The 70th Anniversary of V-J Day, which commemorates the victory over the Japanese Empire after a nearly four-year brutal struggle, has recently occurred. With the passage of this event, it is quite sobering upon gazing at a map of the Pacific Ocean to contemplate how the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)… Read More »The Road to V-J Day Began in Mid-1942
Between 1914 and 1918 Britain’s cities, towns, villages and countryside were transformed by war. For the first time in generations her population was directly threatened by conflict. Coastal towns were bombarded by German warships and submarines, while airships and aircraft brought death and destruction from above. Across the country thousands of factories were turned over… Read More »Discovering Britain’s Home Front 1914-18
Christer Bergstrom’s book The Battle of Britain: an Epic Conflict Revisited builds upon many hitherto unknown first-hand sources and facts. In this book, Bergström dispels many myths that still surround this epic battle. Here Christer Bergström describes some of them in brief. Many of the myths regarding the Battle of Britain involve the commander of… Read More »Myths and Misconceptions of The Battle of Britain
Author Robert Curtis revisited the helicopters he flew during the Cold war this month in the UK. Go away for a mere 30 years and you find that not only has your former squadron changed aircraft, they’ve moved the main gate of the airfield, leaving you unsure how to even get on the base! I had the… Read More »Time flies when you’re not flying helicopters
The Sage of Waterloo
The other week my boss approached me with the question of how much do I know about the Napoleonic era and the Battle of Waterloo. I admitted to a rather limited knowledge and she cautiously asked if I would like to read and review a short new book on Waterloo… from the perspective of a… Read More »Review:
The Sage of Waterloo
The new Autumn 2015 Catalogue is ready… Discover all your military history books for the next season from Casemate UK As a special, limited time offer, we are offering a 20% discount on all pre-orders and all books on our website until the end of the month. Just enter the code AUTCAT15 at check… Read More »New Casemate UK Autumn Catalogue!
“My dear friends, this is your hour. This is not victory of a party or of any class. It’s a victory of the great British nation as a whole. We were the first, in this ancient island, to draw the sword against tyranny. After a while we were left all alone against the most tremendous… Read More »VE Day
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!
Every now and then, whilst trawling the old wartime files at the National Archives or reading a book about WWII, one comes across a story that has an enthralling fascination about it; a story that grips you immediately from the beginning and one that doesn’t let go. That is what happened when I first read… Read More »From book to film
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