Jenny Grant
@SilenceInPolish
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Historian: The Poles in the West & Wartime Britain - Alliances and Commemoration. PhD Research at QMUL. Editor of Gen Maczek's memoirs - out 30th Nov.
Newbury, England
Joined June 2017
For 'bollocks' please read 'Polish pilots' as these belong to Squadron 303...
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RT @patrickbaty: Artists of the Artists Rifles - A talk on how a group of artistic men formed a regiment of the British Army in 1860, one t…
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Henry VIII losing out to *both* his daughters is glorious.
Who are the least popular kings and queens (and Cromwells) since 1066? Bottom 5 1. Henry VIII: -42 net score 2. Oliver Cromwell: -20 3. Edward VIII: -13 4. Mary I: -10 5. Charles I: -9
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Reginald Pole or Monsignor Pointyhead. There are no other options.
Public asked to name next Archbishop of Canterbury after Justin Welby resignation
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Kinda blaming Stalin for that one, tbh
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RT @corpseinorbit: You gotta wonder how many CIA people are looking at "federal waste" meme grants, tearing out their hair, thinking "That…
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My research is primarily dictated by the colour of my books.
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Early attempts at camouflage were ambitious but ultimately misguided
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RT @CzechLondon: Ambassador #MarieChatardova and Deputy Foreign Minister @HonzaMarian laid flowers at the Yalta Memorial in South Kensingt…
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RT @WHW_CambridgeIC: After the success of our event last year, we're doing it again with @FlightPolish and @BofBBunker ! Please save this…
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In 1953, she married Zygmunt Chojecki, a survivor of Siberian deportation who lost his leg fighting in Italy in the Anders Army.
Caroline Chojecki was a pioneering leading naval intelligence analyst at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. Chances are, you've never heard of her. But, you really should! This is the story of a WW2 heroine: (a thread)
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