Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes is a longstanding friend of WHO, providing features, photography and reviews. He has contributed to The Times of London and other publications. He is the author of The Liberation of Europe (pub 2016) and If War Should Come due later in 2020.

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Articles by Mark Barnes:

FACT FILE TRIO – Review by Mark Barnes

  As we have been discussing Christmas in recent missives it seems sensible to highlight some neat little books from Pen & Sword by Alexander…

Images of War series – Review by Mark Barnes

Here are two very nice books in the Images of War range by Michael Green. I have been sitting on these two a bit too…

Hidden Warships – Review by Mark Barnes

You know those moments when you are down the pub with your mates and a friend of a friend of one of them joins the…

POPPYGANDA – Review by Mark Barnes

Short in stature but big on scope this intriguing book by Matthew Leonard feels like an essay or one of those fine lectures we get…

STAR SHELL REFLECTIONS 1914 – 1916 – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne

The illustrated diary of Great War soldier Jim Maultsaid of the 14th Royal Irish Rifles.  Born in the USA of Irish parents who had chosen…

Five New Titles From Ampersand

Our friends at Ampersand are very busy bees and have plenty of interest coming out in the period up to Christmas. These five books are…

GUERILLAS OF TSAVO – Reviewed by Chris Buckham

The campaign that was fought in Africa during WW1 has been largely overshadowed by every other theatre but was extremely significant in the lessons that…

THE NAZI HUNTERS – Review by Mark Barnes

The myths and truths behind the Special Air Service Regiment have filled a forest’s worth of books down the years and there is no sign…

HITLER’S WAVE BREAKER CONCEPT – Review by Chris Buckham

The gradual changing of the fortunes of war for the Germans, starting in late 1942, witnessed the transition from offensive to defensive operations for the…

THREE GEMS FROM HAYNES PUBLISHING – Reviewed by Mark Barnes for War History Online.

Well, playmates, Armistice Day and Bonfire Night are behind us and now that British TV is awash with adverts for it I feel safer about…

VIVE LA FRANCE! Reviewed by Mark Barnes

Stunning books dealing with uniforms, equipment and weaponry have been coming out of France for quite some time and I am never disappointed by the…

HITLER’S VIOLENT YOUTH: HOW TRENCH WARFARE AND STREET FIGHTING MOULDED HITLER – Review by Nate Sullivan

Once upon a time when the History Channel actually aired history-related programs there was a running joke in which the channel was referred to as…