Great War | War History

RISE OF THE TANK – Review by Wayne Osborne

Mark Barnes
RISE OF THE TANK

This is a book about tanks in the Great War and the author highlights the need for the tank in that conflict, presenting his opinion…

A WOOD CALLED BOURLON – Review by Wayne Osborne

Wayne Osborne
BOURLON

This is another re-published work. William Moore’s book about Bourlon Wood first hit the shelves in 1988 and it seeks to discuss the so-called ‘cover-up’…

THE SKY THEIR BATTLEFIELD II – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes
BATTLEFIELD

Because I like such a wide range of military history I try to gather a broad knowledge of it but don’t suggest for one minute…

LOYAL SONS – Review by Israel Schwierz

Mark Barnes
LOYAL SONS

One year after the appearance of his first book; “Loyalty Betrayed. Jewish Chaplains in the German Army in the First World War” the physician and…

WIND IN THE WIRES – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes
WIND IN THE WIRES

The gathering pace of events surrounding the centenary of the Great War have coincided with some difficult times in my world and, as a consequence,…

WWI: Profit in the name of lost

Ian Harvey
WWI

Ypres, Belgium, the city to witness the outbreak of the First World War. The first battle which was fought 100 years ago in this city…

FIRE AND MOVEMENT – Review by Wayne Osborne

Wayne Osborne
FIRE AND MOVEMENT

It is my Royal and Imperial Command … that you address all your skill and all the valour of my soldiers, to exterminate first, the…

Remembering the Teenage Soldiers of the Great War

As much as 250,000 young boys with ages under 18 enlisted in the British Army and fought in the front lines of the Great War.…

AMATEUR GUNNERS – Review by Wayne Osborne

Wayne Osborne
AMATEUR GUNNERS

If you are interested in Great War artillery or animals in the war or if you are interested in the rise of the British Army…

BILLY BISHOP – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes
BILLY BISHOP

In the annals of the Great War aces Billy Bishop is up there as number two after the Red Baron with seventy-two victories. But almost…

A Gallipoli Gunboat Is To Be Opened To the Public for a Centennial Commemoration

Ian Harvey
Gallipoli Gunboat

The only boat to have survived the battles in Gallipoli, a British vessel, is to be unveiled and open to the public for the very…

‘A very impressive memorial’

Missouri WWI memorial

French village provides backdrop for Missouri WWI memorial More than 4,500 miles from Mid-Missouri near the village of Cheppy, France, sits a memorial dedicated to…