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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)

An hour and a half of story, with quite a build of tension (I hope). This includes two short animations which took perhaps longer than they should have taken to do, and much less of the historical background that took up the first hour of the last one about the last war against the French. As the th

The sound is odd, as I spend some time explaining, but for those trying to imaging how medieval horses were used in battle, there is lots here. Horses were one-shot weapons (YouTube)

As I type this, the video is still 'processing' (YouTube checking that I haven't breached copyright etc.), and is due to be watchable in about 45 minutes' time. So, are you sure that you know the answer to the question? This one is LONG, but I hope that the journey is worth it. It does eventually ma

BigMac is back! Yes, he said he wouldn't return to the front, but then he went back anyway. This is an on-line interview with him in his new roles as sapper and drone pilot. Marvel at the casual nature in which sappers handle explosives! I used Jitsi to record the footage, and the format came out as

It's long, it's about war, and the comments will be filled with people asking about the book. Early comments complain about the sound. The sound plays absolutely fine for me. Anyway, i hope you like it. Was Hannibal A Hero? (YouTube)

He wasn't exactly James Bond, but he was a spy in Ukraine, and they did catch him. Find out how: Lots of talk about the Soviet/Russian ways of doing things too. How We Caught A Spy: Soviet hangovers in Ukraine (YouTube)

Here's another one of the International Legion volunteer's interview: https://youtu.be/ofJw89oI4cc This time, it's all about what it's like to sit in a trench and wait, while many things go 'bang!' all around you.

https://youtu.be/DANTP2n8x3c This one is about kit. Part three is on the way - that will be about the experience of being shelled.

A bit of a departure here. A friend of mine is on his way to Ukraine, and I thought it a good idea to record his thoughts before he went. A leap into the unknown: a British man joins the Ukrainian International Legion (YouTube)

Location shooting! Big guns! Beige things! Britishness! The Victoria Lines: Defending Malta on a tight budget (YouTube)

Half-tracks! All the fun of lorries, plus a bit of tank! Hanomag 251 - Steed of the Panzergrenadiers (YouTube)

And now, another video, with retro thumbnail: https://youtu.be/S5oDKhqka8Y TLDW: they should have just held the ladder.

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

My longest video ever! Great for those of you who like them long, and less great for those who have to spend days fact-checking digressions and sourcing permissions to use photographs. The topic is about as tricky as they come. I know that I will annoy someone somewhere by being too harsh on some ch

The stirring tale of the gallant lads of 155 Battery RA, who in 1943 were attacked by an overwhelming force of elite German troops, and fought to the last. I get side-tracked almost immediately into trying to summarise the whole war in the desert up to that point, with digressions within that, so it

I was in Germany teaching at a HEMA camp, and while there shot this video with help from volunteers, showing one way that spears might have been used in formations - the commonest weapon combination of soldiers in the past. The fighting method of most soldiers: one-handed spear and shield (YouTube)

If you like heavy metal, you should like this. British Heavy Tanks of World War One (YouTube)

Why do humans go to war? (YouTube)

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

More on tactical psychology - the problem of how to order men to advance into danger. How to get troops to attack (YouTube)

I was in Sweden for a wedding, so did this on my small travel-camera and edited on a laptop with no internet access. When I came to upload it, it took fourteen hours. Still, variety is the spice, and all that. When Hannibal beat the Romans, he tended to be very thorough. The Battle of Cannae: Rome's

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

A longish rambling one about bombardment, with a particular emphasis on the psychological effects of it. It includes live musical performance! Possibly inconsistent in tone. I think there might be a bit of 'too soon' about the Falklands, which is why in the edit I chose the end captions that I did.

This could be the start of something medium-sized, or it could be idle pondering. Why knows? One of my longer sponsor messages, but the ridiculousness just kept on coming. Amazingly, the sponsor loved it! When and why do men run away in battle? A proposed scientific experiment. (YouTube)

For those of you who like the long rambling ones, this one qualifies on both counts!" Do better guns improve fighting effectiveness? (YouTube)

Bit of a click-baity title, possibly, but it is the subject of the video. Whereas the titles of YouTube videos tend to suggest authority and watch-this-and-then-you-will-finally-and-definitively-settle-the-matter-in-your-mind -forever, in the actual video, I tone it down a bit a present a 'strong ca

I didn't make many videos in February this year. I spent it mainly working on the graphic novel. This one is a long ramble about an historical event about which I knew little until recently. One of the toughest journeys in history - the march of the Czechoslovakian Legions (YouTube)

A long one about war, so most of you should like it. At one point in a digression I express an opinion, which some people might consider a bit political of me. Perhaps I should not have done that, but my policy is to leave the mistakes in. One minor error is that the bit about a breach wide enough f

I think you'll like this one, even though the speed of my talking threatens to put my voice above the range of human hearing at times. I calm down a bit in the post-production voice-overs. Lots of technology, history, as well as science. The ship that revolutionised naval warfare (YouTube)

This was shot in the jungle in Guatemala, but isn't exactly a proper Guatemala video, in that it isn't about the country I was in. I just took the opportunity to do a walking piece to camera (since I had a cameraman) in a jungle (since it is about jungles). Who are the best jungle troops? (YouTube)

People asked for more tales of deception, so here are more tales of deception: the withdrawal from the Dardanelles, the Second Battle of El Alamein, and the hilarious Operation Camilla. Three Great British Wartime Deceptions (YouTube)

It seems that you like my longer rambling ones, so here is one that I reined in a bit on the length, but is still quite long. Chinese military deception, Roman, War of the Spanish Succession, and the American Civil War examples of ruses to fool the enemy. Tales of military deception (YouTube)

The third in my series on the Battle of the Atlantic. One for wargamers and military history enthusiasts alike. You are getting to see this a day early. The wargamers who won a real war. (YouTube)

It was cold out there, and dangerous. Another long rambly one, which seems to be the type that most people like. The Battle of the Atlantic: U-boats and how to sink them (YouTube)

This one was shot a while ago in Switzerland. My host, whose rifles I was using, was standing behind the camera, which you might be able to tell. Why use clips when you can use magazines? (YouTube)

The command bunker 'Western Approaches' is now a museum in Liverpool. I was invited to take a look before it re-opened. Western Approaches - the bunker from which they won the war (YouTube)

The Battle of Trebia was a battle of wits, and Rome lost. It teaches us the importance of breakfast. Trebia - Hannibal's first great victory in Italy (YouTube)

Not one for those desperate for a quick view during a tea-break, I'm afraid. I probably did too much research, and got too angry about how horrible Napoleon was. Big topic. I hope to introduce a character from history who seems to have been forgotten by most people, but who may well have done more t

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

Paintballing in tanks! It's like paintballing, but in tanks! It's paintballing in tanks! Paintballing in tanks! (YouTube)