Category: Blog
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Samurai Armour Free Giveaway
The last two episodes of the podcast (2308/09) were expertly written Trevor Absolon. As I’m sure you’re all aware (if you listened to the podcast) Trevor is the author of the book Samurai Armour published by Osprey. We’re running a competition to give you the listener a chance to win a copy of the book, and at the…
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Special episode from the WW2 Podcast (incase you missed it)
During the hiatus between seasons we thought you might be running a bit short of military history? We thought we’d put out on the regular History Network RSS feed this episode from Angus’s new WW2 Podcast (sorry if you already subscribe and have heard it). The WW2 podcast is a regular podcast looking at all…
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Parcels From Home: Jacks War
Last year we received an enquiry if we might be interested in a script looking at Red Cross Parcels during the Second World War. They are something I was aware of, but not actually sure what they were. If you’ve watched the Frank Stone talks we have on youtube he mentions them. The script arrive,…
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New Podcast
You may or may not have noticed we are carrying a new podcast on the website. Angus (the other half of the history network duo) has launched a podcast looking specifically at the Second World War. These will be monthly and in each episode he will discuss a topic with a guest. The first episode looks…
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Military Disasters
We thought you might like this infographic from onlinemilitaryeducation.org. Source: OnlineMilitaryEducation.org
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Ancient History Magazine Kickstarter
Jasper and the team at Karwansaray Publishers have launched a Kickstarter to get Ancient History Magazine off the ground. Currently they publish Ancient Warfare and Medieval Warfare, clearly about “warfare”, the aim of Ancient History will be to look at all aspects of the ancient world. “If this Kickstarter campaign reaches its funding goal, we…
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A Very Merry Christmas!
With Christmas upon us and 2014 coming to a close, Nick and I would like to thank all those that have been involved in 2014! Michael Gabbe-Gross provided use with a two part in-depth look at Ranald Mackenzie. From there he took us to the Battles of Saratoga and will follow up in Season 18…
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DIY Wargame Caulk Battlemat
In the last year I’ve had a few games of Black Powder, having dusted off some 20 year old 15mm Napoleonic’s, and painted up a few new ones. Though the game is great, its always much more satisfying if the terrain you are playing on looks good.
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WW1 Death Rate
I was recently reading Richard Holmes book “Soldier“. I came across this small gem which I thought was sobering. “Nevertheless, for many men of 1914, military service represented, as it has since 1660, a real improvement on the lives they left behind. Adrian Gregory is right to observe, in his important study of British Society in…
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D-Day: FDR D-Day Prayer
Since the 1930’s President Roosevelt had broadcast a series of, what became known as “fireside chats” to the American people. On the evening of 6th of June 1944 he broadcast to the nation a pray for the troops fighting on the Normandy coast.