REVIEW: THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED The Elimination of German Surface Warships Around the World 1914-15
Think of the First World War at sea and you might inevitably turn to Jutland, because that awesome couple of days saw the most terrible…
7th Armored Tour in Holland – Day 5
Wednesday 3rd October 6.30 wake up call by first Sergeant Shady 7.00 breakfast and break camp 9.00 we arrived at a small monument dedicated to…
NOT THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE
There is an other worldliness about Hong Kong that emphasises its distance from the UK. The sights and sounds of a city packed with millions…
THE ROLLS-ROYCE METEOR
The Meteor isn’t simply a Merlin with the supercharger removed! THE ROLLS-ROYCE METEOR – Cromwell and other applications. (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust No 35). Evans, McWilliams,…
ONCE UPON A TIME IN WAR. The 99th Division in World War II
What really impressed me is the honesty. There is no sugar coating or trying to portray the GI as movie heroes Lots of books are written…
FAMOUS 1914-1918
Britain lost one million souls during the war of 1914-18 and of the millions who came home to the ‘Land fit for heroes’ a number…
TO THE GATE OF HELL – The Memoir of a Panzer Crewman
Just to prove my theory that speed reading a few sections of a book is no way to prepare a review, I tried it with…
REVIEWS: IOWA CLASS BATTLESHIPS By Lester Abbey SCHARNHORST and GNEISENAU By Steve Backer
The ladies in the PR department at Pen & Sword are anything but daft. Actually, they are perfectly charming when they email me. On with…
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…
REVIEW: AN ANZAC ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Books can be wonderful things and there have been times when I have really blessed my good fortune for accepting this gig when the coffee…
REVIEW: IMAGES OF WAR CARNAGE The German Front In World War One
I’ve been banging my drum about this series of books for a while now and I’m not ashamed to say the song remains the same…