Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology
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Scottish Centre for War Studies & Conflict Archaeology at University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social - Researching & Teaching conflict history from many global perspectives. Follows/likes ≠ endorsement. https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/warstudies
“Is Tear Gas as British as Tea? An Examination of the UK’s Historical Role in the Marketing & Deployment of Tear Gas” - Seminar with Prof Anna Feigenbaum, Thursday 20 November, 5.15pm, Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Link to details & sign up in the next post.
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
“Is Tear Gas as British as Tea? An Examination of the UK’s Historical Role in the Marketing & Deployment of Tear Gas” - Seminar with Prof Anna Feigenbaum, Thursday 20 November, 5.15pm, Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Link to details & sign up in the next post.
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Second world war veterans applauded as king leads Remembrance Sunday service
Second world war veterans applauded as king leads Remembrance Sunday service
Royals joined by senior politicians at Cenotaph in London and events are held across UK to pay tribute to war dead
Veterans of the second world war were applauded as they arrived at the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, before being joined by royals and senior politicians to honour those who have died in conflict.
King Charles laid the first wreath in recognition of those killed in wars and conflicts dating back to the first world war. He was followed by his son, the Prince of Wales. Continue reading...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Second world war veterans applauded as king leads Remembrance Sunday service
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#Onthisday in 1918, just days before end of #WW1, French poet Apollinaire (weakened by a shrapnel wound) died in the Spanish flu epidemic. Later that year Calligrammes: Poems of Peace & War was published, a collection of his concrete/visual poems publicdomainreview.org/collection/a... #OTD
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#Onthisday in 1918, just days before end of #WW1, French poet Apollinaire (weakened by a shrapnel wound) died in the Spanish flu epidemic. Later that year Calligrammes: Poems of Peace & War was published, a collection of his concrete/visual poems publicdomainreview.org/collection/a... #OTD
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Our tower is illuminated in red to show support of The Scottish Poppy Appeal from 4-12 November.
The Scottish Poppy Appeal raises vital funds to provide support for service families, veterans and those currently serving.
Learn more: www.poppyscotland.org.uk/home
The Scottish Poppy Appeal raises vital funds to provide support for service families, veterans and those currently serving.
Learn more: www.poppyscotland.org.uk/home
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Our tower is illuminated in red to show support of The Scottish Poppy Appeal from 4-12 November.
The Scottish Poppy Appeal raises vital funds to provide support for service families, veterans and those currently serving.
Learn more: www.poppyscotland.org.uk/home
The Scottish Poppy Appeal raises vital funds to provide support for service families, veterans and those currently serving.
Learn more: www.poppyscotland.org.uk/home
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Thanks to Maria Lindström for a great tour of Masterby 1361 battlefield in Gotland yesterday. Grateful to see another rare example of the sort of archaeology a medieval battle can leave behind. Do need to paint those figures on the diorama though!
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Thanks to Maria Lindström for a great tour of Masterby 1361 battlefield in Gotland yesterday. Grateful to see another rare example of the sort of archaeology a medieval battle can leave behind. Do need to paint those figures on the diorama though!
“Remembering & Forgetting Wellington’s Irish Soldiers”. Join us this Thursday, 6 November at 5.15pm, in the Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens @uofglasgow.bsky.social, to hear Dr Catriona Kennedy (University of York) speak on this topic. Link to further details & sign up in the next post.
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“Remembering & Forgetting Wellington’s Irish Soldiers”. Join us this Thursday, 6 November at 5.15pm, in the Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens @uofglasgow.bsky.social, to hear Dr Catriona Kennedy (University of York) speak on this topic. Link to further details & sign up in the next post.
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This is one of the most important contributions to the study of the US Armywritten in the last decade. 80 percent of Black GI’s were service troops, who played an unheralded and important role in not only winning the war, but changing racial attitudes in the army.
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639007/
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639007/
Building Bridges
The previously overlooked story of how the labor of Black GIs helped win the war and advanced racial integration in the US armed forces.More than 80 percent ...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is one of the most important contributions to the study of the US Armywritten in the last decade. 80 percent of Black GI’s were service troops, who played an unheralded and important role in not only winning the war, but changing racial attitudes in the army.
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639007/
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700639007/
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New Empire Club podcast on 'John Buchan, the 39 Steps and Scottish Imperialism' @sahavoice.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social @scotunipress.bsky.social
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Empire Club: John Buchan, The 39 Steps, & Scottish Imperialism
Podcast Episode · Empire · 03/11/2025 · Bonus · Subscribers Only · 34m
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November 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
New Empire Club podcast on 'John Buchan, the 39 Steps and Scottish Imperialism' @sahavoice.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social @scotunipress.bsky.social
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In 1944, Helen Duncan was the last person jailed under the 1735 Witchcraft act, for false claims to procure spirits. A #WW2 security measure, it is suggested authorities feared her leaking military secrets (possibly D-Day?). Churchill wrote the charge was "Obsolete Tomfoolery". #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
In 1944, Helen Duncan was the last person jailed under the 1735 Witchcraft act, for false claims to procure spirits. A #WW2 security measure, it is suggested authorities feared her leaking military secrets (possibly D-Day?). Churchill wrote the charge was "Obsolete Tomfoolery". #Halloween
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Archaeologists from @uofgartshums.bsky.social and @n-t-s.bsky.social have uncovered more than 100 Jacobite projectiles at Culloden Battlefield.
