Pen And Sword imprint: 2611 books
by Luuk Buist, Major M L Peters
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
The fierce struggle between the British 1st Airborne Division and the superior German forces in and around Arnhem is well documented. This book tells of the role played in the battle for Oosterbeek and the bridge at Arnhem itself by the men of the Glider Pilot Regiment (GPR). These men were already...
Constant Vigilance
The RAF Regiment in the Burma Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
The RAF Regiment was created in the early years of World War II for the active dedicated defense of RAF airfields and installations. This book concerns the Regiments operational history in South-east Asia Command and draws on the diaries and recollections of the men who served in that theatre. It...
Ultra Versus U-Boats
Enigma Decrypts in the National Archives
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2009
Keeping the Atlantic sea-lanes open was a vital factor in the fight against Nazi Germany. In the battle to protect merchant shipping from the menace of surface raiders and U-boats, Allied resolve and resources were tested to the utmost.
The story of the extraordinary measures that were taken...
Daring Raids of World War Two
Heroic land, Sea and Air Attacks
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
The Second World War saw a host of heroic raids enacted across the various theatres, all delivered valiantly in a variety of ways by British combatants; on land, by sea and from the air. Daring exploits such as the raid on Rommel, the endeavours of the Cockleshell Heroes and the Dam Busters have become...
The Burma Air Campaign
1941-1945
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2006
The scene is set with an overview of the respective states of the RAF and Japanese Airforce, and an explanation of how the American Volunteer Group (The Flying Tigers) came to be in China. There is a concise description of air ops covering the Japanese invasion of Indo China, Malaya and Singapore,...
Facing Fearful Odds
My Father's Story of Captivity, Escape & Resistance 1940-1945
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
On 22 May 1940 Alec Jay arrived in Calais with his Battalion, the Queen Victoria Rifles. After four days of intense fighting, he was taken prisoner of war along with those of his colleagues who were not killed. The Calais Garrison was not evacuated.
His situation as a POW was exceptionally perilous...
Japan Triumphant
The Far East Campaign 1941–1942
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
The Japanese offensive in the Far East in 1941-2 was extraordinary in its ambition for their aim was to advance across the entire region. They clashed with an array of forces in a series of lightning campaigns that included famous episodes like the raid on Pearl Harbor and the conquest of Singapore....
Commandos and Rangers
D-Day Operations
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
In the dark days of 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill showed his belief in ultimate victory by ordering the raising of the elite Commandos to ‘break the intolerable shackles of defeat.’ Having proved their worth in numerous raids and operations in the Mediterranean they and their American...
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.
Well=known...
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...