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Featured battle : Sassello

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 10 April 1800

The result of another well planned Austrian move brought odds of nearly three to one in their favour. Some of the French troops had marched over ten miles in the night from their defeat at La Bocchetta. The French lost with a high casualty rate.

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British Army 'Falklands War' personal kit and equipment

British Army 'Falklands War' personal kit and equipment

A display of the equipment as carried by the soldiers and marines who fought in the Falklands War, 1982. It includes all his webing, spare clothing, bergen, washing & cleaning gear, rations & cooking equipment, sleeping bag, NBC suit plus respirator, spare ammunition and ski/snow kit. Displayed by the Forces80 re-enactment group

Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43

Featured review :

The Irish Guards in the Great War

Rudyard Kipling
Not a lot of military history books could be better than the war diaries and personal correspondence of the First battalion of the Irish Guards written up by Rudyard Kipling with style. Although narrowly focused on this relatively small group of men it is essentially about every soldiers war. This is because it gets down to the minutiae of single men, section and platoon actions. The sweep of strategy and the grand plans are for other places. The text is well supported with illustrations and maps.
I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone seeking a full understanding of the Great war.
Spellmount Ltd., 1997

Reviewed : 2017-02-24 12:28:11