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LPL5 Week 7: The Lewis Gun
“Whatever happens, we have got/the Lewis gun, and they do not” — with apologies to Mr. Kipling, of course. My LPL5 Week 7 entry was more Brigade 28mm British, this time a Lewis gun team and supporting...
View ArticlePulpish Links of Interest, 13 October 2011
A miscelania of links, just so I get back into the habit of posting here! Adventures of the 19XX is a pulptastic webcomic, full of zeppelins, giant airplanes, mystical oddness and villainy. Good fun,...
View ArticleBooks from Naval & Military Press
Back in April I made an order to Naval & Military Press, a UK-based specialty publisher with a focus on military history. The books arrived last week and I’ll do full reviews of the books in the...
View ArticleLinks of Interest, 14 May 2012
This should be worth watching: Curt of Analogue Hobbies is beginning a Great War in Greyscale project. Most figures in greyscale, officers in a very dramatic desaturated “chiaroscuro” colour scheme,...
View ArticleTwo New Books: Britmis & The Great War on the Western Front
My most recent order from Naval & Military Press showed up this week; just over three weeks enroute isn’t bad for surface shipping from the UK to western Canada. This time I got Britmis: A Great...
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Dogs of War
No, not the Warhammer-universe mercenaries, but the real thing, in real-world wars. The Library of Congress’ excellent Flickr account, where they share all sorts of treasures from their huge photo...
View ArticleFurther Great War Resources
Over a year ago, in July 2011, I wrote a long article called Great War Resources with links to the Internet Archive and other places you could find resources of interest to Great War/World War One...
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All Over By Christmas
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Squamous Cthulhumas, or whatever other mid-winter holiday you celebrate! Here’s a bit of family Christmas history to share. I might well have shown this off here on the...
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WW1 Posters On BibliOdyssey
The often-fascinating website BibliOdyssey has just posted a glorious selection of World War One posters from the US, UK, France, Greece and elsewhere. I’m hard-pressed to pick a favourite, but purely...
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Book Review: Trench by Stephen Bull
Trench: A History of Trench Warfare on the Western Front by Stephen Bull. This is a joint publication by Osprey Publishing and the Imperial War Museum, so in addition to being well written it’s...
View ArticleThe Atlantic on WW1
The Atlantic magazine is running a ten-part World War One in Photos series with some very interesting images I’ve not seen before. They’re doing a post every Sunday for ten weeks. The most recent post,...
View ArticleThe Great War Week by Week
I just found out about this very interesting project – The Great War on YouTube. Their plan is to do at least one episode a week all the way through to November 2018, covering the Great War in “real...
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Links of Interest, 25 March 2015
Yet another post of short links, news, random bits, and oddments that wouldn’t warrant a full post. Laser-cut MDF for early motor vehicles? They look pretty good, actually, and they’re 1/3 the price of...
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