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AIR BATTLE FORARNHEMAlan Cooper

The operation to take thebridges at Arnhem was giventhe code name 'OperationMarket Garden', Market beingthe air side of the operationand Garden the subsequentground operation. Its theirefforts and the courage onevident display at Arnhemthat the book is based upon.

MOSQUITO:MENACING THEREICHMartin Bowman

This book is full of first-handaccounts from the crews thatflew the ‘Mossie’ in its rolesas a bomber, long-rangereconnaissance and low-levelstrike aircraft. The authorhas gathered together manyof the most excitingoperational reports.

MOSQUITOGraham M. Simons

During the history ofaviation there have beenvery few aircraft that haveachieved immediate successwhen entering front-lineservice. The de HavillandMosquito was one suchaircraft. The pilots loved it.This book describes how itwas built and utilizes manyhitherto unpublishedphotographs from the designstudio and production lines.

MOSQUITOMISSIONSMartin Bowman

Martin Bowman's well-triedand respected formula ofincorporating backgroundinformation with scores ofRAF, Dominion, andoverseas pilots andnavigators' personalnarratives, is employed hereonce again to great effect.

AIRCRAFTWRECKS: AWALKER’S GUIDEC N Wotherspoon, Alan Clark,Mark Sheldon

Originally published to acclaimin 2009, this paperback re-issueaims to give readers access to thetangible remains of hundreds ofhistoric aircraft that still lie atcrash sites on the moors andmountains of the British Isles.

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BEYOND THEDAMS TO THETIRPITZAlan W Cooper

This book is a timely reminderthat there is a lot more to thisSquadron than their exploitson the Dams. 70 years on, thecollective achievements of themen who made up 617Squadron are relayed, makingfor an impressive tribute and acelebration of their aerialendeavours.

THE DAMBUSTER RAIDAlan Cooper

Seventy years ago, 133airmen of 617 Squadron,later known as theDambusters, set out todestroy the Ruhr Dams inGermany. This one operationamongst many carried outby Bomber Command hasbecome one of the most wellknown in the whole historyof WWII.

THE MEN WHOBREACHED THEDAMSAlan W Cooper

First published to acclaim in1982, this was author AlanCooper's first publicationbefore he went on to becomea prolific writer of aviationhistory.

GUY GIBSON:DAMBUSTERGeoff Simpson

A new assessment of the lifeof one of the most famousand controversial airmen ofthe Second World War, thisbook covers Guy Gibson'ssometimes troubledupbringing and in particular,the story of his career in theRAF is relayed.

VOICES IN FLIGHT: THE DAMBUSTERSQUADRON Colin Higgs, Bruce Vigar

Borne of a well-establishedpartnership between theauthors Colin Higgs andBruce Vigar, this is anevocative and beautifullycrafted piece of work that issure to appeal to the aviationfraternity as well as serving asa memorial to the veterans.

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ON LAUGHTER-SILVERED WINGSGail Strever-Morkel

This well written andthoroughly researchedbiographical account of thelife and times of a SouthAfrican WW2 pilot (theauthor's father) is sure toappeal widely. The story isby necessity highly personal,as the central figure fightshis way through a series ofchallenging experiences.

FLIGHT 777Ian Colvin

On 1 June 1943 Flight 777, aDouglas DC-3, en route fromLisbon to Britain, was shotdown over the Bay of Biscayby German aircraft. Did theGermans believe thatChurchill was on boardFlight 777? Ian Colvincarried out an exhaustiveinvestigation into theincident.

BEHIND THE WIREPhilip Kaplan

Philip Kaplan presents ushere with a riveting accountof the Allied experiencebehind enemy lines, detailingthe trials and tribulationsexperienced by the Britishand American airmen whowere shot down in Europeanskies during World War Two.

LUCK OF ALANCASTERGordon Thorburn

Front-line squadrons flew toGermany three and fourtimes a week in 1943-44,which was when W4964 wasflying her 107 sorties, allwith No 9 Squadron and allfrom RAF Bardney. She wasgiven a special character asJ-Johnny Walker, ‘still goingstrong’.

ADVENTUROUSEMPIRESPhillip E Sims

This is a story from a bygoneage recalling the mostsuccessful flying-boat airlinerever built. This is the tale ofthe realisation of a dreamand the efforts of those whomade it possible. DuringWorld War II, the militarySunderland version becamean icon.


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A CENTURY OFAIR POWERDave Sloggett

No other technicaldevelopment since theintroduction of gunpowderhas had as great an influenceon warfare as the aircraft. ACentury of Air Powerprovides valuable lessons forthe future.

WINGEDCRUSADERSMichael Napier

Formed in 1915, and stilloperational today, 14Squadron is one of the RAF'slongest serving and mostsenior Squadrons. Spendingthe first thirty years of itsoperational life in theMiddle East, the history ofthis Squadron is rich one.

FROM AUSTERTO APACHEGuy Warner

656 Squadron celebrated its70th Anniversary on 31stDecember 2012. Over theintervening years, theSquadron has served withgreat distinction. This is 656’sstory, told in full and for thefirst time.

