Martin Whincup
@whincupm.bsky.social
Chaser or clouds, apparently. Mostly history. Member, Royal Historical Society.
Current research: 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment in N W Europe (1944-45). More at www.manchesterregiment.co.uk
Current research: 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment in N W Europe (1944-45). More at www.manchesterregiment.co.uk
That gave the 1955 film, based partly on Gibson's ENEMY COAST AHEAD, an air of authenticity.
Todd wrote about his own war in a 1986 autobiography and talked about it at length to @I_W_M. The account of a man who wrote letters is worth a listen.
🔊 iwm.org.uk/collections/it…
🧵 5/5
Todd wrote about his own war in a 1986 autobiography and talked about it at length to @I_W_M. The account of a man who wrote letters is worth a listen.
🔊 iwm.org.uk/collections/it…
🧵 5/5
May 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
That gave the 1955 film, based partly on Gibson's ENEMY COAST AHEAD, an air of authenticity.
Todd wrote about his own war in a 1986 autobiography and talked about it at length to @I_W_M. The account of a man who wrote letters is worth a listen.
🔊 iwm.org.uk/collections/it…
🧵 5/5
Todd wrote about his own war in a 1986 autobiography and talked about it at length to @I_W_M. The account of a man who wrote letters is worth a listen.
🔊 iwm.org.uk/collections/it…
🧵 5/5
By the time Captain Todd was demobilised, he had seen active service in N W Europe and Palestine.
He would claim military experience gave him - and much of the rest of the cast - the perfect grounding for THE DAM BUSTERS. Each knew instinctively how to act in uniform.
🧵 4/5
He would claim military experience gave him - and much of the rest of the cast - the perfect grounding for THE DAM BUSTERS. Each knew instinctively how to act in uniform.
🧵 4/5
May 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
By the time Captain Todd was demobilised, he had seen active service in N W Europe and Palestine.
He would claim military experience gave him - and much of the rest of the cast - the perfect grounding for THE DAM BUSTERS. Each knew instinctively how to act in uniform.
🧵 4/5
He would claim military experience gave him - and much of the rest of the cast - the perfect grounding for THE DAM BUSTERS. Each knew instinctively how to act in uniform.
🧵 4/5
Todd turned down the offer to portray his own actions in THE LONGEST DAY (1962), claiming it would be too embarrassing and protesting, "I didn't do anything special. I was just there... nothing to make a film about."
Instead, he played Maj John Howard on Pegasus Bridge.
🧵 3/5
Instead, he played Maj John Howard on Pegasus Bridge.
🧵 3/5
May 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Todd turned down the offer to portray his own actions in THE LONGEST DAY (1962), claiming it would be too embarrassing and protesting, "I didn't do anything special. I was just there... nothing to make a film about."
Instead, he played Maj John Howard on Pegasus Bridge.
🧵 3/5
Instead, he played Maj John Howard on Pegasus Bridge.
🧵 3/5
Todd joined the army in 1939 and, after being blown up by the Luftwaffe while at Sandhurst, was commissioned into the KOYLI in 1941.
While Gibson's wartime wings came from the RAF, Todd's came courtesy of @TheParachuteReg, with which he would drop into Normandy on D-Day.
🧵 2/5
While Gibson's wartime wings came from the RAF, Todd's came courtesy of @TheParachuteReg, with which he would drop into Normandy on D-Day.
🧵 2/5
May 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Todd joined the army in 1939 and, after being blown up by the Luftwaffe while at Sandhurst, was commissioned into the KOYLI in 1941.
While Gibson's wartime wings came from the RAF, Todd's came courtesy of @TheParachuteReg, with which he would drop into Normandy on D-Day.
🧵 2/5
While Gibson's wartime wings came from the RAF, Todd's came courtesy of @TheParachuteReg, with which he would drop into Normandy on D-Day.
🧵 2/5
Plenty who served during the war - about half of Thatcher's first cabinet had done so, many with distinction (Carrington, Pym and Whitelaw all had MCs, Soames the Croix de Guerre and Joseph had been mentioned in despatches).
Alan Allport has an interesting take on the impact it had on them.
Alan Allport has an interesting take on the impact it had on them.
May 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Plenty who served during the war - about half of Thatcher's first cabinet had done so, many with distinction (Carrington, Pym and Whitelaw all had MCs, Soames the Croix de Guerre and Joseph had been mentioned in despatches).
Alan Allport has an interesting take on the impact it had on them.
Alan Allport has an interesting take on the impact it had on them.
After a spell in hospital with TB, Callaghan found himself in Whitehall. There, he was involved with a group which toured naval bases lecturing on the dangers of careless talk. It included actors Jon Pertwee and Harold Warrender and director John Paddy Carstairs.
🧵 3/6 #VEDay80
🧵 3/6 #VEDay80
May 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
After a spell in hospital with TB, Callaghan found himself in Whitehall. There, he was involved with a group which toured naval bases lecturing on the dangers of careless talk. It included actors Jon Pertwee and Harold Warrender and director John Paddy Carstairs.
🧵 3/6 #VEDay80
🧵 3/6 #VEDay80
