B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social University of Reading (UK) PhD student studying naval strategy and amphibious warfare. Author of books On Tactics and On Operations. Occasional blogger: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social I write history. Last book: LORDS OF THE DESERT; before that: A LINE IN THE SAND. In the seventh year of my four year project, THE ARENA.
More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org
Currently reading Geoff Dyer / Homework
Andy Arnold @ww1geekandy.bsky.social 
Michael D. Stevenson @mdstevenson.bsky.social Professor of History at Lakehead University
News Of The War Pod @newsofthewar.bsky.social The headlines behind the frontlines: NOTW pod, hosted by Andy and Merryn.
We take a look at the stories being read by the public during the war. 6 random dates every year of the war.
https://linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
Lesley @4jonboy.bsky.social Hello, I'm a Yorkshire lass. I'm the daughter of a 56 Recce who served in WW2.
Retired/Married. Interested in all things WW2, especially the Italian Campaign.
Enjoy walking, reading and making cross stitch samplers
Rob @robgranger1664.bsky.social Knows a bit about Marines
Jan (he/him) | Let's Play History @letsplayhistory.bsky.social (War)Gaming historian. 📚🎲
Vegan foodie. 💚😋
Libertarian socialist. 🏴🚩
Hiking explorer. 🏞🚶
Critical postfoundationalist. 📖💭
Strategic pessimist. 🤔🤨
Pragmatic pacifist. 🕊️🛡️
¡No Pasarán! ✊
David Parmee @1418war-birds.bsky.social Military history & birds. BSc(Hons) Maths & Stats @ Liverpool 1975. MA(Distinction) Great War @ Wolverhampton 2022. Lothian SOC. Edinburgh CAMRA. Retired FIA C.Act. #YNWA.
Harry Sanderson @dr-brightshirt.bsky.social Operational Research Analyst and Military Historian of the First World War. PhD on Soldiers' Training in the First World War.
John C @badsocialism.bsky.social PGR at QMUL 2025-29 researching Political Identity,Decolonisation, "Caribbean-ness" and the World Crisis 1935-1960
Poetry in Motion, Like a Pathe Newsreel" -@tomblack.uk 🏳️🌈//🇬🇧🇨🇦🇮🇪🇹🇹
Will sometimes write things of consequence here:
https://jconcagh.weebly.com
Matt Eaton @matteatonmedia.bsky.social Author and historian researching troop morale and entertainment, Military History PhD. See https://mattheweaton.co.uk for newsletter and more. Forthcoming book, Madam V's War (https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/madam-v-virginia-vernons-war/).
Christoph Bergs @milavhis.bsky.social Life consists of Air Power and Aircraft.
Founder: Military Aviation History.
The History Syndicate Podcast @historysyndicate.bsky.social A podcast for all with a common interest in history. Run and hosted by Mark Martin, the pod is his hobby. He’s an Arsenal fan and Wargamer.
Listen on any podcast app: https://bit.ly/4huFXEJ
Dr Ross Mahoney @airpowerhistory.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief of 'From Balloons to Drones.' Specialist in Air Power History, Transport History, & Heritage. Brit in Brisbane, QLD. Posts ≠ endorsement.
https://drrossmahoney.substack.com/ & https://balloonstodrones.com/
Dave Spencer-Barnes 🏳️🌈 @davespenceruk.bsky.social Happily retired maths academic.
Trustee of @baysar.bsky.social in Cumbria.
Made in Lancashire.
Married to @johnbarnes.org
Daniele Toro @danieletoro.bsky.social research assistant · University of Passau · entangled history of industrial societies · fascist networking in interwar Europe
https://www.geku.uni-passau.de/neuere-und-neueste-geschichte/lehrstuhlteam/daniele-toro
orcid.org/0000-0002-2533-263X
Sophy Higgins @sophyhiggins.bsky.social PhDing @ Freeman Air and Space Institute (KCL) & RAF Museum on gender, class & interwar aviation | she/her
Not the Western Front Society @ntwf.bsky.social NTWF is a group for people interested in the less well known campaigns of the First World War, away from the Western Front
www.ntwf.org.uk
Robert Glennie @robertglennie.bsky.social Historian. Researching the British army in Normandy, Market Garden and beyond, North Africa, Middle Eastern Mandate days, the Med. Occasional trips east.
