David March Writes

Ok here it is.  Not just a cover edition, for my lead article Keren, but a complete game inside this issue also written by me on the battle. Apparently someone else said that no one could do the battle as it would be ridiculously boring.  Well I proved them wrong! http://shop.strategyandtacticspress.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=WW25

The Battle of the Loos.  A forgotten World War 1 battle.  A bit of filler, but I do enjoy writing stuff other than World War 2. http://www.atomagazine.com/images/ato33_TOC.pdf Well my next article comes out next month along with my very first board game!  Exciting times ahead!

The Battle of Navarino, this was intended to go in Lash of the Turk, but my editor forgot about it...But you know at least I got paid for it.  This was the last battle of the Age of Sail. Somewhat savaged by critics this is one of the few articles not checked by my proofer Ellie Di Julio.  When your a writer get someone else to look at your work before submitting it! http://www.atomagazine.com/images/ato31_TOC.pdf

I return to the pages of S+T and this time with a major article.  The Mau Mau uprising is one of my more prouder pieces.  A forgotten conflict and an interesting analysis of the value of counterinsurgency warfare.  We forget how many we actually win. http://strategyandtacticsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ST272-TOC.pdf

A brief bio on General George Kenney.  He was in charge of the airforces under MacArthur in the Pacific.  Unlike most of his contemporaries he was a tactical airmen and not a strategic bomber fanatic. His books are pretty well written too. http://worldatwarmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/WW22-TOC.pdf

A 2000 word article on the Franco-Italian front.  With one of my harshest lines ever. http://worldatwarmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/WW21-TOC.pdf

My article on the Special Operations Executive.  British Ministry of Mayhem.  I think Im starting a trend with intelligence operations?  Actually yes I have a forthcoming piece of the Red Orchestra one of Russias world war 2 spyrings. http://worldatwarmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/WW17-TOC.pdf

An article on Doublecross: The British MI5 effort that successfully captured and later turned almost every German Spy in the UK. http://worldatwarmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/WW15-TOC.pdf

Liberty Ships An article on special built to design and needs cargo vessels that could be built in less than 3 days if needed.  The ships became the purpose built mass produced craft that helped win the war. 1500 words. http://worldatwarmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/WW14-TOC.pdf

900 words on HMS Li Wo.   The only VC (Victoria Cross, a real big fing deal) rewarded in the ABDA campaign.  This small little ship took on two separate invasion forces, in an epic for the ages, that should be made into a movie if anything deserves to be made into one. http://worldatwarmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/WW11-TOC.pdf

Ok this is a big deal.  My first major feature article.  5000 words on the history of Operational Research in World War 2. Operations Research was a real edge developed by the allies in World War 2, and allowed a scientific understanding of small tactical principles that won the Battle of the Atlantic.  Not as sexy as destroyers and submarines, but scientific fighting was something we had that the Germans didnt, and really allowed us to win the war, and future conflicts. http://worldatwarmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/WW10-TOC.pdf

This is the magazine I primarily write for.  There main mag is the first one I published in but they have a huge backload of articles so its rare I get in there.  A bunch of my more 'modern' articles will likely appear in the magazine Modern War coming out in May. So anyways this article is the Fairey Swordfish.  1200 words on a workhorse bi-plane used by the Commonwealth forces throughout the war.  Its slow stall speed basically meant it did a lot of maritime rolls that would now be filled by helicopters. Its one of the two types of planes that participated in the Battle of Taranto, a battle in which is called the wind up to Pearl Harbor as the bi-planes sink 4 italian battleships at harbor. http://worldatwarmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/WW9-TOC.pdf

A much larger article in a magazine I dont get published much in.  Against the Odds is a much smaller and more exclusive market than the other magazines I write for. Anyways I write an article on the 7 Weeks War, or Austria-Prussian War.  I talk about two battles that shaped the conflict.  One the Battle of Langenlsalza, a short battle at the start, and the pivotal battle of the conflict Konnigratz.  Some of the best writing I think I have done ever.  I sometimes look at the article and say, "I cant believe I wrote this!  This is brilliant!" I like this mag cause you can go to the website and see the Table of Contents.  Though S+T and WatW are woking on getting it done too. http://www.atomagazine.com/promo/ATO26_TOC.pdf

Yes, the start of my big career in writing.  A 1000 word article on Gerald Bull the Canadian Engineer who ended up building a supercannon for Saddam Hussein.  I concentrate on his early days firing off a battleship cannon near Bermuda.  One of those roads not travelled.

So basically Im lazy and I dont have time to come up with a complicated blog or website to promote my writing so Im using this site.  I'll post a separate posting with comments on each one of my articles that have been published.