John Grehan: 33 books
The Battle of Barrosa, 1811
Forgotten Battle of the Peninsular War
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Witness the critical campaign that changed the course of the Peninsular War, helped defeat Napoleon, and save Spain!
Napoleon’s armies were relentless in their campaign to claim the Iberian Peninsula, waging war against Spain and Portugal for six years. The upstart emperor’s ambition had already...
by John Grehan, Martin Mace
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Despatches in this volume include that on the first and second battles of Narvik in 1940; the despatch on operations in central Norway 1940, by Lieutenant General H.R.S. Massy, Commander-in-Chief, North West Expeditionary Force; Despatch on operations in Northern Norway between April and June 1940;...
Battleground Sussex
A Military History of Sussex From the Iron Age to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
From its south-eastern tip Sussex is little more than sixty miles from continental Europe and the county’s coastline, some seventy-six miles long, occupies a large part of Britain’s southern frontier. Before the days of Macadam and the Turnpike, water travel could prove more certain than land...
British Battles of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1806
Despatched from the Front
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
The Napoleonic Wars was truly a world-wide conflict and Britain found itself engaged in battles, sieges and amphibious operations around the globe. Following every battle the commanding officer submitted a report back to the Admiralty or the War Office. Presented here together for the first time are...
Unearthing Churchill’s Secret Army
The Official List of SOE Casualties and Their Stories
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
The Special Operations Executive was one of the most secretive organizations of the Second World War, its activities cloaked in mystery and intrigue. The fate, therefore, of many of its agents was not revealed to the general public other than the bare details carved with pride upon the headstones...
The First Vcs
The Stories Behind the First Victoria Crosses in the Crimean War and the Definition of Courage
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Officers led and men followed; all were expected to do their duty without thought of reward. Enlisted men rarely penetrated the officer ranks and promotion owed more to money than merit. Then came the Crimean War.
The incompetence and ineffectiveness of the senior officers contrasted sharply with...
British Battles of the Crimean Wars 1854-1856
Despatches from the Front
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
The Crimean War was the most destructive armed conflict of the Victorian era. It is remembered for the unreasoning courage of the Charge of the Light Brigade, for the precise volleys of the Thin Red Line and the impossible assaults upon Sevastopol's Redan. It also demonstrated the inefficiency and...
Operations in North Africa and the Middle East 1942-1944
El Alamein, Tunisia, Algeria and Operation Torch
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Despatches in this volume include the despatch fo the campaign from Alamein to Tunis, by Field Marshal the Viscount Alexander of Tunis. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces North Africa; despatch on operation in the Western Desert December 1940 to February 1941, by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell,...
by John Grehan
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
The Napoleonic Wars was truly a world-wide conflict and Britain found itself engaged in battles, sieges and amphibious operations around the globe. Following every battle the commanding officer submitted a report back to the Admiralty or the War Office. Presented here together for the first time are...
Bomber Harris
Sir Arthur Harris' Despatches on War Operations 1942-1945
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
The bombing campaign conducted against Germany and German-occupied Europe in the Second World War was, and remains, one of the most controversial operations of the entire war. Much of Bomber Command's effort was what was defined as 'area' bombing, in which whole cities or districts were targeted....
by John Grehan, Martin Mace
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Despatches in this volume include Air Operations in Burma and Bay of Bengal 1 January to 22 May 1942 by General Wavell, the despatch on air operations in South-East Asia November 1943 to May 1944, by Air Chief Marshal Sir R.E.C. Peirse, the despatch on air operations in South-East Asia from June 1944...
The Battle for Burma 1943-1945
From Kohima & Imphal Through to Victory
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Despatches in this volume include that on operations in Burma and North-East India between November 1943 and June 1944, by General Sir George J. Giffard; the despatch on operations in Assam and Burma between June 1944 June and November 1944, by General Sir George J. Giffard, Commander-in-Chief; the...
The BEF in France 1939-1940
Manning the Front Through to the Dunkirk Evacuation
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British force in Europe from 1939–1940 during the Second World War. Commanded by General Lord Gort, the BEF constituted one-tenth of the defending Allied force.
The British Expeditionary Force was started in 1938 in readiness for a perceived threat...
by John Grehan, Martin Mace
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
At 07.30 hours on 1 July 1916, the devastating cacophony of the Allied artillery fell silent along the front on the Somme. The ear-splitting explosions were replaced by the shrill sound of hundreds of whistles being blown. At that moment, tens of thousands of British soldiers climbed out from the...