Independent Armoured Brigades. Tank pedantry.
Freshwater conservation. Fish!
David Spruce @sprucey.bsky.social MA and PhD history. Former CEO, CFO, pig farmer(!) Harlequins. Wolves. Watch collector. Plays bass badly.Metal 🤘
Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social Head of Politics and History Teacher, ITT mentor and Education Officer at the Vickers MG Collection - interested in discussing how we teach warfare
James Taub @taubhistory.bsky.social Associate Curator at the Museum of the American Revolution and a public historian. Focused on France and America during WWI and the 18th century.
(All views my own)
Dan P @danieljphelan.bsky.social Speaker, tour guide, & EOHO volunteer for @CWGC. Interested in #WW1 and #WW2. National Trails completed: Cleveland Way 2018. Hadrian’s Wall 2021. SWCP 2024. Teacher. All views my own.
Prof. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar.bsky.social Prof. of Modern History & Memory Studies & Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research & Impact HASS, University of Exeter | RHS Councillor 2025-29 | all views my own
Thomas Heaney @captainabraham.bsky.social Historian, Husband, Dad, Teacher, Army Vet, & Annoyance. Another middle-aged white guy for reason, compassion, & tolerance. He/Him. #NAFO
Opinions are my own ¬ the views of my employer
Games in the History Classroom Project: frc.edu/history/games
Beth Wyatt @wyattbeth.bsky.social Cultural historian of modern Britain. PhD researcher in First World War studies. Interests including film and TV, gender, emotions, country houses. Also interested in Korean history and culture.
Huw J. Davies @huwjdav.bsky.social Professor of British Military History @kcl.ac.uk | Associate Dean Professional & Online Education SSPP | Award-Winning Book: Wandering Army | Next one: Forging Armageddon @YaleBooks.bsky.social | FRHistS
Sofya Anisimova @sdanisimova.bsky.social Early career historian. Post-Doctoral Fellow at
University College Dublin. Working on First World War and Russian Civil War.
Battlefield Discovery @battlefielddisc.bsky.social Military History | Research, Battlefield Tours, Talks | Market Garden, Ardennes, Veritable, Huertgenwald and more | http://www.battlefielddiscovery.com
Brian Curragh MA @briancurragh.bsky.social Ph.D candidate at University of Birmingham - looking at Patronage & The Rings in the late Victorian British Army
MA British First World War Studies - dissertation on the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars: a military elite or agricultural cavalry?
Zeyyat Bandeoğlu @zeyyatbandeoglu.bsky.social Academic in Security Studies | PhD in National and International Security Strategies (Turkish War Colleges) | MA in European Studies (UBC) | BA in Public Administration (Istanbul University, Turkey) | Diyarbakır native & Galatasaray Fan.
Ray Chesworth @raychesworth.bsky.social History from 1900 through mobilisation to the early battles of the Great War, The Easter Rising, and Arsenal🥲. Harwich, Essex.
Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkenz.bsky.social Historian.
Mark Jones @mark18681918.bsky.social PhD student @cardiffuni.bsky.social/Prifysgol Caerdyd. Critical historian researching regimental identity, organisational culture & learning processes within the British Army during the Cold War.
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/research-staff/jonesma19
Andrew @andrew617.bsky.social Discontented Malcontent, MA by Research, serial Labrador owner, ex commercial diver and instructor. Interested in the Second World War, the Great War, French Indochina. Author of Caen, Cobra and Confusion & Not A Military War. No crypto demons please.
Gosling Press @goslingpress.bsky.social Gosling Press is a small publisher specialising in books about the First World War. We have a special interest in campaigns away from the Western Front
John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social Polemology Limited. Joint operations/headquarters collective trainer, mentor and coach. Air/land operational art academic historian. Close Air Support (Helion). Ex-RAF Regiment: Germany, Falklands, Oman, Quetta, Islamabad, Baghdad, Kabul et al, CAS Fellow.
