When Xi Jingping took office as the President of the People’s Republic of China in the middle of 2012, little did we know what seismic changes he would make to the country, especially to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army or PLA. This Great Transformation is still very much work-in- progress and how it draws… Read More »China’s Fight Against Army Corruption
We at Casemate were very pleased to hear about the ‘Durham Remembers’ events commemorating 100 years since the Battle of the Somme. One of the highlights is the interactive experience 1916: No Turning Back which allows visitors to follow a new recruit on his way to the front. You witness the recruit begin training where… Read More »1916: No Turning Back – Durham’s Remembrance
Illustrator Peter Dennis looks back at the inspiration behind his new paper soldier wargame series in time for the publication of 1066 and Wars of the Roses. I opened the pages of an old dictionary the other day and a collection of paper soldiers I had made at the age of about 10 slipped out… Read More »The Art of Wargaming by Peter Dennis
To celebrate the release of The Tank Commander Pocket Manual 1939-1945, we at Casemate want to challenge you to a quiz on tank strategy. Could you have been a great WWII tank commander? The Tank Commander Pocket Manual 1939-1945
World renowned historian David Stone gives his thoughts on one of our recent titles Kleinkrieg. A REVIEW OF KLEINKRIEG THE GERMAN EXPERIENCE WITH GUERILLA WARFARE, FROM CLAUSEWITZ TO HITLER by Charles D. Melson, including a translation of the 1935 work by Arthur Ehrhardt In this new work Kleinkrieg Charles Melson has carried out a particularly… Read More »Kleinkrieg Review by Historian David Stone
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
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