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REVIEW: THE ARMED ROVERS Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediteranean by Mark Barnes

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…

FUSILIERS – How the British Army lost America but learned to fight.

Mark Barnes

He is out to debunk some of the propaganda and myths created by a number of American historians.. Here’s one for those who remember their…

A Long Long War by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

I didn’t like all of it and to be frank, I thought it could have been a bit tighter in places and a little more…

GREAT MILITARY LIVES – A Century In Obituaries

Mark Barnes

For me one of the best things about the broadsheets are the obituaries Edited by Ian Brunskill, Guy Liardet and Michael Tillotson. The internet is…

BOMB ALLEY FALKLANDS ISLANDS 1982 ABOARD HMS ANTRIM AT WAR

Mark Barnes

On the 1st April 1982, David Yates was a 24 year old Leading Catering Accountant… Warships are the most complex military vehicles ever built. They…

Arnhem

Mark Barnes

Great beard-growing competition on in our unit, but no time to check up on the winner. ARNHEM by Major General RE Urquhart Since September 1944 Arnhem…

‘BLINKER’ HALL: SPYMASTER. The Man Who Brought America Into World War 1 by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

This is a solid good read about a brilliant, somewhat shadowy man who is worthy of heroic status ‘BLINKER’ HALL: SPYMASTER. The Man Who Brought…

DAY OF THE PANZER by Mark Barnes

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…

BORROWED SOLDIERS Americans Under British Command, 1918 by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

It was not all plain sailing. The New Yorkers counted a good many German and Irish Americans in their ranks… It is nice to read…

ARNHEM – Jumping The Rhine 1944 and 1945

Mark Barnes

Without being cruel to Lloyd Clark, he does a certain amount of this… ARNHEM – Jumping The Rhine 1944 and 1945 by Lloyd Clark Market Garden…

REVIEW: THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED The Elimination of German Surface Warships Around the World 1914-15

Mark Barnes

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…

THE ROLLS-ROYCE METEOR

Mark Barnes

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,…