Frontline: 224 books
Dog Fight
Aerial Tactics of the Aces of World War I
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2003
The history of WWI aviation is a rich and varied story marked by the evolution of aircraft from slow moving, fragile, and unreliable powered kites, into quick, agile, sturdy fighter craft. At the same time there emerged a new kind of 'soldier', the fighter pilots whose individual cunning and bravery...
London: Bombed Blitzed and Blown Up
The British Capital Under Attack Since 1867
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
When it comes to being bombed, London is unique. Although it cannot claim to be the most bombed capital city in terms of the weight of explosive detonated it has endured the most varied and unrelenting attack since the discovery of explosives.
From the first Irish Republican bomb in 1867, London...
Luftwaffe Over America
The Secret Plans to Bomb the United States in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
The plans that Nazi Germany had to raid – and bomb – New York and the eastern seabord are revealed in this book. They depended upon the use of transoceanic aircraft, such as the six-engined Ju 390, Me 264 or Ta 400, but the Third Reich was unable to produce these machines in sufficient numbers.
X-Planes
German Luftwaffe Prototypes 1930-1945
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Renowned German aviation specialist Manfred Griehl has collected a unique and valuable selection of photographs of Luftwaffe projects that never made it into battle. They remained on the drawing board or at prototype stage either because they were deemed unsuitable or the developers simply ran out...
Aces of the Reich
The Making of a Luftwaffe Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
In 1939, the Luftwaffe was arguably the world's best-equipped and best-trained air force. Its fighters were second to none, and their pilots had a tactical system superior to any other in the world. In campaigns over Poland, Norway, the Low Countries and France, they carried all before them. Only...
The Watery Grave
The Life and Death of HMS Manchester
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
In 2002 the wreck of a British cruiser was located by divers off the coast of Tunisia. The stunning photographs of the wreck inspired Dr Richard Osborne to delve into the controversy surrounding the loss of one of the Royal Navy's proudest ships – HMS Manchester.
After taking part in the...
Hitler’s Commanders
German Bravery in the Field, 1939–1945
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
As absolute as Hitler's control over the German war machine was, it depended on the ability, judgment and unquestioning loyalty of the senior officers charged with putting his ideas, however difficult, into effect.
Top military historian James Lucas examines the stories of fourteen of these...
by Ridolfo Capo Ferro
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
This beautifully illustrated and detailed book presents one of the world’s most influential fencing treatises. Ridolfo Capo Ferro was a legend in his own lifetime and his intricate and exact instructions were copied and emulated throughout a Europe bewitched by this Italian’s grace and style....
Wellington’s Voice
The Candid Letters of Lieutenant Colonel John Fremantle, Coldstream Guards, 1808–1821
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
John Fremantle was on Wellington's personal staff through the later years of the Peninsular War and Waterloo campaigns.
He had a uniquely privileged view of the general and tells of his exploits – good and bad. The letters were written to his uncle, who was effectively his guardian, an army...
Stay the Distance
The Life and Times of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael Beetham
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Sir Michael Beetham enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the Royal Air Force. He joined the RAF as a pilot in 1941 and was awarded the DFC whilst serving with Bomber Command during 1943/44. Remaining in the post-war RAF, a number of flying and staff appointments followed, notably he drafted...
Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes
The Secrets of Bletchley Park
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
’An intriguing page-turning and personal account of that most secretive of wartime institutions, Bletchley Park, and of the often eccentric people who helped to win the war’ – Beryl Bainbridge
Bletchley Park, or 'Station X', was home to the most famous code breakers of the Second World...
The Battle of the River Plate
The First Naval Battle of the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
At dawn on 13 December 1939, smoke was seen on the horizon; HMS Exeter was told to close in and investigate. Two minutes later a dramatic signal was sent from the British cruiser – ‘I think it is a pocket battleship.’
It was. The Deutschland-class heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, marauder...
by C Shore
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Captain C Shore's enthusiasm for firearms led him to take every possible opportunity to try out different weapons, ammunition and methods of shooting. The result of all his investigations is this practical guide to the sniper&supl;s art in World War II.
His interest was combined with sound...
The Secret Army
The Memoirs of General Bor-Komorowski
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Tadeusz Komorowski was born in 1895 in Galicia, a region then ruled by the Austrians, and he served in the Austro-Hungarian Army in the First World War. Poland regained its independence in 1918, and Komorowski fought against the Russians in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919–21.
When Germany invaded...