BRITAIN ONTHE BRINKJim Wilson

The book focuses on theimplications for Britain ofthe covert deployment bythe Soviet Union of ballisticnuclear missiles ninety milesoff the US coast. Britain onthe Brink reveals the majorstrategic re-think the CubanCrisis forced on PrimeMinister Macmillan and theBritish Government.

FROM BORNEOTO LOCKERBIEGeoffrey Leeming

Geoff Leeming belongs to anelite group of helicopter pilots.He describes his flyingexperiences in under-powered, and by today’s high-tech standards, basic chopperssuch as the single-enginedWhirlwinds and its successor,the Wessex.

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AVRO VULCANDESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

David W. Fildes

The Avro Vulcan was the lastV Bomber to see active servicein its primary role during theFalklands conflict. The bookexamines the origins of thedesign, the prototypes andexperimental aircraft and goeson to explain themodifications that were madeto the last of the breed.

SECRETS OF THESPITFIRELance Cole

Using exclusive access to hisfamily documents, hisunpublished autobiographyand many notes and stories,as well as forensic research,this book details for the firsttime, a new twist to theSpitfire’s story and the secretsof its advanced science.

LIGHTNING EJECTPeter Caygill

The English Electric Lightningentered RAF squadron servicein 1960 and continued flyingin the interceptor role until1988. It had a stunning world-beating performance with atop speed in excess of Mach 2and a climb rate that wouldtake it to 40,000 feet in a littleover 3 minutes. The aircraft’ssafety record, however, leftmuch to be desired.

FABULOUSFLYING BOATSLeslie Dawson

The history of thedevelopment and operationsof flying boats in the earlytwentieth century is avibrant one, full of colourfulcharacters andexperimentation. In‘Fabulous Flying Boats’,Leslie Dawson captures thisspirit of dynamism.

THE SPITFIREEdited by Bob Carruthers

This unique contemporaryaccount produced fromcontemporary reports anddebriefs provides a primarysource insight into reality ofbeing a fighter pilot in WorldWar II. Fascinating readingfor military enthusiasts andanyone interested in the truestory of World War II.


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MUD AND BODIESMike Burns, Edited by Saul David

Neil Weir died in 1967, but itwas not until 2009 that hisgrandson, Mike Burns,discovered his diary amongsome boxes he had been left,and learnt that his grandfatherhad served as an officer in the10th Battalion Argyll andSutherland Highlanderthroughout the First WorldWar, seeing action at Loos, theSomme and Vimy Ridge, aswell as in staff and training posts.

THE LAST DITCHDavid Lampe

In 1940 Hitler’s invasion planswere in full swing and Britainhad to quickly assemble asecret resistance force. Thiscompelling study reveals theintentions of both side, fromHitler’s strategies forOperation Sea Lion andsubsequent occupation, toBritain’s secret plans forresistance.

SAGITTARIUSRISINGCecil Lewis

In this vivid and spiritedaccount the authorevocatively sets his love ofthe skies and flying againsthis bitter experience of thehorrors of war as we followhis progress from France andthe battlefields of theSomme, to his pioneeringdefence of London againstdeadly night time raids.

A BOLD ANDAMBITIOUSENTERPRISEAndrew Bamford

The British campaign in theLow Countries in 1813-14 insupport of the Dutch revoltagainst the French is one ofthe lesser-known campaignsof the Napoleonic Wars. Thebook deals with all aspectsof the campaign.

DEFENDINGHEAVENJames Waterson

Defending Heaven bringstogether, for the first time inone volume, a completehistory of the Jin, Song andMing dynasties’ wars foughtagainst the Mongols. Lastingnearly two centuries, thesewars, fought to defendChinese civilisation against aMongol war machine.

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MEMOIRS OF ASTUKA PILOTHelmut Mahlke, Translated byJohn Weal

After recounting his earlydays as a naval cadet, and asthe navigator/observer of thefloatplane carried by thepocket battleship AdmiralScheer during the SpanishCivil War, the authordescribes his flying training asa Stuka pilot.

ACE OF THEBLACK CROSSErnst Udet

Above the mud and misery ofthe trenches and the endlessslugging matches of the FirstWorld War another contestwas played out with all themilitary glamour, chivalricvalues and deadly outcome ofa mediaeval, knightlytournament. This was thebattle in the air between thefirst primitive aircraft andintrepid aviators.

NOTES OF ARUSSIAN SNIPER Vassili Zaitsev

Vassili Zaitsev’s account ofthe hell that was Stalingrad ismoving and harrowing.Zaitsev was used as a symbolof Russian resistance againstthe Nazis. His exploits,including a famous ‘duel’with a Nazi sniper, remainthe stuff of legend.

DISASTER ATSTALINGRADPeter Tsouras

It is early September 1942 andthe German commander ofthe Sixth Army, GeneralPaulus, assisted by the FourthPanzer Army, is poised toadvance on the Russian city ofStalingrad. The outcome couldhave been very different, asPeter Tsouras demonstrates inthis thought-provoking andhighly readable alternatehistory of the fateful battle.

