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Bomber Commander
Don Saville DSO, DFC - 'The Mad Australian
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2004
Wing Commander Donald Teale Saville DSO, DFC joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1927. From 1932 until 1939 he flew and tested private aircraft, was a flying instructor and then a Captain-pilot with Australian National Airways. In 1936, at the age of 36 years, he volunteered for the RAF whilst...
100 Group (Bomber Support)
RAF Bomber Command in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2006
As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area - in this case Norfolk.
The growing importance of the 'electronic war' in the air in 1943 caused the creation of 100 Group to fly both defensive and offensive sorties employing highly secret...
The Fear in the Sky
Vivid Memories of Bomber Aircrew in World War Two
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
The young men who flew with RAF Bomber Command in World War Two were a complex mixture of individuals but they all shared the gift of teamwork. A crew of seven may have comprised all non commissioned men and some crews included commissioned officers but not always flying as pilots.
The outstanding...
1st Air Division 8th Air Force USAAF 1942-45
Flying Fortress Squadrons in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007
As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area - in this case Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
Constituted as the lst Bombardment Division on 30 August 1943 the unit was activated at Brampton Grange, Huntingdon on 13...
Dinghy Drop
279 Squadron RAF 1941 - 46
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2007
September 1941 approval was given for the formation of two long-range Air-Sea Rescue squadrons. No 279 Squadron was formed at Bircham Newton in Norfolk. In the period leading up to the formation of the squadron there had been much work done in relation to air-dropped survival equipment such as the...
by Tony Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
American Eagles provides a photographic snapshot of the lives of the American fighter pilots who volunteered their services during World War II, as well as the Spitfires and Hurricanes they flew. Keen to help Britain stem the spread of Fascism, or perhaps seeking adventure in a foreign land, a number...
Bomber Aircrew of World War II
True Stories of Frontline Air Combat
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2004
Aircrew on a bomber in World War II experienced a cold, tiring and perilous existence. The RAF flew at night, when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb and for many it did not seem prudent to think further ahead than the target, and then hope for a safe return. Daytime raids brought the fear of defending...
by Carey, Brian Todd, Allfree
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2006
Warfare in the Ancient World explores how civilizations and cultures made war on the battlefields of the Near East and Europe between the rise of civilization in Mesopotamia in the late fourth millenium BC and the fall of Rome.Through a exploration of twenty-six selected battles, military historian...
The Gods of Battle
The Thracians at War, 1500 BC - 150 AD
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Herodotus described the Thracians (who inhabited what is now roughly modern Bulgaria, Romania, the European part of Turkey and northern Greece) as the most numerous nation of all - apart from the Indians - and said that they would be the most powerful of all nations if they didn’t enjoy fighting...
by Michael Sage
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
This latest volume in the Roman Conquests series deals with some of the best known Roman campaigns of all. Indeed, due to the involvement of Julius Caesar and the commentaries he wrote upon them, these are some of the most studied of any ancient campaigns.
Before Caesar, however, Rome had already...
Caesar’s Gallic Triumph
Alesia 52BC
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
In 52 B.C. at Alesia in what is now Burgundy in France Julius Caesar pulled off one of the great feats of Roman arms. His heavily outnumbered army utterly defeated the combined forces of the Gallic tribes led by Vercingetorix and completed the Roman conquest of Gaul. The Alesia campaign, and the epic...
by Collette Drifte
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
Women in the Second World War explores the experiences of women who served in the armed forces, or complimentary services. Using interviews, anecdotes, memoirs and/or accounts from the women (or, where appropriate, their children), the book tells the women’s personal accounts of what their lives...
by M.R.D. Foot
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2009
Michael (MRD) Foot enjoys the rare distinction of being the only person referred to by his real name in a John Le Carre novel. A highly significant tribute to the man entrusted with writing the official record of the Special Operations Executive. He authored first (1966) the History of SOE in France...
Children in the Second World War
Memories from the Home Front
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
“Stunning photographs” and firsthand accounts propel a book that “brings together the memories of more than 200 child survivors of the Blitz” (Daily Mail).
It was not just the upheaval caused by evacuation and the blitzes that changed a generation’s childhood, it was how war pervaded...