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The Archaeology of the Royal Flying Corps, part of the Modern Conflict Archaeology series edited by Nicholas J. Saunders, is an absorbing discussion of the material culture of WW1 aviation, viewed through the lens of “the things they carried”, to borrow a phrase from author Tim O’Brien. Author Melanie Winterton’s goes beyond the notion …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdnO6sibcEQ&t=5s Author and former Special Forces soldier James Stejskal takes the time to share his take on the birth of British Special Operations Forces during World War One, and the role armored cars and other combat arms in creating “Hedgehog Force” in support of the Arab Revolt. James’ book Masters of Mayhem is available from …
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Lt-Col Louis Arbon Strange. Recollections of an Airman. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2016.Hardcover, illustrated, 196pp.Review by Peter L. Belmonte Great War pilot memoirs usually find an appreciative audience among aviationenthusiasts. Louis Arbon Strange, a British war pilot of great experience, wrote hismemoir in 1933, and it was reprinted by Casemate in 2016. As a young man Strangeenlisted …
South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword, 2020. Hardcover, illustrated, 320pp. Review by Peter L. Belmonte In this book, Terry C. Treadwell, an established British aviation author and journalist, desires to cover the history of “United States aviators and their aircraft in the First World War and in their little-known involvement in the Polish/Soviet War of …
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A multi-dimensional view of one of Britain’s most distinguished officers Published by Helion & Company, LTD, available from Casemate Publishers The enduring image of Field Marshal Kitchener of Khartoum stares down through the decades since the First World War, index finger thrust towards the viewer enjoining him to action with the words “Your Country Needs …
Review by Peter L. Belmonte Night flying and aerial bombardment were both in their infancy during World War I. Contemporary airplanes lacked the navigation instruments that would have made those missions so much easier and safer. The men who conducted night bombing raids were, then, truly aviation pioneers. Thus this memoir of such a pilot …
Barnes and Belmonte conduct a deep dive of a rarely examined aspect of the United States Army in World War One. The American Expeditionary Force in France is what comes to mind for most history fans when they think of the American contribution to allied victory. This analysis shows how America organized, trained, and equipped troops for overseas service.
Based Upon a True Story Originally Published by Macmillan in 1975 and Republished By Casemate in 2021 Posthumously
Warship Builders – An Industrial History of U.S. Naval Ship Building, 1922-1945, by Thomas Heinrich (Naval Institute Press, 2021, 346pp, $29). Liberty Factory – The Untold Story of Henry Kaiser’s Oregon Shipyards, By by Peter J Marsh (Seaforth Publishing, 2021, 256PP, $40). Reviews by Don DeNevi Publisher’s Summary: Warship Builders is the first scholarly study …
Review by Major Peter L. Belmonte, USAF (Retired) Students of World War I are very familiar with the strategic situation of the Western Front in September 1918. With the goal of driving the Germans across the Hindenburg Line, cutting German army rail supply lines, and positioning the Allied armies for victory in 1919, Marshal …
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