DISASTER AT D-DAYPeter Tsouras

It is June 1944. The Allied armiesare poised for the full-scaleinvasion of Fortress Europe.Across the Channel, the vauntedWehrmacht lies waiting for thesigns of invasion, ready for thefinal battle. The outcome couldeasily have been very different,as Peter Tsouras shows in thismasterful and devastatingaccount.


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WITH HITLERTO THE ENDHeinz Linge

Heinz Linge worked withAdolf Hitler for a ten-yearperiod from 1935 until theFührer’s death in the Berlinbunker in May 1945. Duringhis years of service Lingewas constantly by his side.Linge gives an excellenteyewitness account ofevents.

I WAS HITLER'SPILOTHans Baur

A decorated First World Warpilot, Hans Baur was one ofthe leading commercialaviators of the 1920s beforebeing pitched into the thick ofit as personal pilot to a certain‘Herr Hitler’. Hitler, wholoathed flying, felt safe withBaur and would allow no oneelse to pilot him.

CRACKING THELUFTWAFFECODESGwen Watkins

Bletchley Park, or 'Station X',was home to the most famouscodebreakers of the SecondWorld War. The 19th-centurymansion was the key centrefor cracking German, Italianand Japanese codes. FormerWAAF (Women's AuxiliaryAir Force) Gwen Watkinsbrings to life the reality of thiscrucial division.

SEIZING THEENIGMADavid KaHn

For almost four desperateyears, from 1939-mid 1943,the British and Americannavies fought a savage,losing battle against Germansubmarine wolfpacks. TheAllies might never haveturned the tide without anintelligence coup. The race tobreak the German U-boatcodes is one of the greatestuntold stories of WWII.

HITLER STRIKESNORTHJ. Greene & A. Massignani

More than any othercampaign of WWII, OperationWeserubing has beenshrouded in mystery. TheGerman success was theresult of improvisation andthe application of availableforces far beyond thecomprehension of their Britishand Norwegian counterparts.

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DONITZ, U-BOATS, CONVOYS Jak P. Mallmann Showell

For the first time noted navalhistorian Jak P. MallmannShowell has combinedDönitz’s memoirs in a paralleltext with the BritishAdmiralty’s secret MonthlyAnti-Submarine Reports toproduce a unique view of theU-boat war as it was perceivedat the time by both sides.

RUSSIANEYEWITNESSACCOUNTS OFTHE CAMPAIGNOF 1814Alexander Mikaberidze

This book is the first title tobring together dozens ofletters, diaries and memoirsof Russian participants of the1814 Campaign.

BRINGERS OF WARJohn Laband

The enthralling tale of thePortuguese in Africa beforethe nineteenth centurydeserves to be every bit asfamiliar as the Spanishconquest of the Americas. Inthis impeccably researchedand spellbinding new book,John Laband expertly recallsthis remarkable saga in fullfor the first time.

THE WATERLOOARCHIVE:VOLUME VGareth Glover

This volume seeks to putthis right and to bring to lifethe human story of theGerman troops – their trialsand tribulations, theirsufferings and theiremotions – and to finallyreveal their views on thebattle which many enteredwith mixed emotions.

CROWNCOVENANT ANDCROMWELLStuart Reid

This is a groundbreakingmilitary history of the GreatCivil War or rather the lastAnglo-Scottish War as it wasfought in Scotland and byScottish armies in Englandbetween 1639 and 1651. It isthe story of those armies andthe men who marched inthem.


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THE WAR OFTHE MOTORGUN BOATSA J Chapman

Daily life on these smallships is vividly described.War of the Motor Gun Boatsfills an important gap in theliterature of the SecondWorld War.

UNBROKENAlastair Mars

This account is of the 26-year-old Alastair Mars'command of thisoutstandingly successfulsubmarine embraces herconstruction, sea trials andvoyage to Gibraltarpreparatory to her vital rolein the Mediterranean.

MIDGETSUBMARINECOMMANDERPaul Watkins

Lieutenant Godfrey Placewas in command ofsubmarine X7 in September1943 and travelled over 1000miles to accurately placefour tons of high explosiveunder the hull of the Tirpitz.He was awarded the VictoriaCross in 1944, at the age of22. This book details his life.

ARCTIC CONVOYS1941 - 1945Richard Woodman

During the last four years ofthe Second World War, theWestern Allies securedRussian defences againstGermany by supplying vitalfood and arms. Told from theperspective of their crews,this is the inspiring story ofthe long-suffering merchantmarine without which Russiamight well have fallen toNazi Germany.

GREY WOLVES:THE U-BOATWAR 1939-1945Philip Kaplan

It was popularly believedthat the U-boat men were allvolunteers; this was not thecase. However, oncecommitted to theUbootwaffe, each man soonunderstood that he musttake pride in being part of aunique brotherhood.

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HMS FEARLESSEwen Southby-Tailyour

The Seventh ship to bear thename, the Assault Ship andCommando Carrier HMSFearlesswas firstcommissioned in 1965. Overthe next 37 years she wasseldom far from the actionworld-wide. Thousands ofsailors, Royal Marines andsoldiers served on boardover her 19 commissions.Now paid off, Fearlesshas agreat story to tell.

