VISITING THE FALLEN: ARRAS – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online.
When I first started my pilgrimage on the Great War battlefields I set myself an agenda that involved what I can only describe as ‘collecting’…
You Can’t Hold Me: General Henri Giraud Escapes the Germans in Both World Wars
In August 1914, what many feared, and indeed, some had secretly hoped for, was finally taking place. The major European military powers were at war.…
NEVER SURRENDER – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online.
On 13th May 1940 Winston Churchill rose to speak in the House of Commons. “You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one…
Historical Review: Master and Commander; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
It is rare for Hollywood movies to be historically accurate and many people know that making a movie out of a book is usually disappointing,…
Ghosts of the Gooney Bird, a magnificent series of photos of the legendary DC-3 Dakota in her final glory – By Hans Wiesman
During my multiple expeditions since 1990 in search of the legendary Gooney Bird, I ran into many DC-3 derelicts, C-47 wrecks, abandoned Dakotas and fortunately,…
The Zeppelin Museum – Geoff Moore
The small town of Friedrichshafen in Southern Germany has been responsible for some of the largest flying machines of all time. And its history in…
TANK – Review by Mark Barnes
Regulars will know that I have a view on books like this one. To my mind, they can set themselves up for all manner of…
‘The most intact U-boat wreck I’ve ever seen’ U-Boat Hunter Innes McCartney – The Discovery of U778
German submarine U-778 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine in World War II. She only completed one combat patrol and sank…
Top 10 Monsters of the Sky
We’ve flipped through the pages of aviation history to bring you ten of the biggest, heaviest, weirdest and most astounding aircraft ever built. Antonov An-225…
PARIS ‘44 – Reviewed by Mark Barnes for War History Online
Recent events have shown that whatever fate throws at Paris, the old city somehow manages to sort itself and get on with things. In truth,…
NURSING THROUGH SHOT & SHELL – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
The diary of a Nottinghamshire Territorial Army Nurse, Beatrice Hopkinson, who served in the UK and then on the Western Front. Editor Vivien Newman has…
German Infantryman vs British Infantryman – Review by Phil Hodges
These titles confuse me sometimes. Not in an overpowering historical way but in a “are they necessary?” sort of way. The title sounds like a…