Setting the Desert on Fire by Mark Barnes
There are the Arabs themselves, enmeshed in a spaghetti of politics Setting the desert on fire – TE Lawrence and Britain’s secret war in Arabia, 1916-1918…
“Mein Opa” – Tracing the footsteps of a german soldier during the Battle of the Bulge 1944/45 by Rob Schäfer
One of the best things about running this blog and the connected twitter account is that they bring me in touch with good and interesting…
House to House by Mark Barnes
This book makes me admire the US Army all the more. From the poor bloody infantry… HOUSE TO HOUSE By David Bellavia with John Bruning While…
Operation Freshman – The hunt for Hitler’s Heavy Water
This foundation of this book is tragedy. Two glider loads of Royal Engineers of the British 1st Airborne.. OPERATION FRESHMAN – The hunt for Hitler’s…
The Pegasus Diaries by Tony B
The book shows not the hero that Major Howard has rightfully become… THE PEGASUS DIARIES -The private papers of Major John Howard DSO By John…
REVIEW: THE ARMED ROVERS Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediteranean by Mark Barnes
In a previous life I used to work for a music paper which was owned by IPC, the large publishing empire which was then based…
FUSILIERS – How the British Army lost America but learned to fight.
He is out to debunk some of the propaganda and myths created by a number of American historians.. Here’s one for those who remember their…
A Long Long War by Mark Barnes
I didn’t like all of it and to be frank, I thought it could have been a bit tighter in places and a little more…
GREAT MILITARY LIVES – A Century In Obituaries
For me one of the best things about the broadsheets are the obituaries Edited by Ian Brunskill, Guy Liardet and Michael Tillotson. The internet is…
BOMB ALLEY FALKLANDS ISLANDS 1982 ABOARD HMS ANTRIM AT WAR
On the 1st April 1982, David Yates was a 24 year old Leading Catering Accountant… Warships are the most complex military vehicles ever built. They…
Images of war: Great push on the Somme 1916 by Mark Barnes
Like so many proud companies, the management of the News of the World produced a booklet listing an account of their staff in the service…
Arnhem
Great beard-growing competition on in our unit, but no time to check up on the winner. ARNHEM by Major General RE Urquhart Since September 1944 Arnhem…