REVIEW: THE PHANTOM ARMY OF ALAMEIN
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
MOSQUITO Menacing the Reich
An admission: After I read this book I started another which I had been so looking forward to. A Great War history with fantastic photos…
IT HAD TO BE TOUGH The Origins and Training of the Commandos in World War II.
The cover illustration for this book shows the wonderful Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge in the Highlands of Scotland. My sole visit back in 1990…