Season 14 Planning
Its hard to believe season 14 is almost upon us! Toward the end of each season Nick and I vaguely map out the release dates for the next season which effectively puts things in our diaries for the next...
View ArticleMerry Christmas
We would like to take the chance to wish you all a very merry christmas and thank you all for your support throughout the year! We would especially like to thank the following people who contributed...
View ArticleFrom Panjandrum to Instigator of Anti-Aircraft Wheezes and Dodges
Last night I decided to look up the meaning of Panjandrum, lazily I typed the word directly into google rather than a dictionary. The process turned into one of those serendipitous short journeys...
View ArticleIke’s Bluff – President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save The World
In November 1952 Dwight David Eisenhower, Ike to many, the greatest American hero in the greatest war ever fought as Supreme Allied Commander for the allied invasion of Europe in 1944 through to VE...
View ArticleMystery Tank Traps
Reading the BBC website recently I was intrigued to see this article looking at Second World War structures, there are some wonderful pictures. The remains of a network of pillboxes and gun...
View ArticleMystery of the WW1 Propeller
When I was growing up in our garage we had what we were told was a propeller from a WW1 plane, the story in the family of where it came from has always seemed some what fuddled! Recently, while looking...
View ArticlePatton (again)
I’ve been reading The Fighting Pattons by Brian Sobel, its a look at both George S Patton (the WW2 General) and his son George S Patton IV who attained the rank of Major General in the US army. It is...
View ArticleU-505
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of being in Chicago for work, I love the city, it is never quite as hectic as New York and I find there is more to see than LA. I was only going to be in town for...
View ArticleHistorical Wargames Podcast
On top of the new Ancient Warfare video podcast we have more exciting news, we are teaming up with Pat Lowinger to help distribute his Historical Wargames Podcast. Its a monthly look at gaming covering...
View ArticleStatues of Waterloo Place
Following my discovery yesterday that I cycle past a statue of Clive of India each day I’ve had my eyes peeled! Staggering up the steps carrying my bike into Waterloo place I pass the Duke of York...
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