THE MARCH ON PARIS The Memoirs of Alexander von Kluck, 1914
Kaiser Bill is feeling ill, The Crown Prince, he’s gone barmy. We don’t give a f*ck for old von Kluck, And all his bleedin’ army.…
THE GREAT WAR EXPLAINED.
Everything is in the title. It does exactly what it says on the tin. This excellent book does not set out to be encyclopaedic, nor…
UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES OF THE COLD WAR.
There is a huge book produced by English Heritage called Cold War: Building For Nuclear Confrontation 1946-1989. You could probably shelter under it; such is…
‘A VERY FINE COMMANDER’ THE MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SIR HORATIUS MURRAY GCB KBE DSO
A career soldier, Nap Murray spent his working life with the Colours and eventually reached the rank of full general during his service with NATO.…
THE GERMAN 88 The Most Famous Gun of the Second World War.
This could be the easiest review I will ever write. I’m not going to waste your time thinking up any clever wordy stuff to make…
GERMAN CAPITAL SHIPS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
You wouldn’t be reading this without the power of the internet and we have all seen what a wonderful tool it can be. I work…
THE NAZIS’ NUREMBERG RALLIES
If you need an example of the wide range of titles published by Pen & Sword you have to look no further than this curio…
TIGERS IN NORMANDY
I’m sure William Blake’s immortal lines have been attached to the Tiger tank before. It was published in 1794 and knowing his revulsion of the…
ASSAULT ON NORMANDY SWORD BEACH
I’ve been to Normandy four times and have always had memorable adventures on the history trail. The great omission has been a close look to…
IMAGES OF WAR THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Reading this book illustrates just how little I know about the Russian Revolution, let alone the Civil War, so I won’t begin to con you…
U-48 THE MOST SUCCESSFUL U-BOAT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
My daily commute into the capital allows me time to read plenty of books as long as I am able to zone out from the…
The Legendary Pathfinder Mosquito Navigator Tom Parry Evans
Tommy Broom was a pre-war erk who left Somerset for a life of adventure in far off places in the British Empire. His time as…