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FREE ARTICLE: The conclusion of last weeks article on the Schleswig-Danish soldiers' experiences at Verdun, 1916-1917. As before, this is a collection of first hand accounts, translated by me into English from their original Danish. Please share and subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

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FREE ARTICLE: The conclusion of last weeks article on the Schleswig-Danish soldiers' experiences at Verdun, 1916-1917. As before, this is a collection of first hand accounts, translated by me into English from their original Danish. Please share and subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

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FREE ARTICLE: The Battle of Verdun began 109 years ago today, and to mark it, I've compiled and translated a selection of eyewitness accounts, written by Schleswig-Danish soldiers fighting in the German Army. Please subscribe and share! open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

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So a question in Pike Jr.'s homework piqued my interest! It reads: What is a cartridge? - A big gun. - A really special pistol. - A contained with powder and bullet. Glad to see the school is teaching 8 year olds what they need to know! 🤣

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FREE ARTICLE: The Battle of Verdun began 109 years ago today, and to mark it, I've compiled and translated a selection of eyewitness accounts, written by Schleswig-Danish soldiers fighting in the German Army. Please subscribe and share! open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

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FREE ARTICLE: The conclusion to last weeks story of Lieutenant Peter Feilberg's experiences in the Second Schleswig War of 1864, based on his letters home. Please share and subscribe for more. open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

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FREE ARTICLE: The conclusion to last weeks story of Lieutenant Peter Feilberg's experiences in the Second Schleswig War of 1864, based on his letters home. Please share and subscribe for more. open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

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FREE ARTICLE: Witness to War: Before the Storm, 1864 - Part I. I wanted to start a series of articles that focus on individual eyewitness accounts of war and conflict throughout the ages, and a recent find in the archives gave me a perfect subject for the first. open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

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Todays article is up and this time it’s all about the change of heart Brits had to face in #WW1 when it came to the French… After nigh on 1000yrs at each others’ throats, how did the Poilu look… When one art-based publication set out to try and sell Britain’s new ally to the people in 1916?

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We have just started uploading the many hundreds (several thousand) of our #MachineGunCorps postcards. We have more of these than many of the national collections combined so if you're interested in First World War imagery and history, head over to our Patreon and subscribe.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

For those that have asked, yes, there is going to be an audio book - the bad news, you’ll have to put up with me telling the story. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social couldn’t have passed on it any faster if I had lobbed him the suggestion tied to a grenade with the pin pulled out… 😂

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

Finally got my hands on a complete set of the yearbooks of DSK (Danishminded Southern-Jutlandish War Participants) - a veterans organisation for Schleswig-Danes who'd served in the FWW in the German Army. These are basically all just accounts and recollections of the members.

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Rare photos of Austro-Hungarian soldiers using smart phones in the field

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FREE ARTICLE: Witness to War: Before the Storm, 1864 - Part I. I wanted to start a series of articles that focus on individual eyewitness accounts of war and conflict throughout the ages, and a recent find in the archives gave me a perfect subject for the first. open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

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Just tried to watching "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" - awful, just awful... awful history, awful story, awful cast, awful production and, worst of all, awful and blatant rip-off...

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

For those who've missed, I got a Substack now. A few upcoming topics: - Battle of Würzburg, 1945 - POWs in Denmark, WWI - Danes at Verdun, 1916-17 - Bombing of Bornholm, 1945 - 2nd Schleswig War, 1864 - Rheinberg, 1945 Anything else you'd like, let me know 😊 open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Would you look at that! It's no longer just a pile of notes, a word doc or a pdf. It's real! @alexchurchill.bsky.social @donaldwin.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social Preorder: UK: geni.us/RingOfFire USA: barnesandnoble.com/w/ring-of-fire…

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Physical copy. In. My. Hand. @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @donaldwin.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social Preorder here: UK: geni.us/RingOfFire USA: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ring-of-fi...

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Article: New article on the "Panthéon de la Guerre" - the world's largest painting to commemorate the First World War. It's a long one, but all free for you to enjoy. If you want more like it, consider subscribing to my Substack "Pantheon of War" open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

So you spent 30 years crying about ATF agents sneaking up on you banging you AR15, and now you call for ICE to have unlimited power beyond constitutional rights... right.... you do you America...

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Article: New article on the "Panthéon de la Guerre" - the world's largest painting to commemorate the First World War. It's a long one, but all free for you to enjoy. If you want more like it, consider subscribing to my Substack "Pantheon of War" open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Happy Arch Stanton Day!

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

One of the rarest and coolest "oddball" weapons. US soldiers with a Polish wz. 35 anti tank rifle captured from the Germans, February 1945. Only around 6,500 were made from 1938-39, so seeing one that has survived this long is quite amazing.

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Another bunch of oddball weapons captured from the Germans in 1945. Besides the Kar98ks and a G43, we have older long Mausers and foreign Mausers, Italian carcanos, Norwegian Krags, possibly a Sten Gun, French Lebels or Berthiers and even some old French 1874 Gras rifles!

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Here's something super interesting! This photo of Pvt. Fred Green of 69th Infantry Division, taken in March 1945, shows a Danish M.1889 Krag rifle leaning against the wall behind him. This rifle was almost certainly captured from the Danes in 1940 and pushed into German service.

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Well, let's give this Substack thing a try! Here's my first article, please read and share. For now, everything will free, so please sign up to not miss out 🙏 open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

“The opening weeks of the First World War shaped everything that was to come in Europe and beyond” Coming in May… @pikegrey1418.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Ring-Fire-Gl...

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Well, let's give this Substack thing a try! Here's my first article, please read and share. For now, everything will free, so please sign up to not miss out 🙏 open.substack.com/pub/nicolaie...

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

They start out younget and younger! Pike Jr. (8yo) wants to write a book about Gallipoli for school. Asked if he could borrow a book and set to work. One page in, and I'm happy he didn't forget the French! @peterhart.bsky.social

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

For the WW2 crowd: A bunch of booklets dropped by the Allies over Denmark for the resistance to inform about how the war is proceeding. One has been disguised as a German booket, printed in Berlin, but actually contains information about the Normandy invasion.

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In other news, Pike Jr.'s school drawing needed a bit of explanation today 😅 Does this count as an "occupational hazard"?

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

What am I looking forward to in 2025? I am looking forward to fire, in chain and ring form. @peterhart.bsky.social @alexchurchill.bsky.social @pikegrey1418.bsky.social

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment