Chris Sams
@jerijerod14.bsky.social
World War 1 & 2 Naval historian, also likes RAF bombers & the Luftwaffe between 1935-45. Working on Bristol Beauforts & WW1 U-boats.
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For anyone who has been following my Battle of Java series - here’s the next part, free to read…
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"That Dutchman has more guts than brains"
The Java Seas night action and the end of ABDACommand's fleet
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November 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
For anyone who has been following my Battle of Java series - here’s the next part, free to read…
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
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Polish casualties were reported as 15 dead, 13 seriously wounded, and between 25 and 40 lightly wounded.
This was partly because the shells did not explode due to the extremely close range.
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This was partly because the shells did not explode due to the extremely close range.
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Battle of Westerplatte - Wikipedia
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September 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Polish casualties were reported as 15 dead, 13 seriously wounded, and between 25 and 40 lightly wounded.
This was partly because the shells did not explode due to the extremely close range.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
This was partly because the shells did not explode due to the extremely close range.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
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At 04:45 on 1 September 1939, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on Westerplatte, Danzig, Poland.
German troops then stormed the defences, but Polish soldiers continued to resist until, a week later, they ran out of ammunition and surrendered.
German troops then stormed the defences, but Polish soldiers continued to resist until, a week later, they ran out of ammunition and surrendered.
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN - THE BATTLESHIP THAT STARTED WW2 BY SHELLING WESTERPLATTE İN THE PORT OF GDANSK
YouTube video by Artichaeology
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September 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
At 04:45 on 1 September 1939, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on Westerplatte, Danzig, Poland.
German troops then stormed the defences, but Polish soldiers continued to resist until, a week later, they ran out of ammunition and surrendered.
German troops then stormed the defences, but Polish soldiers continued to resist until, a week later, they ran out of ammunition and surrendered.
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On this day in 1942, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins. In the first engagement, which turned into a true "Fire away Flanagan," the US Navy loses two light cruisers, two destroyers, and Admirals Callaghan and Scott.
The Japanese lose the battleship Hiei and two destroyers.
The Japanese lose the battleship Hiei and two destroyers.
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
On this day in 1942, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins. In the first engagement, which turned into a true "Fire away Flanagan," the US Navy loses two light cruisers, two destroyers, and Admirals Callaghan and Scott.
The Japanese lose the battleship Hiei and two destroyers.
The Japanese lose the battleship Hiei and two destroyers.
This week’s free to read asks (and gives my opinion) on whether the Franklin expedition men turned to Canabilism, is there a legal precedent for men at sea eating one another and some Monty Python…
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#navalhistory #history
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#navalhistory #history
Canabalism on the tundra
The grim end for the Franklin expedition sailors
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November 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This week’s free to read asks (and gives my opinion) on whether the Franklin expedition men turned to Canabilism, is there a legal precedent for men at sea eating one another and some Monty Python…
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/canabalism...
#navalhistory #history
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/canabalism...
#navalhistory #history
This week’s podcast is on a naval accident off Folkestone in 1878…
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#navalhistory #podcast
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This week’s podcast is on a naval accident off Folkestone in 1878…
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#navalhistory #podcast
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#navalhistory #podcast
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Long before Edmund Beaufort and Richard of York became sworn enemies, they were young men working together trying to rescue England's weakening position in France. Today I look at the 1436 Siege of Calais when Beaufort made his military reputation and became an English hero. 🔗👆🏾
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Long before Edmund Beaufort and Richard of York became sworn enemies, they were young men working together trying to rescue England's weakening position in France. Today I look at the 1436 Siege of Calais when Beaufort made his military reputation and became an English hero. 🔗👆🏾
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Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
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New episode! The Yarmouth Castle sank on Nov 13, 1965 after burning out of control while on a short cruise from Miami to Nassau. Authors of "Yarmouth Castle Burning," Captains Eric Takakjian and Randall Peffer join me.
www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com/95
#maritimehistory #history #shipwreck
www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com/95
#maritimehistory #history #shipwreck
Yarmouth Castle Burning
The Deadliest Passenger Ship Disaster off the Coast of the United States Since 1934
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November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New episode! The Yarmouth Castle sank on Nov 13, 1965 after burning out of control while on a short cruise from Miami to Nassau. Authors of "Yarmouth Castle Burning," Captains Eric Takakjian and Randall Peffer join me.
www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com/95
#maritimehistory #history #shipwreck
www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com/95
#maritimehistory #history #shipwreck
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So the first look on the finale of the Java Seas battle is up for the subscribers!
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
So the first look on the finale of the Java Seas battle is up for the subscribers!
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
So the first look on the finale of the Java Seas battle is up for the subscribers!
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
So the first look on the finale of the Java Seas battle is up for the subscribers!
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
A sad end for a force that has faced all kinds of handicaps from the moment it was formed!
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-dutch...
#WW2 #navalhistory #pacific
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Cutest Fresko devil ever 🤗
Greetings from Sighisoara Schässburg Segesvar
Greetings from Sighisoara Schässburg Segesvar
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Cutest Fresko devil ever 🤗
Greetings from Sighisoara Schässburg Segesvar
Greetings from Sighisoara Schässburg Segesvar
Just finishing up some bits for this week's substack releases... Tomorrow (for the paid subscribers) is the first look at the night action of the Battle of Java Seas (1942) with general release on Saturday...
Podcast is on an early German Navy accident in the Channel and Thursday is on canabalism
Podcast is on an early German Navy accident in the Channel and Thursday is on canabalism
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Just finishing up some bits for this week's substack releases... Tomorrow (for the paid subscribers) is the first look at the night action of the Battle of Java Seas (1942) with general release on Saturday...
Podcast is on an early German Navy accident in the Channel and Thursday is on canabalism
Podcast is on an early German Navy accident in the Channel and Thursday is on canabalism
#otd 1914 the German cruiser Emden was engaged by the the Australian cruiser Sydney off the Cocos Islands.
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#history #ww1history #navalhistory
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#history #ww1history #navalhistory
The Battle of Cocos
Australia's first Naval battle
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November 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#otd 1914 the German cruiser Emden was engaged by the the Australian cruiser Sydney off the Cocos Islands.
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#history #ww1history #navalhistory
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#history #ww1history #navalhistory
Another dockyard and a different submarine (Ocelot at Chatham)
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Another dockyard and a different submarine (Ocelot at Chatham)
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How the Witch of November doomed the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ #Science #Other hashtag 1: #EdmundFitzgerald 2: #MaritimeHistory 3: #GreatLakes
How the Witch of November doomed the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’
On the afternoon of November 9, 1975, when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald set out on its 746-mile run from Superior, Wisconsin, to Detroit, Michigan, Lake Superior was mostly calm. Even so, the crew likely...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
How the Witch of November doomed the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ #Science #Other hashtag 1: #EdmundFitzgerald 2: #MaritimeHistory 3: #GreatLakes
Had an in-depth conversation with Ollie this morning about the causes of the Great War and the Russian revolutions in 917.
@alexchurchill.bsky.social would be proud of how much he knew and how enthused he was talking about it 😊
@alexchurchill.bsky.social would be proud of how much he knew and how enthused he was talking about it 😊
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Had an in-depth conversation with Ollie this morning about the causes of the Great War and the Russian revolutions in 917.
@alexchurchill.bsky.social would be proud of how much he knew and how enthused he was talking about it 😊
@alexchurchill.bsky.social would be proud of how much he knew and how enthused he was talking about it 😊
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The 15 cm sFH 13/1 (Sf) was a way to turn an old chassis and an old gun into something useful. The short range of the gun meant that the lightly armoured vehicle had to stay close to the enemy and #OTD in 1942 the 15th Panzer Division lost its last one. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Today’s article is for the paid subscribers (which, for less than your finest pint in London or a McDonald’s breakfast a month, you to could be…)
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Stumpf describes the feelings of the High seas fleet and describes the damage.
#ww1 #navalhistory
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Stumpf describes the feelings of the High seas fleet and describes the damage.
#ww1 #navalhistory
A German at Jutland pt. 2
Reinhard Stumpf's account of the fleet after Jutland.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Today’s article is for the paid subscribers (which, for less than your finest pint in London or a McDonald’s breakfast a month, you to could be…)
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/a-german-a...
Stumpf describes the feelings of the High seas fleet and describes the damage.
#ww1 #navalhistory
jerijerod14.substack.com/p/a-german-a...
Stumpf describes the feelings of the High seas fleet and describes the damage.
#ww1 #navalhistory
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🎥 Then & Now
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🎥 Then & Now
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
The Lost Generation | Where they fell
Verdun, Champagne, the Chemin des Dames, Somme, where over a 1.3m young and old French soldiers fell.
Then & now, where they fell, their faces and their memory 🥀
Glimpse below, for the full film 👇 youtu.be/mvFPmB_5K10?si…
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This week’s free to read is comparing the three Axis navies…
Is the Kriegsmarine the poor relation?
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#history #ww2 #navalhistory
Is the Kriegsmarine the poor relation?
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#history #ww2 #navalhistory
The poor relation
Opinion piece on the Axis Navies.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This week’s free to read is comparing the three Axis navies…
Is the Kriegsmarine the poor relation?
open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
Is the Kriegsmarine the poor relation?
open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
This week’s free to read is comparing the three Axis navies…
Is the Kriegsmarine the poor relation?
open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
Is the Kriegsmarine the poor relation?
open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
The poor relation
Opinion piece on the Axis Navies.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This week’s free to read is comparing the three Axis navies…
Is the Kriegsmarine the poor relation?
open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
Is the Kriegsmarine the poor relation?
open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
#history #ww2 #navalhistory
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