Mario Draper
@mario_draper
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Lecturer in modern British and European history, University of Kent, specialising in the Belgian army and society 1830-1918.
Joined September 2012
Delighted to receive copies of my latest article on ‘The Belgian Monarchy, Army, and Society and the Jubilee Celebrations of National Independence, 1855-1905’ from Revue Museum Dynasticum this week.
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LAUNCH! The Imperial Forces on the Western Front produced by @UniKent and @TheWFA. Available @FutureLearn from Monday 7 October. Sign up! Spread the word! Join our community! #FWW #GreatWar #History #Military #War #GCSEhistory #Alevelhistory #learning
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An absolute pleasure and privilege to contribute to this. A great effort by Karine to pull this all together.
Very grateful to all contributors: @festungskrieg, @mario_draper, Giorgio Ennas, Uygar Aydemir, @cljmarion, @GLancereau , Maciej Górny, Nina Kreibig, Tobias Arand, Carolin Hestler, Marion Glaumaud-Carbonnier, Katherine Ashley, Cathérine Pfauth
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It's been a real pleasure working on this exhibition and I'm delighted that others can now come and see it
Our new exhibition, Great Escapes opens today Discover iconic and under-told stories of prisoners of war and civilian internees from the Second World War ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - "fascinating... a revelatory insight into the prisoner-of-war experience" - @Telegraph
https://t.co/g7pJ8HvWP2
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Situation Report 1 October 1914: The German Army has taken Antwerp and continues to threaten Brussels. Further south, the BEF was engaged at Charelroi and beaten back. French forces continue to hold the Meuse line, but failed to make headway into the Lost Provinces. #UKCGWWF
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Situation Report 1 September 1914: The German Army has made progress through southeastern Belgium, Luxembourg and into northern France. Meuse fortresses have fallen and there is heavy fighting at Sedan and Charleville. How will the @UniKentHistory teams respond this evening?
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The Great War: Western Front #UKCGWWF is underway, bringing together over 80 students from @UniKentHistory in another strategic war game! German, Belgian, French and British teams began last week by making final preparations ahead of the German invasion of 1914!
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My latest article on the history of weapons and armaments supply by neutral countries is out. It's a micro-history of a 1915 advertisement that promoted shrapnel-making machines and sparked a global controversy. First 50 downloads are free. https://t.co/CpO6O7SQO1
tandfonline.com
Wars are rarely contained or limited affairs. They almost always involve non-belligerent neighbours in some significant way, be it as suppliers of goods or money, as geo-strategic buffers, as condu...
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Thanks to all the @UniKentHistory students for participating so enthusiastically throughout. Legends all.
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Situation report 11 November 1918 - Movement, breakthrough, armistice! #UKCStorm1918 reaches a conclusion.
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Situation report 14 October 1918 - Verdun has fallen! Sacré bleu! Still, German Army under pressure along the line! #UKCStorm1918
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All ready for the last order-issuing session! How is this all going to play out? #UKCStorm1918
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Situation Report 14 September 1918 - Amiens reclaimed by the Allies, but Influenza disrupts further operations 😷😷😷
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With the campaign reaching a tipping point, there’s much to discuss and organise!
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