All quiet on the Western front: Germans want to forget WWI
Berlin’s Historical Museum got the shockingly small collection of the World War I exhibits. After going through a lot of displays on the grand progress…
Bringing the story of Witold Pilecki, Polish hero who volunteered to go INTO Auschwitz, to America
Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…
DUNKIRK – The Men They Left Behind by Mark Barnes
D-Day has been done to death and the continuous re-interpretation of countless other events DUNKIRK – The Men They Left Behind By Sean Longden D-Day has…
The Battle of France – Then and Now by Mark Barnes
If ever a book could be described as ‘groundbreaking’ it is After The Battle’s Battle of Britain – Then And Now’ THE BATTLE OF FRANCE – THEN…
REVIEW: THE ARMED ROVERS Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediteranean by Mark Barnes
In a previous life I used to work for a music paper which was owned by IPC, the large publishing empire which was then based…
DAY OF THE PANZER by Mark Barnes
A story of American heroism and sacrifice in Southern France… THE DAY OF THE PANZER A story of American heroism and sacrifice in Southern France…
Book Review: The Way It Was by L. Langford Hodges
L. Langford Hodges captures the imagination of World War II history buffs, military strategists, and patriotic citizens as he relates the realities of war, the…
‘A VERY FINE COMMANDER’ THE MEMOIRS OF GENERAL SIR HORATIUS MURRAY GCB KBE DSO
A career soldier, Nap Murray spent his working life with the Colours and eventually reached the rank of full general during his service with NATO.…
Captain Bobby Fachiri
Captain Bobby Fachiri, who has died aged 92, won an MC serving with T-Force, an elite Army formation, in the final weeks of the Second…
American Rocket Launcher M1/M1A1/M9 (Bazooka)
Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless rocket antitank weapon, widely fielded by the U.S. Army. Also referred to as the “Stovepipe”, the innovative…
1st Armoured Division
The 1st Armoured Division is an armoured division of the British Army, originally formed in November 1937 as the Mobile Division, it saw extensive service during the Second World War, was disbanded…