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@James1940

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Historian, author & broadcaster of WW2. Chalke History Festival. #WarGen #WeHaveWays podcast. #WW2WalkingTheGround Purveyor of jackets https://t.co/n6zLfaNBnC

Near Salisbury, Wiltshire
Joined May 2009
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@James1940
James Holland
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Go well @almurray and everyone taking part! Super worthy cause! @WeHaveWaysPod.
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Al Murray 🇺🇦
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Today.
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So love a bit of merch. @ww2headquarters @WeHaveWaysPod
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James Holland
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Very much a case of joy in the giving!.
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Dr Maureen Wright @drmaureenwright.bsky.social
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@James1940 @holland_tom @WeHaveWaysPod @ww2headquarters Love the way you always buy each other such splendidly thoughtful presents. Tom's RN coat was also brilliant.
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James Holland
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Excited this new film is out - and amazing to see a live-firing German 88 AND a Stuf! Absolutely love what the @ww2armor boys do! @WeHaveWaysPod @ww2headquarters LINK:
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Fabulous present from my Big Bro ⁦@holland_tom⁩ - a levitating Dambusters Lancaster!! Now proudly on my desk! ⁦@WeHaveWaysPod⁩ ⁦@ww2headquarters⁩ WNTL??
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Please support this, people!.
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Ant Bomber Brentnall
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MARCHING WITH SUNRAY Route #2 of this years campaign of Marching for Finley!. Our illustrious Leader Hon. Colonel @almurray is leading the patrol of the @TheLondonIC1 as we March East to West, from Canning Town to @WhiteHartBarnes visiting various memorials of The Blitz of
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James Holland
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Our SHERWOOD RANGERS MEMORIAL WALK begins - from where A Squadron landed on Gold Beach. 70 miles to go! @WeHaveWaysPod @ww2headquarters
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RT @bomber_ant: MARCHING WITH SUNRAY - . Saturday 12th July .for @FinleysTouch . March #2 East to West.Blitz to VE Day . @almurray aka SUNR….
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James Holland
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I’m arguing that the P-51 Mustang is the most decisive aircraft ever built in my latest Substack piece:
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James Holland
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Good luck, Kevin!.
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Kevin Getz
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The day of prep before a 13-day journey around the State and nearly 1,000 miles on a bicycle. Thanks to the entire @WeHaveWaysPod community and @James1940 @almurray for your support. Always Riding to Remember.
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RT @Tom_Courtney_7: Just caught up on @WeHaveWaysPod ‘s Dunkirk series and listening to the halt order discussion just makes me think back….
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James Holland
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Goodness!.
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Bobbie
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The sheer number of monasteries at the time of the Dissolution is incredible.
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James Holland
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This is turning into quite the thread. My maternal grandfather trained in 1916two miles away from where I live now, then was gassed at Passchendaele and was in the Auxiliary Fire Service in the Blitz. Sitting 3rd left.
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Mark Harrison
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@B0ATsmith @almurray My grandfather did 13 arctic convoys / on the lead ship in operational pedestal and in the operation to hunt the bismark! Let me know if you want details - quite the service.
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James Holland
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These are very strong. Loving them.
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WG RumblePants
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I’m having far too much fun churning these out. Feels a bit like I’m making those 1930s Player’s Cigarette cricket cards. #cricketincravats
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And feeling it today, eh, Al?.
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@James1940
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And great to meet you and Debbie, Mark!.
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Mark Long
14 days
They say never meet your historian heros…utter nonesense! Debs and I had the pleasure of meeting @James1940 on the ferry to Cherbourg this morning. Had a great 10mins chatting about @WeHaveWaysPod and all things IC. Lovely chap 😊.
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James Holland
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Currently in Normandy filming about the heroic Canadians on D-Day plus 1….
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William Longstreet
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@KyleGHistory @WeHaveWaysPod @James1940 @almurray we want canada content! we want canada content! we want canada content!.
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James Holland
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And great anti-tank country….
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Al Murray 🇺🇦
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James Holland
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RT @HamishDBG: The Russian army is inept by ⁦@James1940⁩ & ⁦@HamishDBG⁩ from are talk ⁦@ChalkeFestival⁩ with ⁦@WarintheFuture⁩ ⁦@Telegraph⁩….
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