Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just finished my 100th Book Review of the Year!! I gotta say this is the most bizarre “Biography” of Churchill I have read- and I have read a few. I guess the author David Mason- took the brief of the series he was writing for this is “War Leader” Book number…
Operation Sealion stands alone as the first planned, large scale amphibious operation. (from the Introduction) Peter Schenk’s Operation Sealion: The Invasion of England, 1940 is a detailed analysis of the Third Reich’s planning for the cross-channel invasion of England after the fall of France in 1940. The author takes pains to establish that Hitler relied…
Red Dog is an action-drama film, based on the true story of tank-destroyer dogs which the Soviet army used against the Germans during World War 2. It is also a tale of friendship between a group of valorous soldiers and their courageous life-saving canine friend. Film Pyos Ryzhiy also known as Dog Brown & Red Dog Country Belarus,…
Incredible color footage from the 1944 documentary, Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, during an air raid and combat over Germany. You’ll be able to see a B-17 going down out of control after being hit. Followed by footage of some B-17’s that were severely damaged by Flak but still were able to…
Article and Review by Nick Jacobellis As early as 1982 the U.S. Army requested the development of a carbine version of the M16A1-A2. Even though the Colt CAR15 (carbine) was available in limited numbers during the Vietnam War, it wasn’t until 2010 that the transition to replace the M16-A2 with the M4 Carbine was largely…
Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just Finished my 60th(!!) Book Review of the Year!! I have to say I am so thankful to my Brother in Law Chris who pointed out this book in a Bristol Charity shop a few years ago- and I am so embarrassed I took so long to read it. MRD Foot…
Review by Martin Koenigsberg Just Finished my 53rd Book Review of the Year!! The 1941 Australian Government knew that Rabaul, the Anchorage on the northern tip of the island of New Britain was important. They had taken the Island off the German Empire in WWI, and were happily exploiting the local copra trade and administering…
Verloren in Klessin (Lost in Klessin) focuses on the events that took place near the river Oder in February/March 1945. While the Russians moved closer towards German home ground and towards Berlin forces were drawn to Klessin, a small village located not far from a strategic crossing over the river Oder. At the same time refugees…
Armin Theophil Wegner was born on October 16, 1886 in Elberfeld/Rhineland, Germany. Armin was born into a family with old noble Prussian roots. His father was a civil servant employed by the German Imperial Railroad and his mother was a suffragette and pacifist. When he was 16, Wegner published his first book of poetry, I…
Review by Martin Koenigsberg I just finished my 13th Book Review of the Year!! The WWII Nazi U-boat menace had the potential to affect The British Empire existentially, while it was a lesser threat to America. Thus it will be no surprise that the British Imperial Navies Air Forces and their Free European Allies had…
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