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Aspects of War @AspectsOfWar

Podcast by veterans exploring the experiences and costs of war, past and present.

Joined September 2021
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War is not just fought on battlefields by soldiers. Much of the time civilians sat at a desk in a warm office contribute to the war effort and increasing so in the age we live in today. RIP Ruth Bourne. news.sky.com/story/wwii-blet…

WWII Bletchley Park Enigma codebreaker Ruth Bourne dies aged 99

Ms Bourne's contribution to the monumental task of breaking the Nazis' Enigma cypher was "truly historic", a veterans' charity has said.

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The continuing impact of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8z…

The BBC visits the Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb

When the atom bomb was dropped 80 years ago, 140,000 Koreans were in Japan's Hiroshima city, many as forced labour.

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Latest article ' The Opium Wars' by James Florey @CapitalWalksLdn has been uploaded to our site. #OpiumWars aspectsofwar.net/blog/buxff2…
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This memorial marks where the Soviets stopped the advance of the Nazis towards Moscow in December 1941. Photo taken in 2007 by Aspects of War writer James. #GreatPatrioticWar #WorldWarII
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Contributor @James_Florey has co-written an article on the Peasant’s Revolt event at the Marx Memorial Library. 'We were never taught at school about Levellers, or the Diggers or the Ranters — it was all kings and queens — and who really cares about that' morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…

Revolt rekindled: when Adam delved and Wat did rebel

“MATTERS cannot go well in England, nor ever will, until all things shall be held in common, when there shall be neither vassals nor lords, when the lords shall be no more masters than ourselves.” —...

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We have just started a Substack! You can subscribe to it here aspectsofwar.substack.com/?r…
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Contributor James Florey has written about The Great War and how our memories of it have changed and developed over the years. #war #worldwar #history aspectsofwar.net/blog/the-gr…
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'Procrastination is the Thief of Time'
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Recording a #podcast is harder than I imagined! I have now set myself a date when I will release my first episode - 11 Nov 2022.
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Just finished listening to @thetimes podcast #lastmanstanding - about the search to discover what happened to hostage John Cantlie. It was excellent and I highly recommend listening to this series. aspectsofwar.uk/blog/last-ma…
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Couldn't resist buying a new book @HousmansBooks while booking their meeting room to record an episode of the podcast. A great read so far!
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The aim of our podcast is to delve into different aspects of conflicts from civilian and military perspective, left and right, for and against the conflict, historians and journalists assessments.
Over the next few weeks we will be recording interviews for our first series. These will be the stories and testimonies of British military veterans long with a historian and a journalist looking back and reflecting on differing aspects of war.
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