“The War is Over & so Is the Peace: Mark Barnes Reflects on The Last War & Peace Show as We Know It
This Challenger 2 operated by a crew from the 1st Royal Tank Regiment was a big hit with everyone. Everything ends. The War & Peace…
As Seen on Combat Dealers: HETZER HEAVEN
Mark Barnes pays a visit to Axis Track Services to see an Aussie bound Hetzer alongside one that seems quite happy where it is. After…
THE GURKHAS – Review by Mark Barnes
A million years ago I was driving through Aldershot when I was confronted by a Gurkha, standing in the road staring intently at a map. …
DE HAVILLAND AND HATFIELD 1910-1935 – Review by Mark Barnes
I only visited the De Havilland site once and that was long after it had been consumed into the dying monster that spawned into British…
BROKEN DREAMS – Review by Mark Barnes
Our friends at Narwal are known for their unique style and spirit which I have told you before is quite infectious. This latest book from…
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE – Review by Mark Barnes
If there is anyone in your life whose story you cherish then getting them to write it down or record it is one of those…
JAPANESE BATTLESHIPS 1897-1945 – Review by Mark Barnes
Any regular readers of the reviews page would know by now that I quite a like old warship photographs so when I got notice of…
I CHOSE THE SKY – Review by Mark Barnes
Leonard ‘Tich’ Rochford achieved twenty-nine victories as a fighter pilot during the Great War. His genuinely lovely account of his war service was first published…
NELSON’S BAND OF BROTHERS – Review by Mark Barnes
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson possessed a genius for naval warfare and remains a towering figure of his age. His victories at the Nile, Copenhagen and…
FIRST LADY – Review by Mark Barnes
Despite not being a massive fan of Winston Churchill in consideration of his whole political career, it is impossible not to admire his resolute belief…
THE MEN BEHIND MONTY – Review by Mark Barnes
This is a very readable account of the headquarters operated by Bernard Montgomery in North Africa, Italy and North-West Europe between 1942 and 1945. Monty…
THE HURRICANE STORY – Review by Mark Barnes
I was watching a couple of Hurricanes lumbering into the sky from my local airport at the weekend and they looked wonderful. That throaty rumble…