Gideon Saint @GideonSa1nt
💥 WW2 Historical Thriller Author 💥Fiction Editor 💥 IC Member💥 Drake's War: A Tennyson Drake WWII Thriller 💥 https://t.co/Jyua8gpgxV drakeswar.com London, England Joined February 2014-
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What a lovely chap Niven was. Very self-effacing and charming.
What a lovely chap Niven was. Very self-effacing and charming.
Yup! Here’s a 61-year old walking 125km over the Naga Hills in 35 hours…
Yup! Here’s a 61-year old walking 125km over the Naga Hills in 35 hours… https://t.co/iUF0uPVy34
Odette Sansom served as a courier operating within occupied France as part of the Spindle circuit. She was apprehended by Hugo Bleicher, a notorious Abwehr officer, and was subsequently transferred to Ravensbrück concentration camp. She managed to survive. For her exceptional…
The backdrop of Gold Beach and Wn37 providing a great stage for @James1940 and @MikeHistorian to talk about Brothers in Arms on the Normandy tour. Good to be working with these guys and @WeAreTripsmiths #Dday #Dday80
Anti-aircraft tracers in the night sky above Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 28 Apr 1945; note US Marine Corps Corsair fighters in foreground
A thread: I have only read this article and NOT the book from which it derives, but as the author of the standard biography of Anthony Blunt, I feel inclined to comment. The main contention is that not only was Blunt spying for the Soviets, but that he was/
A thread: I have only read this article and NOT the book from which it derives, but as the author of the standard biography of Anthony Blunt, I feel inclined to comment. The main contention is that not only was Blunt spying for the Soviets, but that he was/
Shoes on the Danube memorial in Budapest, Hungary As I approached, the sudden sight of them was shocking
Scenes in Caen, 1944, including shots of propaganda posters, landmarks and British and French troops consolidating their hold on the devastated city. You can read more about the capture of Caen on our website: bit.ly/3XOAKzm © IWM A70 76-1
🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅽🅸🅶🅷🆃 April 29/30, 1944: Nancy Wake parachuted into France to liaise between the SOE and Maquis resistance groups. #NancyWake #SOE #WW2 1/4 More information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wake
We Have Ways Festival: a weekend of unsurpassed Second World War history, hosted by me and @James1940. Crawling with historians, experts, enthusiasts: here's the programme. #history #Dday #ww2 wehavewaysfest.co.uk
Captured German Generals arrive at Trent Park, 1943. They were wined and dined at the mansion and were encouraged to talk, spending many afternoons strolling the lush grounds of the park. They relaxed, unknowingly providing crucial war-winning information to the British.
This is in India, the Tiddim road in fact, at Bishenpur, just south of Imphal
This is in India, the Tiddim road in fact, at Bishenpur, just south of Imphal
Did you know that Room 900 was a section of MI9 that sent agents behind enemy lines, in separate operations from SOE? It was headed for a time by Airey Neave.
Did you know that Room 900 was a section of MI9 that sent agents behind enemy lines, in separate operations from SOE? It was headed for a time by Airey Neave. https://t.co/8WxlsTKMlD
US Sherman M4A3E8, propably Wernberg-Köblitz, Germany 1945.
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#OnThisDay 1973: David Niven held forth on Nationwide. He spoke with his typical charm about the importance of being lucky, drugs, and his short stint as an organ blower-upper.
Yup! Here’s a 61-year old walking 125km over the Naga Hills in 35 hours…
Portrayals like the flyer in the quoted post can go to hell. This is what 4 x 50-somethings looks like, capable of walking 100km of the South Downs in 21 hours!
Odette Sansom served as a courier operating within occupied France as part of the Spindle circuit. She was apprehended by Hugo Bleicher, a notorious Abwehr officer, and was subsequently transferred to Ravensbrück concentration camp. She managed to survive. For her exceptional…
Based on my Masters by Research thesis, a new assessment of Monty's Normandy campaign should see the light of day in May 2025 to be published by @barnthorn - It won't be a biography but it will question much of what has become parroted accepted wisdom.
The finest general of the Second World War - a serial winner.
The backdrop of Gold Beach and Wn37 providing a great stage for @James1940 and @MikeHistorian to talk about Brothers in Arms on the Normandy tour. Good to be working with these guys and @WeAreTripsmiths #Dday #Dday80
Anti-aircraft tracers in the night sky above Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan, 28 Apr 1945; note US Marine Corps Corsair fighters in foreground
A thread: I have only read this article and NOT the book from which it derives, but as the author of the standard biography of Anthony Blunt, I feel inclined to comment. The main contention is that not only was Blunt spying for the Soviets, but that he was/
Well, well, well. So it was Anthony Blunt who is likely to have been the spy who foiled Operation Market Garden, led to 17,000 Allied deaths and left Berlin & Eastern Germany to fall to Russia. Can we have no more romanticising of the Cambridge spies pls? thetimes.co.uk/article/392db8…
Shoes on the Danube memorial in Budapest, Hungary As I approached, the sudden sight of them was shocking
Scenes in Caen, 1944, including shots of propaganda posters, landmarks and British and French troops consolidating their hold on the devastated city. You can read more about the capture of Caen on our website: bit.ly/3XOAKzm © IWM A70 76-1
🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅽🅸🅶🅷🆃 April 29/30, 1944: Nancy Wake parachuted into France to liaise between the SOE and Maquis resistance groups. #NancyWake #SOE #WW2 1/4 More information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wake
We Have Ways Festival: a weekend of unsurpassed Second World War history, hosted by me and @James1940. Crawling with historians, experts, enthusiasts: here's the programme. #history #Dday #ww2 wehavewaysfest.co.uk
Captured German Generals arrive at Trent Park, 1943. They were wined and dined at the mansion and were encouraged to talk, spending many afternoons strolling the lush grounds of the park. They relaxed, unknowingly providing crucial war-winning information to the British.
This is in India, the Tiddim road in fact, at Bishenpur, just south of Imphal
Did you know that Room 900 was a section of MI9 that sent agents behind enemy lines, in separate operations from SOE? It was headed for a time by Airey Neave.
Reports on counter-espionage from Room 900 in 1942 bore the personal signature of Kim Philby (standing on the right). Kim served as the Deputy Head of Section Five (Counter-Intelligence) at MI6. He operated as a double agent and later defected to Moscow during the Cold War.
Today is #AnzacDay - time to reflect on the sacrifice of the many Kiwis in the LRDG who 'Showed the Way' in Tunisia 1943. #Tunisia81
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