[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars Reading this book broght back memories of my uncles and father talking about the Second World War which they all served in. I have always heard the Allied side of the war so looked forward to reading what the Axis pilots were all about. I was amazed and saddened by this book. It is so well written it was hard to put down and I felt compassion for the German crews which surprised me. They were men fighting to protect their families and country from attack. The author never sounds arrogant or hateful, he sounds like an honorable soldier. This makes it even more astounding to read. Especially since my generation was anything but sympathetic to the Germans. I never thought of the enemy as humans just like us. But they are. The details in this book are so descriptive you feel like you are getting ready to take off and meet the bombers on their way to Berlin. All in all an excellent and important story that needs to be told.
NetGalley, Patrick Carmen

As someone whose grandfather died at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and whose body was never found and buried, this moving story resonates with me to an extent I would never have believed possible. I grew up with only one grandparent, my mum's mum, and there were several members of my older generation of family who had served in the Great War who all came back. But the story of my grandfather is one that I can now never discover. I have a photo of him before he joined the army at the age of around thirty, and there is a mystery surrounding the subsequent life of his wife, my other grandmother. But Richard Van Emden, who is an expert on all things to do with the Great War, has taken one such story and transformed it into something quite special and moving. Extraordinary.
Books Monthly

This is a follow on book about the authors later years in the RAF flying the amazing tornado. It had me gripped from the start and takes the reader on a journey through the conversion to tornados and what it was like to fly from a cockpit perspective. Anyone who enjoys a real flying book will kot be disappointed with this rare gem. Read the full review [link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R23ZXSZ9N6X5CN?ref=pf_vv_at_pdctrvw_srp]here[/link]
Amazon Customer, Richard Domoney-Saunders

This is a first hand account of a German pow at the hands of the Russians.... It is a harrowing tale but one that should be read and understood. It has an easy flow to it and also told without bravado and is told exactly as it happened. This is really recommended as an alternative to what you read from everyday books that don't deal with how the German pow were treated. Read the full review [link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R3SWWZPE9ULY1G/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1784385034]here[/link]
Amazon Customer, Richard Domoney-Saunders

Hats off to Frontline Books for reprinting this little-known story of the Danes under German occupation during the Second World War. The Danish Resistance, the Modstandsbev?gelsen, was not a meek canary, but a dangerous and courageous bird of prey that refused to be caged. The scale of the resistance is without equal: twenty-six million issues of illegal newspapers had been published by 1945; radio guides for Allied aircraft had been set up on the coasts; boat services ran between Sweden, Denmark and Britain; a news bureau provided a stream of inside information to the Allies; German ships were unable to move out of the ports; and enemy troops were frustrated by the sabotage of railways and air bases. A thrilling story of heroism and daring. See the full review [link=https://julianstockwin.com/2019/12/11/yuletide-selection-ii/]here[/link]
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