SAS Secret War in Southeast Asia
Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just finished my 17th Book Review of the Year!! I really enjoyed this book as I had been looking for books on the Conflict generally –…
Aircraft of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces Volume I and Volume II
After the Armistice in November, 1918, that brought fighting to end the “Great War”, the“war to end all wars”, Germany, under harsh restrictions, was forbidden all military aircraft. Adozen years…
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Following the landing of US forces on Omaha Beach, Normandy on June 6, 1944, Captain Miller receives a new mission… a rescue operation to find and retrieve the last remaining…
The Zookeeper’s Wife – A War Story Movie
Based on a book of the same name by Diane Ackerman, The Zookeeper’s Wife follows the lives of Jan and Antonina Zabinski. The book itself was based on an unpublished…
Barbarossa
against the Russia people, are also examined in detail. Simply put, this book is the most detailaccount to date of virtually all aspects of the German soldiers’ experiences in Russia…
Power Behind the Prop: A Look at World War 1 Aircraft Engines
In spite of recent technological advances in machinery, ground forces in the Great War still relied heavily on horses to transport men and material one horsepower at a time. By…
Through Blue Skies to Hell; Pathfinder Pioneer
“THROUGH BLUE SKIES TO HELL – – America’s ‘Bloody 100 th ’ in the Air War over Germany”, byEdward M. Sion. CASEMATE PUBLISHERS, Havertown, PA 19083: 2024, 256 pages, 16…
Abraham Lincoln, American Prince; The 117th New York Infantry in the Civil War; Union Warriors at Sunset
And, once again because it is so important and exceptional, “UNION WARRIORS AT SUNSET – –The Lives of Twenty Commanders After the War”, by Allie Stuart Povall. McFarland & Company,Inc.,…
Desert Armour; Naval Battle of Crete 1941
“NAVAL BATTLE OF CRETE 1941 – The Royal Navy at Breaking Point”, by Angus Konstam,Illustrated by Adam Tooby. OSPREY PUBLISHING, Bloomsbury PUBLISHING Plc: 2023, 96 pages,71/2” x 10”, softcover; $25.…
Siege of Budapest 1944-45; Combat: Japanese Soldier versus US Soldier; Barents Sea 1942
“SIEGE OF BUDAPEST 1944-45 –The Brutal Battle for the Pearl of the Danube”, by BalazsMihalyi, Illustrated by Johnny Shumate. OSPREY PUBLISHING-Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; 2022,96 pages with full color battle scenes,…
