Actually the full title is “Evasion and Escape Devices Produced by MI9, MIS-X, and SOE in World War II“. I talked with Phil Froom almost three years ago. It was about Clayton Hutton’s book “Official Secret”, and look, he’s written … Continue reading →
Volume 5 of the Airborne 44 comic book series was just released in Dutch. I really love this series because it approaches the well known battles from an original personal angle, and the authors always do their homework on uniforms … Continue reading →
Sergeant “Shifty” Darrell Powers was part of the same unit of the famous HBO TV-series. He was the sharpshooter and not one of the main characters. I borrowed this book from the local library, and I warmly recommend this to … Continue reading →
This history of the 3rd Battalion, 506th PIR at Normandy was published by Osprey in 2009. I bought it second hand this year, and I just finished reading it. I have been going a bit easy on the unit histories … Continue reading →
The December issue of Militaria magazine features an article about WW2 escape maps. Escape maps and compasses are fascinating gear and not so much is known about their origins, how many were made, etc. I have the book of Clayton … Continue reading →
Like the set of Normandy books, the long-awaited book Orange is the Color of the Day has become a 2-volume set: D-Day Minus 17 September 1944 (49 euros) and Orange is the Color of the Day (75 euros). The first … Continue reading →
I just got this book that I’m so excited about. It’s no recent edition (2008), but I never bought it because I had rather low expectations of it due to its low price (only £16.99 at SOF instead of £30.99 … Continue reading →
I just got this last week from paratrooper.fr and I really have to recommend this. It’s similar to the special about the 101st Airborne, which I still often take from the bookshelf. Its 78 pages follow the 82nd Airborne from … Continue reading →
I picked this one up today. It came out in Dutch this week, only 5 months after part 3. It’s really well done, as all the previous parts. Highly recommended. I took a picture of a frame from the beginning … Continue reading →
This book has been on my Amazon want-list for some time, awaiting publication. Now it’s here, and it was worth the wait. Great color photos of different versions of wartime Jeeps (and Bantams and Fords…). I will be drooling over … Continue reading →