The War Room

Home
Archive
About
NewTopDiscussion
Harrumphing into my cornflakes
Dr Robert Lyman
31
20
Some years ago, soon after I had published The Jail Busters, my exploration of the story at the heart of the February 1944 raid on Amiens prison, my…
Dr Robert Lyman
23
10
I have read a range of books about the British Army recently, and they have all been very different, despite covering much the same ground. Simon Akam’s…
Dr Robert Lyman
16
6
The Suffolk Regiment in Malaya 1949-53
Dr Robert Lyman
22
10
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Graham MC and Bar
Dr Robert Lyman
17
4
Please remember the name of this man – Captain Sein Tun, 2nd Battalion Burma Rifles, killed in action at Myitkyina on 18 January 1945. In a recent post…
Dr Robert Lyman
18
1
19-26 March 1944
Dr Robert Lyman
14
7
The rise of Nazism in Europe
Dr Robert Lyman
15
11
For those who haven’t seen my short review of the dreadful book by the American activist Caroline Elkins in the excellent The Critic, I attach it here…
Dr Robert Lyman
13
8
I’m doing a few talks this summer on the subject of my new book A War of Empires. I do hope you’ve heard of it! One of the questions I’m regularly asked…
Dr Robert Lyman
13
20
The origin of the most famous phrase in military remembrance
Dr Robert Lyman
13
9
The Phoney Major
Dr Robert Lyman
16
7
© 2022 Robert Lyman
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Publish on Substack Get the app
Substack is the home for great writing