Led by NTS DerekAlexander and UofG's Prof Tony Pollard, the discoveries offer new insight into the final moments of the 1746 battle. ⛏️
Led by NTS DerekAlexander and UofG's Prof Tony Pollard, the discoveries offer new insight into the final moments of the 1746 battle. ⛏️
Archaeologists recover hundreds of Jacobite projectiles in unexplored area of Culloden
Archaeologists from the University of Glasgow and the National Trust for Scotland have recovered more than 100 projectiles, including lead musket balls and cannon shot, from Culloden Battlefield.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Archaeologists from @uofgartshums.bsky.social and @n-t-s.bsky.social have uncovered more than 100 Jacobite projectiles at Culloden Battlefield.
Led by NTS DerekAlexander and UofG's Prof Tony Pollard, the discoveries offer new insight into the final moments of the 1746 battle. ⛏️
Led by NTS DerekAlexander and UofG's Prof Tony Pollard, the discoveries offer new insight into the final moments of the 1746 battle. ⛏️
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Sudanese army cedes Darfur to paramilitary group amid fears of mass killings https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/10/28/sudan-civil-war-mass-killing/5881761665076/
Sudanese army cedes Darfur to paramilitary group amid fears of mass killings - UPI.com
More than two years after the start of Sudan's civil war, the nation's military has ceded nearly all of Darfur to a paramilitary group in an effort to prevent more death and destruction there.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Sudanese army cedes Darfur to paramilitary group amid fears of mass killings https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/10/28/sudan-civil-war-mass-killing/5881761665076/
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A piece I produced recently for the PBS News Hour on the impact of the civil war in Sudan on the country's rich cultural heritage:
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Sudan's cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war
Sudan’s civil war has become a humanitarian catastrophe of staggering scale, marked by famine, ethnic cleansing and sexual violence. Over three years, an estimated 150,000 people have been killed, and...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A piece I produced recently for the PBS News Hour on the impact of the civil war in Sudan on the country's rich cultural heritage:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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The story deepens! We now know the person who brought a #Roman tombstone to New Orleans was a US soldier stationed in Italy during WW2; I like to think that Sextus Congenius Verus - the tombstone 'owner', & a military man himself - would have understood...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Roman grave marker found in New Orleans yard left there by US soldier’s granddaughter
Erin Scott O’Brien says grandfather Charles Paddock brought back artifact with him from second world war
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October 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The story deepens! We now know the person who brought a #Roman tombstone to New Orleans was a US soldier stationed in Italy during WW2; I like to think that Sextus Congenius Verus - the tombstone 'owner', & a military man himself - would have understood...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Under less than perfect circumstances, a new government is heading to Damascus. But events continue to remind us that Syria's politics go far beyond elections, writes Dr Serhat Erkmen in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Syria's First Post-Assad Election: Analysis from Damascus
Under less than perfect circumstances, a new government is heading to Damascus. But events continue to remind us that Syria's politics go far beyond elections.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Under less than perfect circumstances, a new government is heading to Damascus. But events continue to remind us that Syria's politics go far beyond elections, writes Dr Serhat Erkmen in the latest RUSI Commentary.
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Today in 1963, the Limited Test Ban Treaty—shown being signed by President John F. Kennedy on October 7 after US Senate ratification—entered into force, ending 18 years of unconstrained atmospheric nuclear testing by the United States (215 tests), the Soviet Union (219), and the United Kingdom (21).
October 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Today in 1963, the Limited Test Ban Treaty—shown being signed by President John F. Kennedy on October 7 after US Senate ratification—entered into force, ending 18 years of unconstrained atmospheric nuclear testing by the United States (215 tests), the Soviet Union (219), and the United Kingdom (21).
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On the night of 31st August-1st September 1940, a sortie by Royal Navy destroyers to lay mines off the Dutch coast went disastrously wrong. Shortly before 11pm, a large group of German ships was reported off Terschelling, leading to fears that they may be part of an invasion force
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August 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
On the night of 31st August-1st September 1940, a sortie by Royal Navy destroyers to lay mines off the Dutch coast went disastrously wrong. Shortly before 11pm, a large group of German ships was reported off Terschelling, leading to fears that they may be part of an invasion force
#NavalHistory
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#NavalHistory
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Today in 1983, a Soviet Su-15 interceptor shot down a Boeing 747 operating as Korean Air Lines Flight 007 en route from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, killing 269 passengers and crew, after it accidentally strayed into restricted airspace over the Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island.
September 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Today in 1983, a Soviet Su-15 interceptor shot down a Boeing 747 operating as Korean Air Lines Flight 007 en route from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, killing 269 passengers and crew, after it accidentally strayed into restricted airspace over the Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island.
