Pen Sword: 3374 books
A Century of Naval Aviation 1909-2009
The Evolution of Ships and Shipborne Aircraft
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2009
Above the Waves is the history of the first century of British Naval aviation, with personal accounts adding color to the achievements both in technology, such as angled flight decks, mirror deck landing systems, helicopter assault and vertical take-off, and in operations, including the sinking of...
Stringbag
The Fairey Swordfish at War
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
This is a narrative account of the operations of the Fairey Swordfish throughout World War Two. The most famous of these was the attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto, crippling three battleships and damaging several other ships as well as the seaplane base and an oil storage depot. The Swordfish...
The Second World War's Military Legacy
The Atomic Bomb and Much More
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
'Necessity is the mother of invention' and nothing is more necessary than victory in war. Driven by the need to defeat Hitler's Nazis and Japanese Imperial ambitions, the period 1939 – 1945 saw huge and unprecedented leaps in the invention and development of war winning weapons and technology.
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Operation Sealion
Hitler's Invasion Plan for Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
During the Summer of 1940, Hitlers Germany appeared unstoppable. The Nazis were masters of mainland Europe, in alliance with Stalins Russia and only the English Channel prevented an immediate invasion.
Britain stood alone. The BEF had been routed but, due to the Dunkirk miracle, most of her...
Sacrifice for Stalin
The Cost and Value of the Arctic Convoys Re-assessed
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
Operation BARBAROSSA, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, was a turning point second only to Pearl Harbor. Russia became an ally overnight but a most difficult, dangerous and demanding one. Stalin desperately needed oil, equipment and modern technology but the only practical route was...
by David Wragg
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Compiled by the author of Jane’s Air Forces of the World, this book is a must for naval experts and enthusiasts. In one volume the reader will find the composition and details of all naval elements of a staggering 137 nations’ armed forces including paramilitary organizations as the US Coast Guard...
A Vatican Lifeline '44
Allied Fugitives Aided By the Italian Resistance Foil the Gestapo in Nazi-Occupied Rome
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 1995
A memoir of an Allied soldier and former POW in Rome, and the unexpected support he received from the Italian people—and from a heroic Catholic monsignor.
It is a widely held belief that the Italians in the Second World War failed to win much in the way of martial glory. But the scoffers tend...
by Martin Middlebrook
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2003
This book provides new light on the way the Argentine forces were organized for war, the plans and reactions of the commanders, the sufferings of the soldiers and the shame and disillusionment of defeat. Martin Middlebrook has produced a genuine 'first' with this unique work.
Martin Middlebrook...
by Paul Chrystal, Kenneth Lesley-Dixon
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
Leeds’s Military Legacy is the first fully illustrated book to give a comprehensive description of the military history of Leeds from Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Norman times to the present as home to various garrisons and military museums, not least the renowned Leeds Armouries Museum. Along the way...
by Paul Chrystal
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
A look at how warfare affected—and was affected by—women in ancient times.
Although the conduct of war was generally monopolized by men in the Greco-Roman world, there were plenty of exceptions, with women directly involved in its direction and even as combatants—Artemisia, Olympias, Cleopatra,...
Javelin from the Cockpit
Britain’s First Delta Wing Fighter
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
The Gloster Javelin was designed to be a night/all-weather fighter. It was first introduced into RAF service in 1956 and was retired in 1967. It was a large two-man, twin-engined and delta-winged aircraft. Although extremely rugged in construction pilots were banned from spinning as test flights had...
Kings of the Air
French Aces and Airmen of the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
In comparison to their British and German counterparts, the French airmen of the Great War are not well known. Yet their aerial exploits were just as remarkable, and their contribution to the war effort on the Western Front was equally important. That is why Ian Sumner's vivid history of the men of...
Allied Bombing Raids: Hittiing Back at the Heart of Germany
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
The pilots and combined bombing forces of the Second World War are revered for a host of reasons. Their bravery when cast against the odds, their resilience and determination under fire, and the startling extent of their combined achievements towards the collective end of Allied victory have all been...
The Road to Russia
Arctic Convoys 1942-45
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2002
Bernard Edwards, the formidable naval historian, has researched the fate of Convoys PQ13 and PQ17 bound from Iceland to Northern Russia as well as the westbound Convoy QP13. Attacked relentlessly by aircraft and U-boats, the former lost a total of thirty ships while QP13 ran into a British minefield...