Some young Tim Hiddleston action here, from the brilliant 2006 Victoria Cross Heroes series.
Hard to recreate the intensity of the fighting around Kohima, and they miss out the part where John Randle covers the embrasure with his own body to contain the grenade blast
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Take that, Fritz!
Monty leading the way.
Manchester Evening News 7th June 1944.
Ladies and gentlemen: Charles Hazlitt Upham VC and Bar.
This Is Your Life, 1985. Holy smokes.
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Lt Col Phil Roden on Bruce’s charge:
“You could see his Bren gun held out and his big bottom swaying as he went with the momentum he was getting up, followed by Alan Avery. They were cheerful. They were going out on a picnic almost.”
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On @newsofthewar.bsky.social, we've revelled in stories that aren't well known, 1939-45. We were keen to do a VC-special. But when @andyaitch.bsky.social realised he'd got unseen film of Ian Liddell VC - that was something else.
Here it is. The found footage of Ian Liddell VC.
As far as I know this footage has NEVER been seen publicly before.
Filmed on the 7/4/45, 4 days after the action on the bridge, and 2 weeks before he was killed.
He was called the officer that never lost his temper, I think you can see that here.
Join us, for our first episode in our Generalissimos series.
To kick us off we have Marshal Pietro Badoglio - a nasty little shitbag if ever I saw one.
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Here it is. The found footage of Ian Liddell VC.
As far as I know this footage has NEVER been seen publicly before.
Filmed on the 7/4/45, 4 days after the action on the bridge, and 2 weeks before he was killed.
He was called the officer that never lost his temper, I think you can see that here.
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Part 2 of our VC special is out this Friday….you’ve heard of the Arnhem VCs? Cain, Baskeyfield, Lord, Greyburn and Queripel.
Well, in the words of Yoda “there is another”
Tune in on Friday to News of the War
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For our Australian friends, we also talked about Bruce (of course he’s called Bruce) Kingsbury VC…. The epitome of charging the enemy foreign the Bren from the hip at Isurava, PNG.
Charles Hazlitt Upham VC & Bar, who served in Greece, Crete and the Western Desert. Incredible bravery,
Every recipient of the Victoria Cross has their likeness captured in portrait - a true likeness.
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✨And in this week's #NewsoftheWar, an exclusive - a VC story behind the headlines that's never told before!✨
Tune in to hear what's been discovered about Captain Ian Liddell VC, who was ordered to capture a bridge intact over the River Ems.
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COMING THIS FRIDAY
Our new series: THE GENERALISSIMOS
Who will our random generalissimo generator generate this week?
Tune into News Of The War Pod this Friday.
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✨And in this week's #NewsoftheWar, an exclusive - a VC story behind the headlines that's never told before!✨
Tune in to hear what's been discovered about Captain Ian Liddell VC, who was ordered to capture a bridge intact over the River Ems.
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
🚨 It's the Generalissimos!
We're back, and we're back with a new, 6-part series.
Six of the best generals, and how their wars were reported in the #NewsoftheWar from 1939 - '45.
First up - Marshal Pietro Badoglio. 🇮🇹
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