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Fifty Great War Movies – Review by Mark Barnes

I am writing this in early July, but there is no doubt in my mind that this book will be popular five months from now when…

All Behind You, Winston – Review by Mark Barnes

This book by Roger Hermiston takes us back to World War II and the creation of the coalition government in Britain headed by Winston Churchill.…

Have You Forgotten Yet? – The First World War Memoirs of C. P. Blacker – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne

A curious title for an at times curious book.  It is a Great War Memoir but with a difference.  Blacker began writing this book, which…

Excitement! Book review by Mark Barnes

Excitment! Book review by Mark Barnes.

This book is the latest in a spate of self-published books that have been coming my way from the United States. However, this one stands…

THE HISTORY OF THE PANZERWAFFE – Review by Phil Hodges

The latest from Osprey Publishing really is a wolf in sheep’s clothing…..or a tiger! The History of the Panzerwaffe breaks from the traditional paperback that we…

D-DAY – THE LAST OF THE LIBERATORS – Some of the Last Veterans of the Normandy Landings Retrace Their Steps Seventy Years Later

Mark Barnes

On the day Operation Goodwood started in July 1944; Kenneth Sturdy found himself in the unenviable position of being the target of bombs dropped short…

Oradaour-sur-Glane Massacre Survivor is Sued over Book, and Wins

  RFI English shares the story of Robert Hébras. Robert and five others survived the Oradour-sur-Glane massacrein June of 1944. In this massacre, the German…

Exclusive from excerpt author Alex Kershaw – THE FEW AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

Their Finest Hour “You catch him right smack in the middle of your sights and give him a complete burst. The Brownings go to work,…