*wasted, not water! ☺️😄
10.4.2023 20:51*wasted, not water! ☺️😄I’m water writing books. Should be a pastry chef 😁😋
10.4.2023 18:19I’m water writing books. Should be a pastry chef 😁😋Happy Easter all!
9.4.2023 11:28Happy Easter all!Wishing a wonderful birthday to #WAAF #PippaLatour, the last surviving female #WW2 #SOE special agent. #MBE #legiondhonneur #botd 1921, Pippa joined the SOE following her godmother’s suicide after being imprisoned. She parachuted into #OccupiedFrance before #DDay, hiding strips of coding silk inside her shoe laces & to tie up her hair. Chatting to German soldiers she learnt then encoded military intelligence which helped guide bombing missions. @histodons #histodons #history #WW2 #agent #women
8.4.2023 09:52Wishing a wonderful birthday to #WAAF #PippaLatour, the last surviving female #WW2 #SOE special agent. #MBE #legiondhonneur #botd...Happy birthday to #WandaTraczykStawska #botd 1927.
Age 16, she served as a liaison officer & with a ‘Lightning’ gun, & was severely wounded, during the #WarsawUprising #1944.
She’d wanted a romantic nom-de-guerre but was called #paczek - ‘donut’.
Subject of the brilliant film #PortraitOfASoldier by
#MariannaBukowski.
#WW2 #history #histodons @histodons #Poland
Evocative poster for next week’s #Warsaw #WW2 conference.
I’m looking forward to contributing alongside speakers from the powerful @WarsawRising44 museum, and a #Spitfire restoration project, among many more!
Very sorry to learn of the death of #paulogrady.
As well as everything else was a great supporter of @savechildrenuk & of my book #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren…
‘Let’s take it for a spin’…
One of my favourite pics from @IWMDuxford #historyfestival this w/end, with the excellent @SarahLouMiller, author of #TheWomenBehindTheFew (& me, author of #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler :)
Brilliant day (almost) flying a #Spitfire (it had fuel in it) at @imperialwarmuseums #Duxford, after I gave my talk on #hannareitsch & #melittavonstauffenberg, #thewomenwhoflewforhitler to a fantastic audience…
@histodons #histodon #histodons #history #WW2 #writer #book #books #spitfire
Getting ready to talk about #HannaReitsch & #MelittaVonStauffenberg aka #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler, at the @IWMDuxford history festival.
I’m on in 15 mins…
Today 1945, US Army Sgt Edward Allen Carter was shot 5 times assaulting a Nazi German position. They tried to capture him but he killed 6 enemy & took 2 back to friendly lines where he interrogated them in German. He was black so he did not receive the Medal of Honor. Until 1997.
I’ve taken this story straight from DanSnow - hope you don’t mind Dan - because this history needs to be remembered.
@histodons #history #histodons #WW2 #histodon
A joy to meet these young women from the #afghan Women’s #football Team in the UK, at the launch of #LevisonWood & #GeraintJones’ new book #EscapeFromKabul, abt #OpPitting.
1 of these 19-yr-old players @NajmaArefi spoke movingly alongside the authors, @johnnymercermp & others…
Delighted that the history of the Polish pioneers who broke the German enigma is being told. @robgawlowski’s #TheFirstEnigmaCodebreaker, a #HotOffThePress biography of #MarianRejewski, looks excellent, & #XYandZ by #DermotTuring, Alan’s nephew, also well worth a read!
14.3.2023 15:22Delighted that the history of the Polish pioneers who broke the German enigma is being told. @robgawlowski’s #TheFirstEnigmaCodebreaker,...Here I am, giving it some again…
I talk about #HannaReitsch & #MelittaVonStauffenberg for the @trappedhistory podcast.
Both brilliant & courageous test pilots, they served the #ThirdReich from very different motives, & ended their lives on opposite sides of history.
You can download the pod from #apple, #Spotify etc.
#histodons #WW2 @histodons
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/9d3c0373-a6e5-4299-8f4b-8a10ffdf85f6
10.3.2023 18:32Here I am, giving it some again…I talk about #HannaReitsch & #MelittaVonStauffenberg for the @trappedhistory podcast.Both brilliant...Hugely enjoyed this new play, #TheirFinestHour by #SteveDarlow, last night.
Never jingoistic, it tells the history of #RAFBomberCommand through the intersecting stories of pilots from several nations, ground crew, #WAAF & civilians.
On the way it made great play with language, the songs & poetry of the day, chairs, hats, and my emotions.
Hugely recommended if you can get to #London, it runs at the intimate Waterloo East Theatre until 26 March.
Very sorry to learn of the death of Polish hero #ZbigniewMieczkowski.
A war hero himself, Zbigniew was also among the last to see #KrystynaSksrbek aka #ChristineGranville, alive. ‘She had strong emotions’, he told me over dinner. ‘In love, and war.’ Then he kissed my hand, clicked his heels, and insisted on paying for our meal.
This Telegraph obit is good, but for those who would like to know more, please look for Zbigniew’s wonderful memoir, #Horizons, and my biography of Krystyna, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
#WW2 #hero #histodon #histodons @histodons
For #IWD2023, this is the international woman I am currently sharing my life with… #AgentZo #WomanOnAMission, the only female #SilentAndUnseen parachutist / SOE Polish section #SpecialAgent, in #WW2.
I’m still writing but book should be published next spring!
#histodon @histodons #book #iwd #writing #WW2
A while ago I accidentally launched #TheUpsideDownBookClub, by holding one of my books the wrong way up for a photo. Since then @adiebond46 has not only got an upside down author gang going, he’s even made a t-shirt… 🙃📘👕 Thanks Adie! #LifesUnexpectedJoys
6.3.2023 19:36A while ago I accidentally launched #TheUpsideDownBookClub, by holding one of my books the wrong way up for a photo. Since then @adiebond46...Hugely looking forward to talking to #CarolineMoorhead abt her fascinating biography of #EddaMussolini at @JewishBookWeek this Sunday, 5 March, 2pm…
(& I’ve just seen that I’m quoted on the cover!)
As it’s #WorldBookDay, here’s me working on my first book, knackered, with 3 little ones & a #ProperJob!
Now I have 3 published books, focusing mainly on women in conflict. #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren , #TheSpyWhoLoved & #TheWomenWHoFlewForHitler
The 4th, #AgentZo, is on the way… so I’m still sat typing at a desk 📙📗📕📘
#histodon #book #books #writing