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Book Review – The Desert Air War 1940-1943

Understanding the desert war in north Africa is difficult if the air war is not taken into account.  Most coverage of the air war in the Western Desert takes the well-trodden path of anecdotes from...

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Book Review – M7 Priest

Images of War, M7 Priest, Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by David Doyle. This 143 page book offers comprehensive photographic coverage of the M7 Priest in all its variants and service with the...

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Book Review – StuG III and IV

StuG II and IV, German Army, Waffen – SS and Luftwaffe, Western Front, 1944-1945. This Pen & Sword Title, 19th in the Tank Craft series, by Dennis Oliver is both focussed and detailed, being aimed...

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Book Review – The first Helicopter Boys

The first Helicopter Boys The early days of helicopter operations in the Malayan emergency 1947 – 1960. This book covers a little-recorded aspect of the development of helicopter warfare in counter...

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Book Review – Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot

Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot Helmut Mahlke This book is a challenging but rewarding read. Helmut Mahlke details out his career as a Stuka pilot, and was clearly proud of his war record, his unit and his...

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Book Review – Tiger I

Tiger I, German Army Heavy Tank, Eastern Front, summer 1943 Dennis Oliver In common with his other books in this series, Dennis Oliver sets out the many iterations and variations of the Tiger tank in...

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Review – BPM Fiat SPA Dovunque 35

Butlers Printed Models have had a rather nice Fiat SPA Dovunque 35 in their range for some time now. Previously, the only 15mm offering has been from Flames of War with their haphazard approach to...

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Book Review – The Petlyakov PE-2 Stalin’s Successful Red Air Force Light...

The Petlyakov PE-2 Stalin’s Successful Red Air Force Light Bomber by Peter C. Smith   Peter Smith is well-known for his meticulously researched, comprehensive monologues covering a single aircraft...

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Review – Air Power in the Falklands Conflict.

Air Power in the Falklands Conflict. An operational insight into air warfare in the South Atlantic John Shields ISBN 1399007521 Military books about contemporary warfare mostly fall into two...

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