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13 New Book Reviews on HMGS.org

Posted By Russ Lockwood, Friday, March 27, 2020

13 New Book Reviews (over 200 now): https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/Historical-Book-Reviews

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We Few, We Happy Few: Cold Wars 2020 After Action Report: PDF Download

Posted By Russ Lockwood, Thursday, March 26, 2020

My AAR of CW2020 * Intro and Walkabout * Elder Sign eurogame * 28mm Battle of Crecy * Walkabout * My Talk: Tips for Writing an AAR * HMGS Membership Meeting (Ocean City, MD, Treasurer Report, Other Conventions) * 15mm Battle of the Bulge * 28mm Planet of the Apes * Dealer Area (Tennis Barn)

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BOOK REVIEWS: 16 More Added To HMGS.org

Posted By Russ Lockwood, Monday, February 24, 2020

BOOK REVIEWS: 16 More Added To HMGS.org

All book reviews starting with P-39 (and scroll down):
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/Historical-Book-Reviews

And the links to individual book reviews:

The Bell P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra Fighters: Soviet Service During World War II
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341111/BOOK-REVIEW-The-Bell-P-39-Airacobra-and-P-63-Kingcobra-Fighters-Soviet-Service-During-World-War-II

The St. Mihiel Offensive: 12 to 16 September 1918
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341110/BOOK-REVIEW-The-St-Mihiel-Offensive-12-to-16-September-1918-Battleground-series

Remembering Revell Model Kits: Revised and Expanded 3rd Edition With Price Guide
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341109/BOOK-REVIEW-Remembering-Revell-Model-Kits-Revised-and-Expanded-3rd-Edition-With-Price-Guide

Kursk 1943: Last German Offensive in the East
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341108/BOOK-REVIEW-Kursk-1943-Last-German-Offensive-in-the-East-Casemate-Illustrated-series

American Armor in the Pacific WWII
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341107/BOOK-REVIEW-American-Armor-in-the-Pacific-Casemate-Illustrated-series

Soviet Combat Divers: In World War II
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341106/BOOK-REVIEW-Soviet-Combat-Divers-In-World-War-II

M*A*S*H FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Best Care Anywhere
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341105/BOOK-REVIEW-M-A-S-H-FAQ-Everything-Left-to-Know-About-the-Best-Care-Anywhere

Avro Lancaster: RAF Bomber Command's Heavy Bomber in World War II
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341104/BOOK-REVIEW-Avro-Lancaster-RAF-Bomber-Command-s-Heavy-Bomber-in-World-War-II-Legends-of-Warfare-Series

Portuguese Dragoons: The Return to Horseback 1966-1974
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341103/BOOK-REVIEW-Portuguese-Dragoons-The-Return-to-Horseback-1966-1974-Africa-at-War-42

Battle for Cassinga: South Africa's Angola 1978 Cross-Border Raid
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341101/BOOK-REVIEW-Battle-for-Cassinga-South-Africa-s-Controversial-Cross-Border-Raid-Angola-1978--Revised-Edition-Africa-at-War-37

Gettysburg: Culp's Hill & Cemetery Hill
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341100/BOOK-REVIEW-Gettysburg-Culp-s-Hill--Cemetery-Hill

Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War ACW novel
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341099/BOOK-REVIEW-Gettysburg-A-Novel-of-the-Civil-War

Tupolev TU-4: The First Soviet Strategic Bomber
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341098/BOOK-REVIEW-Tupolev-TU-4-The-First-Soviet-Strategic-Bomber

Through Adversity: Britain and the Commonwealth's War in the Air 1939-1945 Volume 1
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341097/BOOK-REVIEW-Through-Adversity-Britain-and-the-Commonwealth-s-War-in-the-Air-1939-1945--Volume-1

UNEF: The Yugoslav Contingent: Yugoslav Army Contingent in the Sinai Peninsula 1956-1967
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341096/BOOK-REVIEW-UNEF-The-Yugoslav-Contingent-Yugoslav-Army-Contingent-in-the-Sinai-Peninsula-1956-1967-Middle-East-at-War-25

Operations in North Africa and the Middle East 1939-1942: Tobruk, Crete, Syria and East Africa
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/341095/BOOK-REVIEW-Operations-in-North-Africa-and-the-Middle-East-1939-1942-Tobruk-Crete-Syria-and-East-Africa

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20 New Historical Book Reviews

Posted By Russ Lockwood, Friday, January 24, 2020

The 20 New Book Reviews (and 191 more after these):

Link to 20 New Book Reviews (scroll down)

German Super Heavy Panzer Projects of World War II: Wehrmacht Concepts & Designs

German Military Vehicles in the Spanish Civil War: A Comprehensive Study of the Deployment of German Military Vehicles on the Eve of WW2

Creating Scenes for Military Miniatures: Groundwork, Foliage, and Settings

Operation Dingo: The Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembue 1977 - Revised Edition

Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists - Revised Edition

German U-Boat Aces: Karl-Heinz Moehle, Reinhard Hardegen, and Horst von Schroeter -- The Incredible Patrols of U-123 in World War II

