Pen: 3888 books
The Roman Emperor Aurelian
Restorer of the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
The ancient Sibylline prophecies had foretold that the Roman Empire would last for 1000 years. As the time for the expected dissolution approached in the middle of the third century AD, the empire was lapsing into chaos, with seemingly interminable civil wars over the imperial succession. The western...
by Ian Baxter
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
The Final Days of the Reich is the latest in the popular Images of War series by Ian Baxter. Drawing on rare and previously unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions and text, this book is a compelling account of the final weeks of the Nazis' struggle for survival against overwhelming...
The First Jet Pilot
The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
On 27 August 1939, Flugkapitan Erich Warsitz became the first man to fly a jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178 and in June of the same year he flew the first liquid-fuel rocket aircraft, the Heinkel He 176. His legendary flying skills enabled him to assist the pioneering German aircraft and engine design...
Flight Craft 8: Mikoyan MiG-31
Defender of the Homeland
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2011
The MiG-31 started life as an advanced derivative of the famous MiG-25P interceptor, becoming the first Soviet fourth-generation combat aircraft. First flown in 1975, it differed from its progenitor primarily in having a crew of two (pilot and weapons systems operator), a highly capable passive phased-array...
by Yefim Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
'Spy in the Sky' matters have long been a source of interest and fascination for aircraft enthusiasts, historians and modellers and none more so than the elusive and secretive Soviet types of the Cold War era. Yefim Gordon presents us here with a range of such types, presenting a collection of photographs,...
by Sergey Burdin
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2005
This historic Russian aircraft was first delivered to the Soviet Air Force at the height of the Cold War in 1961. It remained in service until replaced by the much modified Tu-22M Backfire which was introduced in the early 1970s and still remains in service. It was the first Soviet supersonic bomber...
Secret Wings of World War II
Nazi Technology and the Allied Arms Race
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
There are many myths and legends surrounding the advanced German aeronautical technology of the Second World War. There are also facts and proven events. Yet within these stories and behind these facts lie conspiracy theories, mistaken assumptions and denials that seem to contradict the evidence....
by Yefim Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Features;
* Profiles of iconic types such as the Mil MI-24 'Hind', the Mil-28 and the Kamov Ka-52 'Alligator'.
* Summary of design histories and careers
* Colour reference for paint schemes
* Critical review of available kits
* Over 180 colour and black and white illustrations, including...
The Reich Intruders
RAF Light Bomber Raids in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
This is the story of 2 Group RAF during World War II. Much of it is told by the men who flew the Blenheim, Boston, Mitchell and Mosquito aircraft that carried out many daring daylight and night-time raids on vitally important targets in Nazi occupied Europe and Germany. These were not the famous thousand...
Germanicus
The Magnificent Life and Mysterious Death of Rome's Most Popular General
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
“The story of a Roman Emperor that might have been” (Fighting Times).
Germanicus was regarded by many Romans as a hero in the mold of Alexander the Great. His untimely death, in suspicious circumstances, ended the possibility of a return to a more open republic. This, the first modern biography...
The Roman Invasion of Britain
Archaeology Versus History
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
The purpose of this book is to take what we think we know about the Roman Conquest of Britain from historical sources, and compare it with the archaeological evidence, which is often contradictory. Archaeologists and historians all too often work in complete isolation from each other and this book...
Marcus Agrippa
Right-hand Man of Caesar Augustus
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Marcus Agrippa personified the term 'right-hand man'. As Emperor Augustus' deputy, he waged wars, pacified provinces, beautified Rome, and played a crucial role in laying the foundations of the Pax Romana for the next two hundred years – but he served always in the knowledge he would never rule...
Fighting Through to Kohima
A Memoir of War in India and Burma
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2004
Lt. Col. Michael Lowry MC MBE, was awarded the Military Cross for his role in the desperate defensive action at Kohima, rated the worst of the campaign in Burma. After joining up in 1939 with the Queen's Royal Regiment, the Author was posted to the North West Frontier of India where he cut his teeth...
From Dunkirk to the Rhineland
The Rhineland via Normandy and Brussels
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Charles (Charlie to his comrades) Murrell kept detailed diaries of his service with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards throughout the Second World War as Guardsman (later Sergeant).
This book starts on 10 May 1940 with the Blitzkrieg on Arras and the retreat to Dunkirk. The Dunkirk beaches and...