Featured battle : Battles of Aroji and Magdala

Part of British Victorian Colonial 'Small Wars'

Date : 10 April 1868 - 13 April 1868

Battles fought after 7 month build up and nearly three month approach march of about 400 miles. Battle at Aroji resulted in British losses of 2 dead and 18 wounded. Abyssinian losses at least 700 dead and 1,500 wounded . Storming of Magdala saw award of 2 Victoria Crosses. British Artillery moved by elephant. Naval Rocket Brigade included in the Force.

United States Marine Corps in the Korean War

Michael Green
As with all of this series of ‘Images of War’ the pictures with their appropriate annotations are the story. However the supporting text places the sets of photographs in their context. All aspects of the marines involvement in the war are covered and this clearly spells out their special role. In addition to the photographs of the marines in action there are pictures of their equipment from carbines to aircraft. There also many photographs of the weapons used by their opponents. Michael Green has done a superb job in pulling these together from many disparate sources.
The final impression of the Korean conflict is that the fighting was tough and at times the weather was tougher. But the real ‘grit’ of the book comes in the final paragraph. Although there were rarely as many as 20,000 marines in Korea at any one time there were over 30,000 casualties in the course of the conflict among which were 436 aircraft of the marines airwing.
We warmly recommend this book to all our readers and especially those unfamiliar with this ‘sideshow’ of a war. Having read this you will want to go on and read more about this conflict.

Pen & Sword Military, 2021