US Landing Craft of WWII, Volume 1: The LCP(L), LCP(R), LCV, LCVP, LCS(L), LCM, and LCI

SBD Dauntless: Douglas's US Navy and Marine Corps Dive-Bomber in World War II

The Trieste Crisis 1953: The First Cold War Confrontation in Europe

The Normandy Air War 1944

Tank Wrecks of the Western Front 1940-1945

Paradise Afire: The Sri Lankan War 1971-1987 Volume 1

Caudron Renault CR.714 Cyclone: The Ultimate Story

War Photographer Volume 1.1

Sturmgeschutz III on the Battlefield 5: World War Two Photobook Series

Morane Saulnier MS.406C1: France 1940

Air War Over North Africa: USAAF Ascendant

Wingate's Men: The Chindit Operations - Special Forces in Burma

North American Aviation P-51B/C & F-6C Mustang

I am Not a Number: Decoding the Prisoner All Historical Book Reviews https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/Historical-Book-Reviews

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16 New Military History Book Reviews

Posted By Russ Lockwood, Sunday, November 24, 2019

16 More Military History Book Reviews: November 2019

All Book Reviews:
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/Historical-Book-Reviews

Tank Battles in East Prussia and Poland 1944-1945
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336498/BOOK-REVIEW-Tank-Battles-in-East-Prussia-and-Poland-1944-1945

PT Boats: US Navy's WWII Fast Attack Patrol Torpedo Boats
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336497/BOOK-REVIEW-PT-Boats-The-US-Navy-s-Fast-Attack-Patrol-Torpedo-Boats-in-World-War-II-Legends-of-Warfare-Series

Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336496/BOOK-REVIEW-Case-White-The-Invasion-of-Poland-1939

Early French Aviation: 1905-1930
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336495/BOOK-REVIEW-Early-French-Aviation-1905-1930-Images-of-Aviation

Messerschmitt Bf 110: Fighter-Destroyer in World War II
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336494/BOOK-REVIEW-Messerschmitt-Bf-110-The-Luftwaffe-s-Fighter-Destroyer-in-World-War-II-Legends-of-Warfare-Series

USS New York (BB-34): World War I to the Atomic Age
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336493/BOOK-REVIEW-USS-New-York-BB-34--From-World-War-I-to-the-Atomic-Age-Legends-of-Warfare-Series

World War II: The Encyclopedia of Facts and Figures
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336492/BOOK-REVIEW-World-War-II-The-Encyclopedia-of-Facts-and-Figures-Military-Book-Club-version

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter: A History
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336491/BOOK-REVIEW-Lockheed-F-104-Starfighter-A-History

German Uniforms, Insignias & Equipment 1918-1923
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336490/BOOK-REVIEW-German-Uniforms-Insignias--Equipment-1918-1923-Freicorps-Reichswehr-Vehicles-Weapons

Mirage III: IAI Nesher/Dagger
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336489/BOOK-REVIEW-Mirage-III-IAI-Nesher-Dagger-Monographs-68

The Brandenburg-Class Battleships: 1890-1918
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336488/BOOK-REVIEW-The-Brandenburg-Class-Battleships-1890-1918-Super-Drawings-in-3D

The Americans From Normandy to the German Border
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336487/BOOK-REVIEW-The-Americans-From-Normandy-to-the-German-Border-August-to-Mid-December-1944-Images-of-War

The Second World War Illustrated: The First Year
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336486/BOOK-REVIEW-The-Second-World-War-Illustrated-The-First-Year

Italian Vittorio Veneto-Class Battleships
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336485/BOOK-REVIEW-Italian-Vittorio-Veneto-Class-Battleships

A History of the Pakistan Armoured Corps: 1938-2016 Volume 1
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336484/BOOK-REVIEW-At-the-Forward-Edge-of-Battle-A-History-of-the-Pakistan-Armoured-Corps-1938-2016--Volume-1

Napoleon's Imperial Guard Uniforms and Equipment: Volume 2: The Cavalry
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/336483/BOOK-REVIEW-Napoleon-s-Imperial-Guard-Uniforms-and-Equipment-Volume-2-The-Cavalry

All Book Reviews:
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/Historical-Book-Reviews

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Fall-In 2019: Dash In and Dash Out

Posted By Russ Lockwood, Sunday, November 24, 2019

My recap of Fall In 2019, alas limited to but one day, but one day is better than no day. Fall In 2019 Recap in PDF...

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10 More Book Reviews: October 2019

Posted By Russ Lockwood, Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Here are 10 book reviews for the 10th month.