Barnthorn Publishing @barnthorn.bsky.social Publishing company specialising in military history, open to all genres. Welcomes new authors, as well as experienced ones.
www.barnthornpublishing.co.uk
James Jefferies @jamesjhistory.bsky.social Aviation and Cultural Historian: The memory of the RAF in the Second World War. PhD student and Assistant Lecturer, University of Essex and Wolverhampton. Co-Presenter for @nmtdambusters.bsky.social pod.
Stuart Major @majorhistory.bsky.social Masters in Military History, working full time, side projects in community history, FRGS, MRHistS
https://www.major-history.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/MajorHistory1
Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social Currently studying for a PhD in #Urban #Wargaming looking at Urban Conflict and #UrbanWarfare. PhD Wiki at http://taunoyen.com/wiki/doku.php?id=phd. Also on Blue Sky as @davidburden
John Angus Spencer-Barnes 🏳️🌈 @johnbarnes.org Freelance who reads the news on BBC Radio 5 Live & 40 BBC local radio stations from MediaCityUK in sunny Salford.
Bewhiskered historian, folkie & geek.
Bellman of the City of Preston.
Husband of @davespenceruk.bsky.social.
Director of @baysar.bsky.social
Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social Where the modern history of Britain is open to all. Home to the personal papers of 600 political, military, and scientific figures.
https://archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/
Jess Morris @jessmorris2020.bsky.social Military Historian
https://morrisresearch0.wordpress.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-morris-457072263?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios
George Evans @georgedevans93.bsky.social Historian of the British Empire, Ireland and the Second World War, University of Edinburgh. 
Kathryn White @kathrynww1.bsky.social Dr Kathryn White writes about history: the World Wars, British Empire, religion, and the books she's reading.
kathrynshistoryblog.substack.com
Ella @ellalah.bsky.social History, reading and crafting
Wesley Livesay @historyofthesecondworldwar.com Creator of History of the Great War and History of the Second World War weekly history podcasts. Always ready and willing to discuss video games, Tolkien, and the Detroit Red Wings
Angus Wallace @anguswallace.bsky.social Historian & podcast impresario. My PhD focused on FWW recruitment.
Host of the WW2 Podcast, participant in @owalpodcast.bsky.social and involved with other podcast shenanigans.
Harriet Beadnell @hbeadnell.bsky.social Independent researcher interested in memory, veterans, commemoration and material culture. PhD in History from @york.ac.uk (WRoCAH) on the representation and identity of Second World War veterans.
Søren Sjøgren @sorensjogren.bsky.social Military officer | PhD | Institute head of R&D at the Royal Danish Defence College | Editor @sjms.bsky.social | Doctrine, planning, and command.
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social Excellent father. Recovering politics and government guy. Suffering baseball fan. Here for history, Star Trek, and ridiculous takes on current events.
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social King's College London. Director, Freeman Air & Space Institute; military historian prone to talking about aeroplanes. Lapsed pianist & hockey player. Views here entirely my own. 
frank squarerig @franksqrig.bsky.social retired seafarer & naval aviator. Master square rigged sail training ships from 80 to 800 GT, now consultant & maritime historian. FLY NAVY
Sophie's Great War Tours @sophie1wwtours.bsky.social Award winning tour operator & travel agent creating exceptional WW1 & WW2 #BattlefieldTours globally. Experts in history & hospitality #Virtuoso
Professor Andrekos Varnava, FRHistS, FRSA, FAHA (Ανδρίκκος) @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social Australian-Cypriot historian @flindersuniversity.bsky.social on Kaurna Yarta; expert on British empire, Cyprus, Armenia, migration; Editor-in-Chief @jich.bsky.social; poet; @YusufCatStevens fan
https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/andrekos.varnava
Nick Bradbeer @nickbradbeer.bsky.social Assoc. Professor of Submarine Design @ UCL. Nerd, maker, gamer, wargame builder. He/him.
