fully acknowledged ofc) features in a forthcoming journal article of mine. I’ll post further details when it’s published.
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August 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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England celebrate becoming the champions
July 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
England celebrate becoming the champions
Well that was….better?
Can’t be doing with these penalty shootouts. How am I supposed to sleep after that?
July 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Well that was….better?
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Did Chloe Kelly just pull a Daniel Larusso?
July 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Did Chloe Kelly just pull a Daniel Larusso?
Can’t be doing with these penalty shootouts. How am I supposed to sleep after that?
July 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Can’t be doing with these penalty shootouts. How am I supposed to sleep after that?
Today’s random find: a map of the secret radio transmitter network of the German Armed Forces, 1939.
July 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Today’s random find: a map of the secret radio transmitter network of the German Armed Forces, 1939.
Every time I have glanced at the Lions vs Reds live tracker so far for an update, there has either been another try or a review for a potential try…
July 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Every time I have glanced at the Lions vs Reds live tracker so far for an update, there has either been another try or a review for a potential try…
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OMG, the @ihr.bsky.social has uploaded a bunch of old interviews with historians on their youtube channel and I'm now deeply invested. Summer treat for #SkyStorians!
Look at this interview with E.P. Thompson by an embryonic Penelope Corfield!
Look at this interview with E.P. Thompson by an embryonic Penelope Corfield!
INTERVIEWS WITH HISTORIANS - E. P. THOMPSON
YouTube video by Institute of Historical Research
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June 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
OMG, the @ihr.bsky.social has uploaded a bunch of old interviews with historians on their youtube channel and I'm now deeply invested. Summer treat for #SkyStorians!
Look at this interview with E.P. Thompson by an embryonic Penelope Corfield!
Look at this interview with E.P. Thompson by an embryonic Penelope Corfield!
One of the all time great test matches!
June 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
One of the all time great test matches!
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It exists! I finally got my unboxing moment today! A short article to introduce my book Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War. Available for pre-order now.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/emigra...
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June 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It exists! I finally got my unboxing moment today! A short article to introduce my book Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War. Available for pre-order now.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/emigra...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/emigra...
From a report from April 1940. Can almost hear the tiny violins.
June 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
From a report from April 1940. Can almost hear the tiny violins.
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Sign-up now open for the conference on 'Britain, Conflict & the Sea' that I am running with RMG this September: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nat...
Britain, Conflict, and the Sea conference
This conference seeks to explore the ways in which modern Britain has been shaped by ideas and practices of maritime war.
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May 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Sign-up now open for the conference on 'Britain, Conflict & the Sea' that I am running with RMG this September: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nat...
Oh hey, a second hard drive failure in the space of 16 months. What a nice surprise….
May 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Oh hey, a second hard drive failure in the space of 16 months. What a nice surprise….
Excellent closing comments. More of this please!
Fantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright.
Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."
Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."
May 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Excellent closing comments. More of this please!
A *handful* (single figures) of the general attendance tickets still remain, so follow the link in the quoted post below to book now, if you want to attend this conference, featuring keynotes addresses from Profs Sheldon Garon and Juliette Pattinson plus papers by speakers from across the globe. 🗃️
The are still a few 'general attendance' tickets left for 'The Second World War: 80 Years on' conference at KCL's Waterloo campus in June, plus the related roundtable event at the National Army Museum! *Provisional* conference programme and booking link here: www.swwresearch.com/post/the-sec...
The Second World War: 80 Years On
Second World War Research Group Annual Conference12-13 June 2025, Waterloo campus, King’s College LondonKeynotes: Professor Sheldon Garon (Princeton University) & Professor Juliette Pattinson (King’s ...
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May 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A *handful* (single figures) of the general attendance tickets still remain, so follow the link in the quoted post below to book now, if you want to attend this conference, featuring keynotes addresses from Profs Sheldon Garon and Juliette Pattinson plus papers by speakers from across the globe. 🗃️