Jon Cooksey: 14 books
The Retreat from Mons 1914: South
The Western Front by Car, by bike and on Foot
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
The Retreat from Mons 1914: South is the second volume in Pen & Sword's Battle Lines series to cover the opening campaign of the Great War. It is the essential companion for every visitor who is keen to retrace the path taken by the British Expeditionary Force immediately after the outbreak of...
The Retreat from Mons 1914: North
Casteau to Le Cateau, The Western Front by Car by Bike and on Foot
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Mons to the Marne, the latest volume in Pen & Sword's Battle Lines series of walking, cycling and driving guides to the Western Front, is the essential companion for every visitor who is keen to retrace the path taken by the British Expeditionary Force immediately after the outbreak of the First...
The Battles of Arras: North
A Visitor's Guide; Vimy Ridge to Oppy Wood and Gavrelle
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
The First World War battlefields to the north of Arras – including Vimy Ridge – are among the most famous and most visited sites on the Western Front, rivaled only by those around Ypres and the Somme, and this clearly written, highly illustrated guide is the ideal introduction to them.
Visitors...
by Jon Cooksey
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
The ‘Pals” battalions were a phenomenon of the Great War, never repeated since. Under Lord Derby’s scheme, and in response to Kitchener’s famous call for a million volunteers, local communities raised (and initially often paid for) entire battalions for service on the Western Front.
Operation Chariot
The Raid on St Nazaire
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
By March 1942, mainland France had been under German occupation for almost two years. Every month that passed saw Germany bolster her defenses against an expected allied invasion. Every month that passed saw Germany tighten her grip on Britain's transatlantic lifeline; menacing allied shipping from...
3 Para Mount Longdon
The Bloodiest Battle
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2004
The author of Falklands Hero follows the Third Parachute Battalion through a ferocious battle to secure a key strategic position during the Falklands War.
This, the first in a series on Special Operations, tells the story of Three Para and the often-neglected struggle for Mount Longdon. It was...
The First Day of the Somme
Gommecourt to Maricourt, 1 July 1916
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Many guidebooks cover the Somme offensive in 1916, the five-month struggle that has come to be seen as one of the defining episodes in the history of the fighting on the Western Front during the First World War. But no previous guide has concentrated on t
by Jon Cooksey
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
By Christmas 1914 Britain's Regular Army had virtually ceased to exist. Four months of hard fighting had drained its manpower and the Territorial Army were called on to plug the gaps. The part-timers leapt at the chance to serve their country overseas and were soon on their way to the trenches and...
by Jon Cooksey
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2009
As German armored columns moved to seal off French ports from retreating British troops in 1940, Winston Churchill had few reserves he could commit. In an attempt to delay the Germans at Boulogne, Churchill sent in two battalions of the Irish Guards and Welsh Guards in a hastily-organized amphibious...
by Jon Cooksey, Francis McKay
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2007
In the early hours of 15 May 1982, three Sea King helicopters carrying 42 men of 22 SAS Regiment and attachments, lifted off from the carrier HMS Hermes and headed towards the remote Pebble Island on the north coast of West Falkland. Their task? To destroy the Argentinian Pucara aircraft stationed...
Pebble Island
Revised Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
This is the story of the SAS raid on Pebble Island during the Falklands War.
In atrocious weather, 48 men of 22 SAS Regiment were landed by Sea King Helicopter on the Island. Their task was to destroy the 11 enemy aircraft located at the Airstrip on the Island and neutralize the Argentinean...
Calais
Fight to the Finish – May 1940
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 1999
This is the story of the Battle of Calais, a short but bloody struggle to delay the German advance in May 1940. It is a story of uncertainty, of taut nerves, of heat, dust, raging thirst and hand-to-hand fighting in the narrow streets of the channel port now known to millions of Britons as a gateway...
Battle Lines: Ypres
Nieuwpoort to Ploegsteert
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Battle Lines Ypres, the first volume in Pen & Swords new series of walking, cycling and driving guides to the Western Front, is the essential companion for every visitor to the Ypres Salient and the battlefields of Belgium. Many of the most famous - and most memorable - Great War sites are featured...
Falklands Hero
Ian Mckay The Last VC of the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
JON COOKSEY is a leading military historian who takes a special interest in the history of the world wars and the Falklands War. He is the former editor of Battlefields Review and the current editor of Stand To!, and his articles have appeared in many of the foremost military magazines and in national...