The Battle for France didn’t end at Dunkirk
The title of Saul David‘s “Churchill’s Sacrifice of the Highland Division” is possibly erroneous, the book doesn’t come out for what happened to the 51st Highland Division in June 1940 as being a...
View ArticleSt.Valery: The Impossible Odds by Bill Innes
This is a collection of first hand accounts, mainly posthumously published from three men who were ordinary soldiers in the 51st Highland Division in 1940. None of them were officers (although one was...
View ArticlePreparing For War – Onside Report
Onside report of a design session/roleplay game run at the CLWG November 2009 session where I tried out some ideas for a game of the administration and training of a WW2 infantry company.
View ArticleBlitzkrieg Legend
A book review of Bltzkrieg Legend, the German Army official history of the 1940 Campaign in the West
View ArticleFight Another Day by J.M. Langley [Book Review]
Fight Another Day. J.M Langley by J M Langley My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fight Another Day has been sitting on my shelf for years, right next to MI9 […] The post Fight Another Day by J.M. Langley [Book...
View ArticleSince I Bore Arms by Robert Holding [book review]
Since I Bore Arms by Robert Holding My rating: 5 of 5 stars Since I Bore Arms is an anonymised personal account of the France 1940 campaign by an infantry […] The post Since I Bore Arms by Robert...
View ArticleDunkirk – A different sort of war movie [movie review]
I went to see Dunkirk with my 11 year old son last week. I’d read some reviews beforehand and chose the IMAX version. It’s an amazing movie that I think […] The post Dunkirk – A different sort of war...
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