A Look At Nazi Germany’s Love Of Heavy Tank Destroyers & Assault Guns
The tank destroyer is not really a tank, and an armored assault gun too is not really a tank. And that is the confusing part…
BEFORE ENDEAVOURS FADE – Review by Mark Barnes
This book remains the essential single edition battlefield guide to the Western Front. It is now in it’s fourteenth edition and is much expanded on…
The Story Of The Valley Of Heroes
The Battle of Sutjeska (known as the Fifth Enemy Offensive in the Yugoslav historiography) was a German operation against Partisans Main Operational Group in the…
U-Boat Hunter Innes McCartney: The Discovery of U1003
U-1003 escaped an attack by a 120 Squadron Liberator on 20 March 1945 but was rammed at periscope depth on the next evening by the…
Faces of Evil: Maria “The Beast” Mandl
There is a misconception that only men are able to carry out evil acts and atrocities, but evil does not discriminate, it comes in every…
PATTON AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE – How the General’s Tanks Turned the Tide At Bastogne – Review by Mark Barnes
The story of the stand of the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne is the stuff of legend. It is a story that has received something…
SERBIA AND THE BALKAN FRONT, 1914 – The Outbreak of the Great War – Review by Wayne Osborne
This is an accessible, detailed, readable and thoroughly researched book. It is a clear analysis of the Serbs in 1914 and of their early war…
Yugoslav Fighters In Spanish Civil War
Yugoslavs, who fought as volunteers in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side, are called “Spanish fighters” or “Yugoslav Spaniards.” Belgrade Association of Spanish…
Nukes underground – Veteran discusses Cold War service in Minuteman II missile program
By Jeremy P. Amick In the book “The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland,” author Gretchen Heefner wrote, “Between 1961 and 1967…
Bombing Europe – The Illustrated Exploits of the Fifteenth Air Force – Review by Mark Barnes
The WHO Towers in-tray is bulging with some stunning looking photo archive books and I am pleased to introduce this one to you. Zenith Press…
Tragedy At Sea – The Untold Story Of PT347, PT350 & PT346 – Sunk By Friendly Fire
Daniel Williams writes: My father’s story began early on the morning of April 29th, 1944 when during a mission aboard PT347 along with the PT350 to…
SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS OF THE SOVIET UNION – Review by Mark Barnes
I was on holiday in Hampshire with the former Mrs Barnes just prior to the birth of our eldest clone and it seemed only right…