We were all involved in the war effort
Local veteran discusses service in WAVES during World War II By Jeremy P. Amick Prior to World War II, service in the United States military…
NAPOLEON ON CAMPAIGN – Review by Mark Barnes
When he strode down the gangplank of HMS Hecla at Balaclava on 8th March 1854, Roger Fenton was in the vanguard of an arts movement…
Friendships that last a lifetime
Retired barber describes Alaskan-based service with armored regiment By Jeremy P. Amick Reunions can be a joyous occasion— looking back on the good times that…
VANGUARD OF THE CRUSADE – The 101st Airborne Division in World War II – Review by Mark Barnes
I said some time ago that if the 101st Airborne Division were a brand they would be Apple. If that is the case then surely…
ARRIVAL OF EAGLES – Review by Mark Barnes
I seem to be receiving a bumper crop of aviation books at the present time and this latest effort from Andy Saunders is absolutely top-drawer…
ISANDLWANA ZULU BATTLEFIELD – Review by Phil Hodges
Isandlwana. For me it conjures up images of carnage, panic and total and absolute fear.As a child I remember watching the film Zulu with my…
DOVER’S WESTERN HEIGHTS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR – Review by Phil Hodges
To find a book where the author has total and absolute knowledge of the subject is quite rare. To find an author whose passion almost…
HAYNES FAIREY SWORDFISH – Review by Mark Barnes
Craig, if you’re reading this you may remember the day in 1964 when I sat on your model of a Fairey Swordfish at your mum’s…
BLOODY RED TABS – Review by Chris Buckham
Popular culture likes to paint the senior officers of the First World War as petrified fossils of an earlier style of warfare unable to adjust…
MEMOIRS OF A STUKA PILOT – Review by Mark Barnes
Stuka operations have always fascinated me, so I was very pleased to read this book by the veteran airman Helmut Mahlke. The author takes us…
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC – Review by John Henry Phillips
This book was first published in 1961, making it, inrecent years, a frequent sight at auctions and boot fairs. That much was always inevitable. However,…
Our Land at War – Review by Phil Hodges
I turned forty last month, hardly the time for a walking stick and a pipe but I do have a favourite chair and cushion in…