AERODROMES OF FIGHTER COMMAND THEN AND NOW – Review by Mark Barnes
The airport to the north of my town used to be in the doldrums. Regular services had dropped off and the only thing appearing…
Assault on Normandy – Review by Phil Hodges
Here we have another DVD in the Assault on Normandy range from our friends at Pen &Sword.This film as the title suggests focuses on the…
HAL MOORE and STEMMING THE TIDE – Book Reviews by Mark Barnes
The qualities of leadership examined: Two excellent books taking us from the Great War to the Highlands of Vietnam expose how the qualities a…
BUCCANEER BOYS – Review by Mark Barnes
If things seem bad today, then a look at the 1960s shows a time when the fortunes of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces were really beginning…
‘A floating gas station’
Russellville veteran describes service aboard USS Hassayampa By Jeremy P. Amick As the co-owner of a restaurant, Dana Frisby is fortunate that he is able…
ARMOURED HUSSARS – Images of the Polish 1st Armoured Division 1939-47 – Review by Mark Barnes
Here we have an eagerly awaited book that does not take much reviewing. The author’s father Alexsander was a warrant officer who gave a life…
WARS, PESTILENCE AND THE SURGEON’S BLADE – Review by Phil Hodges
The shout from the virtual War History Online office of ‘Who wants a book on Military Medicine?’ fell initially on deaf ears. It’s a specialist…
‘You learn to adjust’ – Army veteran served as medic during the Vietnam War
Army veteran served as medic during the Vietnam War By Jeremy P. Ämick For nearly three decades, Roger Buchta enlightened young minds with lessons on…
A German immersion – Vietnam era draft lands local veteran in middle of European culture
Vietnam era draft lands local veteran in middle of European culture By Jeremy P. Amick Growing up with a father who had served in the…
WHIRLWIND – Westland’s Enigmatic Fighter – Review by Mark Barnes
The Westland Whirlwind was designed in the late 1930s when the Air Ministry were looking for a cannon armed fighter to supplement the specification for…
CARIBBEAN VOLUNTEERS AT WAR – Review by Mark Barnes
It was the Friday of another Longest Week and I was ploughing through the mud at the swampy finale to the War & Peace Show’s…
WOLFHILDE’S HITLER YOUTH DIARY 1939-46 – Review by Mark Barnes
We were sent this interesting book from the United States where the rise in publication of personal accounts and diaries through self-publishing and, equally importantly,…