WWII | War History

REVIEW: GLIDER PILOT IN SICILY by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

I am just back from a few days on the Arnhem trail and there are few things more humbling than a visit to the cemetery…

REVIEWS: IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS By Lester Abbey SCHARNHORST and GNEISENAU By Steve Backer

Mark Barnes

The ladies in the PR department at Pen & Sword are anything but daft. Actually, they are perfectly charming when they email me. On with…

PRESS RELEASE: BHTV finished filming on new Operation Market Garden series.

BHTV finished filming on new Operation Market Garden series.  Battlefield History TV have announced that after 2 years of filming on location, they have now…

REVIEW: THE PHANTOM ARMY OF ALAMEIN

Mark Barnes

Try and have a guess how many books have been published in the English language about some facet or other of World War II. Well…

JOCKS IN THE JUNGLE Black Watch & Cameronians As Chindits

Mark Barnes

When you buy your copy of this book, and I really think you should; it probably won’t come with the rather dramatic press release. “This…

IMAGES OF WAR U-108 at WAR

Mark Barnes

How do they do it? I do not know. I have heaped praise on other books in this range before and along they come with…

HITLER’S OLYMPICS THE STORY OF THE 1936 NAZI GAMES

Mark Barnes

It seems quite appropriate to me that we should publish the review of this book on the day of the opening ceremony of the London…

THE BATTLE EAST OF ELSENBORN AND THE TWIN VILLAGES

Mark Barnes

You see people reading some pretty rum stuff on trains and I wasn’t surprised when the guy opposite me did a double take when he…

THE WORLD’S FIRST SWAT TEAM

Mark Barnes

Like Joseph, this book has a coat of many colours. It is by turn a history book, a travel guide and a social circular. It…

SO FEW GOT THROUGH WITH THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS FROM NORMANDY TO THE BALTIC

Mark Barnes

First published in 1946, this book is very much of its time but can genuinely lay claim to be a classic. Martin Lindsay was a…

OPERATION BARBAROSSA AND THE EASTERN FRONT 1941

Mark Barnes

We import a great deal from North America and a big chunk of it is language to mix up our lovely Old World vernacular. Some…

IMAGES OF WAR PANZER IV AT WAR 1939-1945

Mark Barnes

I remember well when Airfix brought out their Panzer IV kit, I suppose I was about thirteen years old. I loved going to football and…