Pen Sword: 3374 books
by Michelle Higgs
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
An “utterly brilliant” and deeply researched guide to the sights, smells, endless wonders, and profound changes of nineteenth century British history (Books Monthly, UK).
Step into the past and experience the world of Victorian England, from clothing to cuisine, toilet arrangements to transport—and...
by Stanley Wort
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2009
A memoir of serving in prewar Hong Kong, being held prisoner by the Japanese, and surviving slave labor.
This is the story of a young man thrust into the Royal Navy in distant Hong Kong. With both drama and humor, he relates some of the situations in which he found himself—and provides a...
Captured at the Imjin River
The Korean War Memoirs of a Gloster
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2003
The author, a young conscript, fought with The Glorious Glosters at the legendary Imjin River battle. Heavily outnumbered by the Chinese and subjected to 'human-wave' infantry attacks, he and his colleagues suffered the trauma of being overrun and the vast majority of those who were not killed became...
Jungle Warfare
Experiences and Encounters
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2008
The physical conditions of jungle warfare and the closeness of contact with the enemy pose unique problems and call for special soldiering skills. Colonel John Cross, a life long Gurkha officer, has an unrivalled knowledge of this demanding warfare and uses it to best advantage in this instructive...
Healing in Hell
The Memoirs of a Far Eastern POW Medic
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Ken Adams, as a trained medic, was sent out to the Far East and immediately saw action on the Malay Peninsula. Captured at Singapore he initially worked at Changi Hospital. Many moves and much worse capos in Thailand were to follow. He describes his life, work and the terrible conditions endured at...
Sacrifice, Captivity and Escape
The Remarkable Memoirs of a Japanese POW
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Sacrifice, Captivity and Escape is an exceptional story. Peter Jackson was young and recently married when he was drafted into the army at the start of World War II. He had no wish to be there but like most of his generation he was given no choice.
Peter arrived in Singapore just as the city...
Wingate’s Lost Brigade
The First Chindit Operations 1943
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
With the Japanese seemingly unbeatable after their conquest of Malaya, Singapore, Thailand and much of Burma, Orde Wingate’s plans to conduct long range deep penetration operations behind Japanese lines in Burma were audacious to say the least. His Chindit operations (so called after Chindwin River)...
by Geoffrey Brooke
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
When Singapore fell so ignominiously to the Japanese in February 1942, many tens of thousands of men, women and children were left to their own devices. To stay in Singapore meant certain captivity. This book tells of some of the remarkable and shocking experiences that lay in store for those who...
We Fought at Kohima
At Veteran's Account
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
The Japanese advance through Thailand, Malaya and Burma appeared unstoppable and the fate of India looked utterly precarious.
The garrison of the Kohima outpost numbering some 1500 British and Indian Army soldiers faced over 13,000 fanatical and previously victorious Japanese troops. The following...
by Neville Williams
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
This remarkable story begins with as a young National Serviceman in 1951, the author walked through the gates at the Welch Brigade Training Centre, Brecon, and ends when he walked back into Civvy Street in 1953. Between these dates he went through many life-changing experiences, in particular the...
Blowing Our Bridges
A Memoir From Dunkirk To Korea Via Normandy
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2004
This action packed military memoir tells of the exploits of a young Sapper officer during both the Second World War and in Korea. Tony Younger was in the thick of the action during the German Blitzkrieg of 1940 seeing desperate fighting as the beleaguered British Expeditionary Force struggled to escape...
The Will to Live
A japanese POWs Memoir of Captivity and The Railway
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
The Author kept a diary recording his 1,000 days of captivity at the hands of the Japanese army. The difficulties and risks involved in this task were immense, yet he persevered although it meant deliberately defacing and cutting up the small pieces of paper. As a result, his memoir is both contemporaneous...
Captivity, Slavery and Survival as a Far East POW
The Conjurer on the Kwai
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
Captivity, Slavery and Survival as a Far East POW is the incredibly moving story of Gus Anckorn, a British soldier who was captured by the Japanese and held for over three and a half years. Before the war, Gus was a magician and throughout the war, entertained both fellow soldiers and Japanese guards...
Never Surrender
Dramatic Escapes from Japanese Prison Camps
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
While there have been many fine books covering the appalling experiences and great courage of the many thousands of POWscaptured by the victorious Japanese during late 1941 and early 1942, escape accounts are much rarer. This is due in large part tothe fact that only a comparatively small number of...