Mainly I like the 52nd Lowland Division. Cohost of News Of The War https://linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar The Lowlander pod https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-lowlander/id1715310568 Walking With The Jocks Tour 2025 https://walkingwiththejocks.co.uk/https://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3ml75wmyvrc24It’s quite hard to explain this one 😑 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml75wmyvrc24https://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mks4rbrdok2vOnly a small piece in the newspapers today on the death of war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Pulitzer Prize winner and voice of the GI. Here he is in France, 1944, filmed by Jack Lieb on his home cine camera. Find out more in this weeks episode from the 19th April 1945 linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar01 May 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks4rbrdok2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mkch7v4uic2u🤨 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkch7v4uic2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mka4hj5tyc2oThe more you learn about the Japanese regime during the war, the more insane it gets…. Case in point from this weeks @newsofthewar.bsky.social ep from the 14 April 1945…. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka4hj5tyc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mk33uk64b224One of may be dusting off an impression. 👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk33uk64b224https://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mjol24il4k24Don’t take our word for it, take it from Lt John Grimball, 14th Tank Battalion. All the news from the 12th of March 1945 on NOTW Listen here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjol24il4k24https://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mj4x7zoy322gThe more No. 75 the “Hawkins” grenade, the less I like it. So many accidents in the war. This case is different, the Sgt instructor was fucking about with a live mine in a lecture… the cardinal rule in the RE was TREAT DUMMY AS LIVE linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar Thanks to @vickersmg.bsky.social 🫡 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4x7zoy322ghttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3minvcq7yn22iWe also talked with John @badsocialism.bsky.social about African American troops in Britain. The insane mental gymnastics the US army has to go through to continue segregation and Jim Crow laws in a country where officially there’s no segregation laws. Check it out here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3minvcq7yn22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3milad7img22iAbsolutely brilliant guest editor special this week!! We were so lucky to have John Concah @badsocialism.bsky.social come on and take us through how the newspapers talked about the Atlantic charter, Caribbean and West Indian experience in wartime Britain and much much more. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3milad7img22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mi6qwy2ib22kI love this illustration by Bryan De Grineau, from the ILN. It reminds me a little of the photo of 155 Inf Bde with 8th Amd Bde before Blackcock (shared by SRY association). I think it says something about the relaxed professionalism of 21st Army Group in 1945. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar29 Mar 2026 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi6qwy2ib22khttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mi23rkoroc2rOne of the headlines stood out this week: the effects of war on the people fighting it. The transition from frontline during to the relative safety of London was too much for some. New ep, 23rd of December 1944. Listen here linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi23rkoroc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mhinn2kpjs2nCome on… what other podcast provides you with instructions on how to down a jet engined aeroplane?? This weeks ep - 4th November 1944. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhinn2kpjs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mgwmzq25tk2jA prince with…ahem…. A secret past that only comes out years later? Finger on the pulse as ever at @newsofthewar.bsky.social All the news headlines from the 6th September 1944 linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwmzq25tk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mgewvgqsd22kBy late June a lot of the stories from D-Day were coming out. The intrepid reporter Leonard Mosley dropped with 6th Airborne on the 6th of June and reported on the death of 7 Para Padre, George Parry. Here’s a clip of Mosley hanging around Windy Gales HQ on the 11th of June. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Mar 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgewvgqsd22khttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mg2qfng7x22l🚨 Listen lads, I can’t stress enough how VERY IMPORTANT it is that two absolute idiots do an EMERGENCY PODCAST episode about the situation in Iran (Persia) between 1939 and 1945. 🚨 Very serious and very important, okay? linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Mar 2026 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2qfng7x22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mfzn63pnwk2aIncredibly serious and important EMERGENCY PERSIA (or Iran) POD Tomorrow linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Mar 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzn63pnwk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mftiwh7fhs2dIf you want a laugh, you could spend a few minutes listening to me try and explain Frank Aiken and the Republic of Irelands neutrality during the Second World War. I think you can audibly hear @rentaquill wince at one point. Find us here: linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftiwh7fhs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mfowxirgvs2qGerman ice was rather good for curling, that’s all I’m saying. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfowxirgvs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/andyaitch.bsky.social/post/3mfenbymxq22yThe Second World War. You cannot escape it. Wimpole. Saturday morning, 202621 Feb 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:45gmeclogon3dy3ijbc63dzg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfenbymxq22y