VICTORYIain Ballantyne and JonathanEastland

Nelson’s Victory which isstill in commission atPortsmouth as the flagshipof the Second Sea Lord andCommander-in-Chief NavalHome Command, ViceAdmiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent, is the main subjectof this forthcoming book.

WARSPITEIain Ballantyne

While this book looks at thelives of all eight vessels tobear the name (between 1596and the 1990s), itconcentrates on the trulyepic story of the seventhvessel, a super-dreadnoughtbattleship, conceived as theultimate answer to Germannaval power, during thearms race that helped causeWW1.

SECRETFLOTILLAS VOL 1Brooks Richards

As the fall of France took place,almost the entire coastline ofWestern Europe was inGerman hands. Clandestinesea transport operationsprovided lines of vitalintelligence for wartime Britain.The official historian, the lateSir Brooks Richards, vividlydescribes and analyses theclandestine naval operationsthat took place during WWII.

SECRETFLOTILLAS VOL IIBrooks Richards

This authoritative publicationby the late historian, Sir BrooksRichards, vividly describesand analyses the clandestinenaval operations during WorldWar II. The account has beenmade possible through accessto closed government archives,combined with Brooks’ ownwartime experiences and therecollections of many of thoseinvolved.

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BLACKBEARDCraig Cabell, Graham A.Thomas and Allan Richards

Edward Teach – ‘Blackbeard’-is one of the legends of theso-called ‘golden age ofpiracy’. There have been somany accounts of his short,bloody career that it is hardto see him and his times in aclear historical light. Thisnew study looks for the manbehind the legend, and givesa vivid insight into the natureof piracy.

BLIGH: MASTERMARINERRob Mundle

The Eighteenth Century wasan era when brave marinerstook their ships beyond thehorizon in search of anunknown world. Thosechosen to lead theseexpeditions were exceptionalnavigators. From ship’s boyto vice-admiral, discoverhow much more there was toCaptain Bligh than hisinfamous bad temper.

THE REALHORNBLOWERBryan Perrett

Ever since C.S. Forester'sfictional hero HoratioHornblower began to delightand enthrall readers. Itbecame apparent the authorwas aware of Gordon whenthe first of his books werewritten, and that when hedecided to expand the serieshe chose Gordon's career asthe framework on which hishero's life would be based.

HERITAGE OFTHE SEAPeter C Smith

The 21st century saw thenaval power of Great Britainrise to that of a world-wideempire. British shippingdominated the globe for fourcenturies. The ships thatexplored the world andthose which guarded themrepresent a unique treasure-trove of maritime history.

FRIGATECOMMANDERTom Wareham

Frigate Commander is basedon the private journal ofLieutenant - and thenCaptain - Graham Moore, anaval officer serving duringthe Revolutionary andNapoleonic Wars. Moore’sjournal gives a unique anddetailed account of what lifewas like for a serving navalofficer.

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COLDITZ: THEGERMAN STORYReinhold Eggers

Reinhold Eggers was theGerman Security Officerduring the last years atColditz. His book is acompilation of the mostspectacular escape attemptswritten by the escapersthemselves. Eggers supportsthe stories with extracts fromhis Colditz diary.

ARCTIC SNOWTO DUST OFNORMANDYPatrick Dalzel-Job

Very few men have a moreexciting and dramatic storyof their wartime activities totell than Patrick Dalzel-Job.In 1940 using his specialknowledge of NorthNorway's coast line helanded and moved over10,000 Allied soldiers in localboats without the loss of asingle life.

FIGHTANOTHER DAYJ M Langley

As a young subaltern in theColdstream Guards, theauthor lost his arm atDunkirk and was capturedbut eventually escaped. Hedescribes the fierce fightingoutside Dunkirk, hiscaptivity, escape and hisextraordinary life in VichyFrance, in this gripping,beautifully written book.

THE WOODENHORSEEric Williams

Two officers made homeruns via a tunnel dugbeneath a wooden vaultinghorse from Stalag Luft III.The author, a RAF bombercaptain, was shot down overGermany in 1942 andimprisoned in Stalag-Luft III(site of the 'Great Escape'later in the war). This classicescape-and-evasion story, isan exciting read.

THEY HAVETHEIR EXITSAirey Neave

The Author, who as a seniormember of Mrs Thatcher’sGovernment was tragicallyassassinated by the IRA, hadthe most distinguished ofwar records. Wounded andtaken prisoner at Calais in1940, he became acompulsive escaper and thefirst one of the very few tomake a ‘home-run’ fromColditz Castle.


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1914-1918 - ANEYEWITNESS TOWAREdited and introduced by BobCarruthers

A fascinating collection ofrecollections from primarysources. The struggle forVerdun, the battles betweenAustro-Hungarian andRussian forces in the East,and the daily life in thetrenches are just some of thetopics in four complete andintriguing memoirs.

