Tony Pollard

Prof of Conflict History & Archaeology. Uni of Glasgow. Some TV stuff & Novelist (Rep: Felicity Bryan Assoc). Tweets in a personal capacity. Also @WarDiaryF82

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Dien Bien Phu has fallen! Now returned to Hanoi after our exploration of the epic 1954 siege which sealed the deal on the end of the French Empire in Indochina. Fittingly today’s locations included Eliane 4, one of the last strongpoints to taken by Giap’s troops.

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There are tanks rusting away in undergrowth, then there are tanks rusting away in the undergrowth at Dien Bien Phu.

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Team Dien Bien Phu at General Giap’s HQ today. Included an impromptu seminar on his way of war with readings from his memoir, and an insight into Viet Minh smokeless kitchens.

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Two battlefield guides debriefing over a beer at our favourite bar in Dien Bien Phu. Behind us, the steps up the west slope of Dominique 2 - the highest of the ‘5 Hills’.

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@PDC_Services Dropping in from 900 feet.

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The office this morning was Lenin Square on Dien Bien Phu Street in Hanoi. What better place to try and unravel the relationship between Communism and Nationalism in post WW2 Vietnam. Now on our way to Dien Bien Phu.

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@ScottMcCreaWest He said he'd have done it for free just for the pleasure of watching Burton and Harris at work.

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@misterscoop @NiecyOKeeffe Love it. The only interaction l had with Roger Moore on here was when he corrected my spelling of his character's name. As you will know it's ffolkes with no capital F.

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If it's Friday night it must be Hanoi. My long flight was given bit of an edge by a passenger having a violent outburst which required restraint. Dining alone in the old quarter tonight as l wait for others to fly in. Might do a session on the 1946-47 Battle of Hanoi tomorrow.

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@hellothisisivan She must have been fabulous. If only we could all be so interesting.

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@mcribbHistory Nice work!

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@OlenaRohoza @AmoneyResists Think a lot of people are thinking this.

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@Realcoinforge Should take all of ten minutes, then it’s the next piece of shit in his administration on the list for corruption and war crimes.

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Here’s John Laurie on his wedding day in 1928 - a decade after he’d fought at the Somme and Passchendaele

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@primarily_prog I tried to like the album, and there are tracks l don’t mind. I left the gig before the end of the show though.

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The map’s back up on the study wall. This time next week l’ll be back in Dien Bien Phu, this time as a group guide.

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@Newbattleatwar Can smell it from the photo

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@Paul_Danner_ @Markcanada96 Suck it up buttercup!

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@IanCwriter Please do - looks like fun!

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