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OPERATION MENACE 1940
The British and Free French launched a joint operation to Dakar in Senegal in 1940. As I relate, it did not go to plan... Operation Menace 1940: three days of incompetent bungling (YouTube)
Apr 30, 2026 0 1
The Victoria Lines: Defending Malta on a tight budget
Location shooting! Big guns! Beige things! Britishness! The Victoria Lines: Defending Malta on a tight budget (YouTube)
May 31, 2021 0 1
The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse
Those of you who like long videos should like this one. It definitely qualifies. Hurrah! A post that is actually about a video!Those of you who like long videos should like this one. It definitely qualifies.Spies, secret missions, long-distance adventure, pluck, amateurism, Britishness, and explosio
Sep 2, 2020 0 1
British Heavy Tanks of World War One
If you like heavy metal, you should like this. British Heavy Tanks of World War One (YouTube)
Feb 29, 2020 0 1
1942: 21 anti-tank guns against 100 tanks - who won?
I do hope that all those wanting one have had a merry Christmas, and that the coming year proves to be a good 'un. For now, here's a long ramble about tanks and fighting and stuff. I had put my back out and was on pain-killers and I think it does show a bit. 1942: 21 anti-tank guns against 100 tanks
Dec 29, 2019 0
The Falklands Conflict 1982 - was Britain really fighting all alone?
You keep telling me that you like them long. This one scores highly in that category. I just had to self-rate this on YouTube for advertiser-friendliness. Things that can bar a video from being monetised include vague undefined terms like 'recent', 'tragedy', 'controversial', and 'opinion'. Is 1982
Jul 30, 2019 0 1
British Officers' Kit
It seems that the Lego Man at the end of my videos needed an upgrade. Half an hour of me talking about things that an officer might wear to mark him out as different from the men. British Officers' Kit (YouTube)
Oct 4, 2018 0 1
Flying Tanks! Tetrarchs and Locusts
At least one person asked me for a video on this topic, a year ago, and WHOOSH! Here it is. Edited using footage from two different trips to Bovington, I appear again with The Chieftain. Flying Tanks! Tetrarchs and Locusts (YouTube)
May 31, 2018 0 1
The first transatlantic flight
Whoops! This got here a bit late. Sorry about that. Another story of another first for Britain! The first transatlantic flight (YouTube)
May 31, 2018 0 1
The early days of the S.A.S.
I'm hoping that this will prove a popular topic. Things always get lost when I do one of these one-take talks, but I hope that the lack of choppy cutting is compensation for this. One detail I missed out was that David Stirling was 25 when he was dreaming up the future S.A.S. in a hospital bed. The
Oct 31, 2017 0 1