Leo Cooper imprint: 85 books
by Bruce Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1987
This book tells of the adventures of four men of different nationalities who found themselves caught up in the maelstrom of the Second World War.
'Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea'
The Story of 835 Naval Air Squadron in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 1995
This is the story of 835 Naval Air Squadron as told by one of its surviving officers. It tells the story of the outstanding fleets of flying and the importance of the Merchant Navy in the Second World War.
Staff Officer
The Diaries of Lord Moyne 1914-1918
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1987
This book tells the story of Walter Guinness and his action during world war I. He served at Gallipoli and on the western front.
by Robert Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 1984
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 1984
This book tells the story of the survival of a man behind the lines of the Japanese during World War II, including his work on the Burma-Siam railway.
Flying in Walking Out
Memories of War and Escape
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 1999
Edward Sniders'' experiences of World War Two make compelling reading. As a Mosquito pilot, he led a charmed life until his luck ran out in dramatic fashion.'
A History of the British Cavalry
Volume 4: 1899-1913
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 1993
This book describes the history of the British cavalry in detail, running up to World War I.
A History of the British Cavalry
Volume 5: 1914-1919 Egypt, Palestine and Syria
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 1994
Volume V covers the last glory days of cavalry in World War I's Middle Eastern theater, as British, Indian, Australian and New Zealand cavalry conducted some of the most brilliant mounted operations of all time.
Honourable Conquests
An account of the enduring work of the Royal Engineers throughout the Empire
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 1998
The origin of the Corps of Royal Engineers, now affectionately known as The Sappers but then as the King's Military Engineers, has been traced as far as 1414, though it was not until 1716 that a permanent officer corps of engineers was established by the Board of Ordnance with the title Corps of Engineers.....
Final Descent
Air Crashes in Wales and the Borders
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 1998
Final Descent presents detailed information on the loss of allied aircraft in the forbidding hills of Wales and the often tragic consequences.
Rude Mechanicals
An account of Tank Maturity during the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 1989
In this sequel to "An New Excalibur", which examined the development of the tank during World War I and after, Smithers examines the role played by tanks in World War II. At the beginning of the war only the Germans and the Russians had realized the full power of the tank. The British and...
From Biplane to Spitfire
The Life of air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2004
Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond and his brother Jack joined the Royal Flying Corps during the Great War and both were to have a major influence on the development of the Royal Air Force in the 1920s and 1930s. After a most distinguished war service, Geoffrey, the older of the two, became one of the...
by Graham Maddocks
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 1998
Montauban was the southernmost of the Somme villages attacked by the British Army on 1 July, 1916, and it was where there was the greatest success. This new book in the series takes the reader over ground where Captain Nevill kicked a football on going over the top, where the Somme cameramen took...
Taranto 1940
A Glorious Episode”
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1995
In the long history of the British Isles few years can stand in comparison with 1940 in terms of unrivalled gloom. The fiasco in Norway, the evacuation of the BEF from Dunkirk, the fall of France and the entry of Italy into the war were hardly offset by the success of the Royal Air Force in the Battle...
A Serious Disappointment
The Battle of Aubers Ridge 1915 and the Munitions Scandal
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1995
On 9 May 1915 the British First Army under Haig and the French Tenth Army launched a joint offensive against the Germans on the Western Front. The British attempt to capture Aubers Ridge ended up a disaster. The full story h as never been told before.