Operation Barbarossa Quiz
To celebrate the release of Christer Bergström’s new definitive work on Operation Barbarossa, we at Casemate challenge you to a quiz.
FollowGet in the garden with Sabrestorm Publishing!
Sabrestorm Publishing produce fantastic books looking at life during the war and throughout the 20th Century. Author Twigs Way has compiled two fascinating books which focus on the ‘Dig for Victory’ gardening campaigns that were put together by the government in Britain and demonstrate how the tips that they gave back then are still helpful… Read More »Get in the garden with Sabrestorm Publishing!
The Casemate Advent Calendar
This Christmas, we are opening up the Casemate Advent Calendar! Follow us, retweet and reply to our giveaway post on twitter @casemate_uk to be entered into a daily drawing, with a free book being given away every day! The winner will be randomly selected by the Casemate team and will be announced and contacted on Twitter for mailing… Read More »The Casemate Advent Calendar
Ghost Patrol – LRDG on paper
What made me want to write a new history of the Long Range Desert Group? Well, I’m of that generation, born in the ‘fifties, who grew up on a diet of Ealing/Pinewood war films, Desert Rats, LRDG, Ice Cold in Alex, mostly black and white, latterly in colour, then it was Tobruk, Raid on Rommel… Read More »Ghost Patrol – LRDG on paper
The Road to V-J Day Began in Mid-1942
The 70th Anniversary of V-J Day, which commemorates the victory over the Japanese Empire after a nearly four-year brutal struggle, has recently occurred. With the passage of this event, it is quite sobering upon gazing at a map of the Pacific Ocean to contemplate how the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)… Read More »The Road to V-J Day Began in Mid-1942
Discovering Britain’s Home Front 1914-18
Between 1914 and 1918 Britain’s cities, towns, villages and countryside were transformed by war. For the first time in generations her population was directly threatened by conflict. Coastal towns were bombarded by German warships and submarines, while airships and aircraft brought death and destruction from above. Across the country thousands of factories were turned over… Read More »Discovering Britain’s Home Front 1914-18
Myths and Misconceptions of The Battle of Britain
Christer Bergstrom’s book The Battle of Britain: an Epic Conflict Revisited builds upon many hitherto unknown first-hand sources and facts. In this book, Bergström dispels many myths that still surround this epic battle. Here Christer Bergström describes some of them in brief. Many of the myths regarding the Battle of Britain involve the commander of… Read More »Myths and Misconceptions of The Battle of Britain
Time flies when you’re not flying helicopters
Author Robert Curtis revisited the helicopters he flew during the Cold war this month in the UK. Go away for a mere 30 years and you find that not only has your former squadron changed aircraft, they’ve moved the main gate of the airfield, leaving you unsure how to even get on the base! I had the… Read More »Time flies when you’re not flying helicopters
Review:The Sage of Waterloo
The other week my boss approached me with the question of how much do I know about the Napoleonic era and the Battle of Waterloo. I admitted to a rather limited knowledge and she cautiously asked if I would like to read and review a short new book on Waterloo… from the perspective of a… Read More »Review:
The Sage of Waterloo