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Dan Sharp

@TheRealDanSharp

Author and researcher specialising in German WW2 aircraft development and British space vehicles.

 Nottingham, UK
mortonsbooks.co.uk
Joined June 2016
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My latest bookazine - including a detailed background and a year by year account if the war, including known losses and new fleet additions.
Tempest Books (@tempest_books) profile pictureTempest Books@tempest_booksNov 2
All new from us - Ukraine War Aircraft. More than 150 colour profiles and a history of the air war so far.
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Revenge (2017) is one of the silliest movies I have ever seen. But apparently the director explicitly intended it to be silly. Then she made The Substance (2024) as her second film.
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This movie is really goated. Anytime I watch it, this particular scene got me hooked. 10/10 for me. 🎥
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Watched The Babadook (2014) for the first time and found that although it's not scary, it does feature some aircraft!
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The Luftwaffe didn’t just need better bombers - it kept trying to out-invent reality. By the time war actually started, Germany was still leaning on older bombers while the “future fleet” was barely ready. @TheRealDanSharp reveals all in Ep.76! buzzsprout.com/2327200/episo…
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buzzsprout.com/2327200/episo… Listen to me ramble on about Bombers for an hour!
Episode 76 Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe, with Dan Sharp - Never...

Episode 76 Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe, with Dan Sharp - Never...

Jane Gulliford Lowes welcomes author, editor, and aviation historian Dan Sharp to dig into the Luftwaffe’s bomber plans, from prewar requirements to late war jet concepts. The conversation focuses on...

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Another garage rediscovery - my very first solo publication, back in 2012.
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Rifling through my book boxes today and rediscovered this one. They don't make covers like that anymore.😬
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Author copy arrived this morning. Wasn't easy to hold this selfie pose as the book is quite heavy!
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My new book is FINALLY back from the printers. It's been a frustratingly long wait - but now almost over.😎
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My new book (due out in ~5 days) was structurally very challenging to write. I originally planned to underpin it with my usual linear chronological structure but there were so many components that interlocked or overlapped that I found this was unworkable... 1/
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It turned out that the only way forward was returning to my initially rejected chronological structure. This, I found, could work if I paid very close attention to the narrative detail. In other words, I had to make the transitions between components feel natural and unforced. 5/
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It was necessary to trim back some unnecessary detail while adding in more explanation, to keep the reader on track and up to date at any given point. The end result works, I think, but it took a long time to get there!
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The best book ever written on the Bf 109, bar none.
PlumaHoplita (@HoplitaPluma) profile picturePlumaHoplita
@HoplitaPlumaJun 13
El libro "Messerschmitt Bf 109" de Baumgartl es una biblia sobre el famoso caza alemán. En formato A4, pesa 3 kilos, mil páginas y 4800 citas.
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Buy this book, Dan follows the same research methodolgy I use and it is so simple it remains somehow bereft of prizes, 1) Read all the archive information 2) See what it says 3) Put it in the book This book will undoubtedly make many people who have ideas based on reading books written by people who have never bothered reading all the German Air Ministry stenographic records furious, as it may reveal all sorts of inconvenient facts. @TheRealDanSharp is a criminally under-rated historian and researcher, and the best his critics can come up with on forums is that he writes so much that it cant possibly be correct. Dan was my Editor for THE SECRET HORSEPOWER RACE, and I can tell you with total conviction that the reason he writes so much is that he`s just REALLY F***ing good and has inhuman concentration combined with hitman grade journalism skills. Buy ! Buy now !
Dan Sharp (@TheRealDanSharp) profile pictureDan Sharp@TheRealDanSharpMar 22
Just finished writing this, topping out at ~220,000w and ~450 images. It's essentially a comprehensive overview of German bomber development during WW2, including all the unbuilt projects, all the blind alleys, all the arguments, all the backstabbing and all the tech.
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Rather apt quote about the process of developing bombers for the Luftwaffe, from my new book.
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Just finished writing this, topping out at ~220,000w and ~450 images. It's essentially a comprehensive overview of German bomber development during WW2, including all the unbuilt projects, all the blind alleys, all the arguments, all the backstabbing and all the tech.
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