Review of “Passchendaele: 103 days in Hell”
Passchendaele: 103 days in Hell By Alexandra Churchill with Andrew Holmes and Jonathan Dyer Published by Helion & Company, 2017 ISBN 978 1 911512 30 1 Hardback, 193 pages plus sources and index....
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Captured Germans: British POW camps in the First World War by the late Norman Nicol published by Pen & Sword Military, 2017 ISBN (hardback) 978 1 78346 348 0 Hardback, 360 pages, illustrated, no...
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Understanding the Ypres Salient: an illuminating battlefield guide by Thomas Scotland and Steven Heys Published by Helion & Company, 2017 ISBN 978 1 911512 50 9 Paperback. 282 pages plus appendix,...
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An Army of Brigadiers: British brigade commanders at the Battle of Arras 1917 by Trevor Harvey Published by Helion & Company, 2017 ISBN (hardback) 978 1 911512 00 4 Hardback 332 pages plus...
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Britain’s quest for oil: the First World War and the Peace Conferences by Martin Gibson published by Helion & Company, 2017 in the Wolverhampton Military Studies series ISBN (hardback) 978 1 911512...
View ArticleReview of “Friends are good on the day of battle”
Friends are good on the day of battle: the 51st (Highland) Division during the First World War by Craig French published by Helion & Company Ltd ISBN 978 1 911096 54 2 Hardback. 279 pages plus...
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The Reconographers: intelligence and reconnaissance in British tank operations on the Western Front 1916-1918 by Colin Hardy published by Helion & Company, 2017 ISBN 978 1 911036 34 4 Hardback 162...
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Zero Hour Z Day – XIII Corps operations between Maricourt and Mametz written and published by Jonathan Porter ISBN 978 0 9956911 0 0 (Hardback) 978 0 9956911 1 7 (Softback) 492 pages plus appendices....
View ArticleReview of “Miners at War 1914-1919”
Miners at war 1914-1919: South Wales miners in the Tunnelling Companies on the Western Front by Ritchie Wood published by Helion & Company, 2017 ISBN 978 1 911096 49 8 Hardback, 298 pages plus...
View ArticleReview of “1917 – the Passchendaele year – the diary of Achiel van Walleghem”
1917 – the Passchendaele year – the British Army in Flanders – the diary of Achiel van Walleghem edited by Dominiek Dendooven translated by Prof. Guido Latré and Susan Reed published by EER Edward...
View ArticleReview of “Fighting the Somme”
Fighting the Somme: German challenges, dilemmas and solutions by Jack Sheldon published by Pen & Sword Military, 2017 ISBN 978 1 47388 199 0 Hardback. 205 pages (including chapter end notes) plus...
View ArticleReview of “A taste of success”
A taste of success: the First Battle of the Scarpe: the opening phase of the Battle of Arras, 9-14 April 1917 by Jim Smithson published by Helion & Company, 2017 ISBN 978 1 911096 40 5 Hardback,...
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The Vest Pocket Kodak & the First World War by Jon Cooksey with a foreword by Richard van Emden published by Ammonite Press, 2017 ISBN 978 1 78145 279 0 Small format hardback; 91 pages; plus...
View ArticleReview of The Christian Soldier”
The Christian Soldier: the life of Lt-Col. the Rev. Bernard William Vann VC MC & Bar, Croix de Guerre avec Palme by Charles Beresford published by Helion & Company, 2017 ISBN 978 1 910777 31 2...
View ArticleReview of “Harrogate Terriers”
Harrogate Terriers: the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion West Yorkshire regiment in the Great War By John Sheehan with a foreword by Peter Hart Published by Pen & Sword Military 2017 Hardback, 273...
View ArticleReview of contrasting books on Warwick in the Great War
Coventry and Warwickshire 1914-1919: local aspects of the Great War, volumes 1 and 2 edited by Chris Holland with essays from Janet Leith, Janet Courtney, Susan Tall, James Sambrook, Gillian...
View ArticleReview of “Daring all things”
Daring all things: the autobiography of George Kendall (1881-1961) published by Helion & Company, 2016 ISBN 978 1 911096 62 7 Hardback. 208pp. Not illustrated. No index. Reviewed by Chris Baker...
View ArticleReview of “They called it shell shock”
They called it shell shock: combat stress in the First World War by Dr. Stefanie Linden published by Helion & Company, 2016 in the Wolverhampton Military Studies collection Hardback glossy 249pp,...
View ArticleLooking back: book and other reviews 2015
Defiance! Withstanding the Kaiserschlacht By G. H. F. Nichols Published by Pen & Sword Military, 2015 ISBN 978 1 473833 356 2 Hardback, 264pp This book was originally published by William Blackwood...
View ArticleReview of “Cambridgeshire Kitcheners”
Cambridgeshire Kitcheners : a history of the 11th (Service) Battalion (Cambs) Suffolk Regiment by Joanna Costin published by Pen & Sword Military, 2016 ISBN 978 1 47386 900 4 Hardback, 300 pages...
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