So THIS happened! #NormandySailors is out in the wild from 9 April.
April 7, 2024 at 8:07 AM
So THIS happened! #NormandySailors is out in the wild from 9 April.
That’s it! #NormandySailors is out of my hands. Index & final comments submitted, maps and images signed off. Thanks to all who’ve supplied such lovely endorsements❤️ Out in the world in time for #DDay80 ! @yalebooks.bsky.social @jogodfrey.bsky.social
January 12, 2024 at 11:38 AM
That’s it! #NormandySailors is out of my hands. Index & final comments submitted, maps and images signed off. Thanks to all who’ve supplied such lovely endorsements❤️ Out in the world in time for #DDay80 ! @yalebooks.bsky.social @jogodfrey.bsky.social
Just flicked on Saving Private Ryan, which for the record I like, but it reminds me why I wrote #NormandySailors. Naval gunfire support, in particular destroyers operating impossibly close inshore, were arguably the difference between success & failure at Omaha. Where are they?
November 13, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Just flicked on Saving Private Ryan, which for the record I like, but it reminds me why I wrote #NormandySailors. Naval gunfire support, in particular destroyers operating impossibly close inshore, were arguably the difference between success & failure at Omaha. Where are they?
Nice to see Operation Postage Able getting some attention from @BBCSouthNews You will be able to read more about this and other COPP operations in #NormandySailors when it’s out! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv28w27r8ddo
Operation Postage Able: The top secret mission before D-Day
Small submarines helped with the planning of D-Day.
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Nice to see Operation Postage Able getting some attention from @BBCSouthNews You will be able to read more about this and other COPP operations in #NormandySailors when it’s out! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv28w27r8ddo
I really need to start podding about #NormandySailors - any interest @WW2TV @HistoryHit @WeHaveWaysPod @hack_history ??? @YaleBooks
November 13, 2024 at 1:19 PM
I really need to start podding about #NormandySailors - any interest @WW2TV @HistoryHit @WeHaveWaysPod @hack_history ??? @YaleBooks
So excited & proud to report that I'm having a belated launch event for #NormandySailors at @KingsCollegeLon on 10 October, almost 30 years to the day since I handed in my dissertation & finished my MA in War Studies. @YaleBooks @jo_godfrey @Laughtonunit...
November 13, 2024 at 12:25 PM
So excited & proud to report that I'm having a belated launch event for #NormandySailors at @KingsCollegeLon on 10 October, almost 30 years to the day since I handed in my dissertation & finished my MA in War Studies. @YaleBooks @jo_godfrey @Laughtonunit...
#NormandySailors presents the work of the Allied navies as a forgotten naval battle, the Battle of the Seine Bay, although geographically it spread well outside that congested and vulnerable body of water. 📷@USNavy
November 13, 2024 at 2:54 PM
#NormandySailors presents the work of the Allied navies as a forgotten naval battle, the Battle of the Seine Bay, although geographically it spread well outside that congested and vulnerable body of water. 📷@USNavy
So now that I’ve finished #NormandySailors #DDay reading for a while I’ve challenged myself to read some books which have been on my shelves for FAR too long without being read cover to cover. These were the first. It’s been an extraordinary, illuminating but grueling journey.
November 13, 2024 at 12:51 PM
So now that I’ve finished #NormandySailors #DDay reading for a while I’ve challenged myself to read some books which have been on my shelves for FAR too long without being read cover to cover. These were the first. It’s been an extraordinary, illuminating but grueling journey.
