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Review: CATASTROPHE Europe Goes to War 1914. By Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

CATASTROPHE  Europe Goes to War 1914 By Max Hastings Published by William Collins ISBN: 978 0 00 739857 7 Review by Mark Barnes for War…

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…

TIP & RUN. The untold tragedy of the Great War In Africa. Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

By Edward Paice. Published in 2007 by Wiedenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN-13: 9 780297 847090 ISBN-10: 0 297 847090 Review by Mark Barnes for War History…

I got Somme mud on my Mutt – Mark Barnes visits the Somme

Mark Barnes

It had been raining heavily for some days and a steady drizzle was still in the air as we chugged along the D254 from Carnoy…

Canada: Outrage Over WWI Memorial Stealing

The bronze sculpture with two crossed rifles and a helmet was made to honor fallen WWI soldiers and was placed on top of a cenotaph…

Daimler Wants German Barracks as Its Testing Ground for Cars

The Immendingen army base – once a washing amenity for armored howitzers during the Cold War – is the perfect place Daimler’s looking for to…

Funding Memorial for WWI Hero Backed by Chris Tarrant

Gallipoli Campaign of World War I – War was raging all around them. After all, they were hiding under the Turkish trenches. He was shot…

This WWI Centennial, Give Way to Anti-War Ideals

The centenary celebration for the First World War is fast approaching — in 2014. And contradictory to what its detractors believe that it will just…

WWI Gallipoli Springs to Life in Decrepit Photos

The old photographs made the grim reality of World War I look so real — grubby trenches packed with equally dirty soldiers…juvenile Diggers carrying equipment…

New Shaftesbury World War II Monument Deemed ‘Illegal’

Shaftesbury Town Council is put under fire by the English Heritage for erecting a 6-foot war memorial just fifteen feet away from the ruins of…

Cambridge Military Hospital: Nostalgic Look at Its Historic Past,the hospital remained in use right up until the first Gulf War

In the small city of Aldershot, Hampshire sits a sprawling abandoned structure with a lone clock tower looking forlornly above the city’s horizon. The building…

‘Schindler’s List’ Author Penned New WWI Novel

The Daughters of Mars is the new novel penned down by Schindler’s List and Confederates author, Thomas Keneally. And just like his previous works, his new book is a powerfully…