Two young British soldiers during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop their own men, and Blake’s own brother, from walking straight into a deadly trap. The official trailer of upcoming World War I movie “1917” has been released. 1917 is directed by…
Being there . . . with the heroines of the British Secret Service in World War II Countless Women of Valor, Prowess, and Gallantry Also Fought to the Bitter End Reviewed and Recommended by Don DeNevi By the end of September 1937, when Hitler pivoted his gargantuan armies and assorted armed forces from Poland to…
Reviewed and highly recommended by Don DeNevi. “From the Realm of A Dying Sun”, by renown military historian, Douglas E. Nash, Sr., and published by incomparable Casemate, is an ultimate Christmas gift for the serious war reader. Bar none, and simply put, this strikingly excellent series of three combat dramas on the tactical…
After Heintje Peter directed his first movie “Wir Waren Kameraden“, a second movie is in the make, called “Verloren in Klessin”. As before, the movie is shot with a small budget and depend on the kindness and volunteering of all the people involved. This movie’s budget mostly exist from the sale profits of precedent movie…
Review by Peter L. Belmonte Jon Guttman, Naval Aces of World War I, Part 2. Oxford, UK: Osprey, 2012. Softcover, illus.,96pp.In Naval Aces of World War I, Part 2, aviation author and historian Jon Guttman gives us a fineaccount of naval aces of the Great War. After giving a brief history of maritime aviation,Guttman covers…
general in 1943, the mild-mannered Eaker, the following year, was promoted Commander ofAllied Forces in the Mediterranean. Flying from bases in Italy, Ira’s new combined fleet of 17sand 24s continued the offensive against Germany, playing a major role in the Italian campaign,especially the tough decision to bomb the monastery of Monte Cassino. Then, almostimmediately, he…
The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) and their work during World War II is the stuff of legends. Not only were these men fighting the Nazis, but they were fighting the elements, daily. This particular book has a ton of pictures that clearly depicts the men, their equipment and their dangerous missions in the Desert….
lives, Allied or their own, meant little or nothing. Another surprise was learning how justfeeding the often-accumulated countless horses seemed insurmountable. How did the Germantroops manage when it was common knowledge that a single horse needed 20 pounds of hayper day? Of course, 20 lb was subject to the size of the horse and how…
Being there . . . . to watch the high drama of the final months of World War II in Berlin – – the German conspiracy to exterminate the Fuhrer; the day and night bombing of the Nazi metropolis; Victory in Europe; and the Allied aftermath, especially the critical pursuit for the aviation secrets of…
Paolo Varriale. Italian Aces of World War I. Osprey Aircraft of the Aces Series, 89. New York: Osprey, 2009. Paperback, illustrated, 104pp. Review by Peter L. Belmonte There is not much written in English about the Italian army and naval air forces in the Great War. For this reason, Osprey is to be commended for…
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