‘Swansea in the Great War’ reviewed
From 'On the Trail of the Tommies' at The Long, Long Trail website Swansea in the Great War by Bernard Lewis published by Pen & Sword Military, October 2014 ISBN 978 1 783 032945 cover price –...
View Article‘Signals from the Great War’ reviewed
From 'On the Trail of the Tommies' at The Long, Long Trail website Signals from the Great War The experiences of a Signals Officer on the Western Front as told through his war diaries 1917-1919 by...
View Article‘Fire and movement’ reviewed
From 'On the Trail of the Tommies' at The Long, Long Trail website Fire and movement The British Expeditionary Force and the campaign of 1914 by Peter Hart published by Oxford University Press, 2014...
View ArticleMaking the most from the Great War Forum
From 'On the Trail of the Tommies' at The Long, Long Trail website The Great War Forum (http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums) is without doubt the premier discussion space covering all aspects of...
View ArticleChris’s review of Centenary Year 2014
From 'On the Trail of the Tommies' at The Long, Long Trail website In October 2013 the BBC unveiled its plans for 130 newly commissioned programmes, spanning almost 2,500 hours of broadcast, to mark...
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‘A moonlight massacre’ reviewed
From 'On the Trail of the Tommies' at The Long, Long Trail website A moonlight massacre The night operation on the Passchendaele Ridge, 2 December 1917 by Michael LoCicero published by Helion &...
View Article‘From Somme to victory’ reviewed
From 'On the Trail of the Tommies' at The Long, Long Trail website From Some to victory The British Army’s experience on the Western Front 1916-1918 by Peter Simkins MBE published by The Praetorian...
View ArticleThe Battle of Mons – the official German account
From 'On the Trail of the Tommies' at The Long, Long Trail website The Battle of Mons – the official German account translated by Robert Dunlop and Holger Puttkammer with an introduction by Dr Jack...
View ArticleConan Doyle’s War
From 'On the Trail of the Tommies' at The Long, Long Trail website Conan Doyle’s War an edited selection of “The British campaign in France and Flanders” by Arthur Conan Doyle one of the series “Great...
View ArticleReview of “The naval flank of the Western Front”
From 'On the Trail of the Tommies' at The Long, Long Trail website This review has been posted today at this page The post Review of “The naval flank of the Western Front” appeared first on On the...
View ArticleReview of Peter Hart’s “Voices from the front”
Voices from the front: an oral history of the Great War By Peter Hart Published by Profile Books, 2015 ISBN 978 1 78125 474 5 Hardback, 424pp including index Cover price £25 Peter Hart’s name will be...
View ArticleReview of “Padre, prisoner and pen-pusher”
Padre, prisoner and pen-pusher The World War One experiences of Reverend Benjamin O’Rorke By Peter Howson Published by Helion & Company, Solihull, 2015 ISBN 978 1 910294 70 3 Hardback 163pp...
View ArticleReview of “Battle Lines: the battles of French Flanders”
Battle lines: the battles of French Flanders The Western Front by car, by bike and on foot By Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland Published by Pen & Sword Military, 2015 ISBN 978 1 47382 403 4 Paperback,...
View ArticleReview of “Defiance! Withstanding the Kaiserschlacht”
Defiance! Withstanding the Kaiserschlacht By G. H. F. Nichols Published by Pen & Sword Military, 2015 ISBN 978 1 473833 356 2 Hardback, 264pp This book was originally published by William...
View ArticleReview of “Enemy on the Euphrates”
This review was originally published on this website on 5 May 2014. Enemy on the Euphrates The British occupation of Iraq and the great Arab revolt 1914-1921 by Ian Rutledge published by Saqi Books,...
View ArticleReview of “Suvla 15”
Suvla 15 by Wayne Osborne Published 2015 by Salient Books, Beeston, Nottingham ISBN 978-0-9574459-5-6 Paperback, 195pp including appendices, bibliography, index In the deluge of books on the Great War...
View ArticleReview of “Mud, blood and determination”
Mud, blood and determination The history of the 46th (North Midland) Division in the Great War by Simon Peaple published by Helion Books 2015 Number 8 in the Wolverhampton Military Studies series...
View ArticleSome past book reviews
With the recent move of the Long, Long Trail to a new domain, some of the book reviews of yesteryear have been a little stranded. The post is made simply to ensure they do not get lost and can still be...
View ArticleReview of “For distinguished and meritorious services in time of war”
For distinguished and meritorious services in time of war The Great War recipients of the Military Cross 1914-1920: a register: British and Empire by Peter Warrington published by The Naval &...
View ArticleReview of “Before Action”
Before Action: William Noel Hodgson and the 9th Devons by Charlotte Zeepvat published by Pen & Sword Military, 2015 ISBN 978 1 78346 375 6 Hardback 214pp plus notes, bibiliography, index,...
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