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Part I: The Famed but Flawed Commanders in the Italian Campaign

In the first of this two-part blog series, Co-Author Andrew Sangster casts a surprising new light on the legendary leaders who spearheaded the Italian campaign… Were they really as legendary as they first seem?

The Tears of Old Soldiers: Operation Telic 20 Years On

20 years after the start of the Iraq War, Military Historian and former London Police Officer Julian Whippy is hoping to amend the Americentric post-war media portrayal of the Iraq War with his new book Burning Horizon.

The Show Must Go On: 9 Pioneering Women From Hollywood’s Golden Age

Only authentic gold is tarnish-free, and the Golden Age of Hollywood was anything but. Discover the glamour, innovation, misconduct, and legacy of this pivotal era of filmmaking through the lens of the pioneering women that made it with this reading list!

New Distributed Publisher – MMP BOOKS

Casemate UK is delighted to welcome MMP Books! MMP was founded in 1996 by Roger Wallsgrove, to publish Mushroom Model Magazine. This quarterly modelling magazine was developed from Mushroom Monthly, a club newsletter which ran[…]

The Echoes of WWII: War Stories and Radio Propaganda

Author Denis Courtois imparts some of the ancestral anecdotes that stayed with him throughout his studies and how this lore inspired him to write his new book about Allied, Axis, and Vichy governments exploiting radio to win over the population in Occupied France.

15 Brilliant Books From 2022 to Add to Your 2023 Reading List

In collaboration with Oxbow Books, we have put together a list of titles from 2022 for you to indulge in as you await with eager anticipation the brilliant books we’ll be bringing you in 2023!

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Grandmothers, Landladies & Teenage Girls: Women in Britain’s Secret Resistance

Author Andrew Chatterton honours the unknown women of Britain’s secret resistance — the unsuspecting but highly trained grandmothers, landladies, and teenage girls who would have played a hugely critical role had the Germans invaded.

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The Paradox of Christmas at War

“Always winter, but never Christmas”. For many observing Christmas in 1942, this fictional quote was the harrowing truth. This week’s blog is from New York Times bestselling author Peter Harmsen as he reflects on the events of that fateful wartime Christmas and what they tell us about cruelty, kindness, and the human condition in extraordinary times.

The Real Sir William Orpen

All is fair in love and war — society portrait painter Sir William Orpen was entangled in the chaos of both. This week on the Casemate UK Blog, author Patricia O’Reilly explores the inspiration behind her new book, Orpen at War, and the artistic, eccentric, romantic, complicated life of Sir William Orpen.