New offering from Guru!
Hi everyone my latest offering has just appeared on Amazon. It is one of a number of books that should be out for print this month. This one is an update of a small booklet that I produced about ten years ago and decided to update with the proliferation of AI used in publishing and…
Elephant Bill – a review
Review: Elephant Bill by J. H. Williams J. H. Williams’s Elephant Bill is a remarkable book because it is not quite one thing. It is part memoir, part animal story, part colonial forestry account, and part Second World War narrative. It belongs to that older tradition of British imperial writing in which adventure, observation, hardship…
WW2 Greek Vickers Tanks (4)
The last of the Vickers tanks for my WW2 Greek Army This is the last of the Greek Vickers tanks although I do have another two lots, one of for my KNIL WW2 army, and another lot of 8 for my Australian A Squadron 2/6th Cavalry in North Africa.
Today in military history?
Here are some military events associated with 4 July. July 1843 — Warrigal Creek massacres, Gippsland.The University of Newcastle Colonial Frontier Massacres project dates the Warrigal Creek massacre group to between 1 July and 31 July 1843, with Brataualung victims and settler attackers. That range includes 4 July, but the exact day is not established.…
WW2 Greek Vickers Tanks (3)
The fourth of my WW2 Greek Vickers tanks. Last Greek Vickers tank tomorrow.
WW2 Greek Vickers Tanks (2)
The third of the Greek Vickers tanks. All three so far. Hopefully another one tomorrow.
Sailors in Slouch Hats – a review
I am always interested in picking up books on obscure information that could easily be forgotten in time. when I saw this one on the Book Grocer it took only seconds to get out the plastic! Sailors in Slouch Hats: From a Sea of Memories, edited by W. W. Rice, is one of those unit…
When the historian and the wargamer collide – adding to my WW2 Greek Army
Guess who wins! Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Greece possessed only a very small armoured force. Its most significant tanks were two Vickers 6-Ton tanks purchased from Britain in 1931. One was a Type A model fitted with twin machine-gun turrets, while the other was a Type B with a single turret…
KNIL Lieutenant Team
I was hoping to finish some more on my Greek WW2 army today but with limited tk e I decided to fi ish off another KNIL command team today Hopefully the Greeks tomorrow.
Additional Figure form KNIL Infantry Unit (2)
Another short post today as I am still “”Rugrat Wrangling”. An edition to a second squad to make it up to the 12 mode.s required for MWWBK. Additions to my WW2 Greek army tomorrow.
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