The World at WarDec 14, 2024
British soldiers from the headquarters group of the 1st Airborne Division start unloading the first Horsa glider to land during Operation Market Garden - Netherlands, 17th Sept 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #netherlands #arnhem #marketgarden #horsa #glider #airborne #paratrooper #history
The World at WarOct 11, 2024
A British Sherman Duplex Drive (DD) tank advances towards a Horsa Glider - Normandy, June 1944 (Note the folded flotation screen on top of the tank’s hull)
#ww2 #worldwar2 #horsa #glider #sherman #shermantank #tank #normandy #france
John Griogair BellMay 8, 2024

“England has been a pirate as she always was. From Hengist and Horsa, and the Vikings, she first learnt the trick. William the Conqueror was a pirate; so was Francis Drake.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/05/08/england-has-been-a-pirate-as-she-always-was-from-hengist-and-horsa-and-the-vikings-she-first-learnt-the-trick-william-the-conqueror-was-a-pirate-so-was-francis-drake/

"England has been a pirate as she always was. From Hengist and Horsa, and the Vikings, she first learnt the trick. William the Conqueror was a pirate; so was Francis Drake." - The Hermetic Library Blog

England has been a pirate as she always was. From Hengist and Horsa, and the Vikings, she first learnt the trick. William the Conqueror was a pirate; so was Francis Drake. Aleister Crowley, Moonchild, Chapter XXI Consider also: “I am ready, with Drake, to singe the King of Spain’s beard; or to tear the Kaiser […]

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Stories and FolkloreJan 19, 2023

I’ve been working on the staging for my latest production — we are going to tell the story of the three sisters.

Main characters: The Three Sisters (the #maiden, the #mother, the #crone), #Horsa, Woden and Gerðar — #Goddess of the #Wyrd

Who likes the idea of shadow #puppets masked performers and a wooden horse?

#folklore #theatre #FolkloreThurday #StoryTelling #AngloSaxon #Jutish

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