Pen And Sword: 3067 books
A German Deserter's War Experiences
Fighting for the Kaiser in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
In 1913 Julius Koettgen, a pacifist and a socialist, was drafted into the ranks of sapper battalion No. 30. He dutifully fought in the ranks of the Kaiser's armies during 1914 and 1915 and saw action in France and Belgium where he describes the terrible events which were to become known as 'the rape...
The Fighting Padre
Pat Leonard’s Letters From the Trenches 1915-1918
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Pat Leonard served throughout the Great War as a Chaplain to the Forces in France, Belgium and, after the Armistice, in Germany. Along with the many hundreds of letters he wrote to the relatives of those ‘parishioners’ who died or were wounded, he found time to describe for his parents back at...
On the Roads of War
A Soviet Cavalryman on the Eastern Front
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2005
Ivan Yakushin survived the Siege of Leningrad, fought at the Battle of Kursk and pursued the retreating German army through Russia, Belorussia, Poland and into Germany itself. This is the story of his war. He tells the tale in his own words, with remarkable clarity of recall, and gives an authentic...
Dawn of Victory, Thank You China!
Star Shell Reflections 1918–1919
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Jim Maultsaid’s third and final book, The Dawn of Victory, Thank You China! is based on his service with the 169 Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) between 1918 – 1919.
There were 96,000 Chinese volunteer in the CLC and their achievements have gone largely unrecognized for 100 years. As Jim Maultsaid’s...
Jungle Warfare
Experiences and Encounters
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2008
The physical conditions of jungle warfare and the closeness of contact with the enemy pose unique problems and call for special soldiering skills. Colonel John Cross, a life long Gurkha officer, has an unrivalled knowledge of this demanding warfare and uses it to best advantage in this instructive...
Healing in Hell
The Memoirs of a Far Eastern POW Medic
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Ken Adams, as a trained medic, was sent out to the Far East and immediately saw action on the Malay Peninsula. Captured at Singapore he initially worked at Changi Hospital. Many moves and much worse capos in Thailand were to follow. He describes his life, work and the terrible conditions endured at...
Sacrifice, Captivity and Escape
The Remarkable Memoirs of a Japanese POW
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Sacrifice, Captivity and Escape is an exceptional story. Peter Jackson was young and recently married when he was drafted into the army at the start of World War II. He had no wish to be there but like most of his generation he was given no choice.
Peter arrived in Singapore just as the city...
Wingate’s Lost Brigade
The First Chindit Operations 1943
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
With the Japanese seemingly unbeatable after their conquest of Malaya, Singapore, Thailand and much of Burma, Orde Wingate’s plans to conduct long range deep penetration operations behind Japanese lines in Burma were audacious to say the least. His Chindit operations (so called after Chindwin River)...
We Fought at Kohima
At Veteran's Account
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
The Japanese advance through Thailand, Malaya and Burma appeared unstoppable and the fate of India looked utterly precarious.
The garrison of the Kohima outpost numbering some 1500 British and Indian Army soldiers faced over 13,000 fanatical and previously victorious Japanese troops. The following...
by Neville Williams
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
This remarkable story begins with as a young National Serviceman in 1951, the author walked through the gates at the Welch Brigade Training Centre, Brecon, and ends when he walked back into Civvy Street in 1953. Between these dates he went through many life-changing experiences, in particular the...
Never Surrender
Dramatic Escapes from Japanese Prison Camps
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
While there have been many fine books covering the appalling experiences and great courage of the many thousands of POWscaptured by the victorious Japanese during late 1941 and early 1942, escape accounts are much rarer. This is due in large part tothe fact that only a comparatively small number of...
Railway of Hell
A Japanese POW's Account of War, Capture and Forced Labour
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2010
A young captain in the Royal Norfolk Regiment, Reggie Burton was wounded in the closing stages of the disastrous defense of Malaya and Singapore. He vividly, yet calmly and with great dignity, describes the horror of captivity at the hands of the Japanese. After initial confusion, the true nature...
Secret Letters from the Railway
The Remarkable Record of a Japanese POW
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2004
Charles Steel took part in two military disasters - the Fall of France and the Dunkirk evacuation, and the Fall of Singapore. Shortly before the latter, he married Louise. Within days of being captured by the Japanese, he began writing a weekly letter to his new bride as means of keeping in touch...
Mist on the Rice-Fields
A Soldier's Story of the Burma Campaign 1943 - 1045 and Korean War 1950-51
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
This is the story of a young officer in the Indian Army who commanded a company in the Burma Campaign of 1943 to 1945. It covers the part played by the author and his unit in the long campaign to recover Burma, starting with the fierce close-quarter fighting in the jungles and rice-fields in the Arakan...