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Category Archives: Second World War

Conference Programme – Decision in the Atlantic

April 10, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Programme Decision in the Atlantic Friday 17 – Saturday 18 May 2013 Department of War Studies, King’s College London Organised by Global War Studies, the Society for Nautical Research and […]

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Air Power History, Conferences, Naval History, Second World War, Strategic Studies, War Studies
Walking D-Day

Review of Walking D-Day

March 31, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Paul Reed, Walking D-Day. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books, 2012. 270 pp. This book provides a series of battlefield walks around the beaches and airborne landing sites and drop zones […]

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Book Review, Military History, Second World War, War Studies

Review – The Leadership, Direction and Legitimacy of the RAF Bomber Offensive from Inception to 1945

February 4, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Peter Gray, The Leadership, Direction and Legitimacy of the RAF Bomber Offensive from Inception to 1945. London: Continuum, 2012. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Hbk. 346 pp. The Strategic Air Offensive against […]

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Air Power History, Book Review, Leadership and Command, Military History, Second World War, War Studies

TOC – War in History, Vol. 20, No. 1

January 24, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Here is the Table of Contents for the latest edition of War in History. Jon Coulston, ‘Courage and Cowardice in the Roman Imperial Army’ This paper examines the courage and […]

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19th Century, Classical Warfare, Journals, Medieval Warfare, Military History, Second World War, War Studies

Book Review – Red Coat, Green Machine: Continuity in Change in the British Army, 1700-2000

January 21, 2013by Ross 1 Comment

Charles Kirke, Red Coat, Green Machine: Continuity in Change in the British Army, 1700-2000. London: Continuum, 2009. Figures. Bibliography. Index. Appendices. XVI + 240pp. Kirke has written a book that […]

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17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Boer War, Book Review, Cold War, First World War, Military History, Second World War, War Studies

Airpower and Archives Workshop

January 19, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

WORKSHOP: AIRPOWER AND ARCHIVES RAF Museum, Hendon, London March 22 2013, 10.00 – 5.00 RAF Museum, Hendon and the Centre for the Study of War, State and Society, University of […]

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Air Power History, Air Power Studies, Archives, Conferences, Research, Second World War, War Studies

The Second World War Military Operations Research Group needs you!

January 16, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

[Cross posted from the Second World War Military Operations Research Group] Do you specialise in the operational military history of the Second World War? Are you an academic working in […]

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Academia, Air Power History, Military History, Naval History, Research Groups, Second World War, War Studies

Book Review – God and War: The Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century

January 13, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Stephen Parker and Tom Lawson (eds.) God and War: The Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century. Farnham: Ashgate, 2012. Bibliography. Index. 250pp. God and War examines […]

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Afghanistan, Boer War, Book Review, Cold War, Falklands War, First World War, Gulf War, Kosovo, Second World War, War and Religion, War Studies

TOC – Journal of Military History, Vol. 77, No. 1

January 9, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

The latest edition of the Journal of Military History has just been published with some very interesting articles within its pages. Articles Daniel Krebs, ‘Useful Enemies: The Treatment of German […]

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18th Century, 19th Century, First World War, Journals, Korean War, Military History, Naval History, Second World War, Vietnam War

Book Review – The March East 1945: The Final Days of Oflag IX A/H and A/Z

January 1, 2013by Ross Leave a comment

Peter Green, The March East 1945: The Final Days of Oflag IX A/H and A/Z. Stroud: Spellmount, 2012. Sources. Bibliography. 192pp. This account of the evacuation of two of the […]

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Book Review, Military History, Second World War, War Studies

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