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:

GARDENS OF HELL – Review by Mark Barnes

I am not going to be smug about anything to do with Gallipoli. I visited the battlefield for the first time last September and had…

THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE COLD WAR 1950-1970 – Review by Mark Barnes

It is a pleasing to know that the serious art of in-house photography depicting the day-to-day operations of the UK’s armed forces continues to thrive…

CITIZENS OF LONDON – Review by Mark Barnes

CITIZENS OF LONDON

Quite a few years ago I was working on a paper in London where one of the newer staff was an American lady who was…

REVIEW: THE DAKOTA HUNTER by Mark Barnes

I like to do periodic reboots of my addled brain every so often to take a step away from purely military related books. I’ve done…

Partisan Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941-1944 – Reviewed by Nate Sullivan for War History Online

As someone who owns a modest collection of original photographs from the Eastern Front, I jumped at the opportunity to check out this recent addition…

THE HAND GRENADE – Reviewed by Mark Barnes for War History Online.

I was visiting my mum at our local hospital and as I left I walked in to the full on drama of seeing a section…

A SHIPYARD AT WAR – Review by Mark Barnes

SHIPYARD AT WAR

I found it immensely hard not to have the odd shiver of dewy-eyed regret while leafing through the pages of this magnificent book.  It represents…

STEEL THUNDER ON THE EASTERN FRONT – Review by Mark Barnes

STEEL THUNDER

We’ve seen a number of these superb photo archive books from StackpoleBooks of Pennsylvania beforeand this one is up to standard in every sense of…

BRITISH LIGHT TANKS 1927-45 – Review by Mark Barnes

BRITISH LIGHT TANKS

This book recounts the development and service of a range of light tanks used by the British Army from the late 1920s until World War…

BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH WARSHIP CAMOUFLAGE of WWII – Review by Mark Barnes

WARSHIP

I’ve got to be honest and say I rarely turn down Seaforth naval books when they are offered to me. At first glance I had…

BATTLESHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY – Review by Mark Barnes

BATTLESHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY

I talk to military history professionals and dedicated punters all the time and it is interesting how often I hear reservations about the Images of…

THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY THEN AND NOW – Review by Mark Barnes

THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY

The seventieth anniversary of the end the Second World War in Europe will be commemorated in May. Whether it will be like D-Day with politicians…