The Crusader Project
Long-running research project on the desert war 1940-43, with a specific focus on Operation CRUSADER.
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- Today in AI is shit, and is making everything shittier.
- winbuzzer.com/2026/01/28/g... (what’s the betting that the answer to this mystery is LLMs and crawlers)
- Some incredible footage here, that Liberator coming in hot is quite something. @rafhistory.bsky.social @airpowerhistory.bsky.social @airminded.org @smoorebofb1940.bsky.social @rafmuseum.bsky.social Thanks @curatorian.bsky.social film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/3730/...
- I have several questions
- 3rd Feb St Werburgh day. Protector of Chester. It was said she had restored a dead goose to life after it had been eaten, as recounted by the medieval hagiographer Goscelin. #Folklore
- 2-4-1 study in detail, of an A9 cruiser tank and a German radio set. May/June 1940, France.
- I have several questions. @alanallport.bsky.social
- The difference between these two vehicles is that one is at least somewhat useful.
- 85 years ago. Incident at Jebel Sherif. vimeo.com/ondemand/36199
- At the end of January 1942, 11 Indian Infantry Brigade executed a successful and hard-fought rearguard action against pursuing German forces, keeping them at bay long enough to allow Allied forces in the Jebel Akhdar to escape along the coastal road.
- Panzergruppe ended up with a lot of weird and pointless stuff for trial reasons and presumably because nobody quite knew what on earth to do with the bin-ends or German AFV design. Even considering this, the Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette II 7,5 cm Kanone L/41 auf Zugkraftwagen 5t stands out as a bizarro