BOOK REVIEW: The History of Toy Soldiers
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333901/BOOK-REVIEW-The-History-of-Toy-Soldiers

BOOK REVIEW: The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World's Longest Treasure Hunt
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333900/BOOK-REVIEW-The-Curse-of-Oak-Island-The-Story-of-the-World-s-Longest-Treasure-Hunt

BOOK REVIEW: Entrepreneurs of the Old West
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333899/BOOK-REVIEW-Entrepreneurs-of-the-Old-West

BOOK REVIEW: Nicaragua 1961-1990: Volume 1 - The Downfall of the Somoza Dictatorship (Latin America at War Number 10)
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333898/BOOK-REVIEW-Nicaragua-1961-1990-Volume-1--The-Downfall-of-the-Somoza-Dictatorship-Latin-America-at-War-Number-10

BOOK REVIEW: Nicaragua 1961-1990: Volume 2 - Contra War (Latin America at War Number 15)
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333897/BOOK-REVIEW-Nicaragua-1961-1990-Volume-2--Contra-War-Latin-America-at-War-Number-15

BOOK REVIEW: NAA P-51D-10-NA Mustang: Single No. 4
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333895/BOOK-REVIEW-NAA-P-51D-10-NA-Mustang-Single-No-4

BOOK REVIEW: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17F/Lim-5: Single No. 5
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333893/BOOK-REVIEW-Mikoyan-Gurevich-MiG-17F-Lim-5-Single-No-5

BOOK REVIEW: Boeing B-17 Fortress: In RAF Coastal Command Service (Second Revised Edition)
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333892/BOOK-REVIEW-Boeing-B-17-Fortress-In-RAF-Coastal-Command-Service-Second-Revised-Edition

BOOK REVIEW: III. Germanic SS Panzer-Korps: The History of Himmler's Favourite SS-Panzer-Korps 1943-1945 -- Volume 1: Creation - September 1944
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333890/BOOK-REVIEW-III-Germanic-SS-Panzer-Korps-The-History-of-Himmler-s-Favourite-SS-Panzer-Korps-1943-1945--Volume-1-Creation--September-1944

BOOK REVIEW: Kaiserliche und Konigliche Eisenbahn-Bau Kompanie: In Western Galicia 1914-1915 - Volume 2 (Camera On 16)
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333889/BOOK-REVIEW-Kaiserliche-und-Konigliche-Eisenbahn-Bau-Kompanie-In-Western-Galicia-1914-1915--Volume-2-Camera-On-16

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Book Reviews on the Ancient Era -- from the MagWeb Vault

Posted By Russ Lockwood, Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Book Reviews on the Ancient Era -- from the MagWeb Vault

Here are nine book reviews covering the ancient era that originally appeared in MagWeb.

* The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333590/BOOK-REVIEW-The-Western-Way-of-War-Infantry-Battle-in-Classical-Greece

* Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333589/BOOK-REVIEW-Cities-of-Vesuvius-Pompeii-and-Herculaneum

* Roman Warfare
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333588/BOOK-REVIEW-Roman-Warfare

* Barbarians and Romans: AD 418-584: The Techniques of Accommodation
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333587/BOOK-REVIEW-Barbarians-and-Romans-AD-418-584-The-Techniques-of-Accommodation

* Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome’s Greatest Politician
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333586/BOOK-REVIEW-Cicero-The-Life-and-Times-of-Rome-s-Greatest-Politician

* The World of Herodotus
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333585/BOOK-REVIEW-The-World-of-Herodotus

* Caesar
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333583/BOOK-REVIEW-Caesar

* The First Armies
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333582/BOOK-REVIEW-The-First-Armies

* Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/333581/BOOK-REVIEW-Alexander-the-Great-The-Hunt-for-a-New-Past

All book reviews at https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/Historical-Book-Reviews

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Autumn Traditions ... Really

Posted By Russ Lockwood, Saturday, October 5, 2019

A little bit of folklore for some autumn mirth. (PDF file)

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Eight More Book Reviews

Posted By Russ Lockwood, Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Eight more book reviews:

All at:
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/Historical-Book-Reviews

Individually:

The Marne 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/332284/BOOK-REVIEW-The-Marne-1914-The-Opening-of-World-War-I-and-the-Battle-That-Changed-the-World

Ferrer-Dalmau: Art, History, and Miniatures
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/332283/BOOK-REVIEW-Ferrer-Dalmau-Art-History-and-Miniatures

Modern Chinese Warplanes: Chinese Army Aviation -- Aircraft and Units
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/332282/BOOK-REVIEW-Modern-Chinese-Warplanes-Chinese-Army-Aviation--Aircraft-and-Units

The Battleship HMS Rodney 1942: Super Drawings in 3D
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/332281/BOOK-REVIEW-The-Battleship-HMS-Rodney-1942-Super-Drawings-in-3D

The Russian ASW Guided Missile Cruiser Petropavlovsk: TopDrawings 74
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/332280/BOOK-REVIEW-The-Russian-ASW-Guided-Missile-Cruiser-Petropavlovsk-TopDrawings-74

Hitler's Army: Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the Third Reich
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/332279/BOOK-REVIEW-Hitler-s-Army-Soldiers-Nazis-and-War-in-the-Third-Reich

SS Hell on the Eastern Front: The Waffen SS War in Russia 1941-1945
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/332278/BOOK-REVIEW-SS-Hell-on-the-Eastern-Front-The-Waffen-SS-War-in-Russia-1941-1945

Imperial Germany
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/332277/BOOK-REVIEW-Imperial-Germany

Read all 113 book reviews at:
https://www.hmgs.org/blogpost/1779451/Historical-Book-Reviews

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