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The Haulers memorial. Pays tribute to those who dragged the Vietnam People’s Army artillery, including 105mm howitzers captured from the Americans by Chinese in Korean War, through the mountains. A move which sealed fate of entrenched French Union forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
August 31, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The Haulers memorial. Pays tribute to those who dragged the Vietnam People’s Army artillery, including 105mm howitzers captured from the Americans by Chinese in Korean War, through the mountains. A move which sealed fate of entrenched French Union forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
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Dien Bien Phu. Sunset over Laos from Dominique 2. This position was manned by Moroccan, Algerian and T’ai troops when it fell to 209th regiment of the Vietnam People’s Army on night of 30/31 March 1954.
August 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Dien Bien Phu. Sunset over Laos from Dominique 2. This position was manned by Moroccan, Algerian and T’ai troops when it fell to 209th regiment of the Vietnam People’s Army on night of 30/31 March 1954.
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OTD 1819 Peterloo Massacre. 18 killed & hundreds wounded when pro-democracy meeting of c.60,000 people charged by Cheshire yeomanry, Manchester & Salford Yeomanry & 15th Hussars with 31st & 88th Regts & artillery also deployed. 15th fought at Waterloo & a Waterloo veteran among marchers killed.
August 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
OTD 1819 Peterloo Massacre. 18 killed & hundreds wounded when pro-democracy meeting of c.60,000 people charged by Cheshire yeomanry, Manchester & Salford Yeomanry & 15th Hussars with 31st & 88th Regts & artillery also deployed. 15th fought at Waterloo & a Waterloo veteran among marchers killed.
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Another reminder of the war in the Far East for VJ Day 80:
When we were first given this battered old Officer’s cap it was covered in cobwebs and dust, with several holes in the fabric, and, at first glance, looked like something that had been used for amateur theatre.
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When we were first given this battered old Officer’s cap it was covered in cobwebs and dust, with several holes in the fabric, and, at first glance, looked like something that had been used for amateur theatre.
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August 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Another reminder of the war in the Far East for VJ Day 80:
When we were first given this battered old Officer’s cap it was covered in cobwebs and dust, with several holes in the fabric, and, at first glance, looked like something that had been used for amateur theatre.
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When we were first given this battered old Officer’s cap it was covered in cobwebs and dust, with several holes in the fabric, and, at first glance, looked like something that had been used for amateur theatre.
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Where they were tasked with peace keeping duties. Witnessing the aftermath of Japanese occupation would stay with Ted for the rest of his life and like many who fought in the Far East it was not until 1947 that he finally returned home.
August 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Where they were tasked with peace keeping duties. Witnessing the aftermath of Japanese occupation would stay with Ted for the rest of his life and like many who fought in the Far East it was not until 1947 that he finally returned home.
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We often hear that #VJDay marks ‘the end of the Second World War’. It may have marked the end of hostilities but war service continued for many for years after. My Grandad, Capt Ted Syms of 44 Royal Marine Commando, was posted to Hong Kong. Here 3 Cdo Provost Detachment set up base on Lantau
August 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We often hear that #VJDay marks ‘the end of the Second World War’. It may have marked the end of hostilities but war service continued for many for years after. My Grandad, Capt Ted Syms of 44 Royal Marine Commando, was posted to Hong Kong. Here 3 Cdo Provost Detachment set up base on Lantau
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Medieval war galleys
Ancient Roman and Greek war galleys are famous for their use of an underwater ram as their main armament. Rams fell out of use by the Sixth Century when more resilient hull designs made them obselete. Later Byzantine warships used a heavy spur ... (1/2)
Ancient Roman and Greek war galleys are famous for their use of an underwater ram as their main armament. Rams fell out of use by the Sixth Century when more resilient hull designs made them obselete. Later Byzantine warships used a heavy spur ... (1/2)
August 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Medieval war galleys
Ancient Roman and Greek war galleys are famous for their use of an underwater ram as their main armament. Rams fell out of use by the Sixth Century when more resilient hull designs made them obselete. Later Byzantine warships used a heavy spur ... (1/2)
Ancient Roman and Greek war galleys are famous for their use of an underwater ram as their main armament. Rams fell out of use by the Sixth Century when more resilient hull designs made them obselete. Later Byzantine warships used a heavy spur ... (1/2)
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Incredibly the atomic bomb air crews visited Nagasaki a few weeks after they'd bombed it. For some crew members what they saw would haunt them for the rest of their lives...
Listen here 🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode416/
#Hiroshima #Nagasaki #nuclearbomb
Listen here 🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode416/
#Hiroshima #Nagasaki #nuclearbomb
August 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Incredibly the atomic bomb air crews visited Nagasaki a few weeks after they'd bombed it. For some crew members what they saw would haunt them for the rest of their lives...
Listen here 🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode416/
#Hiroshima #Nagasaki #nuclearbomb
Listen here 🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode416/
#Hiroshima #Nagasaki #nuclearbomb