THE BATTLE OFMARNE 1914Andrew Uffindell

The First Battle of the Marnewas one of the most pivotalbattles in history. Foughtoutside Paris in September1914, it turned the tide of theGerman invasion of France,and robbed Kaiser Wilhelm IIof his best chance of winningthe First World War. Agripping account of the battle,followed by a series of easy-to-follow tours of the battlefield.

1914 - VOICESFROM THEBATTLEFIELDSMatthew Richardson,Foreword by Peter Liddle

The opening battles on theWestern Front marked awatershed in military history.A dramatic war of movementquickly gave way to static,attritional warfare. Recordedin graphic detail by soldierswho were eyewitnesses tothem.

RETREAT ANDREARGUARD1914Jerry Murland

16 VCs were won during thishistoric Retreat, showingthat even in the darkesthours individuals and unitsperformed with gallantry,resourcefulness and greatforbearance. Alive with firsthand accounts, letters,diaries and official unitrecords.

SLAUGHTER ONTHE SOMME: 1JULY 1916John Grehan & Martin Mace

In this publication, theauthors have drawntogether, for the first timeever, all the War Diaryentries for 171 BritishRegiments that went “overthe top” that day – a daywhich even now still touchesso many families both in theUnited Kingdom and aroundthe world.



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TIGER I ANDTIGER IIAnthony Tucker-Jones, BrianDelf

The German Tiger I andTiger II were the mostfamous and formidableheavy tanks of World War II.Anthony Tucker-Jones, inthis illustrated history, tellsthe story of their conception ,development and reconsiderstheir operational history.

BRITISHARMOUREDDIVISIONS ANDTHEIRCOMMANDERS,1939-1945Richard Doherty

A total of eleven Britisharmoured divisions wereformed but just eight sawaction. Historical narrative,analysis and fact make this aninvaluable book for the studentof WW2 and armoured warfare.

ARMOUREDWARFARE INTHE ITALIANCAMPAIGN 1943-1945Anthony Tucker-Jones

This volume gives readers avivid impression of theItalian landscapes overwhich the campaign wasfought, the wide range ofmilitary vehicles used, andthe gruelling conditionsendured.

TANKCOMMANDER Bill Close

Bill Close had a remarkablewar. In campaign aftercampaign, from the defenceof Calais in 1940 to thedefeat of Germany in 1945,he served as a tankcommander in the RoyalTank Regiment - and hesurvived. He finished thewar as one of the mostexperienced and resourcefulof British tank commanders.

RED ARMYTANKCOMMANDERVasiliy Bryukhov

What was it like tocommand a T-34 tank on theEastern Front during theSecond World War? VasiliyPavlovich Bryukhov’s vivid,detailed and grippingmemoir of his wartimeservice gives a fascinatingand authentic insight intothese questions.


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WATERLOO: THEFRENCHPERSPECTIVEAndrew Field

The author has over ninetyfirst-hand French accounts,most of which have neverbeen published in English,and combined them withaccounts from the otherparticipants in order tocreate a graphic newnarrative of one of theworld’s decisive battles.

WATERLOOBATTLEFIELDGUIDEDavid Buttery

Using eyewitness accounts andan intimate knowledge of theterrain, the author reconstructsWaterloo and takes the readeracross the battleground as it istoday. This is a thorough, easy-to-follow guide.

THE BATTLE OFBARROSA, 1811John Grehan & Martin Mace

The Battle of Barossa 1811 isthe first book to examine thiscrucial campaign in detailand to reveal its truehistorical importance.

SALAMANCA1812Peter Edwards

Peter Edwards uses anexcellent range of sources tobring to life this pivotal yearin the Peninsular War. Hiswork offers a fascinatinginsight into the strategy, thecommand decisions and theexperience of combat 200years ago.

1813: EMPIRE ATBAYJonathon Riley

1813 was a critical year inthe world war that endedwith the downfall ofNapoleon. In a series ofmajor battles the convergingarmies of the Sixth Coalitiondrove the French forces back.This was the year in whichthe balance of power tippeddecisively againstNapoleon’s First Empire.

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FORGOTTENBATTLES OF THEZULU WARAdrian Greaves

Adrian Greaves uses his exceptionalknowledge of the Anglo-Zulu War tolook beyond the two best knownbattles of Isandlwana and the iconicaction at Rorke’s Drift to otherfiercely fought battles. He coverslittle recorded engagements whichwere fought on the same day asIsandlwana but have been eclipsedby it. This hugely informative bookwill fascinate fans of this period ofour Imperial history.

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ISANDLWANAAdrian Greaves

The story of the mighty imperialBritish army’s defeat at Iswandlwanain 1879 has been much written aboutbut never with the detail and insightrevealed by Dr Adrian Greaves’research. Isandlwana is a brilliantand fresh account of this mostfamous battle which will fascinateexperts and laymen alike.

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THE TRIBE THATWASHED ITS SPEARSAdrian Greaves, Xolani Mkhize

This authoritative, yet hugelyreadable, book traces the history ofthe Zulus from their arrival in SouthAfrica – they were not indigenous aswere the Koi and San population –and the establishment of Zululand.It describes the violent rise of KingShaka and his colourful successorsunder whose leadership the warriornation built its fiercesome reputation.

