THE WINTER FORTRESS – The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb – Review by Mark Barnes
The wartime race for the atomic bomb was a drama acted out across continents. The fact the Allies won it cannot be ascribed to any…
ARMOURED HUSSARS Volume 2 – Images of the 1st Polish Armoured Division, Normandy, August 1944 – Review by Mark Barnes
It is some time since we saw the first volume of this series and I am pleased to say this latest outing is most welcome. …
Broadsword calling Danny Boy – Where Eagles Dare, Facts, Figures & Goofs
Where Eagles Dare is a World War 2 movie that was made in 1968. This movie starred Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, and Richard Burton. The…
A HANDFUL OF HELL – Classic War and Adventure Stories by Robert F Dorr – Review by Mark Barnes
Lots of us have heroes when we are young and some people keep them all their lives. There are regional variations, so, when I was…
TON-UP LANCS – A Photographic Record of the 35 RAF Lancasters That Each Completed 100 Sorties – Review by Mark Barnes
I will put it straight out there and say I don’t hold with any notions of guilt or contrition for the British bombing offensive against…
BEFORE ENDEAVOURS FADE – Review by Mark Barnes
This book remains the essential single edition battlefield guide to the Western Front. It is now in it’s fourteenth edition and is much expanded on…
PATTON AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE – How the General’s Tanks Turned the Tide At Bastogne – Review by Mark Barnes
The story of the stand of the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne is the stuff of legend. It is a story that has received something…
SERBIA AND THE BALKAN FRONT, 1914 – The Outbreak of the Great War – Review by Wayne Osborne
This is an accessible, detailed, readable and thoroughly researched book. It is a clear analysis of the Serbs in 1914 and of their early war…
Bombing Europe – The Illustrated Exploits of the Fifteenth Air Force – Review by Mark Barnes
The WHO Towers in-tray is bulging with some stunning looking photo archive books and I am pleased to introduce this one to you. Zenith Press…
SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS OF THE SOVIET UNION – Review by Mark Barnes
I was on holiday in Hampshire with the former Mrs Barnes just prior to the birth of our eldest clone and it seemed only right…
SNIPER OF THE SKIES – The Story of George Frederick ‘Screwball’ Beurling – Review by Mark Barnes
This book by Nick Thomas recalls the life of the singularly brilliant George Beurling, the youthful Canadian fighter ace of World War II renowned for…
German Infantryman vs British Infantryman – Review by Phil Hodges
These titles confuse me sometimes. Not in an overpowering historical way but in a “are they necessary?” sort of way. The title sounds like a…