That will not discourage anyone, you know? 😆 I love the Italian overrepresentation

Caporetto? Raid on Pola? 😜

#OTD#WarInItaly

Today, an unexpected gift from a tutee reminded me how small gestures can have the deepest impact. Grateful for the opportunity to make a difference #VeterinaryEducation#VetEd#ManyTanks

I seldomly wear cufflinks but when I do...#Spitfire

So it begins: #InVeST24!! International Veterinary Simulation in Teaching Congress

Yesterday, I received a book I ordered online. It turns out it belonged to one of my favorite authors, Richard Lamb. I've bought his book War in Italy three times—once for myself and twice for friends. It might be silly, but I feel like I won some sort of (nerdy) lottery. #MilHis

🧵2/2 officer to infiltrate garrisons as a beggar or farmer. One day, after an ambush the Fascist declared his death, but he survived. Few days later he walked into a café full of surprised Fascist, drank his coffee and then defaced the picture of Mussolini before escaping RIP

#OTD in 1944 the Italian partisan Silvio Corbari was executed by nazi-fascist troops. Corbari was famous for his twisted sense of humour: in one occasion he distracted the attention of the local garrison using a bomb made of pasta and beans and he used to dress up as an ... 🧵1/2

It is not every day that I get to see homing pigeons. The baskets are still very similar to those used by loftmen during #WW1#WW2#WW2 alone the British Army used more than 250k pigeons and 32 received the Dikin Medal (aka the Victoria Cross for Animals).