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GLADSTONE,GORDON AND THESUDAN WARSFergus Nicoll

General Gordon’s death in Khartoumon 26 January 1885 - and the fall ofthe besieged city to the forces of theMahdi - was a crucial episode inBritish imperial history. It was deeplycontroversial at the time, and it stillis today. Fergus Nicoll’s radicalreappraisal of the first Sudan warsrefutes the conventional image ofboth men.

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PRIVATE LORDCRAWFORD’SGREAT WARDIARIESEdited by ChristopherArnander

Lord Crawford’s pre-andpost-war diaries describe hispeacetime experiences. Thisis a unique document whichthrows fascinating new lighton what it meant to be ajunior rank.

INTO BATTLE E W Parker

Written well over 90 yearsago this is the story of aseventeen-year-old boy fromthe time he joined Kitchener’sArmy, as one of the firsthundred thousand in 1914,until he found himself inhospital – an officer with theMilitary Cross – recoveringfrom his last wound, on theday of the Armistice, 11November, 1918.

DONALD DEANVCTerry Crowdy and Susan Bavin

Military historian TerryCrowdy has edited Dean'sletters and diaries, neverpreviously published,adding additional notes andmaterial from official reportsto give the reader context.The result is a moving, oftenamusing and inspiringportrait of a little-knownhero of two world wars.

HERBERTCOLUMBINE VCCarole McEntee-Taylor,Foreword by Dame Judi Dench

'Save Yourselves, I'll carryon'. These were the lastknown words of HerbertColumbine, shouted at histwo companions on theafternoon of 22nd March1918. He was only defeatedafter the Germans dropped abomb on his position.

LAST MANSTANDINGRichard Van Emden

It hardly seems credible todaythat a nineteen-year-old boy,just commissioned into theSeaforth Highlanders, couldlead a platoon of men into thecarnage of the Battle of theSomme. Norman Collins, theauthor of this superb memoir,tells the story of his life as ayoung subaltern at the frontduring 1916 and 1917.



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VIRIATHUS Luis Silva

Though renowned in his dayViriathus has been neglectedby modern historians, atravesty that Luis Silva putsright in this thoroughlyresearched and accessibleaccount. Portuguese by birth,the author draws onPortuguese research andperspectives that will berefreshing to English-language scholars.

BEYOND THEGATES OF FIREChristopher Matthew,Matthew Trundel

The Battle of Thermopylae in480 BC is one of the mostfamous battles in history. Theheroism of the 300 Spartanswho opted to remain behind toface the full might of thePersian host while their Greekallies made good their escapehas become the stuff of legend.

IMPERIALBROTHERSIan Hughes

The latest of Ian Hughes' LateRoman biographies heretackles the careers of thebrother emperors, Valentinianand Valens. The author, bytracing the careers of both menin tandem, compares theirachievements and analyzes theextent to which they deservethe contrasting reputationshanded down by history.

MERCENARIES INTHE CLASSICALWORLDStephen English

This will be the first full-lengthbook on the subject since 1997.It will examine the role of themercenaries and their influenceon the wars of the period downto the death of Alexander theGreat, who employed themand why, and will also look atthe social and economicpressures that drove tens ofthousands to make a living offighting for the highest bidder.

SERTORIUS ANDTHE STRUGGLEFOR SPAINPhilip Matyszak

The tale of Sertorius is thestory of a people struggling toliberate themselves fromoppressive rule. It is also thestory of Sertorius himself,who started as an idealist, andended almost as savage anddespotic as his enemies.


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THE FALKLANDSWARMartin Middlebrook

Martin Middlebrook, one ofthe most skilful historians ofthe 20th Century, hasweaved the many strands ofthis extraordinary militaryachievement into afascinating, thorough andhighly readable account ofthe Campaign.

3 COMMANDOBRIGADE IN THEFALKLANDSJulian Thompson

The author, now a celebratedmilitary historian, hasrevised his early book andadded for this 25Anniversary edition more ofhis own personal thoughtsand impressions. It is all tooeasy to overlook just howperilous and risky a venturethis expedition was.

FALKLANDSHEROJon Cooksey

At the height of the bitter battlefor Mount Longdon during theFalklands War, 3rd Battalion,Parachute Regiment’s assaulthas stalled in the face ofdetermined resistance. With hisplatoon held up by anArgentine machine gun, it fallsto Sergeant McKay to act. Thisis the story of Ian McKay: thelast British hero of theTwentieth Century.

EXIT PLANMike Sixsmith

Bill Sloan, a former BritishArmy intelligence officer andShahid Al Sheehi, the son of aPakistani Britishimmigrant arecaught up in a breathtakinglyambitious plan for a smallMiddle Eastern Emirate toseize regional power byacquiring weapons of massdestruction. This novel drawsthe reader into a realm ofpolitical intrigue and a host ofanxious preoccupations.

BAGHDADOPERATORSJames Glasse, Andrew Rawson

Ever wondered what membersof the Special Forces did afterthey left the services? Thisstory starts with five guysorganising an undercover roadtrip across worn torn Iraq inthe spring 2003. Discover howthey used their unique militaryskills to create a successfulsecurity company with over300 employees during the earlydays of the occupation.



