Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes is a longstanding friend of WHO, providing features, photography and reviews. He has contributed to The Times of London and other publications. He is the author of The Liberation of Europe (pub 2016) and If War Should Come due later in 2020.

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Articles by Mark Barnes:

Fallen Eagles & Sunken Beasts – Wreck Recovery In Britain Then And Now

There have been a number of news stories in recent months about the plundering of World War II warship wrecks in Asian waters where British…

Two Important New Books From The Pen & Sword Stable

First up we have a new book from Chris Goss that is a most welcome addition to the canon of Battle of Britain literature. In…

Two New Operations Manuals From Haynes Publishing

If you find yourself in Green Park when on a visit to London you will should see the imposing Bomber Command memorial that was unveiled…

Book Reviews Roundup Features 4 Great Titles

Time for another books round up and we start with a solid piece of infotainment from Fred Pushies, a special forces specialist, in the shape…

EPITAPHS OF THE GREAT WAR – Book Review

I have to start this review by digressing away from the Great War to a story of sorts about World War II. Back when the…

THE FIRST BRIDGE TOO FAR – Book Review

The importance and the drama of the Sicilian campaign of 1943 has been largely overshadowed by events from the years that followed, but it is…

THE ARDENNES BATTLEFIELDS – Book Review

I think this is the fifth book I have seen from a team that has moved from Normandy to covering the key locations from the…

BATTLES THAT CHANGED HISTORY – Book Review

This brave book attempts to condense a few thousand years of organized unpleasantness into a single volume.  The contributors have been tasked with selecting the…

SILENT LANDSCAPE AT GALLIPOLI – Book Review

I’ve made the majority of my visits to European battlefields in either the fall or winter when the weather is often not the best. Rain…

Semper Fi – US Marine Corps in World War II – Book Review

Here we go again with another excellent book in the Images of War series from Pen & Sword.  This time round the prolific Michael Green…

The Great War – 3 Great Books for History Lovers – Book Review

This is the first of a sequence of round-ups where the WHO Reviews Dept holds a summer clearance of the books I have amassed in…

Masters of Mayhem: The Operations of Lawrence of Arabia and His Men – Book Review

I can’t say for certain how long I’ve been doing this job but I know for sure I’ve seen a good few books that contrive…