PRESS RELEASE: Monte Cassino Ten Armies in Hell, lecture by Dr Peter Caddick-Adams
Date of Event: 17th November 2012 Time of Event: 19:30pm Venue: The Tank Museum Entry Fee: £10 Peter Caddick-Adams new book Monte Cassino: Ten Armies…
Italys Sorrow by Mark Barnes
This is not a pretty story from any perspective, there no sides with clean hands ITALY’S SORROW – A year of war 1944-45 By James…
EXCLUSIVE: In their own words – German veterans of WWII by Rob Schäfer
Part 1 – Unteroffizier Gustav Römer, III./Infanterie-Regiment 506, 1941-1945 (+ 6/2008) – Holder of the Infantry Assault Badge in Silver, Iron Cross 2nd Class, Wound…
REVIEW: IMAGES OF WAR THE PATTON TANK by Mark Barnes
Straight to business: Here we are with an absolute stunner in this series. Are you bored with me telling you this? It shows the people…
AVRO Lancaster by Mark Barnes
This book serves as a fitting tribute to the 55,000 Bomber Command personnel killed in… AVRO LANCASTER – 1941 onwards (all marks) Owners’ Workshop Manual…
Baptism of Fire – Attacking Gora Kamienska, Poland 1939 – Experiences of 1. Infanterie-Division
ATTACKING THE GORA-KAMIENSKA PART 1: “STALLING THE BLITZ” – THE BATTLE OF MLAWA 2nd and 3rd of September 1939 On the 1st of September…
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…
Breaking the Dams by Mark Barnes
They had been attempting to drop a new 12,000lb at low altitude in the face of heavy flak… BREAKING THE DAMS By Charles Foster Sixty-five years…
The first German casualty of the invasion of Poland or even World War 2 – The case of Oberstleutnant Domizlaff by Rob Schäfer
UPDATE 6th of July 2012 – in which a rather funny story takes a dark turn. ——————————————————————————— The following story is special and…
Setting the Desert on Fire by Mark Barnes
There are the Arabs themselves, enmeshed in a spaghetti of politics Setting the desert on fire – TE Lawrence and Britain’s secret war in Arabia, 1916-1918…
“Mein Opa” – Tracing the footsteps of a german soldier during the Battle of the Bulge 1944/45 by Rob Schäfer
One of the best things about running this blog and the connected twitter account is that they bring me in touch with good and interesting…
House to House by Mark Barnes
This book makes me admire the US Army all the more. From the poor bloody infantry… HOUSE TO HOUSE By David Bellavia with John Bruning While…