Chris Sams
World War 1 & 2 Naval historian, also likes RAF bombers & the Luftwaffe between 1935-45. Working on Bristol Beauforts & WW1 U-boats.
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- This week’s free to read is something different - I.e. there are no Germans or u-boats… jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-reina-...
- This week’s podcast is on thee doomed career of U-570 open.spotify.com/episode/0Woi... #ww2 #history #navalhistory
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- This week’s general release feature continues to follow the Navy in the Dardanelles on 2-3 March 1915. The fleet has found serious flaws in the plans but London isn’t listening… jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-fleets... #navalhistory #ww1
- So who did fire the first naval shots of the First World War? open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
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- Reposted by Chris SamsTomorrow I will be live talking about the liberation of Auschwitz on its 81st anniversary to honour Holocaust Memorial Day. It starts at 6pm GMT. youtube.com/@thisweekint... Viewer discretion is advised as there may be graphic images! #History #WW2 #HolocaustMemorialDay
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- This week’s feature continues the Naval campaign in the Dardanelles in February 1915. The navy encounters a predicted problem but will London listen? open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
- So excited my Christmas present to myself has finally arrived! I really enjoyed Ahsoka by @ekjohnston.bsky.social so looking forward to reading more, especially on Qi’ra 😊
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- This week’s free to read - what happens if you drink the wrong gin? jerijerod14.substack.com/p/that-was-f... #history
- This week’s podcast answers a question that not many people have asked but is surprisingly interesting for anyone interested in the First World War at Sea… What is a pre-dreadnought and why are they so important? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
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- As the Geo-political situation continues to spiral the drain I felt I needed to write this on the defence “I’m only following orders” jerijerod14.substack.com/p/just-follo...
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- This week’s feature - The third part on my Navy off the Dardanelles. This time it is 25 February, and the larger force has gathered to strike the outer forts - this time with the French #ww1 #navalhistory #history open.substack.com/pub/jerijero...
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- This week’s free to read follows the career of a Chatham built battleship into the First Workd War jerijerod14.substack.com/p/from-chath... #ww1 #navalhistory #history
- What happens when you ram your U-boat into something? Damage to U-513 caused by accidentally colliding with SS Lord Strathcona on 5/9 ‘42 At the time she was serving in the 10th Flotilla under KKpt Rolf Rüggeberg. She was lost off the Brazil the following July KLt Friedrich Guggenberger.
- This week’s podcast is on the Astro-Hungarian dreadnoughts and argues that their fatal weakness isn’t that big of a deal… on paper. #ww1 #history podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
- I love AI design sometimes - yes I know it’s evil but Battle of the Falklands movies by Pixar are epic 🤣
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- On 12 August 1915 Flight Commander Charles Edmonds was the first person in history to launch a torpedo from an aircraft, a Short Type 184 operating from HMS Ben-my-Chree
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- Continuing my Naval attacks at the Dardanelles posts - this week’s feature (now free) is on the Allied Navy’s first attempt to level the forts at the Straits open.substack.com/pub/jerijero... #ww1 #navalhistory
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- Ok the Bristol Beaufort isn’t that “cool” but has your Lancaster/Spitfire ever had a flamethrower attached to it?
- So how dangerous were anti-shipping raids conducted by the RAF during WW2? Chances of surviving one tour of duty in 1940-2 was 17.5% and only 3% to survive the second tour... This is Flak damage to a Bristol Beaufort in the Middle East
- Thought I would do a post for just the subscribers as a thank you. The ORP Grom was one of three Polish destroyers to escape before the invasion but was sadly lost during the Narvik campaign. jerijerod14.substack.com/p/cursed-poles #history #ww2
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- Anyone missed my U-boat content? Well here is my first post of the year about the loss of U-701 from interrogation reports! Free to read as well 😉 #ww2 #navalhistory jerijerod14.substack.com/p/the-interr...
- This week's podcast is out - there were technical issues I'd missed in the editing (thanks @noonan66.bsky.social for telling me) I've re recorded the whole thing & it comes in at 80 minutes long! These are the stories my grandparents told me of their time in WW2 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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- HMS Albion under fire from Ottoman batteries off the Dardanelles, 1915.
- This week’s feature begins to tell the story of the Naval campaign in the Dardanelles from the closing of the Strait to the deployment of battleships in January-February 1915 and is available to read for free. jerijerod14.substack.com/p/battleship... #history #ww1history #navalhistory
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- If you enjoyed yesterday’s podcast here are some first hand testimonies from survivors of the sinking of HMS Formidable jerijerod14.substack.com/p/voices-fro... #history #ww1
- So this week’s podcast is out and #otd 1914 a u-boat is stalking a battleship off the south coast. What would follow would see most of the crew of HMS Formidable lost in horrendous weather conditions and fighting for their lives. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
- So this week’s podcast is out and #otd 1914 a u-boat is stalking a battleship off the south coast. What would follow would see most of the crew of HMS Formidable lost in horrendous weather conditions and fighting for their lives. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
- Also subscribers get first look at the series I’m writing about the naval campaign in the Dardanelles in Jan-March 1915 before the general release so…. jerijerod14.substack.com/p/battleship...