Holy moly, over 4,000, mainly thanks to the huge plug from @ReassessHistory Thanks so much to you all for your interest, will get something out about #NormandySailors tomorrow, night all :)
November 13, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Holy moly, over 4,000, mainly thanks to the huge plug from @ReassessHistory Thanks so much to you all for your interest, will get something out about #NormandySailors tomorrow, night all :)
Here's a quick 🧵on how I came to write #NormandySailors for the amazing @YaleBooks The naval history of the Normandy campaign cast a spell on me early on in my career. I was once asked which historical event I'd like to have seen & I answered ‘D-Day’ straightaway! @jo_godfrey
November 13, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Here's a quick 🧵on how I came to write #NormandySailors for the amazing @YaleBooks The naval history of the Normandy campaign cast a spell on me early on in my career. I was once asked which historical event I'd like to have seen & I answered ‘D-Day’ straightaway! @jo_godfrey
When Force S left Spithead, Talbot’s HQ ship HMS Largs hoisted the signal ‘Good Luck. Drive On’, keeping it flying until the last ship left...7th ML Flotilla played a popular song called ‘We Don’t Know Where We’re Going (Until We’re There)’. #Elan #Drama #NormandySailors #DDay80
November 13, 2024 at 12:39 PM
When Force S left Spithead, Talbot’s HQ ship HMS Largs hoisted the signal ‘Good Luck. Drive On’, keeping it flying until the last ship left...7th ML Flotilla played a popular song called ‘We Don’t Know Where We’re Going (Until We’re There)’. #Elan #Drama #NormandySailors #DDay80
Of course, I’ll look at D-Day & what it was like to operate off Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah areas. But unlike most accounts of the Normandy campaign, which immediately rush ashore with the soldiers, and then stay there, #NormandySailors will be staying afloat. 📷IWM A23720a
November 13, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Of course, I’ll look at D-Day & what it was like to operate off Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah areas. But unlike most accounts of the Normandy campaign, which immediately rush ashore with the soldiers, and then stay there, #NormandySailors will be staying afloat. 📷IWM A23720a
After a quick canter from the fall of France in 1940 to August 1943, #NormandySailors will describe the early actions fought to establish dominance over the Seine Bay and how the invasion was planned, how the fleet was assembled and how the sailors were trained. 📷IWM H3821
November 13, 2024 at 2:54 PM
After a quick canter from the fall of France in 1940 to August 1943, #NormandySailors will describe the early actions fought to establish dominance over the Seine Bay and how the invasion was planned, how the fleet was assembled and how the sailors were trained. 📷IWM H3821
Once again, huge thanks to all of you who have taken the time to leave such incredibly positive reviews for #NormandySailors on @amazon ❤️
Normandy: the Sailors' Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France https://amzn.eu/d/81LnztP #Amazon
Normandy: the Sailors' Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France https://amzn.eu/d/81LnztP #Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
amzn.eu
November 13, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Once again, huge thanks to all of you who have taken the time to leave such incredibly positive reviews for #NormandySailors on @amazon ❤️
Normandy: the Sailors' Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France https://amzn.eu/d/81LnztP #Amazon
Normandy: the Sailors' Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France https://amzn.eu/d/81LnztP #Amazon
At least 200,000 Allied sailors took part in Neptune, & more fought the wider battle. They weren't taxi drivers, but active combatants, maintaining a ceaseless watch & making the Bay history's greatest defended encampment. I hope I’ve done them justice. #NormandySailors. 📷@I_W_M
November 13, 2024 at 2:59 PM
At least 200,000 Allied sailors took part in Neptune, & more fought the wider battle. They weren't taxi drivers, but active combatants, maintaining a ceaseless watch & making the Bay history's greatest defended encampment. I hope I’ve done them justice. #NormandySailors. 📷@I_W_M
Signing today with the lovely folk in the Orcadian Bookshop #NormandySailors
November 13, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Signing today with the lovely folk in the Orcadian Bookshop #NormandySailors
So this is EXCITING! So thrilled with the paperback edition of #NormandySailors Fab job from @jogodfrey.bsky.social and the @yalebooks.bsky.social team. What do y’all think? I’m loving the blue, I guess I’m just a stereotype #navalhistorian out for preorder now!
March 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
So this is EXCITING! So thrilled with the paperback edition of #NormandySailors Fab job from @jogodfrey.bsky.social and the @yalebooks.bsky.social team. What do y’all think? I’m loving the blue, I guess I’m just a stereotype #navalhistorian out for preorder now!
