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The Newspaper (an RPG adventure)

Posted on 7th February 20227th February 2022 by Russell Phillips
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 referencing the events described in A Ray of Ligh... Read More
A group photograph of X Troop, the men that participated in Operation Colossus

Research help: Operation Colossus

Posted on 6th January 202213th December 2021 by Russell Phillips
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 of the operation, but I’m... Read More
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Project Prodigal and the British Army’s Flying Cars

Posted on 17th March 202017th March 2020 by Russell Phillips
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 be about FV4401 Contentious, ... Read More

M65 “Atomic Annie” Was Not The Only Nuclear Gun

Posted on 28th November 201813th January 2022 by Russell Phillips
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 fire nuclear ammunition. The article claims that it was the world... Read More
Out Of Mind album cover

New Song About Lidice

Posted on 25th October 2018 by Russell Phillips
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 was both surprised and very proud when one of the b... Read More
FV4401 Contentious

FV4401 Contentious: Britain’s S-Tank?

Posted on 25th April 201826th April 2019 by Russell Phillips
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 of Project Prodigal, which eventually led to the... Read More
Lidice Shall Live! poster

Lidice Thunderclap and Giveaway

Posted on 24th April 201727th April 2017 by Russell Phillips
I’ve set up a Thunderclap to help raise awareness of the Lidice atrocity, and the work of the North Staffordshire miners to rebuild the village. To encourage people to support it, I’ve set... Read More
Argentinian flag being raised on the Falkland Islands

The CIA did not try to force Britain to hand the Falklands over to Argentina

Posted on 24th January 201713th January 2022 by Russell Phillips
Last week, The Sun ran a story about how the CIA wanted to force Britain to hand over the Falkland Islands to Argentina and force British citizens living there to relocate to Scotland. The Daily Mail ... Read More
HMS Vanguard, a Trident missile submarine

Don’t cut conventional arms spending to fund nukes

Posted on 22nd July 201610th April 2018 by Russell Phillips
Jane’s has reported that the UK is having to cut spending on conventional arms, in order to pay for the new Successor class ballistic missile submarines. I believe that the money spent on the nu... Read More
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New Book: A Ray Of Light

Posted on 18th July 201618th July 2016 by Russell Phillips
My latest book is now available – A Ray of Light: Reinhard Heydrich, Lidice, and the North Staffordshire Miners In March 2013, I was at the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent with my son. We wer... Read More
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This We’ll Defend: The Weapons & Equipment of the U.S. Army

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