Leo Cooper imprint: 85 books
Few Survived
A History of Submarine Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1996
A revised edition of an account of peacetime submarine disasters from 1774 to the present day, previously published in 1991. Examines the development of the submarine from experimental stages in the late 18th century to the present day, and provides details of all disasters ever reported.
He Who Dares
Recollections of Service in the SAS, SBS and MI5
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 1998
The author is of the generation that went straight from school to fighting in World War 2. In He Who Dares, he describes some of the actions undertaken by the SAS and SBS and provides a glimpse of the work done by MI5 in the post-war era'
Cap Badge
The Story of Four Battalions of The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and the Hertfordshire Regiment (TA) 1939-1947
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1992
The backbone of the British Army has always been the County regiments. This is an account of a typical British regiment from Dunkirk to 1947.
Buller: A Scapegoat?
A Life of General Sir Redvers Buller VC
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 1994
A re-examination of Zulu War hero Redvers Buller, who was blamed for British defeats in the Boer War of 1899-1902.
Jai Sixth!
6th Queen Elizabeth's own Gurkha Rifles 1817-1994
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 1994
This is the story of the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles from the Regiment raising in 1817 as the Cuttack Legion in the service of the Honourable East India Company until it's amalgamation with the 2nd King Edward VII's Gurkha Rifles ( The Sirmoor Rifles) to form the First Battalion of The...
At the Fifth Attempt
An Escape Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1987
This tells the story of a soldier caught before the evacuation at Dunkirk, and his daring escape and life along the way.
by William Pickering
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 1991
The true story of Bill Pickering who was sent into Occupied Italy with a clandestine wireless set during World War II. He experienced many close encounters with the enemy and ended up fighting the Germans alongside the Italian Resistance Group, "The Bandits of Cisterna".
by John Retallack, HRH The Prince of Wales
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 1981
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 1981
Although the youngest of the Regiments in the Household Division, the Welsh Guards have established a reputation on both the battlefield, and on the parade ground, that is fully equal to the proud standards for which Guardsmen have long been famous. The Welsh Guards were formed in 1915, and they saw...
by Peter Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 1998
Anodised cap badges were first produced in 1 948. This guide provides an illustration and listing for over 400 badges used by the British Forces. '
by Stanley Monick
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 1997
These are the memoirs of Sergeant John Dougl as, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Scots, and his experiences as a soldier from 1809-1817. The book provides a narrative of the Peninsular Campaign, with a descriptions of Quatre Bras an d Waterloo '
Fly Navy
The View From the Cockpit 1945-2000
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2000
This book tells the full story of flight from sea, discussing the dangers that naturally come with this seemingly unnatural mode of airbase, including the unfortunate losses of over 900 men during this period. It covers the development of new technology of the period and how changes in other areas...
Dance of War
The Story of the Battle of Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 1992
Based on research in England, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, this is a detailed account and analysis of Rommel's attempt in July 1942 to break through to Cairo and Alexandria, and the 8th Army's successful defence and unsuccessful attempts to destroy the Panzerarmee. The author, a participant...
by Charles Carrington
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1987
It was certainly not through the foresight of his senior officers that Charles Carrington, a veteran of the First World War, was enabled to put his experience in that earlier conflict to good use in the Second, as readers of this remarkable book will soon learn. However, by great good fortune, he...
Countdown to Cassino
The Battle of Mignano Gap, 1943
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 1994
In the autumn of 1943 the German Bernhardt Line ran through Mignano Gap, 12 miles south-west of Cassino. XIV Panzer Korps was to make a stand there, holding up the advancing US 5th Army - two thirds American, one third British - whilst Cassino was being fortified. If the 5th Army broke through Mignano...