From movies to news stories, it seems that anything with ‘Disaster’ in the title is guaranteed to draw attention.
continue reading >This superbly illustrated book with its well-written and highly informative text is an absolute must-have for...
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On the morning of 23rd November 1943 Major General Ralph Smith sent the message “Makin taken…” to announce the island had been captured from the Japanese.
continue reading >The American Civil War is one of those conflicts about which historians and collectors never tire...
continue reading >It is almost 80-years since Japan attacked China in an incident which precipitated WWII. It is...
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When war broke out in August 1914 the widely-held consensus was that it would ‘all be over by Christmas’.
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The author has done a very good job in putting together a range of firearms which are of interest to the serious collector. However, some of the weapons are beyond what many collectors can afford, in which case they will have to satisfy their needs either with a replica or a visit to a museum. Nevertheless, this is a nice introductory work for those with an interest in firearms.
continue reading >There is a saying which runs along the lines that ‘God made men, but Samuel Colt...
continue reading >Ownership of handguns is prohibited in the UK, but we can still read about them and...
continue reading >This is one of those books and historians new to the subject will welcome the reprint...
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Jeremy Paxman is best known for his no-nonsense style of questioning politicians, and the viewer is often rewarded with answers which explain many things.
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This is a weighty book dealing with a weighty subject and the author tackles it extremely well. In 250 pages he covers the design and development of these vehicles and their service in combat from Normandy to Russia and into the heart of Berlin in May 1945. Everything is covered, including the variants of the vehicles and other designs they influenced. Units which used these vehicles are mentioned in the main text and the Italian campaign makes for particularly interesting reading
continue reading >There is hardly a village or town in Britain that was not affected by the First...
continue reading >Here it is and it finishes off the story, which some people never even consider –...
continue reading >Anthologies of firsthand accounts of life, fighting and death in the trenches during the First World...
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This is another in the series of ‘Images at War’ and covers a period of the war which, it would seem, readers never grow tired of learning about.
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This is a book without compromise and is absolutely fascinating.
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German aircraft take their place alongside other German war machines from WW II such as tanks and warships by having a lasting fascination for historians and general viewers alike.
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Modern documentaries using recreated scenes to WW II can only achieve so much. Beyond that one has to resort to original archive film footage taken by the men who were there in order to show the full drama.
continue reading >The first of three books in a series (the other two to follow), German Heavy Artillery...
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