Fall of Nanking (Flowers of War) - Brief Look

 A different view of WW2 from the Chinese perspective!

Osprey Publishing - Bolt Action: Armies of Great Britain

Osprey Publishing - Bolt Action: Armies of Great Britain



Finally, I have my hands on what the British, Canadians, Australian, New Zealand, South African and Indian troops as well as other Commonwealth forces used in WW2.



I shall now be able to accurately field units for this conflict.

Osprey Publishing - The Japanese Army 1931–45 (2)

Osprey Publishing - The Japanese Army 1931–45 (2)



I have a particular interest in the Imperial Japanese army, as I live in Japan at the moment, and I want my children to have a more balanced view of what the IJA did in Asia. What with the current government trying to downplay what the army did in Asia, I think my family needs to see a different perspective.



The sad fact is the inclusion of women being trained to use bamboo spears and school boys armed only with Molotov Cocktails to take on Allied forces in the potential invasion of Japan which could have occurred from 1945-46.

Osprey Publishing - The British Army 1939–45 (3)

Osprey Publishing - The British Army 1939–45 (3)



My newest addition to my research on the British forces in the Far East during their campaigns in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Burma. This is the only area of the Pacific campaign which I want to game. I'm not interested in Americans vs Japanese, they get too much attention.

Saving Private Ryan The True Story

Take that! My beef with this film was the negative comments about the British and Canadians taking too long to get their objectives!

Hold the line: Malaya 1942

Ian takes on my Japanese in the jungles of Malaya in January, 1942

Osprey Publishing - Scottish Divisions in the World Wars

Osprey Publishing - Scottish Divisions in the World Wars



This is another book I got recently from www.amazon.uk for research on my Bolt Action gamming.

The text covers the Scottish divisions raised for the First World War and then the Second World War.



The premise of this text is explaining that the focus of the Scottish soldier in both conflicts was not necessarily on their regiment, but their division.



However, I would disagree. Scottish Regiments, and battalions are very much big on their esprit de corps, guarding their traditions fiercely with pride. Their tartans, mess traditions, cap badges all go to forging the tough soldiers Scotland has made.

I also bought the book in memory of the Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014.