Tweeting about military & intelligence services history, the finer points of rugby and the Royal Marines. Author of 'Vanguard' and 'Radio War'.
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David Abrutat 🇺🇦 retweeted
📚 It's always nice to turn up and get a new book - this time, my latest.
Author copies have arrived, and it feels like a long journey has finally finished. More posting and details when it's officially released 👀
⁉️ What is UK national security vetting, and how has the current system evolved to meet insider threats?
Really pleased to see this political, social, and cultural history of British vetting finally reach @BloomsburyBooks's website.
🗓 Out June 2025
🔗 bloomsbury.com/uk/secret-his…
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Jimmy Gopperth getting a proper send off as he plays his last home game at Provence.
How good.
#ProD2
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All at GCHQ are deeply saddened today to learn of the passing of @BletchleyPark codebreaker Charlotte ‘Betty’ Webb MBE at the age of 101.
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Betty Webb MBE
It is with great sadness that today, the Bletchley Park Trust has learnt that Charlotte (Betty) Webb MBE has passed away at the age of 101. Her contributions to Bletchley Park, during World War Two and to ensuring its legacy today, will never be forgotten. bletchleypark.org.uk/betty_w…
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It was a pleasure and an honour for @birginclare and I @ANUNorthAmerica @ANUBellSchool to join the @bletchleypark @GCHQ intelligence history conference with @TrooperAbs to talk about how Britain Brought Australia into the Five Eyes and Made AUKUS possible!
The theme of @bletchleypark and @GCHQ’s magnificent first intelligence history conference was “People in Intelligence,” so I discussed the role of the American people in shaping US intelligence history. Amazing conference with a great group!
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Huge shoutout to @TrooperAbs and @bletchleypark for this conference. Strongly recommend friends, colleagues, and fellow intelligence historians/enthusiasts who missed this inaugural event to keep an eye out for the next one! I look forward to many more!
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The theme of @bletchleypark and @GCHQ’s magnificent first intelligence history conference was “People in Intelligence,” so I discussed the role of the American people in shaping US intelligence history. Amazing conference with a great group!
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#TBT Imagine a disk cipher the size of a pocket watch! ⏱️ In the 1920s, Alexander Von Kryha invented tiny but powerful cipher machines, including the 3.5" Liliput.
Fun Fact: William Friedman cracked the Kryha cipher in just 2 hours & 41 minutes!
media.defense.gov/2022/Dec/2…
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The new malaria R21 vaccine rolled out in Côte d’Ivoire today could save millions of lives, thanks to British science expertise @UniOfOxford, Indian manufacturing @SerumInstIndia and the immunisation work of @Gavi.
We’re committed to making more progress like this.
ALT The new malaria R21 vaccine rolled out in Côte d’Ivoire with Gavi
ALT The new malaria R21 vaccine rolled out in Côte d’Ivoire with Gavi
ALT The new malaria R21 vaccine rolled out in Côte d’Ivoire with Gavi
ALT The new malaria R21 vaccine rolled out in Côte d’Ivoire with Gavi
Brilliant @uniofoxford science expertise, Indian manufacturing @seruminstindia and immunisation work @gavi.
The result? A new malaria R21 vaccine rolled out in Côte d’Ivoire today that could save millions of lives.
That’s what international partnership delivers.
ALT Text that reads ‘new malaria vaccine rolled out’ over an image of a medical worker holding a syringe.
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On 7 July 1917 German Gotha bombers made a daylight raid on London, following one on 13 June, both times exposing the weakness of London’s air defences. Anti-German riots broke out. This aggressive action against people with German names had an effect right to the top. 1/4
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I see the news story today that Ernest Shackleton's ship The Endurance - which sank in Antarctic waters in 1915 - is having the protection perimeter around the wreck widened to preserve the vessel. This is as good an excuse as any to re-share some of the colour paget plates I've cleaned-up & enhanced, which were taken by Frank Hurley in Antartica a few months before it sank beneath the icepack.
These are all original colour shots from 1915 and not colourised.
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Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade after landing on Queen Red beach, Sword area, 6 June 1944.
Colour by Doug - @colour_history
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Join the Red Arrows in the cockpit for a spectacular view of the flypast earlier today over London, for His Majesty The King’s Official Birthday.
📸 AS1 Iwan Lewis
#RedArrows #TroopingTheColour #London #KingsBirthdayFlypast #KingsBirthday #RAF
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8th June 1944
General Sir Bernard Montgomery passes German POWs while being driven along a road in a jeep, shortly after arriving in Normandy.
Read more: ww2today.com/
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Troops of 45 Royal Marine Commando disembark on 'Queen Red' Beach at La Breche, amid the burning tanks of the 22nd Dragoons and 13/18th Hussars.
Learn more about Operation Overlord: bit.ly/3peOx0Q
IWM A70 31-2
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Just an amazing and humbling experience to be onboard @BrittanyFerries from @PortsmouthPort this morning with our inspiring & incredible #DDay vets. Fair winds & following seas for your voyage to #France and their #DDay80 commemorations 👏🏻👏🏻🫡
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Veterans lay a wreath in the English Channel as they approach Normandy. @ForcesNews #Dday80
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The famous D-Day wall map at Southwick House witnessed the meetings of the Allied commanders in the days leading up to 6 June 1944.
Object courtesy of the @NatMuseumRN / Government Art Collection.
#DDay80 #DDay #DDayIn80Objects
theddaystory.com/d-day-in-80…