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Writing on military history, war reporting, military book reviews, military publishers, army, navy, air force, world wars, military publications, military memoirs, historical novels, Great War, World War One, World War Two, Anglo-Boer War, combat, medals, militaria. [Copyright Sidney Allinson 2010. May be re-printed on condition attribution is stated along with a URL link to Warwriting.]

Monday, January 31, 2011

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"BLACK DIARIES" OF CASEMENT AUTHENTICATED AS GENUINE BY EXPERTS. Sir Roger Casement, executed for treason in 1916. Expert re...

Saturday, January 29, 2011

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LT.COL. JOAN KENNEDY -- CANADA'S FIRST FEMALE SOLDIER by Sidney Allinson. Joan Kennedy was the first Canadian woman to re...

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Monday, January 24, 2011

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A MANX "TAIL" OF THE WWII AIR-WAR Many a strange tale – real or imaginary – emerged from the Second World War. One in particula...

Friday, January 21, 2011

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SECRET GERMAN WEATHER STATION ON CANADA'S LABRADOR COAST DISCOVERED 30 YEARS AFTER END OF WWII -- Donna Andrew, Marine Liasion Officer...

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RUSSIAN WAR DOGS SACRIFICED TO ATTACK GERMAN PANZER TANKS Dogs and other innocent animals have been sacrificed by humans in warfare throug...

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Monday, January 17, 2011

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Masculine Compensatory Fantasy The incidence of "wannabes" claiming to be veterans, war heroes, or members of elite military unit...

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Saturday, January 15, 2011

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REVOCATION OF MILITARY MEDALS. Recently convicted sex murderer ex-Col. R. Williams is a disgrace to the Canadian Air Force. The official a...

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

THE N-WORD & THE DAM BUSTERS

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This current furor over censoring "Nigger" from Huckleberry Finn reminds me that the same word recently prevented a planned re-mak...

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

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FALL OF THE ARROW From the breathless reviews of a recently revived stage-play about ...

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Sidney Allinson: Sidney Allinson. A Canadian novelist, military historian, and advertising consultant. He is author of six books, was creative director of three advertising agencies, and communications policy advisor to the Ontario Government. www.esid.info His factual military history, "THE BANTAMS: The Untold Story Of World War One," is now published by Pen and Sword Books in the UK. Sidney also wrote JEREMY KANE: A Canadian historical adventure novel of the 1837 Mackenzie Rebellion and its brutal aftermath in the Australian penal colonies. His latest is "KRUGER'S GOLD: A novel of the Anglo-Boer War." Sidney served overseas with the Royal Air Force, is a past-Director of the Royal Canadian Military Institute, and received the Boulter Award for outstanding writing. Born in England, a long-time resident of Toronto, he now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where he is Chairman of the Pacific Coast Branch of the Western Front Association, and President of the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Vancouver Island. Currently, Sidney is working on a novel about the 1942 Dieppe Raid, and a history of the first fifty years of the Victoria Cross.

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