I mostly post about games I'm playing for fun and games I'm creating for work, with the odd diversion into submarine design.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs.bsky.social Military History/Defence and Security/Leadership/Organisational Culture. PhD equipped. Book in early 2026, Tanks in Unexpected Places.
H.G.W. Davie @hgwdavie.bsky.social PhD University of East Anglia - writes about Soviet Logistics in SWW, General Military Transport & Logistics, Railways, Horse-drawn Vehicles
Visting Lecturer University Wolverhampton, MA SWW Eastern Europe and Holocaust
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE FIREARM REVOLUTION out now. Previous books include THE BEAUTY AND THE TERROR; ROADS TO ROME.
Tom Tulloch-Marshall @sommephantom.bsky.social Genesis, history, & architecture of the IWGC. TNA WW1 documentation. Struggle for MoD & CWGC integrity dealing with WW1 ID cases. Don't subscribe to liars.
Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social Award-winning Historian & Author FRHistS
WW1/WW2/20thC Royalty
Runs @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
@15minutebook.club 🎧
www.istoriatravel.org ✈️
Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social
🏴 But frequently bangs on about the French 🇫🇷
https://achurchill.substack.com
Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) @pikegrey1418.bsky.social Danish military historian/archivist/80s Metalhead. Focus: WWI (Austria-Hungary, Central Powers, Eastern Front, Denmark/Danes) Great War Group trustee. Rep: Watson Little.
Robb Robinson @robb51.bsky.social Maritime and British historian. British Commission for Maritime History Trustee, Hon Research Fellow at the University of Hull. Interests include the Yorkshire Coast, fisheries history and the role of smaller vessels in the Great War at Sea.
𝟙𝟜𝟙𝟠𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 @fourteeneighteen.co.uk longlongtrail.co.uk / Hereford FC / Leicester Riders / Working on a history of 1st South Staffords
Bart Parish @bartparish.bsky.social Kansan by birth ... Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!! Great War history enthusiast. Devoted Husband. Volunteer. DaVinci Resolve Motion Graphics Animator.
MTMcGurk @mtmcgurk.bsky.social Dad, Army Recruiter, aspiring historian, poetry book author: "To Be Continued;"
Nigel Heppenstall @matabeleant.bsky.social Matabeleland army brat. ‘I will have no man in my boat’ said Starbuck, ‘who is not afraid of a whale.’ Just one damn thing after another. Ishe komberera Africa.
Mark Simner @marksimner.bsky.social Author and Magazine Feature Writer of British Military History | MHM Book of the Year Nominee | Book Reviewer | Militaria Collector | BA (Hons) MSc
Jon Hinkin @jhink.bsky.social Military history enthusiast, often found walking up mountains and exploring the battlefields of the FWW and SWW.
Retired Senior lecturer in nursing. Veteran RAF Regiment and QARANC. BJJ brown belt.
The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social A vibrant group of nerds trying to teach the world about The Great War. Join us at https://greatwargroup.com
Nick Drage @sonofsuntzu.bsky.social Co-author of Random The Book: https://randomthebook.com/2026/05/29/its-here/
I'm abstractly interested in many things: https://blog.sonofsuntzu.org.uk/about
Nyctophile.
Alfredo Dallolio @alfredodallolio.bsky.social Amateur Historian. Focus on: WW1 Italy | WW2 North Africa & Mediterranean | Italian Colonialism & Fascism | Military Logistics. Enthusiasm for: Speculative Fiction | AS Roma
alfredodallolio.substack.com
Dr Megan Steinberg @megansteinberg.bsky.social Composer, Turntablist, Disability Advocate 🏳️🌈 PhD level unlocked
Dr Iain Farquharson @iainfarq87.bsky.social Military historian, wargame lecturer at Brunel University of London. https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/iain-farquharson1
Joyce Harrison @kansasjoyce.bsky.social Editor in Chief, University Press of Kansas, acquiring in military history. Live, laugh, publish books.
Sean @seanboy.bsky.social Normandy based tour guide/researcher/lecturer/history enthusiast.
