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Review: NOT ORDINARY MEN The Story of the Battle of Kohima by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

Feelings remain raw. If you are a regular subscriber to WHO you will have dipped into the occasional Second World War themed article on the…

REVIEW: THE ATLANTIC WALL History and Guide by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

If you have been anywhere along the coastline of Europe in territory which had been occupied by the Nazis you will come across the concrete…

REVIEW: MUSSOLINI’S NAVY by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

The thing about naval books is they have to be big. They can’t be small because the scale thing is important. If other reference books,…

REVIEW: Frituur Zorro Volume 3 by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

The pictures are amazing and those crazy Dutch guys know how to pick them. It isn’t a book of MVs, it’s a long running love…

REVIEW: THE MAFIA AT WAR by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

This book has been propping up the pile for some time in my mistaken belief that it would be a piece of suitable frippery for…

DUNKIRK – The Men They Left Behind by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

D-Day has been done to death and the continuous re-interpretation of countless other events DUNKIRK – The Men They Left Behind By Sean Longden D-Day has…

Italys Sorrow by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

This is not a pretty story from any perspective, there no sides with clean hands ITALY’S SORROW – A year of war 1944-45 By James…

REVIEW: IMAGES OF WAR THE PATTON TANK by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

Straight to business: Here we are with an absolute stunner in this series. Are you bored with me telling you this? It shows the people…

AVRO Lancaster by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

This book serves as a fitting tribute to the 55,000 Bomber Command personnel killed in… AVRO LANCASTER – 1941 onwards (all marks) Owners’ Workshop Manual…

The Battle of France – Then and Now by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

If ever a book could be described as ‘groundbreaking’ it is After The Battle’s Battle of Britain – Then And Now’ THE BATTLE OF FRANCE – THEN…

Breaking the Dams by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

They had been attempting to drop a new 12,000lb at low altitude in the face of heavy flak… BREAKING THE DAMS By Charles Foster Sixty-five years…

Setting the Desert on Fire by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

There are the Arabs themselves, enmeshed in a spaghetti of politics  Setting the desert on fire – TE Lawrence and Britain’s secret war in Arabia, 1916-1918…