Pen And Sword: 3067 books
by Ken Porter, Stephen Wynn
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
A brief history of how the people of Laindon and district coped with the problems of the First World War
• Throughout the book are individual family memories, over 100 photographs and appropriate oems mostly written at the time.
• Indication of why Britain went to war
• Insight...
Air War Over Europe
1939-1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2003
Chaz Bowyer, arguably the most authoritative air historian of his generation, tackles the broad sweep of air operations in the European theatre in this book. Initially, the Luftwaffe attempted to dominate the skies, and very nearly succeeded. The valiant defence of the UK by the RAF in the Battle...
Bloody Red Tabs
General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914-1918
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Long before that ghastly and quite unnecessary slogging match in the mud which we now call the First World War had dragged to its blood-soaked conclusion the belief that most of the senior officers had spent their time in comfort and safety in chateaux far behind the lines with no idea of the conditions...
by Carole McEntee-Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
'Save Yourselves, I'll carry on'. These were the last known words of Herbert Columbine, shouted at his two companions on the afternoon of 22nd March 1918. At 9am that morning, in Hervilly Woods, France, 9 Squadron Machine Gun Corps had come under intense attack from a heavy force of German infantry....
Surviving the Nazi Onslaught
The Defence of Calais to the Death March for Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
Ted Taylor, 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, was sent to France in May 1940 as part of Calais Force. Initially sent to open up supply lines to the rapidly retreating BEF, they soon found themselves defending Calais against the might of the 10th Panzer Division. Outnumbered by at least three to one...
Silvered Wings
The Memoirs of Air Vice-Marshal Sir John Severne KCVO OBE AFC DL
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2007
John Severne joined the RAF in 1944 and gained his wings two months after World War II ended. This book captures the author’s great passion for flying, whether it be in jet-fighters, light aircraft, helicopters or making model planes and gives details of his long a illustrious career.
His...
by Charles Heyman
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2007
This comprehensive pocket guide includes full and up-to-date details of all British military organizations and structures. This edition includes detail regarding all of the UK MoD’s latest future force proposals.
The Armed Forces of the United Kindom 2007-2008 is an invaluable reference tool...
Gallipoli
The Ottoman Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2010
The Ottoman Army won a historic victory over the Allied forces at Gallipoli in 1915. This was one of the most decisive and clear-cut campaigns of the Great War. Yet the performance of the Ottomans, the victors, has often received less attention than that of the Allied army they defeated.
Edward...
by Randolph Bradham
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Through thoughtfully constructed research, Bradham vividly presents the battle for Normandy's Cotentin Peninsula – one of the most important and yet understudied operations of the World War II.
This book provides a detailed overview of the battles that make up the Cotentin Peninsula Campaign,...
Scorched Earth
The Germans on the Somme 1914-18
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2009
This book discusses in detail the experience of German warfare in the first World War, focusing specifically on the battle of the Somme. The Somme, together with other regions of northern France, had also lain under German domination. Its inhabitants had been rigorously suppressed and their possessions...
by Geoff Woodland
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
In 1804, Liverpool was the largest slave trading port in Great Britain, yet her influential traders felt threatened by the success, in Parliament, of the anti-slavery movement. Few in Liverpool condemned the ‘Trade’. William King, son of a Liverpool slave trader, sickened by what he experienced...
Disasters of the Deep
A Comprehensive Survey of Submarine Accidents & Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
This is the fully revised and updated edition of the first comprehensive account of every peacetime submarine disaster from 1774 to the present day. By examining many of the sinkings in considerable detail, analysing what went wrong and describing attempts made to rescue the crew and vessel, Edwyn Gray traces the development of the submarine.
Best of Breed
The Hunter in Fighter Reconnaissance
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
This book is about the tactical reconnaissance mark of the Hunter FR10 and its front line operation between 1961-70. With the Hunter already well proven in ground attack role this variant was an ideal platform for the excellent Vinten F95 strip aperture cameras. The heavy armament of four 30-mm Aden...
Combat Codes
A full explanation and listing of British, Commonwealth and Allied air force unit codes since 1938
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
The authors of 'Combat Codes' have painstakingly researched the codes used by the RAF to replace unit markings during World War II in order to attempt to confuse the enemy.