‘How Good We’ve Got It’ – Wardsville Veteran Shares Story Of Service During Vietnam War
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star…
THE NEW ARMY IN TRAINING – Review by Mark Barnes
There is something really daft about me reviewing a book by Rudyard Kipling. His writing spoke to millions, although his star is diminished in an…
Guest Blogger Geoff Moore: WAR CEMETERY IN YANGON
Although now 70 years ago the often then fierce jungle battles of the Burma campaign are in fact now virtually a lifetime in the past. But…
WITH HITLER IN THE WEST – Review by Mark Barnes
I don’t expect you to remember, but I reviewed the autobiography of Heinrich Hoffmann around three years ago. He stands as one of the great…
1914: FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT – Review by Mark Barnes
It never ceases to impress me the way authors lace their works with references to other books they have read as part of their research.…
MUST READ: 42 amazing images from a dive onto U89 by Dr Innes McCarthy the U Boat hunter
Amazing images from Dr Innes McCartney – the condition of this wreck is incredible. U89 survived just over six months in service before it sunk…
‘We were inseparable’ Missouri Marine killed in Vietnam remembered by friends and family
By Jeremy P. Amick Though many decades have passed since Corporal John Allen Campbell lost his life while serving with the Marine Corps in Vietnam,…
Dc-3, Icon of Victory. Part 2, D-Day+6, Top Brass flies into Normandy’s Advanced Landing Ground
On D-Day+6, 12 June 1944, the Allied forces have settled on the Normandy Beach heads, with artificial Sea Ports and Advanced Landing Grounds (ALG’s). See…
JAGDPANTHER – Review by Mark Barnes
I haven’t been since the controversial modifications of the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth were completed, but friends tell me they have ripped the guts…
GALLIPOLI – Review by Chris Buckham
Much of history is based upon perception and not necessarily upon reality; such is the case with the military forces of the Ottoman Empire. Viewed…
ENDURING COURAGE – Review by Mark Barnes
Even without his place in aviation history, Eddie Rickenbacker had a remarkable life as an automotive engineer and racing driver. From the outset, the author…
DC-3, Icon of Victory, by Hans Wiesman
Just 3 days after the 6th of June 1944, USAAF Engineers achieved the unthinkable. Right next to Omaha Beach on the Normandy coast at Saint…