In my research, I sometimes photograph or scan primary sources. Up until now, they’ve sat on my hard drive, inaccessible to anyone else. On occasion,…
Military history and RPG books
Tag: UK
Whenever there is a discussion around Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe raid, someone will claim that it taught the Allies valuable lessons about amphibious operations. There’s…
The ebook of A Ray of Light, my book about Heydrich and Lidice, is DriveThruFiction’s deal of the day. For the next twenty-four hours only,…
I’m pleased to say that The Bear’s Claws is now available as an AI-narrated audiobook. It’s over eleven hours long, but using AI narration means…
My newest book is something different – an adventure for a tabletop RPG. It’s a free one-off adventure set during the Second World War and…
I’m researching a book about the Second World War Operation Colossus, the first operation undertaken by British paratroopers. I know there aren’t any surviving veterans…
On a visit to the National Archives, I ordered document AVIA 65/1540, “Project PRODIGAL: army vehicle with limited airborne capability”. I was expecting it to…
Recently, I saw a link to an Atlas Obscura article about the M65 “Atomic Annie”. The M65 was a US 280mm artillery gun that could…
I’ve just discovered that the band Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate have included a song about Lidice on their new album, Out of Mind. I…
In the 1950s, the British army investigated the possibility of a main battle tank weighing around 20-30 tons. Named the FV4401 Contentious, it was part…