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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Objective Saint-Lo, 7 June 1944 – 18 July 1944
Bringing to life the bitter fighting that followed the US landing on Omaha Beach as the troops tried to develop their beach head and then fight out to reach Saint-Lo. – An exciting story with insights from those who were there and an amazing collection of photographs, drawing and maps – Highly Recommended.
Air Battle of Malta, Aircraft Losses and Crash Sites, 1940-1942
Good research, well-written, telling the immortal story of the air defence of the tiny island of Malta GC . – This tiny island was attacked with the greatest relative concentration of bombers in history and survived – Highly Recommended.
Eastern Front Sniper, The Life of Matthaus Hetzenauer
This well-written and nicely illustrated book is a natural counterpart to “Notes of a Russian Sniper”, FIRE Project review file B2556, full review tinyurl.com/gn7u7hj. – Since James the Bastard was shot by a sniper firing a hack butt from concealment, the sniper been a powerful resource with which to attack an enemy – Highly Recommended.
Images of War, With Rommel in the Desert, Tripoli to El Alamein, Rare Photographs From Wartime Archive
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This addition to the very popular Images of War series is another well-researched and well-presented book and very good value. – Rommel was perhaps the most effective German General and certainly the most respected by the British – Highly Recommended.
Images of War, The Panzer III, Hitler’s Beast of Burden, Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives
This addition to the very popular Images of War series is another well-researched and well-presented book from Tucker-Jones. – The text should not be underestimated. It is concise and clear, very capably supporting an outstanding selection of rare images of one of the German Army’s most important tanks – Highly Recommended.
Bombers Fly East, WWII RAF Operations in the Middle & Far East
The author has been building a solid and well-researched portfolio of WWII aviation histories and has followed his earlier European theatre histories with a history of bombing operations in the Middle and Far East. – Easy to read text is ably supported by two very interesting photo-plate sections and a map – Highly Recommended.
Centenary news from Pen & Sword Books
BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR ANNOUNCES THIRD EDITION
Under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka Bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of His Majesty the King of Bahrain and President of the Supreme Council for Women, Art Bahrain Across Borders (ArtBAB) announce the third edition of Bahrain’s international art fair, taking place between 14th – 18th March 2018 at the International Exhibition and Convention Centre, Kingdom of Bahrain.
THE SECRET IS OUT OF THE BOX: THINKING IN, AND OUT, OF THE BOX FOR THE FUTURE OF PLYMOUTH’S PAST
The new name for Plymouth’s pioneering £37 million cultural centre is set to quite literally explode onto the scene this weekend, with an unexpected piece of contemporary dance and street theatre which will herald in the title for the new ‘museum of the future’: The Box.