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Phil Loder

@PhilLoder

Military history, esp #WW2, tanks, defences, & artillery. Researching my relatives in WW1 & WW2. Writer & interviewer. YouTube and Facebook: Cormorant Military.

Oxford, UK Katılım Şubat 2013
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@PhilLoder @SOFOtrust There are talks in just about every section - easily on lume alone, B-Uhrs, British flying watches, Panerai, trench watches…
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Went to an excellent talk by @markchristie yesterday on 'Watches and War', tracing the importance of knowing time in warfare. In ancient times, armies fought when they met; by WW1, attacks were timed to the second. Pic=watch found with the remains of a WW1 officer (@SOFOtrust)
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@PhilLoder @SOFOtrust Thanks Phil - it was great to see you. Such a fascinating subject and we only scraped the surface.
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Thursday Tank: late this week as I was in Italy! Here's an M15/42, Italy’s final medium tank. ~90 were issued to the Ariete Armd Divn in Italy, who used them against the Germans after Italy changed sides in Sept 1943. #WW2 @Burntime0101 @milmodelscene @USAS_WW1 #TankTuesday
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Daniel Scholefield@Burntime0101·
One of the rarities at Fort Benning is this 1918 Whippet, now in climate controlled storage after decades outside. #tanktuesday
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Phil Loder@PhilLoder·
Was in Basingstoke last week so visited the town war memorial outside the War Memorial Park (1919) near the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council offices. The memorial itself dates from 1923 and is topped by a bronze Winged Victory. #WW1 #WW2 @Britwarmemorial @WarMemorials
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Phil Loder@PhilLoder·
I drifted 2000yrs from my core areas of interest of WW1 and WW2! During the three Punic Wars, the #Romans and Carthaginians spent over 100yrs (with some breaks) bashing each other until Rome destroyed Carthage. Many battles were in the same areas as those in 1943-44! #books
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Phil Loder@PhilLoder·
May’s issue of @CMVMAG is the 300th and a bumper 100 pages. I particularly enjoyed Tom Baker’s article about Tobruk, John Ovenden’s build of a 1:16 scale Hummel and Craig Moore’s account of the Vickers-Carden-Loyd Mk III tank reproduction built by Jonathan Bradshaw in Canada.
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Phil Loder@PhilLoder·
Excellent evening yesterday at @DavidOlusoga’s ‘A Gun Through Time’. Of the Brown Bess, Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE), Thompson sub machine gun and Maxim gun he discussed, the SMLE is the only one I’ve fired, years ago in the cadet force. All fascinating - thanks David!
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John Harris@thebattleguide·
Two museums in one day - my cup runneth over! 🤣
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