4 Group Bomber Command – Review by Mark Barnes
Profuse apologies to Chris Ward, I have been sitting on this one for a while and it is the arrival of his next book that…
WORLD WAR II IN CARTOONS – Review by Mark Barnes
Giving chase to my recent review of Mark Bryant’s look at the cartoons of World War I is this similar volume from him looking at…
HAYNES F16 MANUAL- Reviewed by Mark Barnes
Here we have another Haynes manual that doesn’t give you the gen on how to get covered in oil fixing something on your car. Once…
HITLER’S SPYPLANE OVER NORMANDY- Reviewed by Mark Barnes
Sometimes a book is so brimming with enthusiasm you can be carried along by it without realising. This immense bit of fun from Philippe Bauduin…
MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR VOL 1- Reviewed by Mark Barnes
This is the first volume in an ambitious telling of the day-by-day story of the air war in the Mediterranean theatre of World War II.…
TOMMY HANDBOOK – Reviewed by Phil Hodges
Spiffing! Absolutely spiffing! This book is a delightful somewhat tongue in cheek look at the WW1 Tommy. That’s slang for a British soldier for those of…
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE – Reviewed by Mark Barnes
I can’t see any point in diving into a discourse on the Battle of the Bulge. The story, including it’s iconic elements – Bastogne, Malmedy,…
Reinvigorating the spirit – World War II naval service directs veteran to career in the ministry
By Jeremy P. Amick With a slight accent revealing his northern upbringing, mid-Missouri resident Walter Evenson recounted his journey from childhood to service in the…
MAJOR AND MRS HOLT’S DEFINITIVE BATTLEFIELD GUIDE TO THE D-DAY NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES – Reviewed by Mark Barnes
If you follow my ramblings elsewhere on War History Online you may recall I had the pleasure of meeting Tonie and Valmai Holt at the…
WORLD WAR I IN CARTOONS – Reviewed by Mark Barnes
I’ve always been a big lover of cartoons and, indeed, there was a time when I nearly got myself a career drawing for a newspaper,…
THE GREAT WAR 100: Review by Mark Barnes
When I first heard about this book I said to myself well, that’s different! It most certainly is. We last saw Scott Addington with his…
UNKNOWN WARRIOR – JHP: Review by John Henry Phillips
The concept of aeroplanes being used in a war as early as World War One has always fascinated me. Although, this interest did not quite…