Warfare in News

Posted on Friday 14th October

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For details of author signing events for Healing in Hell see the upcoming events calendar.

Further Reading

Healing in Hell

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Healing in Hell

(Hardback - 180 pages)
by Ken Adams

Like many thousands of other unsuspecting young soldiers, Ken Adams was sent out to the Far East during the Second World War. He immediately saw action on the Malay Peninsula before being captured at Singapore. As a trained medic he was initially assigned to work at Changi Hospital, where conditions were bad enough. However, this was only the start of the three-year ordeal and many moves and far worse camps in Thailand were to follow.Read more...

Of further interest...

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Healing in Hell - Memoirs of a Far Eastern POW Medic

Wed 6th August

This article is based on extracts from Ken Adams' Second World War memoirs of life as a POW medic in the Far East. From the fall of Singapore to the difficulties of returning home. Contains graphic images. Read article...

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Peter Stone - How I wrote My Book

Mon 25th September

In writing my new book The History of the Port of London – A Vast Emporium of All Nations I could explore aspects of two of my passions: the development of London as a city, as well as waterborne transport. Read article...

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The 37th Division at Arras

Wed 5th April

A Pen and Sword title with an exceptionally vivid, first-hand account of the battle of Arras is Despatch Rider on the Western Front 1915-18, the diary of Sergeant Albert Simpkin MM, edited by his great nephew, David Venner Read article...

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The Untold Heroes of Helmand

Mon 15th August

Ten years on, and now the Heroes of Helmand are heard. Read article...

Dates in History

Battle of Bannockburn

24th June 1314

The Battle of Bannockburn was a significant Scottish victory in the Wars of Scottish Independence. It was the decisive battle in the First War of Scottish Independence. The bitter hostility between England and Scotland which had continued since 1296, the contrasting characters of the opposing commanders Edward II and Robert the Bruce, the strategy of the campaign and the tactics of the battle itself - all these elements combine to make the event one of absorbing and lasting interest.

Further Reading

Bannockburn
(Hardback - 256 pages)
by John Sadler

The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was one of the decisive battles of British history. The bitter hostility between England and Scotland which had continued since 1296, the contrasting characters of the opposing commanders Edward II and Robert the Bruce, the strategy of the campaign and the tactics of the… Read more at Pen & Sword...

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