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Admiral of the Blue
The Life and Times of Admiral John Child Purvis (1747 – 1825)
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
Admiral John Child Purvis was a contemporary naval officer of Nelson, who never disobeyed an order and did his job well. His ability as a fighting commander was proved in a bloody duel between his sloop-of-war and a French corvette during the War of American Independence. As a battleship Captain,...
HMS Fearless
The Mighty Lion
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
The Seventh ship to bear the name, the Assault Ship and Commando Carrier HMS Fearless was first commissioned in 1965. Over the next 37 years she was seldom far from the actions in which British forces were engaged world-wide, be they in Aden, Malaysia and Borneo, Northern Ireland, the Cold War (Norway),...
Seven Seas, Nine Lives
The Valour of Captain A.W.F. Sutton, CBE, DSC and Bar, RN
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2006
Captain Alan William Frank Sutton's enthralling biography starts when, as a young midshipman he was in command of a small rowing cutter returning a potentially mutinous crew to the battle-cruiser HMS Repulse in which he served. Amazingly it ends in the open cockpit of a Fairy Swordfish torpedo bomber...
North American Mustang P-51
Long-range Fighter
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
The Mustang was born from a British WW2 specification to North American during 1940. The prototype was completed within 117 days but the RAF was not happy with the aircraft's performance and suggested replacing the V-12 Allison with the more powerful RR Merlin. The result was a superbly fast and maneuverable...
by Chinnery, Philip
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Combat Over Korea contains a superb selection of Allied airmens first-hand operational experiences during this too often neglected war. These include aerial combat between fighters, a B-29 Superfortress bomber ditching in the sea and C-54 cargo plane being attacked by North Korean fighters.Worthy...
Vought F4 Corsair
Carrier and Land-based Fighter
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
The Vought F4U was the best carrier based fighter of WW2. 12,571 aircraft were built and downed 2,140 enemy aircraft for the loss of only 189 Corsairs. It was developed early in 1938 for the US Navy. The designer, Tex Beisel, worked on the principle of the largest engine in the smallest airframe....
Fifth Army in Italy 1943–1945
A Coalition at War
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
The US Fifth Army first saw action during the Salerno Landings in September 1943. While commanded by US Lieutenant General Mark Clark, from the outset one of its two Corps was the X (British) Corps; the other V1 (US) Corps.
The French Expeditionary Corps, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force,...
by Ian Baxter
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
Drawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs this latest book in the popular Images of War Series provides an absorbing insight into the last desperate year of the German Army. It analyses, in dramatic detail, the German retreat from the wastelands of the Eastern and Western...
American Expeditionary Force
France 1917-1918
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
When the United States entered the war in April 1917 the belligerents were approaching exhaustion. It had been hoped by the Generals in both Britain and France that untold numbers of fresh troops would be assimilated into their respective commands. However, this idea was firmly resisted, America would...
by Andrew Rawson
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
Sixty years ago, the World had been at war for nearly six years. The cost in life and material terms was appalling Millions of men and women had died, families and nations destroyed and all sides were suffering grievously in human and financial terms.
The Allies were closing in on Hitler’s...
SAS Trooper
Charlie Radford's Operations in Enemy-Occupied France and Italy
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
A pre-war Sapper, Charlie Radford served in North Africa until he returned to the UK for parachute training. He volunteered and joined 2SAS in Scotland. His first behind-the-lines operation was in France (Op RUPERT) cutting railway lines and he then took park in Operation LOYTON, now in armed jeeps....
Escape from Arnhem
A Glider Pilot’s Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
This is the remarkable true story of a young army glider pilot’s experience of the last days in the defense of Arnhem Bridge, his eventual capture and then escape to be adopted by the Resistance, the hair-raising journey through occupied Europe and his eventual return to the UK.
After capture...
Fighter! Fighter! Corkscrew Port!
Vivid Memories of Bomber Aircrew in World War Two
Language: English
Release Date: April 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...
Once a Hussar
A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Once a Hussar is a vivid account of the wartime experiences of Ray Ellis, a gunner who in later life recorded in this well-written, candid and perceptive memoir the conflict he knew as a young man seventy years ago. As an impressionable teenager, fired with national pride, he was eager to join the...