Snow and Steel – Review by Mark Barnes
There is a long running radio show on the BBC called Desert Island Discs, the premise being that the invited celebrity will pick a number…
FOR THE FALLEN – Review by Mark Barnes
We are inching close to Armistice Day and the poppies will soon be on sale again. Like tens of thousands of others I wear mine…
BILLY CONGREVE DIARY – Review by Wayne Osborne
This is yet another diary from the Great War and it is a very good read for either the casual reader or the historian. Billy…
I survived – Review by Phil Hodges
Loveable: That’s how 4124 Private ‘Ginger’ Byrne came across in this book; after all it is his and based solely on his memoirs. It’s the…
Kidnap in Crete – Review by Mark Barnes
We last met Rick Stroud gadding about the Western Desert following in the wake of a motley crew of scenery painters and conjurers who deceived…
GERMAN WARSHIP SERIES BACK IN PRINT – Review by Mark Barnes
If we think about the Kreigsmarine during World War II the pictures coming immediately into our heads will be of U-Boats or the famous capital…
THE OLD FRONT LINE – Review by Mark Barnes
Back in the 1980s when it was still possible to walk areas of the Western Front and find a considerable amount of the debris of…
When Paris Went Dark – Review by Nate Sullivan
On the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of Paris, the complexities concerning the role of France in World War II are more evident than ever.…
AMERICANS ON D-DAY – Review by Mark Barnes
This one landed on my doormat a bit late for the anniversary events but 2014 remains very a much a D-Day year despite similar commemorations…
EMBERS OF WAR – Review by Mark Barnes
In June 1919 when the victorious powers met at Versailles to flay the defeated Central Powers other stuff was going on that would have ramifications…
POZOR! – Review by Mark Barnes
Don’t panic dear reader; you haven’t inadvertently stumbled on a classic car site in error. This book may only contain a modicum of images of…
Guarding Hitler – Review by Phil Hodges
I Was Hitler’s Secretary. I Was Hitler’s Boss. The Jew Who Defeated Hitler. Chocolate Cake With Hitler. Hitler’s Table Talk. Some of these sound absurd,…