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  1. Fritz Darges, the last of Hitler's adjutants, died at the weekend aged 96. Do you know why was he dismissed from Hitler's service in 1944? 5:10 AM Oct 29th from web
  2. Read my blog entry on the commemoration of the outbreak of WW2 - at http://historian-at-large.blogspot.com/ 2:46 AM Sep 2nd from web
  3. An excellent eyewitness account of the moments WW2 broke out, 70 years ago - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8225093.stm 1:23 AM Sep 2nd from web
  4. Today is the anniversary of Stalin's "Not one Step Back!" order of 1942. A necessary measure to defeat fascism? http://tinyurl.com/nvwm8h 11:09 AM Jul 28th from web
  5. A historian's musings on memory, our connections to the past, and the death of Harry Patch. http://historian-at-large.blogspot.com/ 5:57 AM Jul 28th from web
  6. See my blog entry on Russia's repressive instincts and the attempted rehabilitation of Stalin - http://historian-at-large.blogspot.com/ 2:41 AM Jul 22nd from web
  7. Am in Gdansk, Poland, listening to a busker playing Metallica on a cello. Really surprisingly good. 6:42 AM Jul 16th from txt
  8. Am in St. Petersburg, enjoying a coffee on Nevsky Prospekt, watching the world go by ... 3:18 AM Jul 14th from txt
  9. Inside Peterhof. Wow! 4:46 AM Jul 12th from txt
  10. Arriving in St Petersburg. Looking forward to seeing the palace of Peterhof this afternoon. 9:01 PM Jul 11th from txt
  11. I am in the Vasa museum in stockholm. Quite astonishing, especially if one compares it with the Mary Rose in Portsmouth. 2:15 AM Jul 10th from txt
  12. 2nd lecture onboard done, this one on the subject of my book 'Killing Hitler'. Lots of questions + interest from audience. Very gratifying. 11:14 AM Jul 9th from txt
  13. Copenhagen today. Palaces, canals and of course the Little Mermaid. I wonder if the queen is at home? 12:47 AM Jul 8th from txt
  14. Editing my manuscript on the aft deck in bright sunlight. Its good stuff. This is the life! 10:26 AM Jul 7th from txt
  15. North of denmark now. In the kattegat or the skagerrak, not sure which. Should have paid attention at school. :-) 12:01 AM Jul 7th from txt
  16. Packing for my cruise up the Baltic to St. Petersburg... lectures to prepare... ironing to do ... A historian's lot... 4:51 AM Jul 4th from web
  17. See my recent review of Antony Beevor's new book about D-Day at http://tinyurl.com/n3ycpq 12:00 PM Jul 3rd from web
  18. Reader's event last night in Barking. All went well, but I'm pretty exhausted this morning. Sometimes i'm glad I don't have a 'proper' job 12:25 AM Jul 2nd from web
  19. 75 years ago today. The Night of the Long Knives; Hitler's settling of scores with the SA and other opponents. As many as 100 are murdered. 2:05 AM Jun 30th from web
  20. Did you know- the tonnage dropped by the Luftwaffe on the UK in WW2 is less than the monthly average dropped by RAF/USAF on Germany in 1943 1:34 AM Jun 27th from web