Occasional poster of Then And Nows.
Music lover. Mostly loud stuff.
www.normandyinsight.net
Evan D'Alessandro @evandalessandro.bsky.social Wargamer + wargame designer. PhD student at KCL War Studies studying Immersion in Wargaming. Interested in the future of conflict, China, USN, and undersea cables. Wargame Portfolio: evandalessandro.com
Sophie @sophiedebolle.bsky.social I do stuff and I yap a lot
Chris Camfield (AlliedArmour) @alliedarmour.bsky.social 50ish/M/Ont/Canada, he/him. Aspiring "afflicted" WW2 military historian. https://www.alliedarmour.com My book about the Archer is available from Trackpad Publishing!
Also interested in art, video games, SF+fantasy novels, cats, puns
Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social Historian at Swansea Uni. Books include: Aberfan, Wales since 1939, England's Colony?, Welsh Not, Christmas & the British, History of Sport in Wales.
Amanda Nagel @amnagel.bsky.social Historian of race, war, and empire in the late 19th-early 20th centuries.
Dr Andrew Whittaker @andrewwhittaker.bsky.social Historian. War, society & culture in twentieth century London with special interests in education, migration, social class and commemorative practices.
Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social Military & Animal Historian🗡️ 🇲🇲🐴
Author
Burma Star Memorial Fund Scholar
PhD candidate KCL
Rep: Watson Little Ltd
Freaking out in a Moonage Daydream…
Christopher G. Mainwaring @mostserenechris.bsky.social MA History Second World War
Writing about the Battle for Belarus 1943-1944 and Operation Bagration.
https://christophergmainwaring.substack.com/
https://www.instagram.com/chrishobbycorner/
Dan Ellin @danellin.bsky.social Historian, Gremlinologist, musician, and father. IBCC Digital Archivist. All views my own. He/him.
Brett Holman @airminded.org Independent PhD historian (aviation, bombing; #WW1, #WW2; Britain, Australia; emotions, spectacle); books (Home Fires Burning (WW1 air raids on Britain; in progress), The Next War in the Air). Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. He/him. airminded.org
GD's Tales @tanktales.bsky.social Once a soldier. ND. I post about:
* Israel/Palestine.
* The Balkans.
* Iraq.
* Edges of empires in Europe.
* The First & Second World Wars.
* Tanks.
* WMD.
* Mental Health, Moral Injury, Neurodivergence.
* The current state of the British military.
The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social “Breaking Rommel” is now available for purchase.
“That's an impressive array of sources, but what are your credentials?"
Long-running research project on the desert war 1940-43, with a specific focus on Operation CRUSADER.
www.rommelsriposte.com
Second World War Studies Edinburgh @swwstudiesedin.bsky.social Second World War Studies is based at the University of Edinburgh. We host the Second World War Network (Scotland), funded by the RSE (2021-23), & set up by Profs Wendy Ugolini & Toby Kelly
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/swwnetworkscotland/
Tom @darthinternous.bsky.social Editorial Director, Fiction & Special Projects, Random House Worlds. Cat-intern supervisor. All opinions my own. Often found near the kitchen. Living the dream in far off places. (he/him)
Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social Historian & curator at the Imperial War Museum in the UK - history of war, conflict and IWM collections, with digressions into #judo and #videogames. 日本語を勉強している。Posts are personal views.
Tom Dare @repka.bsky.social I talk gay about metal sometimes, and shout at my sports teams. Also cats, dogs, spicy food, and nerdy stuff.
Epiphanic Truth's semi-official hype-man.
He/him
Anne-Marie Kramer @amklulusky.bsky.social Ripon College Cuddesdon ordinand. Queer feminist. Choral singer/chorister/pianist. Former sociologist/social policy academic (gender/sexuality/church/Poland/UK). Polish speaker, re-learning Welsh. Bilateral breast cancer. Owned by a dog & 5 cats. She/her.
Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social Medieval historian and charismatic megafauna enthusiast at the University of Tübingen. Blogs at https://salutemmundo.wordpress.com/