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REVIEW: THE LAST GREAT CAVALRYMAN by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

Pen & Sword were quite keen for me to review this book, well at least that is the impression they gave me because I received…

REVIEW: HIMMLER’S NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP GUARDS by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

I’m not an especially religious man, but I do believe in an essential goodness, and I see it in a lot of people. I married…

Review: NOT ORDINARY MEN The Story of the Battle of Kohima by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

Feelings remain raw. If you are a regular subscriber to WHO you will have dipped into the occasional Second World War themed article on the…

REVIEW: THE ATLANTIC WALL History and Guide by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

If you have been anywhere along the coastline of Europe in territory which had been occupied by the Nazis you will come across the concrete…

REVIEW: MUSSOLINI’S NAVY by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

The thing about naval books is they have to be big. They can’t be small because the scale thing is important. If other reference books,…

REVIEW: Frituur Zorro Volume 3 by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

The pictures are amazing and those crazy Dutch guys know how to pick them. It isn’t a book of MVs, it’s a long running love…

REVIEW: GLIDER PILOT IN SICILY by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

I am just back from a few days on the Arnhem trail and there are few things more humbling than a visit to the cemetery…

REVIEW: IMAGES OF WAR CARNAGE The German Front In World War One

Mark Barnes

I’ve been banging my drum about this series of books for a while now and I’m not ashamed to say the song remains the same…

REVIEW: SALAMANCA The Peninsular Collection DVD

Mark Barnes

Just for a change we are abandoning the 20th Century and skipping back a hundred years to the days of the redcoats when the British…

Book Review: The Way It Was by L. Langford Hodges

Phil 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…