Helion: 171 books
Ethiopian-Eritrean Wars. Volume 1
Eritrean War of Independence, 1961-1988
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, has remained a military powerhouse of that continent until the present day. Currently involved in the war in neighboring Somalia, Ethiopia was also involved in half a dozen of other armed conflicts during the last 60 years. One of the most...
Paradise Afire. Volume 1
The Sri Lankan War, 1971-1987
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
When released into independence from Great Britain in 1948, the stunningly beautiful island of Ceylon, renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, was expected to become a sort of ‘South Asian Singapore.' However, stable political order and bright economic prospects proved insufficient to maintain peace. A host...
Ethiopian-Eritrean Wars. Volume 2
Eritrean War of Independence, 1988-1991 & Badme War, 1998-2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, remains a military powerhouse of that continent until our days. Nowadays involved in the war in neighboring Somalia, Ethiopia was also involved in half a dozen of other armed conflicts over the last 60 years.
Crucial between these was...
The Paras
Portugal’s First Elite Force in Africa, 1961-1974
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Portuguese paratroopers or “paras” began as a stepchild of the army and found a home in the Portuguese Air Force in 1955. Initially, the post-World War Two Portuguese Army seemed to have had mixed emotions about the need for elite, special-purpose forces that operated in small units with the attendant...
Flight Plan Africa
Portuguese Airpower in Counterinsurgency, 1961-1974
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Following the 1952 reorganization of the Portuguese Air Force from the army and naval air arms, Portugal now had an entity dedicated solely to aviation that would bring it into line with its new NATO commitment. As it proceeded to develop a competence in modern multiengine and jet fighter aircraft...
Red Devils over the Yalu
A Chronicle of Soviet Aerial Operations in the Korean War 1950-53
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
The Korean War (1950-1953) was the first - and only - full-scale air war in the jet age. It was in the skies of North Korea where Soviet and American pilots came together in fierce aerial clashes. The best pilots of the opposing systems, the most powerful air forces, and the most up-to-date aircraft...
Danish Campaign of 1864
Recollections of an Austrian General Staff Officer
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
The war of 1864 between Austria and Prussia on the one side and Denmark on the other was short but important for European history. The two Germanic great powers combined to force a much weaker but intransigent Denmark to cede its two provinces of Schleswig and Holstein, which freed German territory...
Battle of Spicheren
August 1870
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2009
This account, penned by a noted British military historian of the late nineteenth century, remains one of the best narratives of a nineteenth century battle yet published. Henderson based this detailed and considered account of one of the opening battles of the Franco-Prussian War upon not only General...
For Rex and for Belgium
Léon Degrelle and Walloon Political and Military Collaboration 1940-45
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2004
Nearly 60 years after the end of the Second World War, the name "Degrelle" remains controversial in Belgium and abroad. Was he a traitor to his nation, or a hero for anti-Communism? Until recently, the only information available on the man and his political movement came from Degrelle's...
Caen Controversy
The Battle for Sword Beach 1944
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
On 6 June 1944 British, American, Canadian and French troops landed in Normandy by air and sea. This was one of the key moments of the Second World War, a long-anticipated invasion which would, ultimately, lead to the defeat of Nazi Germany. By the day’s end a lodgment had been effected and Operation...
by Nick Svendsen
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
1848 was a turbulent but momentous time in Europe. Within this context, the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein were caught between the rising nationalism and desire for unification of the Prussian/German nation states and the traditional alliances with the Danish Kingdom. The Schleswig Holsteiners...
The Lilies & The Thistle
French Troops in the Jacobite '45
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
The Jacobite Rising of 1745 could not have taken place without French support. French ships carried Charles Edward Stuart to Scotland, French gold financed his campaign, and French weapons equipped many of his troops. Yet the actual French military contribution to the campaign was small, and its role...
Israeli Air Force Operations in the 1956 Suez War
29 October-8 November 1956
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
By participating in 1956 Suez Crisis Israel exploited an opportunity to join forces with France and the United Kingdom in an attack against Egypt in order to accomplish diplomatic, military and political objectives: to open the Red Sea international shipping lane to ships sailing from and to Eilat;...
Russian World War II Dictionary
A Russian-English Glossary of Special Terms, Expressions and Soldiers' Slang
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
The Great Patriotic War (GPW) of the Soviet people against Nazi Germany, known in the West as the Eastern Front of WWII, continues to attract a number of military historians from different countries around the world. The frontline veterans' reminiscences occupy a prominent place among most important...