David Lonsdale
@oilplatform.bsky.social
MA in Second World War Studies @LegerBattleTour Guide
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I have just sent the draft of ‘Warsaw: A City At War’ to my editor. It was a rather different project, particularly because it’s a collaboration with my amazing daughter Lottie Taylor. Her contribution has, I think, raised the standard hugely.
July 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I have just sent the draft of ‘Warsaw: A City At War’ to my editor. It was a rather different project, particularly because it’s a collaboration with my amazing daughter Lottie Taylor. Her contribution has, I think, raised the standard hugely.
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Only the briefest of time at Arnhem today, but always special to be back here. All the veterans I knew have gone, and despite the fact I’ve been here many many times, the connection never diminishes: there is just something about it, it’s both as simple and complex as that.
March 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Only the briefest of time at Arnhem today, but always special to be back here. All the veterans I knew have gone, and despite the fact I’ve been here many many times, the connection never diminishes: there is just something about it, it’s both as simple and complex as that.
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Ended the day with @battlefieldben.bsky.social & @mrmarkallen.bsky.social at Holten Canadian War Cemetery to remember Canada’s sacrifice in the Netherlands and Germany 1945.
March 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ended the day with @battlefieldben.bsky.social & @mrmarkallen.bsky.social at Holten Canadian War Cemetery to remember Canada’s sacrifice in the Netherlands and Germany 1945.
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WW1 on Film: Our World War. In the latest Old Front Line #podcast we look at this BBC Drama series from 2014 and ask a decade on is it still relevant, and what does it tell us about the Great War?
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WW1 on Film: Our World War
Our World War was a three-part BBC Drama series for the Great War Centenary in 2014 covering the fighting at Mons in 1914, the Somme in 1916 and the Battle of Amiens in 1918. It pioneered a new app…
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February 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
WW1 on Film: Our World War. In the latest Old Front Line #podcast we look at this BBC Drama series from 2014 and ask a decade on is it still relevant, and what does it tell us about the Great War?
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/02/08/w...
oldfrontline.co.uk/2025/02/08/w...
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I hope all my #podcast friends have some amazing #SpotifyWrapped2024 results! I was surprised how young my audience has become with 26% now under 34 and pleased that this episode was so popular as it was a subject very dear to me.
December 4, 2024 at 6:55 PM
I hope all my #podcast friends have some amazing #SpotifyWrapped2024 results! I was surprised how young my audience has become with 26% now under 34 and pleased that this episode was so popular as it was a subject very dear to me.
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It’s really important to follow @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social - and it’s never felt more relevant in a Europe once more witness to conflict. My grandmother’s family who remained in France after 1900 died here in 1944: faces and people I will never know.
Auschwitz II-Birkenau
The main gate of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp & the freight car, which is situated at the unloading and selection platform inside the camp.
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The main gate of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp & the freight car, which is situated at the unloading and selection platform inside the camp.
(Photos: buff.ly/4fOYiwi)
November 27, 2024 at 4:50 PM
It’s really important to follow @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social - and it’s never felt more relevant in a Europe once more witness to conflict. My grandmother’s family who remained in France after 1900 died here in 1944: faces and people I will never know.
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I’ve updated this a little just as a heads-up as I’m finding the search on here hard to find people!! Hope you find it useful.
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November 16, 2024 at 6:20 PM
I’ve updated this a little just as a heads-up as I’m finding the search on here hard to find people!! Hope you find it useful.
go.bsky.app/37xbhat
go.bsky.app/37xbhat
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If you are on the Surrey-Hampshire border and want an evening of history check the link.
I will be talking at Fernhurst Hub next Thursday evening (21 Nov @ 19:30) on the @lre_foundation and the build up to D-Day.
www.tickettailor.com/events/fernh...
I will be talking at Fernhurst Hub next Thursday evening (21 Nov @ 19:30) on the @lre_foundation and the build up to D-Day.
www.tickettailor.com/events/fernh...
Buy tickets – The Build-Up to D-Day - a talk by Ben Mayne – The Fernhurst Hub
It is well-known that 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when the allied armies landed on the beaches of Normandy and he...
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November 15, 2024 at 12:22 PM
If you are on the Surrey-Hampshire border and want an evening of history check the link.
