THREE GEMS FROM HAYNES PUBLISHING – Reviewed by Mark Barnes for War History Online.
Well, playmates, Armistice Day and Bonfire Night are behind us and now that British TV is awash with adverts for it I feel safer about…
USAF’s horror year 1950, loss of 6 aircraft in 7 weeks, incl. a B-36 with Nuclear bomb! by The Dakota Hunter.
February 13, 1950. Dramatic story of a Convair B-36 B Peacemaker losing an Atomic Bomb! USAF’s Strategic Air Command’s long range Bomber ( with tail…
THE HISTORY OF THE PANZERWAFFE – Review by Phil Hodges
The latest from Osprey Publishing really is a wolf in sheep’s clothing…..or a tiger! The History of the Panzerwaffe breaks from the traditional paperback that we…
VIVE LA FRANCE! Reviewed by Mark Barnes
Stunning books dealing with uniforms, equipment and weaponry have been coming out of France for quite some time and I am never disappointed by the…
HITLER’S VIOLENT YOUTH: HOW TRENCH WARFARE AND STREET FIGHTING MOULDED HITLER – Review by Nate Sullivan
Once upon a time when the History Channel actually aired history-related programs there was a running joke in which the channel was referred to as…
C-47s as Bombers, P-51 Mustangs vs Corsairs, The Very Last All Piston Prop Aerial War!
Believe it or not, this was a bitter reality in 1969 as the 4-Days War broke out between Honduras and El Salvador, in which only…
5 Aircraft Types That Served 50+ Years In USAF, Can You Guess Them All?
Amazing fact: the World’s dominant Military Air Power has 5 aircraft types that served over 50 years and still have a number of them operational.…
The Kubinka Tank Museum – The Tank Nut’s Dream!
Kubinka. The place every tanknut, World of Tanks player, modeler or armour enthusiast dreams of going to one day. This Russian museum houses one of…
A SUPERB DUO FROM SEAFORTH PUBLISHING – Review by Mark Barnes
Seaforth books always bring a smile to my face. I like the layout and the use of archive photography and their books have been some…
Historic Aircraft Wreck Found. Is This The Wildcat Of US Ace James E Swett? By Roderick Eime
On my last trip to the Solomon Islands in October, I was fortunate to make my first dive on some of the historic aircraft wrecks…
RAF IN CAMERA – 1950s – Review by Mark Barnes
Earlier in the year I was happy to see an Images of War series book about the RAF in the Cold War. That book had…
Early Chinese Firearms Production – By Mislav Barić
Early records show that the discovery of gunpowder wasn’t a plan based on empirical knowledge. It was merely a coincidence and a result of consecutive…