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Featured battle : Arnhem
Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Date : 30 November 1813
The fortified town of Arnhem was taken by storm and 2,500 of the garrison got away.
Featured image :
Firepower through the ages - WW2 Mk5 Sten guns - MUR3_ftasten
A cheap and effective sub-machine gun issued to Allied special forces (as demonstrated here) during the Second World War. The Australian model had a vertical magazine rather than the usual horizontal configuration.
Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43
Featured review :
Waterloo Archive Volume VI: British Sources
Gareth Glover [Ed]
The last volume of this superb series by no means appears to 'scape the barrel' indeed it almost appears as if Gareth Glover has saved some of the best bits to the end. The illustrations are beautifully reproduced.
The series as a whole is a must for anyone who aspires to understand the battle and its context, the men, their families and the times they lived and died in.
It would be wrong to single out any particular volume, each is as good as another and having read one I am sure one would want to read them all. If we are really lucky perhaps Gareth Glover will find material enough for another volume.
Highly recommended.
Frontline Books, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2014
Reviewed : 2015-03-31 08:53:41
