Polymath from politics, strategy, arts, humanities and business. Historian of Germany. https://linktr.ee/PhilipWBlood https://philipwblood.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mz6c2hirjc2mThe best Guinness is a glass of Kölsch in Köln!31 Oct 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6c2hirjc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mz3anetfms2xGIS mapping and Nazi Occupation methods. My latest article on Substack. https://philipwblood.substack.com/p/layering-a-nazi-occupation?r=60pf5w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true30 Oct 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3anetfms2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3myxyzykqbk2wThe latest podcast from Substack. https://philipwblood.substack.com/p/war-generals-and-history-a-conversation?r=60pf5w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true29 Oct 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxyzykqbk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3myxyzykqbk2wThe latest podcast from Substack. https://philipwblood.substack.com/p/war-generals-and-history-a-conversation?r=60pf5w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true29 Oct 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxyzykqbk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mymmezrdn22qTrain spotting is much harder these days.24 Oct 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mymmezrdn22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3my5u2gmjjk2sMy latest Substack paper about Putin’s Hybrid War. https://pwblood.substack.com/p/1968-putins-hybrid-war-and-europe?r=60pf5w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true18 Oct 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3my5u2gmjjk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mxt4wykvr227A Date With Ulrike - my latest Substack post. https://justarmour.substack.com/p/a-date-with-ulrike?r=60pf5w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #PantherTank #Tanks #WW214 Oct 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxt4wykvr227https://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mxiuwgxfsc26Wacht am Rhein - Ehrenbreitstein at night.10 Oct 2026 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxiuwgxfsc26https://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mwvubevv6k2oSurprise surprise, trains dominated the day. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvubevv6k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mwv6uycsak2dSunny morning for Riding the rails to Rails of Sheffield for a little loco maintenance.02 Oct 2026 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwv6uycsak2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mwl6pgiwqc22Utah - The Longest Day #DDay In28 Sep 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwl6pgiwqc22https://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mwdhoutsc22l#EasterFront1WW - Just finished editing another chapter of my forthcoming book. The fascinating story of Pawel, a 14 year old Russian POW in German captivity, and the anthropological experiment ‘played’ on him. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social25 Sep 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdhoutsc22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mvxeufjzq22fThe lady’s b’day - a German barbecue party!20 Sep 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxeufjzq22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mvujdr66as24#BattleofAachen - the best commercial film about the Battle of Aachen and the other German cities. They include Nazi newsreeels.19 Sep 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvujdr66as24https://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mvpxsh4sus2sA new article on Substack - a cultural history of a Tiger tank. https://justarmour.substack.com/p/the-vimoutiers-tiger?r=60pf5w17 Sep 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpxsh4sus2shttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mvpxsh4sus2sA new article on Substack - a cultural history of a Tiger tank. https://justarmour.substack.com/p/the-vimoutiers-tiger?r=60pf5w17 Sep 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpxsh4sus2shttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mvkc36j3pk2x#BattleofBritainDay - remembering the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary, the massive Flypast and the march of the few veterans.15 Sep 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkc36j3pk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3muxfbdgtik2l#DDay #Normandy - military history people doing military history. @ww2tv.bsky.social @seanboy.bsky.social @battleguidevt.bsky.social07 Sep 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxfbdgtik2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3muqr5m6zps2z#DDAY #Normandy #Cobra A day examining the Americans in the Bocage country.05 Sep 2026 05:37 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqr5m6zps2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3muobl72bq22u#DDay #Normandy - first day on the battlefield - Bayeux-Gold Beach - slip roads - Villers Bocage. An excellent 9 hours with @ww2tv.bsky.social04 Sep 2026 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3muobl72bq22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3muewj7bqak2h#Normandy - final plans for the trip D-DAY50 then and now complete: following 69 Infantry Brigade on Gold Beach and the 7th Armoured Division to Falaise. Re-examine German war crimes and visit the post-1995 memorials. Embarkation - following the German route Wednesday morning.31 Aug 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3muewj7bqak2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mu5agmnqjs2yAs per every year on this day, watching Battle of Britain while reminiscing in memories of my grandmother.28 Aug 2026 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5agmnqjs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mtxs5mnlvs2y#Normandy - 7 days and counting. Studying maps and pictures from the Desert Rats memorial book of 1945.26 Aug 2026 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxs5mnlvs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3mt6vgg5gmk2q#Normandy2026 - the final reading before the big push on 2/9. The theme: Gold Beach to Falaise - Monty’s Victory.16 Aug 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6vgg5gmk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/philipwblood.bsky.social/post/3msypisaois2vA friend played Northern Soul and now I can’t stop playing the songs. It’s the weather! https://music.apple.com/gb/album/i-cant-help-myself-sugar-pie-honey-bunch/1443096418?i=144309642213 Aug 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:3ggffffosfook5dfa4ynyaic/app.bsky.feed.post/3msypisaois2v