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by Graham Simons
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2012
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was almost certainly the most versatile Second World War Bomber. Apart from its bombing role in all theaters of operation, the B-24 hauled fuel to France during the push towards Germany, carried troops, fought U-boats in the Atlantic and, probably most important of...
The Panavia Tornado
A Photographic Tribute
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Through a collection of dramatic and informative photographs, supplemented by cutaway illustrations, this book highlights the agility and flexibility of this dedicated RAF aircraft. Throughout the course of its career, it has formed the backbone of the RAF across its many different theaters of operation....
by Bryn Evans
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Compared to the RAF's Fighter and Bomber Commands, the Desert Air Force (DAF) is far less well known, yet its achievements were spectacular.
DAF led the way in North Africa and Italy in pioneering new tactics in close Army-Air Force co-operation on the battlefield, DAF and Allied air forces gave...
Cherbourg
Battleground WW2
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2004
Following the landings in Normandy, one of the Allies main concerns was how to supply the expanding beachhead. Having cut off the Cotentin peninsula, General Bradley turned his attentions to the port of Cherbourg, the deep-water port nearest to the American landing beaches. However, Hitler had given...
Attack on the Scheldt
The Struggle for Antwerp 1944
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
During the Allied advance across northwest Europe in 1944, the opening up of the key port of Antwerp was a pivotal event, yet it has been neglected in histories of the conflict. The battles in Normandy and on the German frontier have been studied often and in detail, while the fight for the Scheldt...
1813: Empire at Bay
The Sixth Coalition & the Downfall of Napoleon
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
A distinguished historian and British Army veteran examines the political and military alliances that led to the defeat of France in the Napoleonic Wars.
1813 was a critical year in the war that ended with the downfall of Napoleon—the year in which the balance of power tipped decisively against...
Waterloo 1815
Wavre, Plancenoit and the Race to Paris
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2006
Histories of the Waterloo campaign and tours of the battlefield generally concentrate on the battle between the armies of Napoleon and Wellington - the role of Blucher's Prussians is left in the background. Peter Hofschöer's fascinating account focuses on the Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo and...
by Digby Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2005
In June 1812 500,000 men of Napoleon's army invaded Russia. Six months later barely 20,000 returned. The disastrous advance to Moscow and the subsequent retreat irreparably damaged Napoleon's military power and prestige and resulted one of the most celebrated catastrophes of in all military history....
The Battle of Borodino
Napoleon Against Kutuzov
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2007
On 7 September 1812 at Borodino, 75 miles west of Moscow, the armies of the Russian and French empires clashed in one of the climactic battles of the Napoleonic Wars. This horrific - and controversial - contest has fascinated historians ever since.
The survival of the Russian army after Borodino...
The Burning of Moscow
Napoleon's Trail By Fire 1812
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
As soon as Napoleon and his Grand Army entered Moscow, on 14 September 1812, the capital erupted in flames that eventually engulfed and destroyed two thirds of the city. The fiery devastation had a profound effect on the Grand Army, but for thirty-five days Napoleon stayed, making increasingly desperate...
SS Das Reich At War 1939–1945
A History of the Division on the Western and Eastern Fronts
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Between 1933 and 1939, the strength and influence of the SS grew considerably with thousands of men being recruited into the new ideological armed formation, many into units known as the SS-Verfgungstruppe (Special Disposal Troop). These troops saw action in Poland before switching to the Western...
Jet Wars in the Nuclear Age
1972 to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
This book explores the era of the 1970s right up to the present day, illustrating how
fighter-bombers and tactics have developed and evolved during this time. It covers all the most significant military conflicts that have characterised this era, including the Eleven Day War of Christmas 1972 in Vietnam...
by David G Williamson
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
The Polish partisan army, the largest in Europe, fought with extraordinary tenacity against the Wehrmacht during the Warsaw Uprising. This was the most famous manifestation of organized, large-scale, armed resistance to Hitler's rule. Yet the wider story of the Polish underground movement, which fought...
Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066-1837
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
The trail that an ancestor leaves through the Victorian period and the twentieth century is relatively easy to follow the records are plentiful, accessible and commonly used. But how do you go back further, into the centuries before the central registration of births, marriages and deaths was introduced...