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Secret SAS Missions in Africa
C Squadron’s Counter-Terrorist Operations 1968–1980
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
This fascinating book is the first to cover the little known C Squadron of the Special Air Service. Operating in East Africa, the Squadron was involved in almost continuous counter communist terrorist operations over the period 1968 to 1980.
In the unstable final stages of British colonial...
Hawker VC- The First RFC Ace
The Life of Major Lanoe Hawker VC 1890-1916
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
By the age of 25 Lanoe Hawker of the Royal Flying Corps had won the VC and DSO. He was the first pilot to record five 'kills' before being shot down and killed by Baron von Richthofen (The Red Baron).
Lanoe's biography was written by his brother Tyrrel as a tribute. The Hawkers came from a distinguished...
Stratofortress
The Story of the B-52
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2006
Boeing's mighty B-52 Stratofortress has seen continuous operational service with the United States Air Force since the type was introduced in 1957. The aircraft has been upgraded several times and has assumed many different new roles since it was originally conceived and then provided the key airborne...
The Roman Barbarian Wars
The Era of Roman Conquest
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
The history of the 'barbarian' peoples of Europe is filled with dramatic wars and migrations along with charismatic and often farsighted leaders. Inevitably, their greatest challenge was their struggle with the renowned military might of Rome. Even when outnumbered and faced by better equipped and...
by Oliver Warner
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2003
Horatio Nelson was a hero from the time when his dramatic initiative won the battle of St Vincent in 1797, while his last battle, at Trafalgar, reduced the enemy naval forces so thoroughly that they were no longer able to have any bearing on the outcome of the war. As well as being a brilliant study...
Albert Ball VC
The Fighter Pilot Hero of World War I
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Albert Balls individuality and his insistence on fighting alone set him apart from other fighter pilots during World War One. His invincible courage and utter determination made him a legend not only in Britain but also amongst his enemies, to whom the sight of his lone Nieuport Scout brought fear....
If Rome Hadn't Fallen
How the Survival of Rome Might Have Changed World History
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
This is a fascinating exploration of how the history of Europe, and indeed the world, might have been different if the Western Roman Empire had survived the crises that pulled it apart in the 4th and 5th centuries. Dr Timothy Venning starts by showing how that survival and recovery might plausibly...
Constantine the Great General
A Military Biography
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
Constantine the Great is a titanic figure in Roman, and indeed world history. Most famed for making Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire (and thus ensuring its survival and spread), and for moving the seat of imperial rule to 'New Rome' (Constantinople), he is most often studied...
Patricians and Emperors
The Last Rulers of the Western Roman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Patricians and Emperors offers concise comparative biographies of the individuals who wielded power in the final decades of the Western Roman Empire, from the assassination of Aetius in 454 to the death of Julius Nepos in 480.
The book is divided into four parts. The first sets the background...
Battle for Sicily
Stepping Stone to Victory
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2008
On the night of 9-10 July 1943, an Allied armada launched the invasion of Sicily, a larger operation than the Normandy landings the following year. Over the next thirty-eight days, half a million Allied servicemen fought the Germans and Italians for control of this rocky island, which was to become...
Armoured Warfare in the Italian Campaign
1943 to 1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
The Second World War campaigns in North Africa, on the Eastern Front and in northwest Europe were dominated by armored warfare, but the battles in Italy were not. The mountainous topography of the Italian peninsula ensured that it was foremost an infantry war, so it could be said that tanks played...
From Warsaw to Rome
General Anders' Exiled Polish Army in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
In May 1944, 40,000 Polish soldiers attacked and captured the hilltops of Monte Cassino, bringing to a close the largest, bloodiest battle fought by the western Allies in the Second World War. Days later the Allied armies marched into Rome seizing the first Axis capital.
No-one in 1939 could...
Wind in the Wires and An Escaper’s Log
A British Pilot’s Classic Memoir of Aerial Combat, Captivity and Escape during the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Duncan Grinnell-Milne was one of that select band of young men who made history in the air between 1915 and 1918 when they learned to fly in machines that resembled box-kites and laid the foundations of aerial combat which future generations would follow. He became a flying ace, with six confirmed...
My War in the Air 1916
Memoirs of a Great War Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Originally published under the title An Airman's Outing, this magnificent title chronicles the daily life of the Flying Officer during the Great War. Touchingly dedicated to 'The Fallen of Umpty Squadron R.F.C.', Bott chronicles the lives and losses of his squadron as they carried out their duties...