We're all on a diet, since we're a bit lardy at present. Losing about a stone a year at present, which is good. Among the very many books I've yet to read, I've 27 Panzer Tract volumes to wade through.
So it's not like she's going to notice an extra one slipped into the pile... Which reminds me, I've got some recent deliveries to disperse...
Yeeess - it's amazing how good I'm getting at intercepting the postman It's those pesky couriers that are the problem, turning up at any old time of the day . . .
Ended up in the Tunbridge Wells aviation bookshop today. Very restrained despite the 50% discount week and picked up a copy of Whitley Boys. Then went to the Oxfam bookshop and got a signed copy of the Wooden Horse for £5. Two more for the bookshelf!
This version is actually going to be replaced by a lower production quality black and white version for general (i.e. Amazon) release, so it really is an investment.
Here’s a selection. Mixture of satellite shots , contemporary maps and current maps Hope this illuminates !
Self-published in 1984 by J. Daniel Mullin,who served on the USS Ford during the Java Campaign. Packed with first person accounts (some Dutch) from sailors who fought in this period. Used as a source for a lot of the histories of the campaign that followed.
I got this on Saturday from the author. I had no intention of buying this book because the air war is not my focus, but I couldn't NOT do it when I was there talking to him. (He's done a bunch of podcast episodes for the Juno Centre so I recognized his voice.) And honestly it was worth it for the first chapter, on the planning of Husky.
This looks interesting. All losses--or only losses due to enemy action? Post-Second World War warship losses excluding the Falklands? What do they amount to, I wonder... If this were more data-friendly, it would be easy to check: https://thisismast.org/assets/downloads/rn-loss-list-2022-01-17.pdf
Never read anything about the French in WW2 so picked this up in an antique shop and am I glad a very good read indeed
It covers all losses and it does cover the Falklands as well. The title should actually go to 1984 as the last loss covered is from that year: 1984 24 April LCVP 120 landing craft, vehicles and personnel Poole 1959; 8.5 tons 41.5 ft x10 ft Whilst under tow off Portland, she foundered when her bow ramp accidentally dropped open, causing her to flood and rapidly sink. The wreck lies in position 50.39.36N 01.50.42W Also included are chapters of losses of minor landing craft 1939-1945. Submarines are also covered as well. First loss detailed in the book is the trawler James Fennell commanded by Lt. White RNR and armed with 1 12 pdr which ran aground near Portland Jan 16, 1920. This was the author's previous work:
I bought this soon after publication. It is an interesting book, but packed with disappointing editorial errors. There are so many tautological errors it is frustrating, it is worth reading though.
I visited the exhibition in Bray Dunes last week and came away with another book. French language only, but packed with photographs including aerial views of the abandoned vehicles inland. The exhibition itself was more than impressive. As per usual, I went along expecting to nit-pick British kit, and quite frankly I couldn't. If only Christopher Nolan could have seen it first....
I've been looking at that one but wondering if it provides anything new beyond Fletcher, Pidgeon, Harris, Childs, Campbell, Glanfield, Lidell Hart, Fuller, Martel, Swinton, Stern, etc. etc.
More in depth than Liddell Hart and Fuller, it quotes a number of the others also the descriptions of the actions are superior to those books I have read.
My first purchase for quite a while is Cobham Remembers, WW2 and its Impact on a Surrey Village. It hasn't arrived yet, but looking forward to reading it.