Guest blogger Dan Snow – Dunkirk: Day by Day – 29 May 1940
Dan Snow gives us a day by day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. On 29 May 1940 – The British are…
TAKE ME TO FRANCE – Review by Mark Barnes
There is an endless debate in the UK about how so many people from here make little or no effort to learn a foreign language. …
Guest Blogger Dan Snow – Dunkirk: Day by Day – 28 May 1940
Dan Snow gives us a day by day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. On 28 May 1940 the Belgium Army surrenders…
Guest Blogger Dan Snow – Dunkirk: Day by Day – 27 May 1940
75 years ago today – Operation Dynamo was underway. However the evacuation at Dunkirk was made increasingly difficult by the German Luftwaffe who pounded Dunkirk…
CHINDIT Versus JAPANESE INFANTRYMAN – Review by Phil Hodges
They say”Never judge a book by its cover.”Well I don’t agree with that. Especially when I’ve an Osprey Book in front of me. In fact…
Ghosts of the Gooney Bird – Part 2 by Hans Wiesman
The successful photo series as shown in my last report as Guest Blogger, will have a follow-up with this Volume II. Amazing photos of the…
‘Never to part again’ Lohman, Mo., sailor killed in Japanese kamikaze attack in World War II
By Jeremy P. Amick A mother’s love for a child can be an abstract and unwavering force that yields to no person or object. Few…
‘We owe the country’ Father’s influence inspires veteran to give back through military service
By Jeremy P. Ämick As a first-generation citizen of the United States, Jefferson City, Mo., resident Anastasios “Alex” Alexiou possesses a sincere appreciation not only…
BYNG OF VIMY – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
This is a biography of the Great War general famous for commanding the Canadian Corps, the victor at Vimy Ridge, being commander of the…
WARTIME GWR – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
The railway regions of the pre-grouping British Rail still proclaim their achievements long after they ceased to officially exist and good for them I say. …
U-Boat Hunter Dr Innes McCartney: discovery of U637
The wreck is a very intact VIIC, which under normal circumstances would be difficult to tell from any other VIICs sunk during Operation Deadlight. However,…
BRITISH TANKS IN NORMANDY – Review by Mark Barnes
A belated review of a book that has been published several times hardly makes this segment of our merry saga cutting edge stuff but this…