David Pentland

@LtHarryStocracy 🤣Are you branching out into terrain?

@davidpentland3 I think I'll stick with them for now. 😉 Stick. Get it?

It's surprisingly hard to make crap looking fences. These are intended for FIW.

@AntoineVanner Loved your Dawlish book for that period. I was unaware of the war, until then.

In 1864 the small nation of #Denmark was attacked by two major powers, #Prussia and #Austria. The Danish defence was heroic on land & sea, and never more so than at the naval Battle of #Heligoland in the North Sea. Click: bit.ly/4edutaN #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory

@A_AMilne Sadly a common mistake Piglet.

“It’s a difficult thing, planting, unless you know how to do it,” said Piglet. “I do know,” said Pooh, because Christopher Robin gave me a mastershalum seed, and I planted it.” “I thought they were called nasturtiums,” said Piglet timidly. “No, not these.” ~A.A.Milne #GardeningX

@DrHelenFry The full story of the Dieppe operation. The failure of the allied command to give priority to capturing Antwerp and its estuary.

What is a niche topic surrounding World War Two that deserves more exposure?

@BWoostersauce @DrHelenFry Read the Bertie Gunther series by Phillip Kerr, it’s fiction, but based on a lot of very interesting facts. Paperclip is one of the less obscure ones.

@DrHelenFry I suppose the complicated aftermath. The secret exits of the Nazis, particularly those who got away. This has been researched and written about in the West (e.g. Operation Paperclip) but the growing Cold War conflict and what happened behind the Iron Curtain is less known.

@Bailey_RDB @DrHelenFry I had a teacher at school who was one of the first into Belsen, never talked about it either but you could see the effect on him still after all those years.

We never hear how liberating Nazi Concentration Camps effected the liberators. My father secured the gas chamber (unused thank goodness) at Dachau. What he saw going into that camp haunted him - and affected our entire family - for the rest of his very long life. He cant be the only one.

@AlanTaylor168 @militaryhistori I thought that, but on reflection I think it took a month to get assets in place, they weren’t ready a month ago.

@militaryhistori I think he’s a month late. Had he gone for it when the protests were at their peak it might have been different

Iran: Analysis: Surgical strikes have also hit and destroyed Iranian air defence and missile systems. Russia is too enfeebled to protect its ally. However, Iran is not Venezuela. Far more military effort will be required to subdue this potent adversary of over 600,000 square miles, housing a population of 90 million, and which has many covert allies across the Middle East. Any of them could mine the sea lanes paralysing the movement of oil tankers, swarm naval vessels with suicide drones, conduct sabotage, initiate vehicle bombs, and assassinations using sleeper cells. Iran was in conversation with China about acquiring powerful anti-ship missiles, but events have far overtaken this aspiration. The Straits of Hormuz, through which a quarter of the world’s oil passes, is already reported to have been closed. Shipping, insurance and oil prices may rise in the short term, as will gold, always a safe haven in times of tension.

@Dozibugger I see what you did there …Jon.🤣

All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go….

@Dozibugger Nope it’s the B52’s.

Waiting for the love twaffer…

@britishpoles 102 years old and fit looking as a fiddle.

We are proud and grateful to have 102-year-old Eugeniusz Jan Niedzielski, the last surviving soldier of Gen. Stanisław Maczek’s 1st Polish Armoured Division, living in London. On 25 February 1942, Gen. Maczek began forming his division in Scotland—a force that would go on to make history in WWII. The division played a crucial role in the Allied victory, securing key successes in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Gen. Maczek and his soldiers never lost a single battle. They sealed the Falaise Pocket, liberated Breda and the POW camp in Oberlangen, and ended the war by capturing the Kriegsmarine naval base in Wilhelmshaven.

@A_AMilne Worth remembering that if you ever meet a Tigger or find some Haycorns.

Piglet pushed the bowl of haycorns towards Tigger, and said, ”Help yourself.” After a long munching noise Tigger said: “Skoos ee,” and went outside for a moment. When he came back he said firmly: “Tiggers don't like haycorns.” ~A.A.Milne

@militaryhistori I see what you did there 🤣

And a very happy ....... day to you all !!

@ta152c @LtHarryStocracy Snap.

@LtHarryStocracy Use wine bottle foil instead?

Remember these? A nostalgic trip back to the late 70's, early 80's. The detail isn't particularly crisp, by comparison to modern models, but it isn't bad. The plasti-card belts take a bit of thinking about.

@LtHarryStocracy 🤣🤣

@davidpentland3 Lubbly Hubble sais more, I think.

I reckon it must be 15 years ago now that I painted this. I really enjoyed this stuff.

@militaryhistori I see they are having to update the ladybird book “100 things to do with a flamethrower in your own home!”

What? Excuse me? I have a lot of questions!

@A_AMilne Poor Eeyore.

“You said ‘Hallo’ and Flashed Past,” said Eeyore. “I saw your tail a hundred yards up the hill as I was meditating my reply. I had thought of saying ‘What?’ - but, of course, it was too late.” “Well, I was in a hurry,” said Rabbit. ~A.A.Milne

@PhilipKAllan Thanks ! Hadn’t heard about this engagement.

Fight of the Wagram by Auguste Mayer Wagram was a French first rate built in 1810. The picture shows a clash between French ships and the British Mediterranean Fleet in 1813 during which she helped her out-numbered squadron escape. #FrenchNavy #NapoleonicWar #RoyalNavy

As everyone knows, it's pretty much always 1982 on this page... And yet somehow I missed this 🤣

@sciencegirl Fantastic!

A teacher and his students built a 3 stage rocket from plastic bottles and powered by air. x.com/fluxfolio_/sta…