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Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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Welcome to Planet Caddick: wordsmith & war professor; NATO historian; ex-reserve officer; 9 books; defence journalist @TheCriticMag/@BBC/@SkyNews
Salisbury, UK & Croatia
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Mar 7, 2024
    In 2022, I finished the last tome of my #WW2 trilogy. 1. Sand & Steel (D-Day) 2. Snow & Steel (Ardennes) 3. Fire & Steel/Victory in the West (1945) In 2024, new book on Winston Churchill appears, 4 July Now writing (with Mr Bor): 1918: Triumph in the West, + History of the QDG
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Nov 28, 2021
    Marble. Just astonishing.
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Jun 3, 2024
    Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: "It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Oct 24, 2025
    Staff at Stonehenge preparing to move the stones back one hour this weekend.....😉😊
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Yikes!
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Feb 26, 2022
    Ukraine thoughts: If NATO membership was assessed in terms of willingness and ability to fight, Ukraine would be a member and Germany would be required to leave.
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Jan 19, 2025
    A collection of historic planes that were used in the filming of the 1969 film "The Battle of Britain" and then stored in a Texas hangar for more than 45 years has been sold for more than $17 million
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Nov 2, 2024
    The ruins of Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire, England, completed by drone lighting.
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Jan 22, 2022
    Beyond belief. Marble.
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Feb 26, 2022
    "I need ammunition, not a ride". What a phrase. President Zelensky of Ukraine has already carved in his in history and reserved a place in Valhalla, with those six words. Bravo! 🇺🇦
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Oct 19, 2025
    This is clever - barcode on the bottom of a tub of Greek yogurt 😁 H/t @nick_the_greek58
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Mar 1, 2022
    Very, very sad to read of scores of dogs tied up by their leads with notes attached, at train and bus stations throughout Ukraine, as their owners have had to leave without their treasured pets. Eg, "This is Ihor, very gentle, please look after him". Heartbreaking.
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    Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine
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    Mar 16, 2022
    ⚡️Ukrainian Spetsnaz forces rescue Ivan Fedorov - the mayor of Melitopol who was kidnapped by Russian occupation troops. He was freed in a 'special military operation' (the true meaning of the phrase!)