Veteran describes service in the Navy during Vietnam War ‘It was a different time’
Veteran describes service in the Navy during Vietnam War By Jeremy P. Amick The late 1960s was distressing for many young men preparing to leave…
CAEN CONTROVERSY – Review by Chris Buckham
What is the Caen Controversy? In a nutshell, this centre’s upon a school of thought that suggests that the 3rd Br InfDiv, tasked with the…
GUEST BLOGGER GEOFF MOORE: The Polish Boffins Who Were the 1st to crack the Enigma Codes
British master code breaker Alan Turin has been marked out as a key figure in the battle to defeat Hitler’s World War II secret…
RISE OF THE TANK – Review by Wayne Osborne
This is a book about tanks in the Great War and the author highlights the need for the tank in that conflict, presenting his opinion…
Brotherly departure
Death of Jefferson City twins serves as reminder of WWI sacrifices By Jeremy P. Amick With an estimated 4.5 million Americans serving in uniform during…
PANZER III vs SOMUA S 35 – Review by Mark Barnes
Ok, in our bit of the world liking tanks and other weaponry is not automatically considered weird and is part of the job description as…
A WELCH CALYPSO – Review by Mark Barnes
One of the great strengths of Helion is a willingness to publish books like this one. There is no combat or violence and the book…
GHOSTS OF THE ETO – Review by Mark Barnes
A good while ago I reviewed Rick Stroud’s wonderful The Phantom Army of Alamein. Still one of my favourite military history books it is crammed…
STILWELL AND THE CHINDITS – Review by Mark Barnes
Here we are again with another instalment of the Images of War series from Pen & Sword. This time round we find ourselves in the…
A WOOD CALLED BOURLON – Review by Wayne Osborne
This is another re-published work. William Moore’s book about Bourlon Wood first hit the shelves in 1988 and it seeks to discuss the so-called ‘cover-up’…
GUEST BLOGGER GEOFF MOORE: Where WWII was decided?
Deep under a massive 5metre thick concrete dome in Northern France Hitler’s secret weapon of the ballistic V2 rockets were being manufactured with Nazi production-line…
ONE HELL OF A WAR – Review by Phil Hodges
So you want to write a book about World War 2 about a specific unit or Regiment? In this case you want to write about…