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THE SKY THEIR BATTLEFIELD II – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes
BATTLEFIELD

Because I like such a wide range of military history I try to gather a broad knowledge of it but don’t suggest for one minute…

LOYAL SONS – Review by Israel Schwierz

Mark Barnes
LOYAL SONS

One year after the appearance of his first book; “Loyalty Betrayed. Jewish Chaplains in the German Army in the First World War” the physician and…

WIND IN THE WIRES – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes
WIND IN THE WIRES

The gathering pace of events surrounding the centenary of the Great War have coincided with some difficult times in my world and, as a consequence,…

OPERATION STORM – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes
OPERATION STORM

We’re getting near the time of year when I have been asked to produce a ‘books of the year’ feature. This one is just in…

FLAKHELFER TO GRENADIER – Review by Phil Hodges

Phil Hodges
GRENADIER

When we think of child soldiers most of us automatically think of conflicts in Africa. Harrowing news footage of kids armed with AK47 rifles and…

EMPIRES OF THE DEAD – Review by Chris Buckham

Chris Buckham
EMPIRES OF THE DEAD

When one travels the battlefields of WW1 and 2 throughout the world, it is very likely that you will come across one of the hundreds…

RAINY STREET STORIES – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes
RAINY STREET STORIES

I find myself in something akin to unknown territory with this one.  The author contacted us to request a review and I am more than…

FIRE AND MOVEMENT – Review by Wayne Osborne

Wayne Osborne
FIRE AND MOVEMENT

It is my Royal and Imperial Command … that you address all your skill and all the valour of my soldiers, to exterminate first, the…

BATTLE FLEET 2 – Review by James Barnes

Mark Barnes
BATTLE FLEET 2

  This is an indie naval strategy game set in the Pacific during World War II focusing on the fighting between Japan and the United…

SAS OPERATION BULLBASKET – Review by Phil Hodges

Phil Hodges
SAS OPERATION BULLBASKET

Ok guys, look. This is for your own sakes. It’s my job to read military books and watch DVDs and then review them in an…

LEE MARVIN – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes
LEE MARVIN

Because I read so much military history by choice I occasionally need a break and seek out something different to perform a reboot of my…

BLOOD DIVIDE – Review by Phil Hodges

Phil Hodges
BLOOD DIVIDE

When Mark ‘The Ed’ Barnes at WHO HQ said he was sending me Something a little different in the post I feared the worst. Not another…