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#UK based #MilitaryHistory #author. #TTRPG and #BoardGame player. Lapsed #wargamer.

My real name is Robin, but my pen name is Russell. I answer to both names.

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The for the fourth Gamers film is now 60% funded, with two weeks to go.

I'd really like to see this reach its goal. It looks like it should be a great addition to the series.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1464770493/gamers-4-dorkness-falls/description

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This is an interesting article about homelessness in the 19th century, and how some of the legislation passed then in still in use now.

https://jocelynrobson.com/elizabeth-heyrick-and-19th-century-homelessness/

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Berthe Mayer was born in 1913. During the she was a radio operator for , and provided Allied forces with intelligence about Vichy forces on .

In November 1943 she received the MBE in recognition of her work.
https://russellphillips.uk/berthe-mayer-mbe/


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Reinhard , one of the architects of the , died in 1942, from wounds inflicted by Czech SOE agents during an ambush some days earlier.

Nazi retailiation was brutal, notably including the complete destruction of - Hitler wanted the memory of the village to die. But miners in and had other ideas.
https://russellphillips.uk/books/heydrich-lidice/


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Reinhard , one of the architects of the , died in 1942, from wounds inflicted by Czech SOE agents during an ambush some days earlier.

Nazi retailiation was brutal, notably including the complete destruction of - Hitler wanted the memory of the village to die. But miners in and had other ideas.
https://russellphillips.uk/books/heydrich-lidice/


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Last weekend the family watched The Gamers. We also have Dorkness Rising and Hands of Fate.

I discovered yesterday that there's a to fund a fourth film, Dorkness Falls. I've backed it, and I'd encourage all of you to do so.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1464770493/gamers-4-dorkness-falls

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I've signed up for notifications about this about found families on starships.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goldenlassogames/starscape

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in 1917, the Austro-Hungarian navy attacked the Otranto Barrage. Three cruisers, two destroyers, and three submarines took part in the largest attack on the anti-submarine barrier. Of the forty-seven drifters on the barrage, fourteen were sunk and another four damaged.

Some drifters fought back, including the Gowan Lee, whose captain won the Victoria Cross.

https://russellphillips.uk/wwi-otranto-barrage/

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in 1942, British troops landed on the island of . The British assumed the French would pit up little resistance, but the subsequent campaign lasted almost exactly six months.

It was the first major Allied amphibious invasion of the , with the first use of tank landing ships (LSTs), and the first use of tanks in an amphibious operation.

https://russellphillips.uk/madagascar/

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The Polish Embassy in London has released a series of interviews with Marian Rejewski, the first person to crack the code.

He explains the process, including how they did it before they invented the bomba, and how the bomba worked. Fascinating stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpGkvbzPcKIkRFESgp-rn5wraRvJD-DEz


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This is brilliant — volunteers knitted a life-size Churchill AVRE to mark the upcoming 80th anniversary of .

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2024-04-30/life-size-knitted-tank-created-by-small-army-of-volunteers

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