Pen and Sword have developed an unrivalled reputation for the quality and scope of its battlefield guides.
For those looking to understand battles in a bit more detail, then the Battleground series, now with over 100 titles in print, is perfect for the armchair historian or battlefield traveller alike.
This map seems fairly detailed and would be useful for someone touring the D-Day Landing beaches if they’re searching for specific sites.
Read the full review [link=https://rosemariecawkwell.wordpress.com/2020/01/22/map-review-major-mrs-holts-battle-map-of-the-normandy-d-day-landing-beaches/]here[/link]
Rosemarie Cawkwell, Blogger
This map seems fairly detailed and would be useful for someone touring the D-Day Landing beaches if they’re searching for specific sites.
Read the full review [link=https://rosemariecawkwell.wordpress.com/2020/01/22/map-review-major-mrs-holts-battle-map-of-the-normandy-d-day-landing-beaches/]here[/link]
Rosemarie Cawkwell, Blogger
Featured ON THE BOOK SHELF with Neil Smith
Wargames Illustrated, November 2019
Featured ON THE BOOK SHELF with Neil Smith
Wargames Illustrated, November 2019
With #Arnhem75 approaching this Tim Saunders book about the ground element of Operation Market Garden remains a useful guidebook: well written and with good maps. Recommended.
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Paul Reed via Twitter
With #Arnhem75 approaching this Tim Saunders book about the ground element of Operation Market Garden remains a useful guidebook: well written and with good maps. Recommended.
Read the full review via [link=https://twitter.com/sommecourt/status/1160599943402414080]Twitter[/link]
Paul Reed via Twitter
The combination of maps and firsthand testimony, as well as regimental histories, etc, is superb. This is the battle during which Tiger ace Michael Wittman was put out of action by radio-op turned gunner Joe Ekins. It's very vividly portrayed, making for an exciting and compelling read.
Read the full review [link=https://aquestionofscale.blogspot.com/2019/06/book-review-operation-totalize-tim.html]here[/link]
A Question Of Scale, Seb Palmer
The combination of maps and firsthand testimony, as well as regimental histories, etc, is superb. This is the battle during which Tiger ace Michael Wittman was put out of action by radio-op turned gunner Joe Ekins. It's very vividly portrayed, making for an exciting and compelling read.
Read the full review [link=https://aquestionofscale.blogspot.com/2019/06/book-review-operation-totalize-tim.html]here[/link]
A Question Of Scale, Seb Palmer
The popular image of the tragic events at Dunkirk in 1940, is of long queues of soldiers chest deep in water, waiting for small craft to ferry them to larger vessels waiting off-shore. The evacuation marked the end of what was a military disaster. In the confusion of the moment, the last minute plan to rescue survivors of the British Expidionary Force, succeeded and over 300,000 men were evacuated. Books and films have all attempted to portray the story. In his book 'The Dunkirk Perimeter and evacuation 1940' Jerry Murland describes the ad hoc organisation on the mole and beaches,and personal stories of some of the men who were amongst last to leave the stricken city. The story is the well supported by photographs and maps, with appendices listing large ships, those sunk, beached or abandoned together with dates. It also has a daily list the number of men rescued from both the beaches and the harbour between 26th May 4th June. A total 98,000 of the beaches and 239,446 from Dunkerque Harbour... Read more
Richard Gough, Military Author and Historian
The popular image of the tragic events at Dunkirk in 1940, is of long queues of soldiers chest deep in water, waiting for small craft to ferry them to larger vessels waiting off-shore. The evacuation marked the end of what was a military disaster. In the confusion of the moment, the last minute plan to rescue survivors of the British Expidionary Force, succeeded and over 300,000 men were evacuated. Books and films have all attempted to portray the story. In his book 'The Dunkirk Perimeter and evacuation 1940' Jerry Murland describes the ad hoc organisation on the mole and beaches,and personal stories of some of the men who were amongst last to leave the stricken city. The story is the well supported by photographs and maps, with appendices listing large ships, those sunk, beached or abandoned together with dates. It also has a daily list the number of men rescued from both the beaches and the harbour between 26th May 4th June. A total 98,000 of the beaches and 239,446 from Dunkerque Harbour... Read more
Richard Gough, Military Author and Historian
Crete
The invasion was launched to round off Hitler's Balkan Campaign against Crete in May 1941. The Island was important to Britain's control of the Eastern Mediterranean and Churchill was determined that the Island would be held. The British garrison was largely made up of New Zealand and Australian troops who had been evacuated from Greece, with little… Read more...