Peer review comments incorporated. Glossary, bibliography and maps added. Manuscript submitted. 25gb worth of national archives document files deleted - scary!! - they’re all on a hard drive, I’m not stupid (!) but I could hear my laptop sign with relief! 😂#NormandySailors
November 13, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Peer review comments incorporated. Glossary, bibliography and maps added. Manuscript submitted. 25gb worth of national archives document files deleted - scary!! - they’re all on a hard drive, I’m not stupid (!) but I could hear my laptop sign with relief! 😂#NormandySailors
Final corrections in! HAPPY NEW YEAR! #NormandySailors @jo_godfrey @YaleBooks
November 13, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Final corrections in! HAPPY NEW YEAR! #NormandySailors @jo_godfrey @YaleBooks
The Exercise Tiger disaster, 27/28 April 1944 - eighty years ago yesterday. With apologies for being a day late here's my take on it, from #NormandySailors. RIP, we have the watch.
📷 US LST-289 limps into Dartmouth US Navy Photo 80-G-283502
📷 US LST-289 limps into Dartmouth US Navy Photo 80-G-283502
November 13, 2024 at 12:51 PM
The Exercise Tiger disaster, 27/28 April 1944 - eighty years ago yesterday. With apologies for being a day late here's my take on it, from #NormandySailors. RIP, we have the watch.
📷 US LST-289 limps into Dartmouth US Navy Photo 80-G-283502
📷 US LST-289 limps into Dartmouth US Navy Photo 80-G-283502
Sailors in the Seine Bay were not taxi drivers. They were active combatants, maintaining a ceaseless watch by day & night, turning the Seine Bay into the greatest defended encampment in history. Victory in #WW2 depended on them. #NormandySailors is their story. 📷IWM A24208
November 13, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Sailors in the Seine Bay were not taxi drivers. They were active combatants, maintaining a ceaseless watch by day & night, turning the Seine Bay into the greatest defended encampment in history. Victory in #WW2 depended on them. #NormandySailors is their story. 📷IWM A24208
Well this is exciting!! @yalebooks.bsky.social tell me I can now share the cover of my forthcoming book. It looks amazing, I’m so thrilled - it sure feels real now! #NormandySailors out May 2024. @jogodfrey.bsky.social
December 11, 2023 at 5:36 PM
Well this is exciting!! @yalebooks.bsky.social tell me I can now share the cover of my forthcoming book. It looks amazing, I’m so thrilled - it sure feels real now! #NormandySailors out May 2024. @jogodfrey.bsky.social
Sooo this is exciting! The paperback edition of #NormandySailors will be out VERY soon with @yalebooks.bsky.social @jogodfrey.bsky.social Links to 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸 editions below!
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Normandy: the Sailors' Story - Yale University Press London
The first account of the Allied navies’ vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign The Allied liberation ...
yalebooks.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Sooo this is exciting! The paperback edition of #NormandySailors will be out VERY soon with @yalebooks.bsky.social @jogodfrey.bsky.social Links to 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸 editions below!
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Very excited and proud to be giving my Maritime History seminar on #NormandySailors tomorrow, tickets still available!
Thu 10 Oct 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM: King’s Maritime History Seminars: Excellent Planning and Executio…...
Thu 10 Oct 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM: King’s Maritime History Seminars: Excellent Planning and Executio…...
November 13, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Very excited and proud to be giving my Maritime History seminar on #NormandySailors tomorrow, tickets still available!
Thu 10 Oct 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM: King’s Maritime History Seminars: Excellent Planning and Executio…...
Thu 10 Oct 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM: King’s Maritime History Seminars: Excellent Planning and Executio…...
Well that’s probably the most significant and embarrassing typo thrown up by final proofing - thank goodness I caught it!😅 ‘Twas the 7th, obviously, not the 2nd which would have been…challenging…! #NormandySailors
November 13, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Well that’s probably the most significant and embarrassing typo thrown up by final proofing - thank goodness I caught it!😅 ‘Twas the 7th, obviously, not the 2nd which would have been…challenging…! #NormandySailors