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[…]

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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,[…]

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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[…]

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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[…]

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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[…]

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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[…]

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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,[…]

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In the twelth Countdown to D-Day officer bio, Peter Margaritis writes about the defiant general Hans von Salmuth, a fierce critic of the Führer himself. Hans Eberhard Kurt von Salmuth, born in Metz on November 11, 1888, was[…]

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With one week to go before June 6th, Peter Margaritis presents a short biography of Josef Reichert, a officer who witnessed first hand the Allied paratrooper landings of Operation Neptune. Josef Reichert, a decorated veteran of[…]

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