John Norris takes a look at one of the iconic motorcycles of WWII
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John Norris gives a potted history of this Soviet armoured infantry fighting vehicle
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John Norris takes a look at another important British Army vehicle from relatively recent times - the Humber FV1609/11 APC, colloquially known as ‘Pigs’ by those who rode in them
continue reading >The infantry in any army is the most flexible of all units, being able to serve...
continue reading >John Norris looks at re-enactment groups who re-create lesser known conflicts, periods and military units…
continue reading >Contrary to what we have come to believe about weapons, rarely do they enter service without...
continue reading >When steam trains first appeared, it did not take the military long to see how useful...
continue reading >The campaign in Italy was supposed to be the Allies thrust up into the ‘…soft underbelly...
continue reading >This book was first published in 1956, today, 65 years later and interest in this fiercelycontested...
continue reading >When the First World War began in 1914, motor vehicles had been on the roads for...
continue reading >John Norris discusses naval war films and the challenges faced while trying to create them
continue reading >It’s always good to meet new re-enactment groups; JOHN NORRIS gets to know the 69eme Infanterie Regiment De Ligne…
continue reading >The setting for this work is the island of Crete 1941, after the British army has...
continue reading >Of all the Allied troops who took part in the D-Day landings in Normandy on 6...
continue reading >This is the second and concluding volume in the history of the Vietnam War, a conflict...
continue reading >It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words and during WWIII millions upon...
continue reading >In Britain, you don’t have to look too far to find a historical site. It might...
continue reading >John Norris visits an important but little-known site in the shape of Nunney Castle in Somerset…
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