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drrichardduckett.bsky.social
@drrichardduckett.bsky.social
Historian: www.soeinburma.com
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League of Nations of course. All those successes by the forerunner to the UN.

Magic membership.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Me too!
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Good job! Well done.
Discipline and effort.
November 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It's the appointments system that needs radical change. Johnson's Baron of Siberia, a life peer who never sits. A hairdresser. His, ahem, daughter not his daughter. Appointments from a lettuce.
Then there needs to be an attendance minimum.
October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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6. The eagerly-awaited first book by engaging historian @lmbd1418.bsky.social "Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945" has recently been published (2025.) It relates the daring exploits of a Commando Brigade which included her grandfather. www.ospreypublishing.com/us/jungle-co...
Jungle Commandos
Drawing on unpublished first-hand accounts, this is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battl…
www.ospreypublishing.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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5. Special Operations Executive (SOE) researcher Richard Duckett wrote his 4th book, "Jungle Warrior: Britain's Greatest SOE Commander" (2025) revealing the epic saga of Lt. Col. Edgar Peacock, who led guerrillas in WW2 Burma. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gom5...
Jungle Warrior (Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Peacock) - Britain’s Greatest SOE Commander
YouTube video by WW2TV
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Some ambulatory is better than none!
October 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Good luck with the important thing Ross!
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Lovely blues skies in beautiful Scotland! My July trip has some contrast!

Also had some blue skies eventually though!
October 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
It dunt maik nooo sense.
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It is quite fun to play with though! I tried to get it to make tanks at Imphal. Ludicrous results.
October 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Still waiting on all those new hospitals that Johnson promised.

And a garden bridge that cost £53m but never materialised.

And a Russia Report.

And criminal proceedings for PPE scandal.

And not forgetting £350m a week

Ad infinitum.
October 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM