MEMOIRS OF A STUKA PILOT – Review by Mark Barnes
Stuka operations have always fascinated me, so I was very pleased to read this book by the veteran airman Helmut Mahlke. The author takes us…
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC – Review by John Henry Phillips
This book was first published in 1961, making it, inrecent years, a frequent sight at auctions and boot fairs. That much was always inevitable. However,…
Our Land at War – Review by Phil Hodges
I turned forty last month, hardly the time for a walking stick and a pipe but I do have a favourite chair and cushion in…
Armoured Warfare and Hitler’s Allies – Review by Mark Barnes
This fascinating book in the Images of describes the decidedly mixed fortunes of the states siding, willingly or otherwise, with the Nazis to fight against…
4 Group Bomber Command – Review by Mark Barnes
Profuse apologies to Chris Ward, I have been sitting on this one for a while and it is the arrival of his next book that…
WORLD WAR II IN CARTOONS – Review by Mark Barnes
Giving chase to my recent review of Mark Bryant’s look at the cartoons of World War I is this similar volume from him looking at…
HAYNES F16 MANUAL- Reviewed by Mark Barnes
Here we have another Haynes manual that doesn’t give you the gen on how to get covered in oil fixing something on your car. Once…
HITLER’S SPYPLANE OVER NORMANDY- Reviewed by Mark Barnes
Sometimes a book is so brimming with enthusiasm you can be carried along by it without realising. This immense bit of fun from Philippe Bauduin…
MEDITERRANEAN AIR WAR VOL 1- Reviewed by Mark Barnes
This is the first volume in an ambitious telling of the day-by-day story of the air war in the Mediterranean theatre of World War II.…
TOMMY HANDBOOK – Reviewed by Phil Hodges
Spiffing! Absolutely spiffing! This book is a delightful somewhat tongue in cheek look at the WW1 Tommy. That’s slang for a British soldier for those of…
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE – Reviewed by Mark Barnes
I can’t see any point in diving into a discourse on the Battle of the Bulge. The story, including it’s iconic elements – Bastogne, Malmedy,…
MAJOR AND MRS HOLT’S DEFINITIVE BATTLEFIELD GUIDE TO THE D-DAY NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES – Reviewed by Mark Barnes
If you follow my ramblings elsewhere on War History Online you may recall I had the pleasure of meeting Tonie and Valmai Holt at the…