Operation Barbarossa Quiz
To celebrate the release of Christer Bergström’s new definitive work on Operation Barbarossa, we at Casemate challenge you to a quiz.
To celebrate the release of Christer Bergström’s new definitive work on Operation Barbarossa, we at Casemate challenge you to a quiz.
Sabrestorm Publishing produce fantastic books looking at life during the war and throughout the 20th Century. Author Twigs Way has compiled two fascinating books which focus on the ‘Dig for Victory’ gardening campaigns that were put together by the government in Britain and demonstrate how the tips that they gave back then are still helpful… Read More »Get in the garden with Sabrestorm Publishing!
This Christmas, we are opening up the Casemate Advent Calendar! Follow us, retweet and reply to our giveaway post on twitter @casemate_uk to be entered into a daily drawing, with a free book being given away every day! The winner will be randomly selected by the Casemate team and will be announced and contacted on Twitter for mailing… Read More »The Casemate Advent Calendar
What made me want to write a new history of the Long Range Desert Group? Well, I’m of that generation, born in the ‘fifties, who grew up on a diet of Ealing/Pinewood war films, Desert Rats, LRDG, Ice Cold in Alex, mostly black and white, latterly in colour, then it was Tobruk, Raid on Rommel… Read More »Ghost Patrol – LRDG on paper
Anyone of a certain generation will know about the Thunderbirds puppet series and probably, like me, have fond memories of being enthralled by the next exciting instalment of International Rescue on the TV on a Saturday morning. That interest has been rekindled more recently, with a 50th anniversary homage to the Tracy boys, and bringing… Read More »Thunderbirds are Go!
Although it’s cold and gloomy outside, it is perfect weather to curl up with a good book. Here are the books that we are excited about coming up in the next few months… January: Aachen The first city on German soil to fall to the Allies in World War II, marking the beginning of the… Read More »Top Books to look out for this Spring