Reviews | War History

HITLER’S VIOLENT YOUTH: HOW TRENCH WARFARE AND STREET FIGHTING MOULDED HITLER – Review by Nate Sullivan

Once upon a time when the History Channel actually aired history-related programs there was a running joke in which the channel was referred to as…

A SUPERB DUO FROM SEAFORTH PUBLISHING – Review by Mark Barnes

Seaforth books always bring a smile to my face. I like the layout and the use of archive photography and their books have been some…

RAF IN CAMERA – 1950s – Review by Mark Barnes

Earlier in the year I was happy to see an Images of War series book about the RAF in the Cold War. That book had…

HAMILTON & GALLIPOLI – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne

General Sir Ian Hamilton comes under the spotlight once again. It has been in vogue for many years to trash the Great War generals.  The…

World of Warships Review – “An absolute blast” 9.7/10 By Liam Phizacklea

Wargaming

  From you moment you start it up, World of Warships is a game that forces you to love it. The “dock” menu houses all…

PREDATOR – Review by Chris Buckham

Predator missions and strike footage is today considered to be rather mundane in the world of news media; real time video of ‘bad guys’ being…

BATTLE OF BRITAIN – RAF Operations Manual – Review by Mark Barnes

Despite bouts of airport shutting fog and dollops of rain this is turning out to be something of an Indian summer here in sunny Essex.…

DEVOTION – An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice – Review by Mark Barnes

This latest book by Adam Makos has all the ingredients of a Christmas period chart topper. His track record is pretty solid to say the…

IN MY FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS – Review by Mark Barnes

IN MY FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS

Events in Normandy and the disaster at Arnhem tend to have a superficial effect of diverting attention away from the overall campaign of 21st Army…

DEVOTION – An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice – Review by Mark Barnes

DEVOTION

This latest book by Adam Makos has all the ingredients of a Christmas period chart topper. His track record is pretty solid to say the…

WAR’S NOMADS – A Mobile Radar Unit in Pursuit of Rommel during the Western Desert Campaign 1942-43 – Review by Mark Barnes

We’ve been in the desert a few times and I generally find writing of the campaign to have a different quality to conflict in other…

HAWKER HURRICANE SURVIVORS – Review by Mark Barnes

We haven’t taken a stroll down Grub Street for a while. I confess I have been using another book they sent me as reference material…