Pen And Sword: 3067 books
Fips
Legendary U-Boat Commander 1915-1918
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 1999
Weuner FŸrbringer (Fips) became one of the most successful U-Boat commanders in WW1 through a blend of skill, daring and, by his own typically modest admission, sheer luck. This vivid memoir, never before published in English, makes compelling reading.This is an inspiring and chivalrous story; it...
ARCTIC SNOW TO DUST OF NORMANDY
The Extraordinary Wartime Exploits of a Naval Special Agent
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2003
Very few men have a more exciting and dramatic story of their wartime activities to tell than Patrick Dalzel-Job. In 1940 using his special knowledge of North Norway's coast line he landed and moved over 10,000 Allied soldiers in local boats without the loss of a single life. Acting against specific...
XD Operations
Secret British Missions Denying Oil to the Nazis
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
XD Operations is the first account of the thrilling operations by the Kent Fortress Royal Engineers, a small Territorial Army Unit given the largest demolition programme ever undertaken by the Royal Engineers. These took place in May 1940 with the object of destroying all the oil reserves stored in...
by Manfred Von Richthofen
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009
Manfred von Richthofen - the Red Baron - was the most celebrated fighter pilot of the First World War, and was holder of the Blue Max, Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest military decoration. He was credited with 80 victories in the air, before being shot down in disputed circumstances aged 26. In...
MIG Menace Over Korea
Nicolai Sutiagin, Top Ace Soviet of the Korean War
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Nikolai Vasil'evich Sutiagin, the top-scoring Soviet air ace of the Korean War, flew his MiG-15 in lethal dogfights against American Sabres and Australian Meteors. He is credited with at 22 'kills'. Yet the full story of his extraordinary achievements has never been told. Only now, with the opening...
Luftwaffe Bombers in the Battle of Britain
Rare photographs from wartime archives
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Luftwaffe Bombers in the Battle of Britain will contains some 140-150 images of German bomber aircraft during the summer of 1940. The images will cover the entirety of the battle and will depict losses across Britain during this period. Each picture will tell its own story, and will be fully captioned...
by Stuart Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2004
The 1994 crash of Chinook with top Northern Ireland intelligence experts on board into the Mull of Kintyre has remained the source of intense speculation ever since. The book is not only a full account of the incident and the subsequent on-going controversy over blame, but also attempts to solve the...
by Kaplan, Philip
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary RAF fighter aces during the Battle of Britain. The accounts of the experiences of fighter pilots are based on archival research, diaries, letters, published and unpublished memoirs and personal interviews with veterans.
Black Night for Bomber Command
The Tragedy of 16 December 1943
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
“I am not pressing you to fight the weather as well as the Germans, never forget that.” So wrote Winston Churchill to Arthur Harris, the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command, after the terrible events of 16 December 1943. In the murky dusk almost five hundred heavy bombers, almost entirely...
Beyond the Dams to the Tirpitz
The Later Operations of the 617 Squadron
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
First published to acclaim in 1983, this book is set to impact upon the book-buying public, eager for accounts of this period of World War history. Relaying the later operations of 617 Squadron, this book steers away from typical accounts of the group, which dwell on this predominant feature of their...
The Fear in the Sky
Vivid Memories of Bomber Aircrew in World War Two
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
The young men who flew with RAF Bomber Command in World War Two were a complex mixture of individuals but they all shared the gift of teamwork. A crew of seven may have comprised all non commissioned men and some crews included commissioned officers but not always flying as pilots.
The outstanding...
Battles of Newbury
Crossroads of the English Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
In 1643 and again in 1644 the forces of King Charles I and Parliament clashed at Newbury in a bloody fight. Each time the fate of the country hung in the balance.
Chris Scott retells the story of these two complex and exciting battles and provides a fascinating guided tour of the surviving battlefields.
by Derek Tait
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
When news of the war broke out in 1914, nothing could prepare the citizens of Aberdeen for the changes that would envelop their city over the next four years. The story of Aberdeen in the Great War is both an interesting and intriguing one. The city played a key role in the deployment of troops to...
by Michael Stedman
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
Unlike its near neighbor, working-class Salford, Manchester proved able to raise eight Pals battalions. Initially, these battalions were composed of middle-class men who experience before the war years was within the commercial, financial and manufacturing interests which formed the foundations of...