REVIEW: THE ARMED ROVERS Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediteranean by Mark Barnes
In a previous life I used to work for a music paper which was owned by IPC, the large publishing empire which was then based…
FUSILIERS – How the British Army lost America but learned to fight.
He is out to debunk some of the propaganda and myths created by a number of American historians.. Here’s one for those who remember their…
A Long Long War by Mark Barnes
I didn’t like all of it and to be frank, I thought it could have been a bit tighter in places and a little more…
GREAT MILITARY LIVES – A Century In Obituaries
For me one of the best things about the broadsheets are the obituaries Edited by Ian Brunskill, Guy Liardet and Michael Tillotson. The internet is…
BOMB ALLEY FALKLANDS ISLANDS 1982 ABOARD HMS ANTRIM AT WAR
On the 1st April 1982, David Yates was a 24 year old Leading Catering Accountant… Warships are the most complex military vehicles ever built. They…
Images of war: Great push on the Somme 1916 by Mark Barnes
Like so many proud companies, the management of the News of the World produced a booklet listing an account of their staff in the service…
Arnhem
Great beard-growing competition on in our unit, but no time to check up on the winner. ARNHEM by Major General RE Urquhart Since September 1944 Arnhem…
‘BLINKER’ HALL: SPYMASTER. The Man Who Brought America Into World War 1 by Mark Barnes
This is a solid good read about a brilliant, somewhat shadowy man who is worthy of heroic status ‘BLINKER’ HALL: SPYMASTER. The Man Who Brought…
DAY OF THE PANZER by Mark Barnes
A story of American heroism and sacrifice in Southern France… THE DAY OF THE PANZER A story of American heroism and sacrifice in Southern France…
BORROWED SOLDIERS Americans Under British Command, 1918 by Mark Barnes
It was not all plain sailing. The New Yorkers counted a good many German and Irish Americans in their ranks… It is nice to read…
7th Armored Tour in Holland – Day 6
Thursday 4th October. At 6.30 there was an optional excursion for the die hard re enactors, with a river assault and crossing in original WW2…
ARNHEM – Jumping The Rhine 1944 and 1945
Without being cruel to Lloyd Clark, he does a certain amount of this… ARNHEM – Jumping The Rhine 1944 and 1945 by Lloyd Clark Market Garden…