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2/2: It’s the perfect mix of humour and honesty. This Advent, we’re opening one letter each day, revealing the voices that rarely make the history books but tell us the most about the human experience of war.
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
2/2: It’s the perfect mix of humour and honesty. This Advent, we’re opening one letter each day, revealing the voices that rarely make the history books but tell us the most about the human experience of war.
3/3: This December, we’ll be sharing 24 snippets of letters home, written by those serving from the 1WW to modern conflict. You'll see the written word full of courage, love, humour and hope. Follow along as we open a new window every day.
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
3/3: This December, we’ll be sharing 24 snippets of letters home, written by those serving from the 1WW to modern conflict. You'll see the written word full of courage, love, humour and hope. Follow along as we open a new window every day.
2/3: One line captures this perfectly. Writing to his mother from the Western Front, Private George Coppard tried to lift her worries with a flash of humour:
“Mother, don’t worry, the rats don’t bite often.”
“Mother, don’t worry, the rats don’t bite often.”
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
2/3: One line captures this perfectly. Writing to his mother from the Western Front, Private George Coppard tried to lift her worries with a flash of humour:
“Mother, don’t worry, the rats don’t bite often.”
“Mother, don’t worry, the rats don’t bite often.”
2/2: Diplomats on both sides struggled to find common ground. Tokyo wanted an end to US economic sanctions. Washington insisted that Japan withdraw from China & SE Asia & withdraw from Axis relationships. By late Nov, neither was willing to compromise & the carriers continued to Hawaii.
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
2/2: Diplomats on both sides struggled to find common ground. Tokyo wanted an end to US economic sanctions. Washington insisted that Japan withdraw from China & SE Asia & withdraw from Axis relationships. By late Nov, neither was willing to compromise & the carriers continued to Hawaii.
3/3:
Cambrai offered military leaders something invaluable: a glimpse of the future, and the first real sense of what a fully mechanised battlefield might one day become.
*Picture of German A7V tanks.
Cambrai offered military leaders something invaluable: a glimpse of the future, and the first real sense of what a fully mechanised battlefield might one day become.
*Picture of German A7V tanks.
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
3/3:
Cambrai offered military leaders something invaluable: a glimpse of the future, and the first real sense of what a fully mechanised battlefield might one day become.
*Picture of German A7V tanks.
Cambrai offered military leaders something invaluable: a glimpse of the future, and the first real sense of what a fully mechanised battlefield might one day become.
*Picture of German A7V tanks.
2/3:
Day 1 delivered remarkable breakthroughs at a pace barely seen in 1917. But Cambrai is also a story of mechanical breakdowns, isolated flanks & a fierce well-coordinated German counter-attack. Within 2 weeks, both sides had been pushed almost back to where they began.
Day 1 delivered remarkable breakthroughs at a pace barely seen in 1917. But Cambrai is also a story of mechanical breakdowns, isolated flanks & a fierce well-coordinated German counter-attack. Within 2 weeks, both sides had been pushed almost back to where they began.
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
2/3:
Day 1 delivered remarkable breakthroughs at a pace barely seen in 1917. But Cambrai is also a story of mechanical breakdowns, isolated flanks & a fierce well-coordinated German counter-attack. Within 2 weeks, both sides had been pushed almost back to where they began.
Day 1 delivered remarkable breakthroughs at a pace barely seen in 1917. But Cambrai is also a story of mechanical breakdowns, isolated flanks & a fierce well-coordinated German counter-attack. Within 2 weeks, both sides had been pushed almost back to where they began.
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Thanks for recognising our story in your blog Sophie - a story which you and Steve are now indelibly part of!
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Thanks for recognising our story in your blog Sophie - a story which you and Steve are now indelibly part of!
2/2: It’s always an honour to help families connect with the places where bravery, service, and sacrifice became part of their own story. @milhistdiddy.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
2/2: It’s always an honour to help families connect with the places where bravery, service, and sacrifice became part of their own story. @milhistdiddy.bsky.social
2/2:
In #Ypres, it is very easy to stand on '14 ground, and see exactly where the German offensives came from, and precisely where bold bloody resistance leapt from too.
Get in touch with the team, we'd love to share our knowledge and their stories.
#WeWillRememberThem
In #Ypres, it is very easy to stand on '14 ground, and see exactly where the German offensives came from, and precisely where bold bloody resistance leapt from too.
Get in touch with the team, we'd love to share our knowledge and their stories.
#WeWillRememberThem
October 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
2/2:
In #Ypres, it is very easy to stand on '14 ground, and see exactly where the German offensives came from, and precisely where bold bloody resistance leapt from too.
Get in touch with the team, we'd love to share our knowledge and their stories.
#WeWillRememberThem
In #Ypres, it is very easy to stand on '14 ground, and see exactly where the German offensives came from, and precisely where bold bloody resistance leapt from too.
Get in touch with the team, we'd love to share our knowledge and their stories.
#WeWillRememberThem