The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Dr Wheatley is on a mission. His mission is to disprove the long articulated Russian stance that the tank action at Prokhorovoka was an annihilation of the elite SS II Panzer Corps by the Soviet Army in the southeast corner of the Russian Front in July 1943. Whilst...
Many books have been written about the Vietnam War over the years. This, by Ian Gardner, a British reservist paratrooper, focuses on a specific American paratroop unit’s experiences in Vietnam for a 12 month period between November 1967 and October 1968. As such, it’s...
In his latest biography on royalty, Matthew Dennison has written an empathetic, and balanced, life story of our Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth. His book is not just another narrative of her life; rather, an informed analysis of her personality, the pressures and...
The renowned Second World War historian, James Holland, has produced an outstanding account of a unit’s campaign across North West Europe from D-Day in June 1944 to VE-Day in May 1945. The subject unit - The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry (SRY) - was a Territorial Army...
The acclaimed historian has written a bestselling and acclaimed account of the Sherwood Rangers, the British tank regiment awarded more honours than any other during the Second World War. Following the unit from the Normandy landings to the invasion of Germany,...
Having recently appreciated Tucker-Jones’ book about Churchill, his book, Hitler's Winter, about the German perspective of The Battle of Bulge did not disappoint. Tucker-Jones has a great knack of being able to blend fact into a compelling narrative, such that this...
This book is the latest in a line of books published this year by SAS personnel as part of the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands Conflict, recounting their experiences down south it covers his early years as a difficult childhood with no money, growing up in post...
1939-1945 As I Remember A fascinating account of life within a Yeomanry regiment during the Second World War, this book merits a place on the bookshelf of any serious student of Yeomanry units at war. Leslie Wheeler became the Quartermaster and senior non-commissioned...
There are many published books about Winston Churchill, but this is not yet another one. It is a quite remarkable analysis of, and insight into, Churchill’s personality traits and experiences, as a young soldier and journalist during the late 19th and early 20th...
For anyone wanting an insight into the inner workings of the British political and military war effort in the Second World War, Dr Andrew Sangster’s re-appraisal of Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke in his new book Alan Brooke : Churchill’s Right-Hand...
