Fonthill Media: 289 books
Monty's Northern Legions
50th Northumbrian and 15th Scottish Divisions at War 1939–1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017
This is the story of two British Army infantry divisions that were very highly regarded by Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, and whose gallant roles in the Second World War deserve to be much better known.
50th Northumbrian or Tyne-Tees Division was recruited from Durham, north and east...
The Avro Vulcan
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
The delta-wing design of the subsonic bomber Avro Vulcan was years ahead of its time in terms of design when the Ministry accepted the proposal in 1947. Based on top secret Luftwaffe material after the end of the Second World War, the first prototype flew on 18 May 1951 and it went on to serve in...
he Fires of October
The Planned US Invasion of Cuba During the Missile Crisis of 1962
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
It was the closest we ever came to unleashing the Third World War.... The image of that world was so horrible to contemplate that both sides stepped away from that precipice and opted for peace. Fires of October is the exhilarating military history of the Cuban Missile Crisis exploring in detail the...
Kettenhund!
The German Military Police in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017
In almost every army in the World, the Military Police rank amongst those who are least liked by other soldiers despite the essential duties that they carry out, often being amongst the first in and last out in any theatre of war. In the German armed forces, however, opinions of the military police...
Roman Women
The Women who influenced the History of Rome
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017
Using historical sources ( Livy, Suetonius, et al) as well as numismatic and sculptural evidence, Roman Women details the lives of Rome’s most influential women to examine, uniquely, what effect they had on contemporary politics, and or how far they and their reputations and actions reflected...
by Paul Chrystal
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2018
From Thermopylae to Marathon, discover the most important battles of the ancient Greek wars, which helped set the course of European history for centuries
Examines the events leading up to each conflict and the social and political fallout
Appraises military geniuses such as Sparta and Athens
Beautifully...
Handley Page
Forty Years On, 1909-1949
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Handley Page began manufacturing aeroplanes in a small factory in Barking, Essex in 1909. Handley Page Limited was founded by Frederick Handley Page (later Sir Frederick) as the United Kingdom's first publicly traded aircraft manufacturing company. Sir Frederick declined to allow his company to be...
Politics, Society and Homosexuality in Post-War Britain
The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 and Its Significance
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was ground-breaking in the UK and Politics, Society and Homosexuality in Post-War Britain: The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 and its Significance marks the fiftieth anniversary of its successful path to the statute book.
The act was not without controversy and...
Crystal Palace Speedway
A History of the Glaziers
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2017
On 19 May 1928, just three months after the sport had been launched in this country at the pioneering High Beech meeting, Fred Mockford and Cecil Smith introduced speedway racing to Crystal Palace with the first international match between England and Australia, the forerunner of the Test matches....
Crescenta Valley History
Hidden in Plain Sight
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
The Crescenta Valley is a typical suburb of the metropolis of Los Angeles, containing residential neighborhoods nestled in chaparral-covered hills. But hidden in these typical neighborhoods are remnants of an atypical past, a past made up of Hollywood legends, Prohibition-era bootleggers, and pioneers...
Along the Lines of Devotion
The Bloodstained Field of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
The fighting on July 1 1863 built the foundation to what would become known as the bloodiest battle fought on American soil. However, it remains one of the most overlooked locations around the battlefield. Cast into the shadows of more scenic locations such as Little Round Top, Devil’s Den, the...
The Road to Civitella 1944
The Captain, the Chaplain and the Massacre
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
The massacre and destruction of Civitella on 29 June, 1944 by the 1st Fallschirm Panzer Division 'Herman Goring' as reprisal for the shooting of three German soldiers in the village Dopolavoro-after work social club, left women widows and children fatherless. The book describes the journey of Captain...
Hitler’s Berchtesgaden
A Guide to Third Reich Sites in the Berchtesgaden and Obersalzberg Area
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
In 1925, Adolf Hitler chose a remote mountain area in the south-east corner of Germany as his home. Hitler settled in a small house on the Obersalzberg, a district overlooking the picturesque town of Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Obersalzberg...
Himmler's Diary 1945
A Calendar of Events Leading to Suicide
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2017
Himmler's Diary 1945: A Calendar of Events Leading to Suicide is an exceptional work with unpublished diary entries made by Himmler that shows in detail how The Third Reich fell to ruin in its final bloody year. Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler was instigator of the largest programme of racial mass...