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The Gentleman Usher
The Life & Times of George Dempster 1712-1818
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2004
victor Nekrasov’s masterpiece Front-Line Stalingrad is one of the classic novels to come out of the pitiless fighting on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. His gripping narrative is set against the background of the grim struggle of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany – among the battered,...
The Welsh at War
Through Mud to Victory: Third Ypres and the 1918 Offensives
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
The Welsh at War trilogy is the culmination of over twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the Welsh men and infantry units who fought in the Great War.
These units included the four regular regiments – the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers Welsh Regiment and Welsh...
Welsh Yeomanry at War
A History of the 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan) Battalion The Welsh Regiment
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Soon after the outbreak of the Great War, following many years of part-time soldiering as cavalry troops on home defense duties, the members of various British Yeomanry regiments were asked to volunteer for overseas service. In 1916, officered by well-known members of the landed gentry, two of the...
The Welsh at War
From Mons to Loos & the Gallipoli Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Welsh at War – From Mons to Loos and the Gallipoli Tragedy is the culmination of twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the the Welsh men and infantry units who fought in the Great War.
These units included the four regular regiments the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South Wales...
The Welsh at War
The Grinding War: The Somme and Arras
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The Welsh at War trilogy is the culmination of over twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the Welsh men and infantry units who fought in the Great War.
These units included the four regular regiments – the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers Welsh Regiment and Welsh...
by John Grainger
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
By the early second century BC, Israel had long been under the rule of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. But the policy of deliberate Hellenization and suppression of Jewish religious practices by Antiochus IV, sparked a revolt in 167 BC which was led initially by Judah Maccabee and later by his brothers...
Treaty Cruisers
The First International Warship Building Competition
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2005
The Washington Naval Treaty of 1921 and subsequent treaties in the 1930s effectively established the size and composition of the various navies in World War II. In particular they laid down design parameters and tonnage limitations for each class of warship including battleships, aircraft carriers,...
Air War Malta
June 1940 to November 1942
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2009
This is the story of the historic air defense of Malta by the WRAF against the combined attacking forces of the Italian and German air forces. The island was poorly equipped when Italy declared war on Britain in June 1940 and its only defense against air attack at the outset of war were 34 heavy and...
Bombers over Sand and Snow
205 Group RAF in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
205 Group RAF provided the only mobile force of heavy night bombers in the Mediterranean theater in the Second World War. It operated mainly from bases in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Italy, with occasional excursions to Malta, Greece and Iraq, attacking tactical and strategic targets according to the...
Malta
The Last Great Siege 1940 - 1943
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2003
The strategic importance of Malta sitting astride both the Axis and Allied supply routes in the Mediterranean was obvious to both sides during WW2. As a result the Island became the focal point in a prolonged and dreadful struggle that cost the lives of thousands of servicemen and civilians. After...
by Kingsley Oliver
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2008
Born out of necessity in the dark days of the War, the RAF Regiment found itself in the thick of the action supporting the vital operations in all theaters. This comprehensive record of their operations gives the clearest indication of the contribution that the Regiment made and includes many first...
by Derek Walters
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2004
Originally designed in 1934 for anti-submarine training, by the end of the war 72 U-Class subs had been commissioned; 17 were lost to the enemy, and 3 in accidents. Manned by crews from seven nations' navies, they served worldwide, and never more successfully than in the Mediterranean. This book is the definitive study of this class of submarine and the men who serve on them.
Escort Carrier of the Second World War
Combustible, Vulnerable and Expendable!
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2005
To the US Navy they were CVEs! To the Royal Navy auxiliary carriers! To crews of endangered merchantmen in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans they were heaven-sent protection! To their crews they were Combustible, Vulnerable, Expendable!The need for air cover against enemy aircraft and submarines brought...
The Sinking of the Prince of Wales & Repulse
The End of the Battleship Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2014
On the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse. The authors re-create for the...