Spellmount imprint: 42 books
In the Highest Traditions of the Royal Navy
The Life of Captain John Leach MVO DSO
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The biography of a lauded war hero who went down with his ship John Leach embodied the best of the service, and truly was in "the highest traditions of the Royal Navy"—this biography analyzes the influences which shaped him and led him ultimately to his heroic end. On December 10, 1941,...
by Nik Cornish
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
This book is a clear introduction to the Russian Army of 1914–18 and the events on the Eastern Front during that period. It covers not only the three dominant events of Western literature (the battle of Tannenberg and the March and November revolutions) but expands on the facts and bitter realities...
Lifeline
A British Casualty Clearing Station on the Western Front, 1918
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
On March 21, 1918, the 29th and 3rd Casualty Clearing Stations RAMC were encamped at Grévillers, just behind the front line, when Germany launched its final, massive offensive. These Field Hospitals were the lifeline to the rear for the unabated deluge of wounded which soon overwhelmed both units....
Grasping Gallipoli
Terrain Maps and Failure at the Dardanelles, 1915
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
The failure of the Gallipoli campaign was instantly blamed on a great untruth—that the War Office was unprepared. This book, incorporating information unavailable elsewhere, shows that in fact the WO and the Admiralty had amassed a huge amount of data. Aerial reconnaissance had played a part—even...
Rudolf Hess: The Last Word
A New Technical Analysis of the Hess Flight, May 1941
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
No one can resist a good conspiracy theory—particulary if it involves the MI6, the Nazis, and the Royal Family—and the one behind Rudolf Hess' flight to Scotland during WWII has yet to be debunkedOn May 10, 1941, on a whim, Hitler's deranged deputy Rudolf Hess flew a Messerschmitt Bf 110 to...
by Edmund Yorke
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
A legendary victory of Afghan forces over the British ArmyThe battle of Maiwand was one of the most serious defeats of the British Army during the Great Game and one of the only times during the 19th century that an Asian force defeated a Western power. The battle commenced on July 27, 1880, as Afghan...
Other Battle of the Bulge
Operation Northwind
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
The story of Operation Northwind, Hitler's surprise attempt to smash the German's way through Alsace Lorraine in January 1945, seen through the eyes of the young men who were "at the sharp end." Few except those who fought it know anything about a second Battle of the Bulge, which cost the...
Very Unusual Air War
From Dunkirk to AFDU: The Diary and Log Book of Test Pilot Leonard Thorne 1940-45
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
The 20-year-old Len Thorne joined the RAF in May 1940. After two hectic tours of operational duty as a fighter pilot (including some desperately dangerous low-level flying at Dunkirk) he was posted to AFDU (Air Fighting Development Unit) and remained there as a test pilot for the rest of the war....
From Gaza to Jerusalem
The First World War in the Holy Land
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The first comprehensive history of one of the most successful British campaigns of the First World WarThe 1917 Palestine campaign saw Britain's Army rise from defeat to achieve stunning victory. After two failed attacks on Gaza using tactics employed on the Western Front, a new commander was appointed....
'I Wish I Had Your Wings'
A Spitfire Pilot and Operation Pedestal, Malta 1942
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
In August 1942, the British launched Operation Pedestal in an attempt to deliver supplies to the stricken island of Malta, an Allied base which had been under Axis blockade for months. From August 9 to August 15, a convoy of some 50 ships ran the gauntlet of Axis bombers, submarines, E-boats, and...
Road from Sarajevo
British Army Operations in Bosnia, 1995-1996
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
A unique insight into the decisive role the British Army played in ending the Bosnian war, including first-hand descriptions of fire fights and confrontations with ruthless warlordsThe savage Bosnian civil war was ended politically by the Dayton Peace Agreement, but it had to be implemented on the...
Ubique
The Royal Artillery in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
During World War II the Germans assessed the Royal Artillery (RA) as the most professional arm of the British Army. British gunners were accurate, effective, and efficient, and provided better fire support for their armored and infantry colleagues than in any other army. The RA provided much more...
Kill Them All
Cathars and Carnage in the Albigensian Crusade
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
The Albigensian crusade (1209-1229) by the Catholic Church against the Cathar heretics of southern France is infamous for its brutality and savagery. Marked by massacres and acts of appalling cruelty, these deeds are commonly ascribed to the role of religious fanaticism. This book is the first to...
'Unsinkable'
Churchill and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A history of Churchill's achievements in the Great War and why he was dubbed "the unsinkable politician" by the Morning Post when he returned to office in 1917Here is the story of a man unjustly vilified: Churchill in World War I. His enemies—the Tory party—censured him for Antwerp,...