Digging the Trenches: Review by Phil
With the hundredth anniversary of WW1 looming in the next few weeks the books on the subject are coming in thick and fast, and let…
Drone Warfare: Review by Phil
Drone warfare. At first I thought it sounded like an apt title for this book. However, the more I read the more I became fascinated and…
Assault on Normandy – Review by Phil Hodges
Here we have another DVD in the Assault on Normandy range from our friends at Pen &Sword.This film as the title suggests focuses on the…
D-Day 360 – by Phil Hodges
D-Day 360 Our resident universal soldier, Phil Hodges, tells us about filming a groundbreaking documentary for PBS. After years on the drawing board, D-Day was…
WARS, PESTILENCE AND THE SURGEON’S BLADE – Review by Phil Hodges
The shout from the virtual War History Online office of ‘Who wants a book on Military Medicine?’ fell initially on deaf ears. It’s a specialist…
ARMAGEDDON’S WALLS – British Pill Boxes 1914-1918. Review by Phil Hodges
The parcel had barely hit the floor. When this book arrived such was the anticipation I couldn’t wait to devour it from cover to cover…
THE COVER UP AT OMAHA BEACH – Maisy Battery and the US Rangers. Review by Phil Hodges
I’m not usually one for a conspiracy theory. I don’t believe for one minute that Princess Diana was ‘murdered’ by the Queen for example. That…
EXERCISE TIGER – The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Silent Few – Review by Phil Hodges
Slapton Sands is a place name among many others that immediately conjures up images of a military disaster, death and, in this case, a government cover…
COCKLESHELL RAID – Review by Phil Hodges
Ask anyone about Operation Frankton and they’ll most probably look at you blankly. However, ak anyone about The Cockleshell Heroes and they’ll get mildly excited…
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR – Review by Phil Hodges
When being asked the question “What do you want to be when you leave school?” I was always a little timid in my reply. Answers…
THE BOOK THIEF – Movie review by Phil Hodges
Friday night and after a long week at work I decided to treat Mrs Hodges to a night at the cinema. “Not a war film,…
DVD: STALINGRAD 1942-43 – Review by Phil Hodges
Here we have another film documentary from the German Propaganda Kompanien (PK) told in the newsreel style of the Die Deutsche Wochenschau, the weekly cinema newsreel chronicling…