Monty’s Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe – John Buckley
The author travels on much trodden ground in discussing the events from D-Day to the end of the war. Nevertheless,
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‘history book review’
Graphic War: The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War II – Donald Nijboer
It is a truism that a picture tells a thousand words. Thus it was that during the Second World War
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In Support Of The Few: From an Erk to Chief Technician, the Diary of Joe Roddis
It was so often the case that the pilots of Fighter Command were the ones who received all the glory
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Churchill’s Secret Defence Army: Resisting the Nazi Invader – Arthur Ward
Of the many ‘what ifs’ in history, the German invasion of Britain in 1940 is one that has been replayed
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The Spy Who Loved – Clare Mulley
Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek was born into a wealthy Polish Jewish family in Warsaw. The economic collapse of the 1920s
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I Survived The Somme: The Secret Diary Of A Tommy – Charles Meeres
It is wonderful that documents from the First World War are still being uncovered. Often though, the letters and journals
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Murderous Tommies – Julian Putkowski and Mark Dunning
War, of course, is a violent affair. Even though it may result in the death of thousands, and it may
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Between Silk and Cyanide: The Story of SOE’s Code War – Leo Marks
Leo Marks first wrote his book about his time during the Second World War in the Special Operations Executive, Between
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Beyond the Dead Horizon: Studies in Modern Conflict Archaeology – Nicholas J. Saunders (Ed.)
The study of modern conflict archaeology is a relatively new and developing discipline, and interest is growing in this subject.
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Allied Master Strategists: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II – David Rigby
This book is an analysis of the men that ran the war. Though Churchill and Roosevelt provided the general direction
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