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When I ordered a “bag” of 15mm Battle Honors French line infantry a month a go, I didn’t actually expect them to arrive in a bag. The fifty little recruits hadn’t travelled well, we have four snapped Brown Bess and all standard bearers had lost their flag poles. I wasn’t sure what I was going…

Al Murray (pub landlord) has a new book coming called “Watching War Films with My Dad”. Being of not a dissimilar age the title struck a cord with me. My farther was in the RASC from 1944 – 1947 and as a child we watched every War film that was on (and growing up they…

At university I did a semester looking at Photojournalism during which we looked at the work of Roger Fenton during the Crimean War. These pictures were widely held to be the first example of war photography, though to the modern eye there is not a lot of “war”, no doubt due to the limitations of…

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 Column, as in “the grand old Duke of York”. Prince Frederick was the C in C of the…

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 most aspects including 28mm wargames, tactics and game play looking at Warhammer Ancient Battles, Clash of Empires, SAGA, Bolt Action, Hail…

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 three days so I was hoping to get a…

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 quiet fascinating, both men would certain appear to be characters. What I wanted to share…

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 on ebay for local items, a postcard turned up for sale in California entitled Fatal Areoplane…

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 emplacements can be found at various coastal locations around the country and a short trip across the English Channel will ensure you come…

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 Day in 1945, was elected as 34th president of the United States taking office in January 1953. In the Fall of…