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M7 Priest
(Images of War series) by David Doyle Admittedly I never looked into the history of artillery much, but maybe that will change after reading this
Thursday, March 7, 2019
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Book Reviews
The Americans on D-Day & in Normandy
By Brooke S. Blades – Images of War series This particular book in the Images of War series is by Brooke S. Blades and like
Thursday, February 28, 2019
6th SS Mountain Division Nord
By Ian Baxter Images of War series 6th SS Mountain Division Nord at war 1941-1945 Another excellent book in the Images at War series. As
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Book Reviews
Book Review – Monte Cassino
From the Images of War series from Pen & Sword Books By Jeffrey Plowman The sub-title of this book makes it more interesting than that;
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Book Reviews
Book Review – In Action with Destroyers
Full title : In Action with Destroyers 1939–1945 (Hardback) The Wartime Memoirs of Commander J A J Dennis DSC RN WWII Royal Navy Naval By
Monday, July 23, 2018
Book Reviews
Book review – Code Name MULBERRY
Code Name Mulberry By Guy Hartcup I I’m a big fan of anything to do with the landing in Normandy back in 1944, and have
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Italian Blog
Visiting Model Expo in Verona
I had read about this model fair months before and planned on visiting, if only to understand the size of the scale model market in
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
3D Design
What happened these past 5 years !?
Where did the time go !? Last weekend all of a sudden I got very sad and upset. Maybe we get more emotional when
Monday, March 12, 2018
Aviation
My old aeroclub
Founds this nice little video on the internet today, about the Aeroclub de Méribel. I was member for a few years and flew the BOPK
Monday, March 12, 2018
Book Reviews
Pen & Sword’s TankCraft Series of books
I already wrote about one book in this series, Sherman Tanks (TankCraft #2), and now have read a few more, both in paper and in
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Riding
A little Italian Ride Tale
Now, I am not going to repeat each and every post from my EuropeRides site here, but just to get things moving forward again, I
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Slow re-entry
Many many years ago I bought a plastic model kit of the Westland Lysander, back when I was working on getting one designed for our
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Book Reviews
Book Review on Waffen SS
Armoured Warfare and the Waffen-SS 1944-1945 (Paperback) By Anthony Tucker-Jones Another excellent book in the Images of War series. These books are about photographs first
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Book Reviews
Winged Pegasus and the Rangers
by Martin W. Bowman This book covers the attacks by paratroops and airborne forces during the initial phase of Operation Overlord, or the D-Day Landings.
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Scale Models
Almost afraid to get back
Get back to where? Get back into the hobby of scale modeling. I always ‘planned’ to pick up my beloved plastic kit building again once
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Book Reviews
The Sinews of War
By Major A D Bolland This is a surprising booklet ! Only 98 pages thin, but what an extraordinary account. It is the divisional ‘report’
Friday, December 29, 2017
Review: The Boat that Won the War (Hardback)
(An Illustrated History of the Higgins LCVP) By Charles C Roberts General Eisenhower said it: The boat that won the war. And he was not
Monday, December 25, 2017
Italian Blog
The Christmas tree at Gubbio
Gubbio boasts to have the biggest Christmas tree in the WORLD ! Well, duh….. it is a tree made out of 500 lights, posted on
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Book Reviews
Book review Objective Saint-Lô
Objective Saint-Lô By Georges Bernage George Bernage has produced an excellent book with his Objective St-Lô. The book does not provide a fixed story-line as
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Home Cockpit
Initial skirmishes
Here’s my first post on the actual initialization of my cockpit project. SO many things to prepare, to plan, to think about, to research…….. I
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Book Reviews
The Invasion of Sicily 1943; book review
The Invasion of Sicily 1943 By Jon Diamond The ‘Images of War’ series is an excellent addition to any reader interested in WW2 archive pictures,
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Aviation
My Home Cockpit Project
This, my dear friends, has been on my bucket list for, oh, at least 30 years. Flight Simulation has been the ONE steady thing in
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Grumpy Tales
Retirement is here
Yup, you read that right…….. I turned 65, so I retired. Well….. or so I believe. But I seem to be the only one. Mind
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
EuropeRides
Col de la Madeleine Savoie France
Collected here is a small series of photos of the Col de la Madeleine. The photos were made between 2005 and 2009. Col de la
Friday, October 14, 2016
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