To celebrate the release of Churchill:Warrior by Brian Lavery, we want to find out how much you know about the great man’s military career.
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The Teenager who Fought in the French Resistance
Hubert Verneret (above as a 19 year old) was a member of the French Resistance during 1944 in Burgundy and fought in many ambush and sabotage operations, despite only being in his teens. He wrote[…]
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War and Peace Revival Trip Report
The War and Peace Revival festival is one of Britain’s biggest and best military history and vintage festivals. This year, it took place from the 25th – 29th of July at Hop Farm in Kent,[…]
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Dunkirk Review
This review is written by Tom Bonnington, a member of the Casemate UK team. Dunkirk is very much a technical exercise from director Christoper Nolan. Though the 1940 event was essentially the concluding chapter[…]
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China’s Dissidents: Heroes or Traitors?
Benjamin Lai is an expert on the modern Chinese military and the author of The Dragon’s Teeth. In light of Liu Xiaobo’s recent death, here he discusses the merits of other Chinese dissidents. The opinions[…]
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Leadership Lesson: How Should a Ship Commander Appear to his Crew?
The following extract is taken from Running a Big Ship, the guide book to how to run a Second World War Battleship. Written by Captain Rory O’Conor, it is now seen as one of the[…]
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Mick Mannock: The Genius Above the Western Front
Mick Mannock was the most successful British fighter ace of the First World War and the inventor of many fighter plane tactics still used today. The following extract is taken from the Casemate Short History[…]
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The Lost Generation of 1914-1918: 9 Facts you (Probably) Don’t Know About Tommies
The ‘Tommies’ of World War One was a nickname given to the British soldiers who fought in the trenches of the Western Front. What had started as a relatively small army in 1914 had soon[…]
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From Firecrackers to Mortars: 10 Facts you (Probably) Don’t Know About the Development of Artillery
During both world wars, the devastating firepower of artillery resulted in a huge number of casualties, killing and maiming hundreds of thousands of people. How did the gun become such a powerful weapon of war?[…]
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