Paul Le Long offers another snapshot of an Osprey Men-at-War book, this one called “The Australian Army at War 1899-1975.” It’s on the Ospreys at a Glance page.
Periods – World War I
A WWI naval resource
By Rob Morgan www.naval-history.net is a web site dealing with the centenary of the Great War at sea. It contains a substantial amount of material on the subject of the battles of the world-wide encounters. There’s a full, precise chronology of the war from August 1914 to the Armistice and beyond. Massive amounts of information […]
Review of ‘The French Army 1914-18’ (Osprey)
With this year’s 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, Rob Morgan has been working on some Osprey reviews of books related to that conflict. Here’s the first of his WWI reviews, of the Osprey titled “The French Army 1914-18.” It’s on the Ospreys at a Glance page.
December’s sample article
Mike Crane provides this month’s sample article, a set of simple rules for World War I aerial combat. It’s on the Sample Articles page.
What? A Fokker?
By Rob Morgan The approach of the centenary of World War I has led many of us to think about what’s almost certain – at least in Europe – to dominate the historical Kriegspiel for the next four years, at least. The other day, I found myself in one of the many closing-down shops of […]
Sample article added
Here’s another sample article from the pages of Lone Warrior magazine. This one is by LW Editor Rich Barbuto, on German infiltration tactics in World War I, with his solo rules for gaming them. It’s on the Sample Articles page.
More Osprey reviews
Two more mini-reviews of Osprey publications have been added this week to the Ospreys at a Glance page: 1) ‘The US Army of World War I’ 2) ‘Arthur and the Anglo-Saxon Wars’
Replaying ‘WWI Aerial War Game’ — with photos and models!
By Mike Crane “Play it again, Sam” is a familiar line from Humphrey Bogart in the old Casablanca movie. Well, it kept coming to mind as I was thinking of replaying some of my old games. Eventually, the “WWI Aerial War Game” surfaced as one of the most memorable. I went to the “Back Issues […]
What’s new — Another sample article
To start off the new year, here’s an article from the Lone Warrior archives on air combat in World War I. It’s written by Kevin White and it’s on the Sample Articles page.
Review of ‘The Brusilov Offensive’ book
Rob Morgan provides a review of the book “The Brusilov Offensive,” which details the 1916 campaign on the Eastern Front. It’s on the Reviews page.