Book Reviews

Air Battle for Burma (book)
By James Oglethorpe, of RAAF No 3 Squadron Association Released: 21st November 2016Spitfires soar over a landscape of desperation and isolation - as with Bryn's previous book on the Desert Air Force, this work is a revelation, even for those who are familiar with Military History. There… Read full review...

Air Battle for Burma - Allied Pilots’ Fight for Supremacy (book)
By Bob Treloar, Air Vice-Marshal Ret’d Released: 21st November 2016The Air Battle for Burma is an excellent account of the history of the Allied efforts to defend Burma from a seemingly invincible foe. While the air battles that raged over Burma are the main… Read full review...

Air Battle for Burma - Allied Pilots’ Fight for Supremacy (book)
By Col Frize, RAF fighter pilot Ret’d. Released: 21st November 2016The book Air Battle for Burma surpassed Bryn's excellent "The Decisive Campaigns of the Desert Air Force 1942-1945". I am ashamed to say I was not aware of the detail he supplied in his magnum… Read full review...

Air Battle for Burma - Allied Pilots’ Fight for Supremacy (book)
By Chris Gilling, Editor FlyPast magazine Released: 21st November 2016Air Battle for Burma …. An excellent book about the air war over Burma. Read full review...

The Drive on Moscow, 1941 (book)
By Warfare Military History Magazine Released: 14th November 2016Highly researched providing a very insightful study of operation “Typhoon”, The Drive on Moscow 1941 is an interesting chronological account based on numerous archival records, personal diaries, letters and other sources. Well-written and complete with… Read full review...

Pearl Harbor from Infamy to Greatness (book)
By Pen & Sword Books Released: 10th November 2016Craig Nelson provides a stunningly detailed account in his latest book of the terror, violence, tragedy, heroism and attack on Pearl Harbor almost seventy five years ago today. A truly epic story told on the… Read full review...

The Western Front - Landscape, Tourism and Heritage (book)
By The Western Front Association, Jonathan Vernon Released: 27th October 2016Many years ago while working in France I read a book called ‘White Gold’ (L'Or Blanc) about the exploitation of the Alps as a winter tourist destiny; it added an economic, human geographical and socio-political… Read full review...

Logistics in the Falklands War (book)
By Australian Naval Institute, John Johnston Released: 26th October 2016THE South Atlantic conflict between 2 April and 14 June 1982 – the Argentine capture of the Falkland Islands and their dependencies and the British campaign to retake the islands – must count as one… Read full review...

Vikings at War (book)
By Warfare Military History Magazine Released: 20th October 2016Beautifully illustrated with clear, colourful and vibrant images this book is a must have for any Viking enthusiast. The Viking Art of War is brought to life through superb drawings, photos and maps supporting a… Read full review...

Real War Horses (book)
By Jon Sandison, Freelance Released: 20th October 2016Anthony Dawson's The Real War Horses provides a contemporary, readable and updated account of the role that horses have played in warfare. Many books have been written about wider campaigns of the British Army, whilst… Read full review...
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