There aren’t enough conversations about “losing our marbles” - but we nearly lost the plot this week, getting to the bottom of who was fighting whom in Greece.

🏛️What we can say, is alas (ELAS?) it’s complicated…
🇬🇷Find out more in Ep 04: It’s all Greek to me.
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Okay. We’ll double-post*.

(*Triple post. We do the reels thing on Insta. ☺️)

🏛️🇬🇷 It’s All Greek to Me🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏛️

Episode 04! Drying out from efforts on Walcheren, men of the 52nd Lowland Division are getting used to issues of the newsletter arriving regularly.

This week, in The Lowlander …

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿The Lowlander 02: FANCY TEA TRAYS.

Slipping into your Monday mornings from here-on in, it’s news and views from the front lines, jottings from home and updates for the 52nd Lowland Division.

✨Daily news: Nov 20 ~ 26, 1944.
✨Here's your preview...

An appearance by Himself wanging on, plus and several mentions on @ww2tv.bsky.social this week (thanks Woody), led to an idea that quickly got out of hand but raised a few Bob for @dkms. Which is always nice 😊

Airborne, 79 Armoured
52nd Lowland Division

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Listened to the first episode of @thelowlander.bsky.social. A fascinating little glimpse into the life of a British infantry division.

One comment - do please end every section by saying 'clackety-ping!' aloud, it's adorable.

🖌️ We'll share snippets from stories chosen for The Lowlander and articles that didn't make the cut, too. Like this one from November 19 - a plea for competition entries.
📃What was AF B2626?
🪩Who was asked to invent a slogan for it?
🎙️Why was this in an army service newsletter?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Shared on the battlefields, stored in the archives, The Lowlander was a newsletter sent out to the men of the 52nd Lowland Division between November 1944 and May 1945.

🔈The Lowlander. Episode One. 15.11.2023
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