Leave a Comment / Articles, Reviews / By Christopher Eric (Moon) Mullins
Review by Martin Koenigsberg In the West, we tend to think of the Six Day War of 1967 and the October War of 1973 as two distinct events. In the Middle East however, everyone knows that there was a war between those high intensity war- the War of Attrition- that the Arab states fought with …
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Review by Martin Koenigsberg I am pretty sure that Osprey publishing have a newer version of this book out- but I fell in love at the thrift store when I saw this little book, as it is the edition I lusted after when I was just getting into wargaming. In 1975, when this book was …
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Review by Martin Koenigsberg When this book came out in 1968, WWII had only been over for 23 years. The Aircraft Carrier had been around as a concept about 23 years old when the War was fought too, so this was a New Weapon in WWII and in the Cold War that followed. Donald Macintyre, …
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Review By Martin Koenigsberg This biography of Mad Mike Calvert is written by a Veteran of the Asian campaigns, and a big fan of the most famous of Orde Wingate’s disciples. David Rooney was a Veteran and a Scholar of WWII, as well as a Sandhurst Lecturer and here he presents Calvert as a misunderstood …
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Review by Martin Koenigsberg When the RAF finally got the Mosquito over to the India/Burma theatre, it was a significant upgrade over the Beaufighter it replaced and supplanted as a two engine Intruder in WWII. The Intruder mission is basically to travel all along the enemy’s line of communications and wreck shop. The Mosquito, faster …
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Review by Martin Koenigsberg Early in the Cold War, Anti Aircraft suppression had to be done with ECM- jamming- or full missions dedicated to flak suppression. Radars were things to be noted and avoided, or whole side missions designed to destroy them were scheduled. Korea led to Vietnam- the whole time strategic requirements had to …
F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat Read More »
Leave a Comment / Literature, Reviews, World War II / By Ben Powers 
Leave a Comment / British Empire, Literature, Reviews / By Ben Powers 
Leave a Comment / Literature, Reviews, World War II / By Ben Powers
