Balkan Wargamer

 The Soviet Union's war with Japan is one of the less well-known aspects of the Second World War. I was drawn to the subject back in 201...

 In 1974 Greek and Turkish troops did engage in Cyprus, but a direct war between the two countries was narrowly averted. The Greek military ...

 This week, it was our daughter's birthday, and part of the celebrations involved shopping. I managed to extricate myself from that joy ...

 The Siachen conflict has to rate near the top in the list of pointless conflicts. Once described as ' two bald men fighting over a comb...

 The Normans in the South is one of the great stories of history, brought to life for me in the books of John Julius Norwich. Georgios Theot...

 Two for one in this review of reproductions of WW2 manuals on unconventional warfare. First up is the German Army Guerilla Warfare Pocket M...

 As a follow up to reading the semi-official history of 43 Royal Marine Commando, I have been reading William Jenkins' memoirs of his s...

I have added a naval dimension to my Cyprus 1974 project. A vital element of the conflict was the ability of the Turkish armed forces to pro...

 This is Michael McConville's history of 43 Commando Royal Marines during WW2. My interest was mainly 1943/44 when they were based on Vi...

 I optimistically titled my 2021 New Year blog 'Here's to a better 2021! '. Well, it wasn't quite what I and many others hop...

 One of the challenges for someone with my interest in the Balkans is my poor language skills. For that reason, I am very grateful to those ...

New books on the Ottomans are a bit like buses - you don't get one for a while and then several come at once! This is Marc David Baer...

I have made more progress with the Cyprus 1974 project in 20mm. I now have some opponents for the Turkish Armed forces in the Greek Cypriot ...

 This book will probably not make the general reader's Xmas list as it's a bit specialist. However, following my research for the Cy...