WARRIORS – Review by Mark Barnes
The seasonal aisle at my local supermarket is filling up with tins of chocolates and short cake, mince pies and stolen. I will not use…
VICTORIA CROSS HEROES OF WORLD WAR ONE – Review by Mark Barnes
There is no shortage of books about the Victoria Cross but it is one of those things that will always attract more. The majority I…
HITLERS RUSSIAN AND COSSACK ALLIES 1941-45 – Review by Phil Hodges
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Any war involving Russia is far from simple. The sheer size and geographical differences in the…
A STREET IN ARNHEM – The Agony of Occupation and Liberation – Review by Mark Barnes
Like a lot of people my exposure to the epic of Arnhem began with Cornelius Ryan in 1974 and I still have my original copy…
PANZER – The German Tanks Encyclopedia – Review by Mark Barnes
This is the first book I have seen from this publisher from sunny Aix-en-Provence and if they’re all like this l want to see many…
MEN OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – A Biographical Directory of The Few – Review by Mark Barnes
No complaints from me but the Battle of Britain commemoration seemed to be quite an extended affair with flypasts and all manner of stuff going…
YANKS AND LIMEYS – Review by Mark Barnes
However serious a student of World War II you are and whether you live in Boston, Massachusetts or Boston, Lincolnshire, the story of the Anglo-American…
VOICES FROM THE FRONT – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
I want to let Peter Hart tell you what his excellent new book is about: “This is an oral history of the British military involvement…
DON McCULLIN – The New Definitive Edition – Review by Mark Barnes
This is not a war book per se and it is certainly not a history book, so you might ask why is it being reviewed…
SUVLA 15 – Review by Mark Barnes
What a pleasure it is for me to see this book from our very own Wayne Osborne. It is quite appropriate that the last time…
THE COMBAT HISTORY OF THE 21st Panzer Division – Review by Chris Buckham
The invasion of Normandy has been written about and analyzed in a plethora of books and articles and, at first blush, Kortenhaus’s book would appear…
A MARINE AT GALLIPOLI AND ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
Yet another diary/memoiremerges from the Great War’s attic. Our main character, twenty-two year old Yorkshire lad, Harry Askin, joined the Royal Marines, Portsmouth Battalion, at…