Using the fascinating veteran interviews from his upcoming book, After the Wall Came Down, and a wealth of recent studies, bestselling author Andrew Richards provides first-hand insight into the minds of veterans post-wartime, especially during[…]
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FILM REVIEW: Medieval Military Combat in David Michôd’s ‘The King’
In anticipation of his new book, Medieval Military Combat, author and historian Tom Lewis questions David Michôd’s 2019 film The King, asking the pertinent question: WHERE ARE THEIR HELMETS?? Movie makers featuring medieval scenes seem[…]
Dr Simon Elliott details his new Casemate book Old Testament Warriors
My name is Dr Simon Elliott and I am an historian and archaeologist, with nine books currently on sale, all on themes regarding the ancient world. A number of these are with the fabulous Casemate[…]
Britannia’s Finest Hour
By Brian Walter In his 1990 book, Operation Pacific, author Edwyn Gray references ‘a strange quirk in the British character which prefers to dwell on failure rather than success.’ When expanding this concept further,[…]
Professor Low and Submarines
With the imminant release of our latest title The Dawn of the Drone, we present an extract written by Professor Archibald Low for his book The Submarine at War, which presents his sincere thoughts on submarines[…]
St Petersburg – In Search of the British Colony Hospital
In our latest CUK blog, Rupert Wieloch goes off the beaten tourist trail in St Petersburg to find the fearsome prison of the 15 British prisoners, the subjects of his latest book, and follows their[…]
Countdown to D-Day: von Rundstedt
In the final Countdown to D-Day officer bio, Peter Margaritis brings you the story of Gerd von Rundstedt, the Field Marshal and Commander-in-chief of the Western Front whose military genius was overridden by the whims[…]
Countdown to D-Day: von Tempelhoff
On the eve of D-Day, Peter Margaritis chronicles the life of Hans-Georg von Tempelhoff, a respected staff officer, family man, and a close acquaintance of Rommel himself. Hans-Georg von Tempelhoff, born March 18, 1907, grew[…]
Countdown to D-Day: Stegmann
With just two days remaining until D-Day, Peter Margaritis writes about Generalleutnant Rudolf Stegmann, an officer who battled the US 9th Division with an understrength force on the Cotentin Peninsula. Rudolf Stegmann was born August 6, 1894,[…]