Father, native Californian, and Fulbrighter. I am a US Army historian. I research the Romanian Army in WWII in my free time. Opinions my own.
Washington, DC
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I created a website for my books from @CornellPress, @EdCorint, & @OspreyBooks.
It has pages with all my videos & podcasts with @WW2TV, @OTDCanMilHis, @RFI_Romania, @realtime_hist, @Mother_of_Tanks, @HolocaustPod, & others (in English & in Romanian). ⤵️
granttharward.com/
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🏰 2026 has been officially established as the "Iancu de Hunedoara Year".
It marks the commemoration of 570 years since the death of the great voivode and the legendary Battle of Belgrade (July 1456), a victory that stopped the Ottoman advance in Europe.1/6
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'The Finnish-Soviet Winter War 1939–40: Stalin’s Hollow Victory' by David Murphy, narrated by Kris Dyer, is now available in audio. Here is an extract from Chapter One.
The full audiobook is available on the Osprey Publishing website or wherever you listen to your audiobooks.
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At Romania’s request, France deployed an ATL2 maritime patrol aircraft to Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base🇷🇴 from 18 October to 6 November to monitor the western #BlackSea, identify navigational hazards and protect critical infrastructure in Romania’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
🇷🇴🇫🇷 Cooperare aliată pentru asigurarea libertății de navigație în Marea Neagră
La solicitarea României, în contextul deteriorării situației de securitate din regiune, Comandamentul Flotei Franceze din Marea Mediterană și Marea Neagră (Commandant en chef pour la Méditerranée – CECMED) a dislocat un avion de patrulare maritimă ATLANTIQUE 2, la Baza 57 Aeriană ,,Căpitan Aviator Constantin Cantacuzino” din Mihail Kogălniceanu, pentru executarea unor misiuni de supraveghere și recunoaștere, în perioada 18 octombrie - 6 noiembrie, în zona de vest a bazinului Mării Negre. Zborurile aeronavei Marinei Naționale Franceze, planificate și coordonate cu sprijinul Comandamentului Componentei Navale „Viceamiral Ioan Georgescu” și în cooperare cu Centrul Maritim de Coordonare (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre – MRCC), au ca scop identificarea pericolelor de navigație și creșterea capacității de protejare a infrastructurii critice din Zona Economică Exclusivă a României. mapn.ro/cpresa/19459_coopera…
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We don’t need any more shows about tech nerds we need shows about OLD FASHIONED NERDS
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Dracula’s description of his Székely origins is absurd Victorian pseudo-philology and wrong in many ways but it also somehow circles back to a believable tone of crankish Eastern European self-mythologizing
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Rumen Radev Suggests Romania Is to Blame for Recent Russian Drone Attacks in the Black Sea
Romania accused Russia of being behind the drone attacks in the Black Sea, which led to new strikes on vessels within Romania’s exclusive economic zone, claims Bulgarian PM Rumen Radev👇
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Vă invităm la Muzeul de Etnografie „Vergu-Mănăilă” pentru a vizita expoziția temporară „Satul românesc în spirala sărăciei (1949–1999)”.
muzeubuzau.ro/events/expozit…
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‘Jack-o’-lantern’ originally referred to a man with a lantern or to a night watchman.
In 17th-century Britain, people often called men whose names they didn't know by a common name like ‘Jack.’
unknown man carrying a lantern = ‘Jack with the lantern’ / ‘Jack of the lantern’
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Holocaust survivor and writer Simon Wiesenthal announces that he is retiring after a 60-year career hunting Nazis. He is now 92 years old and will be 93 next month.
The last Nazi he captured was Julius Veil, who was convicted this year of shooting seven Jewish prisoners.
“I have survived them all,” says Wiesenthal in a press statement. “If there are any left, they’d be too old and weak to stand trial today. My work is done.”
A photograph dated 1 September 1941 of officers of the Romanian 12th Machine Gun Company in Biliaivka, near Odessa, "in the war against Bolshevism."
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WATCH: 🇷🇴 Antena 3 CNN has released footage from inside the burned building at Romania’s Carfil weapons factory in Brașov, following a fire linked by Romanian intelligence to a sabotage operation coordinated by Russian intelligence services.
Romanian authorities say the network was coordinated from Russia and had been assigned targets across the region, including arms manufacturing facilities and other military-related sites. Security has since been increased around military units and defence facilities across Romania.
BREAKING: 🇷🇴🇷🇺 Romania’s intelligence service (SRI) has uncovered a Russian intelligence-directed sabotage network involved in a fire at the Carfil military industrial platform in Brașov, Romania, on September 14.
According to the SRI, the network was coordinated from Russia and involved several citizens of former Soviet states living in EU countries. Judicial proceedings are underway in Romania and in cooperation with authorities in other European countries.
Investigators say Russian coordinators had assigned the network additional targets across the region, including arms factories and other military and industrial facilities. The SRI also identified other sabotage attempts in Romania this year, including at facilities used to train Ukrainian armed forces.
Romanian authorities say the operations aim to intimidate European countries, damage their defence capabilities and undermine regional security. The investigation is ongoing, with Romanian intelligence working alongside national agencies and European partners.
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Nostalgic Nightmares in Romania cepa.org/article/nostalgic-n…