I will be talking at Fernhurst Hub next Thursday evening (21 Nov @ 19:30) on the @lre_foundation and the build up to D-Day.
www.tickettailor.com/events/fernh...
I will be talking at Fernhurst Hub next Thursday evening (21 Nov @ 19:30) on the @lre_foundation and the build up to D-Day.
www.tickettailor.com/events/fernh...
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You can follow me on X as well where lots of content is posted. A very good source of military history conversations and posts.
November 11, 2024 at 1:25 PM
You can follow me on X as well where lots of content is posted. A very good source of military history conversations and posts.
It’s finally here 😃
September 26, 2024 at 12:49 PM
It’s finally here 😃
New book on horizon??
Drawing maps of Berlin 1945 is slow work, even with the excellent Red Army map as my source. But it makes me contemplate with amazement the work that must have been needed back in the day to make the A-Z books of my younger years. No computers, all done by hand ...
September 22, 2024 at 7:05 PM
New book on horizon??
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Another translated edition!
September 21, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Another translated edition!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,812,571!
September 22, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,812,571!
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Exhibiting The Great War: In the latest Old Front Line podcast we visit an exhibition about #WW1 cemeteries at In Flanders Fields Museum & see a new gallery at the Imperial War Museum and ask what they can tell us about the history & landscape of the Great War.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2024/02/24/e...
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Exhibiting The Great War
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3L4uTP8gguu4lSp5w8UKBQ?si=JJXRNcajQ_OU0W3aLT-Emw We look at two exhibitions in two key institutions that connect us to the history of the Great War: the In Flanders Fi...
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February 25, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Exhibiting The Great War: In the latest Old Front Line podcast we visit an exhibition about #WW1 cemeteries at In Flanders Fields Museum & see a new gallery at the Imperial War Museum and ask what they can tell us about the history & landscape of the Great War.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2024/02/24/e...
oldfrontline.co.uk/2024/02/24/e...
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Despatches: The Dead Man’s Penny. In this latest from my Old Front Line podcast we look at the story of the bronze next of kin memorial plaque designed to commemorate the fallen of the Great War.
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The Dead Man’s Penny
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fgHxzhVF7BOq5yvtMb8Xl?si=66gvUNN2RCKOycTlMILAnw While the Great War was still on the British Government decided to produce a Next of Kin Memorial Plaque for all those...
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January 23, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Despatches: The Dead Man’s Penny. In this latest from my Old Front Line podcast we look at the story of the bronze next of kin memorial plaque designed to commemorate the fallen of the Great War.
oldfrontline.co.uk/2024/01/20/t...
oldfrontline.co.uk/2024/01/20/t...
Soviet War Memorial Treptow this morning. More than 7,000 Red Army soldiers killed in the Battle of Berlin are buried here. Even more atmospheric and poignant in the snow.
January 19, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Soviet War Memorial Treptow this morning. More than 7,000 Red Army soldiers killed in the Battle of Berlin are buried here. Even more atmospheric and poignant in the snow.
Day two around Berlin. Berlin Commonwealth War Gravesite & Gedenkstatte Plötzensee Prison, such a horrendous place of torture & execution.
January 18, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Day two around Berlin. Berlin Commonwealth War Gravesite & Gedenkstatte Plötzensee Prison, such a horrendous place of torture & execution.
Berlin today, not as cold as it looks 🥶
January 17, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Berlin today, not as cold as it looks 🥶
Berlin bound today 😎, loads to pack across 3 days.
January 16, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Berlin bound today 😎, loads to pack across 3 days.
I did mine “for fun” , I must admit I wished I’d of done it a few years ago. When fun was a bit cheaper 😂😂
Fuck him, what's wrong with doing things "for fun"? Not everything needs some monetary value attached to it
January 12, 2024 at 11:03 PM
I did mine “for fun” , I must admit I wished I’d of done it a few years ago. When fun was a bit cheaper 😂😂
Nice, not had for a few years.. makes a lush sandwich with ham 😁
From the local butcher!
January 5, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Nice, not had for a few years.. makes a lush sandwich with ham 😁
Homemade pease pudding ?
🗃️ 2300 words written on the experiences of a Bomber Command minelaying crew in early 1944, followed by ham and pease pudding sandwiches. The perfect Friday 😂 #invisiblecampaign
January 5, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Homemade pease pudding ?