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BORROWED SOLDIERS Americans Under British Command, 1918 by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

It was not all plain sailing. The New Yorkers counted a good many German and Irish Americans in their ranks… It is nice to read…

7th Armored Tour in Holland – Day 6

Mark Barnes

Thursday 4th October. At 6.30 there was an optional excursion for the die hard re enactors, with a river assault and crossing in original WW2…

ARNHEM – Jumping The Rhine 1944 and 1945

Mark Barnes

Without being cruel to Lloyd Clark, he does a certain amount of this… ARNHEM – Jumping The Rhine 1944 and 1945 by Lloyd Clark Market Garden…

REVIEW: THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED The Elimination of German Surface Warships Around the World 1914-15

Mark Barnes

Think of the First World War at sea and you might inevitably turn to Jutland, because that awesome couple of days saw the most terrible…

7th Armored Tour in Holland – Day 5

Mark Barnes

Wednesday 3rd October 6.30 wake up call by first Sergeant Shady 7.00 breakfast and break camp 9.00 we arrived at a small monument dedicated to…

NOT THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE

Mark Barnes

There is an other worldliness about Hong Kong that emphasises its distance from the UK. The sights and sounds of a city packed with millions…

THE ROLLS-ROYCE METEOR

Mark Barnes

The Meteor isn’t simply a Merlin with the supercharger removed! THE ROLLS-ROYCE METEOR – Cromwell and other applications. (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust No 35). Evans, McWilliams,…

ONCE UPON A TIME IN WAR. The 99th Division in World War II

Mark Barnes

What really impressed me is the honesty. There is no sugar coating or trying to portray the GI as movie heroes  Lots of books are written…

FAMOUS 1914-1918

Mark Barnes

Britain lost one million souls during the war of 1914-18 and of the millions who came home to the ‘Land fit for heroes’ a number…

TO THE GATE OF HELL – The Memoir of a Panzer Crewman

Mark Barnes

Just to prove my theory that speed reading a few sections of a book is no way to prepare a review, I tried it with…

REVIEW: GLIDER PILOT IN SICILY by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

I am just back from a few days on the Arnhem trail and there are few things more humbling than a visit to the cemetery…

REVIEWS: IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS By Lester Abbey SCHARNHORST and GNEISENAU By Steve Backer

Mark Barnes

The ladies in the PR department at Pen & Sword are anything but daft. Actually, they are perfectly charming when they email me. On with…