John Norris takes a look at the history of the Lewis Light Machine Gun
continue reading >Outside of Belgium, there are not many books which focus on the subject of the Belgian...
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A general rule of thumb for an author is to write about what one knows.
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The fighting in North Africa during WWII is gaining an interest and despite the present troubles in the region specialist travel companies take tourists to see these battlefields. This book covers the period from the landings by US troops during Operation Torch and the Battle of El Alamein, which Churchill said was ‘… perhaps the end of the beginning’, and concludes with the defeat of the Axis forces in May 1943.
continue reading >Three days after Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914 and as the army was...
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Since this book appeared the British army has withdrawn from its commitment in Afghanistan and cutbacks in the defence budget means further withdrawals. Despite this, the British army remains one of the finest fighting forces in the world today.
continue reading >The tank was developed by the British army and first used at the Battle of the...
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John Norris reports on the 30th Anniversary of this unique venue and its commemoration of VJ Day
continue reading >During the course of any prolonged war, new regiments will be formed and replacement or reinforcing...
continue reading >This is an absolutely first-rate work, full of visual images which will draw the reader back...
continue reading >The Internationallyrecognised state of neutrality adopted by the Netherlands was cruelly violated when Germany launched an...
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John Norris reports back from his trip down the Thames to the small village of Mapledurham and the annual weekendof re-enactment that is Mapledurham at War…
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continue reading >The amphibious landings of Operation Overlord on D-Day, 6 June 1944, were only the beginning of...
continue reading >The Battle for Berlin was conducted between the German and Russian armies fighting in the very...
continue reading >John Norris presents a tribute to the female war correspondents of WWII…
continue reading >This book is full of reproduced documents and photographs charting the final days of the Nazi...
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