UNDERSTANDING THE SOMME 1916 – Review Dr Wayne Osborne
Battlefield guide books!? We didn’t use guide books on the Somme in ma day lad, we just got on with it and found out for…
THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY THEN AND NOW – Review by Mark Barnes
The seventieth anniversary of the end the Second World War in Europe will be commemorated in May. Whether it will be like D-Day with politicians…
CONTINENTAL VERSUS REDCOAT – Review by Mark Barnes
I am really stepping into the dark with this one and getting way outside my comfort zone. I don’t have anything like a decent knowledge…
Great War books round up – Review by Mark Barnes
Great War books have been coming thick and fast and while it is true that a good many are part of a well established blueprint,…
THE EYES OF THE DESERT RATS – Review by Mark Barnes
It doesn’t take much of an imagination to picture a dusty landing ground miles behind the front line being shocked into life in the dead…
EVACUEES – Review by Phil Hodges
It’s not often I read a book in complete silence and am left in such a state of mind after completing it. It was an…
SCAPEGOAT – Review by Mark Barnes
The loss of Britain’s imperial possessions in the Far East at the end of 1941 and in to the next year was nothing less than…
UNDERGROUND WARFARE 1914 – 1918 – Review by Wayne Osborne
Thousands of miners on both sides joined their countries’ armies in the Great War. In Britain, during 1914/15 the output of the pits was put…
FIVE NEW OWNERS WORKSHOP MANUALS FROM HAYNES PUBLISHING.
I was riding my commuter train home from work one evening just before Christmas and it occurred to me I hadn’t seen anything from Haynes…
Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth – Review by Nate Sullivan
Normally I never begin a book review like this—but allow me to just come right out and say it: this book is excellent. Steve Snyder’s…
The Battle Book Of Ypres. A Reference To Military Operations In The Ypres Salient 1914 – 1918.
“Accounts of German treachery and brutality have been omitted from this book. The Briton is a clean handed and debonair fighter, his hand clasp ready…
Ten Days in August: The Siege of Liège 1914 – Review by Nate Sullivan
There is no reason why the Battle of Liège, the first battle of the First World War, should not fascinate military history enthusiasts. The Schlieffen…