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THE ANGLO-SAXONS AT WARPaul Hill

The authors broad, detailedand graphic account of theconduct of war in the Anglo-Saxon world in the unstable,violent centuries before theNorman Conquest will beilluminating reading foranyone who wants to learnabout this key stage ofmedieval history.

AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORYOF BRITAIN: THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE Timothy Venning

Taking a similar approach tohis successful If Rome Hadn'tFallen, Timothy Venningexplores the various decisionpoints in a fascinating periodof British history and thealternative paths that it mighthave taken.

AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORYOF BRITAIN: THE WARS OFTHE ROSESTimothy Venning

Timothy Venning'sexploration of the alternativepaths that British historymight easily have takenmoves on to the Wars of theRoses.

EDWARD IVAND THE WARSOF THE ROSESDavid Santiuste

As David Santiuste shows inthis perceptive and highlyreadable new study, Edwardwas a formidable militaryleader whose strengths andsubtlety have not been fullyrecognized. A fascinatinginsight into Edward the manand into the politics and thefighting.

THE BATTLE OFHASTINGS 1066 - THEUNCOMFORTABLETRUTHJohn Grehan & Martin Mace

The Battle of Hastings is themost defining event in Englishhistory. As such, its every detailhas been analysed by scholarsand interpreted by historians.Yet one of the mostfundamental aspect of the battle– the place upon which it wasfought – has never beenseriously questioned, until now.


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THE NORMANDYINVASION, JUNE1944Col Roy Stanley II USAF (Ret’d)

The Normandy Invasionliterally takes a differentview of D-Day and justbeyond, showing the well-known events using aerialphotos. This is whatanxiously waiting seniorofficers knew about progressin the early hours of 6 June1944.

THE NORMANDYCAMPAIGN 1944Bob Carruthers

This lavishly illustrated editionis the definitive single volumeoverview of the hard foughtcampaign in Normandy. TheNormandy Campaignencompasses the strategic,operational and tactical aspectsof the battle for Normandyand expertly details the eventswhich influenced the actions ofthe armies on both sides of thebattlefront.

TIGERS INNORMANDYWolfgang Schneider

For the first time in English,Wolfgang Schneider, anexpert on German armour,presents a complete combatchronicle of the GermanTiger Tank, including newdetails on how the Tigerperformed against Alliedarmour, particularly theSherman, and famous tankace Michael Wittmann.

GOODWOOD -OVER THEBATTLEFIELDIan Daglish

For the first book in our newseries Over The Battlefield,we have chosen Ian Daglishto describe the events ofOperation GOODWOOD,July 1944, the dramaticattempted British armouredbreak-out from theNormandy bridge-head.

FIGHTING WITHTHE DESERT RATSMajor H.P. Samwell MC

This is a descriptive account ofwhat it was like to serve as anInfantry Officer with theDesert Army in the WesternDesert and Sicily between1942 and 1943. The author isMajor H.P. Samwell, MC, whowas unfortunately killed on 13January 1945, whilst servingwith the 7th Battalion Argylland Sutherland Highlanders,51st Highland Division.

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ONCE A HUSSARRay Ellis

Once a Hussar is a vividaccount of the wartimeexperiences of Ray Ellis, agunner who in later liferecorded in this well-written,candid and perceptivememoir the conflict he knewas a young man seventy yearsago. His story is an honestand moving memoir, but italso reveals the surprisingtriumphs of the human spiritin times of great hardship.

OUT OF THEDEPTHS OF HELLJohn McEwan

When John McEwan and hisRegiment landed in Malaya,they were all hugelyconfident. This evaporatedin utter disbelief as theBritish were totally out-manoeuvered by theJapanese advanceculminating, in the captureof Singapore. This is hisextraordinary story.

WAVELL –SOLDIER ANDSTATESMANVictoria Schofield

Archibald Wavell’s life andcareer makes a marvelloussubject. Not only did hereach the highest rank andbecome an Earl and Viceroyof India but his characterwas complex.

DEATH WASOUR BEDMATEAgnes McEwan, CampbellThomson

The book tells the story of alittle known artilleryregiment, the 155th(Lanarkshire Yeomanry) FieldRegiment, RA which sawconstant action during the ill-fated Malayan Campaign of1941/42 and whose memberslater experienced the worstkind of hell as POWs of acruel and bestial enemy.

THE LAST GREATCAVALRYMANRichard Mead

Dick McCreery wascommissioned into the 12thRoyal Lancers in 1915 andserved on The Western Front.Although not a public figure,McCreery was key figure in thedevelopment of armouredwarfare, a brilliant tactician andamong the most importantBritish fighting generals of theSecond World War.


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CROMWELL’SWAR MACHINEKeith Roberts

In this meticulouslyresearched and accessiblenew study, Keith Robertsdescribes how Cromwell'sarmy was recruited,inspired, organized, trainedand equipped. He also setsits strategic and tacticaloperation in the context ofthe theory and practice ofwarfare in seventeenth-century Europe.

AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORYOF BRITAIN: THE HUNDREDYEARS WAR Timothy Venning

Continuing his explorationof the alternative paths thatBritish history might soeasily have taken, TimothyVenning turns his attentionto the Hundred Years Warbetween England andFrance.

OFFA AND THEMERCIAN WARSChris Peers

In England in the eighthcentury, in the midst of theso-called Dark Ages, Offaruled Mercia, one of thestrongest Anglo-Saxonkingdoms. It is Chris Peers’stask in this new study touncover the facts about Offaand the other Mercian kingsand to set them in the contextof English history before thecoming of the Danes.

KILLING FIELDSOF SCOTLANDR J M Pugh

Most people are familiar withreferences to Scottish battlessuch as Bannockburn andFlodden but know little ifanything about those events.This book tells the stories ofthese battles and many othersfought in Scotland from theRoman victory at MonsGraupius in AD 83 to thedefeat of Bonnie Prince Charlieat Culloden Moor in 1746.

CULLODENEdited by Tony Pollard

So, what really happened atCulloden? In this fascinatingand original book, a team ofleading historians andarchaeologists reconsidersevery aspect of the battle.They examine the latesthistorical and archaeologicalevidence, question everyassumption, and rewrite thestory of the campaign invivid detail.



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THE SPARTAN WAYNic Fields

For a period of some 200years, Sparta wasacknowledged throughout theGreek world as the home ofthe finest soldiers. Nic Fieldsexplains the reasons for thissuperiority, how theirreputation for invincibilitywas earned (and deliberatelymanipulated) and how it wasultimately shattered.

ALCIBIADESP. J. Rhodes

Alcibiades is one of the mostfamous (or infamous)characters of Classical Greece.A young Athenian aristocrat,he came to prominenceduring the PeloponnesianWar (429-404 BC) betweenSparta and Athens. ProfessorRhodes brings the authorityof an internationallyrecognized expert in the field.

ANTIOCHUSTHE GREATMichael Taylor

A teenage king in 223 BC,Antiochus III inherited anempire in shambles, ravagedby civil strife and eroded byterritorial secessions. Despitethe loss of territory andprestige enshrined in thesubsequent Peace of Apamea,Antiochus III left the SeleucidEmpire in far better conditionthan he found it.

GERMANICUS Lindsay Powell

Germanicus (a.k.a.Germanicus Iulius Caesar)was regarded by manyRomans as a hero in themould of Alexander theGreat. This, the first modernbiography of Germanicus, isin parts a growing-up story,a history of war, a tale ofpolitical intrigue and amurder mystery.

THE COLLAPSEOF ROMEGareth C Sampson

By the early first century BC,the Roman Republic hadalready carved itself a massiveempire and was easily themost powerful state in theMediterranean. But, as GarethSampson points out in thisnew analysis, the situationwas much more complex thanthe traditional view portrays itand the scope of the First CivilWar both wider and longer.


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NEVERSURRENDERMark Felton

Of the tens of thousands ofAllied personnel captured bythe victorious Japaneseduring late 1941 and early1942 only a small number ofbrave souls attempted toescape to freedom ratherthan suffer brutality,starvation and very possiblydeath as POWs.

LIFE ON THEDEATH RAILWAYStuart Young, Edited by TonyPollard

As a young man Stuart Youngendured the horrors of theJapanese prisoner-of-warcamps and survived. Later inlife, in graphic detail, herecorded the dreadfulexperience Yet he alsorecorded the comradeshipamong the prisoners, theircompassion and their strength.

SCATTEREDUNDER THERISING SUNStewart Mitchell

2nd Battalion, GordonHighlanders was posted toSingapore in 1937 with theirfamilies. The Japanesecaptured Singapore on 14February 1942. Those whowere not killed became POWs.The author has researched theplight of these men, so manyof whom never saw theirnative Scotland again.

THE WILL TO LIVEL L Baynes

Len Baynes’ courage andmental and physical strengthkept him alive during the1000 days of captivity by thebarbarous Japanese army.The difficulties and risksinvolved in keeping a diarywere immense and yet Lenpersevered. As a result of thisextraordinary feat, Len’srecord is pure fact.

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POSTERS OF THEGREAT WARFrédérick Hadley, Martin Pegler

Until the arrival of radio andtelevision, and despite theinfluence of newspapers,posters were the majormedium for masscommunication. As the 200wartime and immediate post-war posters selected for thisbook reveal, they were one ofthe most potent ways ofconveying news, informationand propaganda.

MURDEROUSTOMMIESJulian Putkowski, Mark Dunning

Much has been written aboutthe soldiers executed duringWW1 for military offences, allof whom were conditionallypardoned in 2006. Drawingon contemporary records, thiscarefully researched workchronicles the circumstancesin which each of these meneither slaughtered one of theircomrades or an unarmedcivilian.

A DOCTOR ONTHE WESTERNFRONTHenry Owens, Edited by JohnHutton

Henry Owens Great Wardiary provides a vivid andcomplete narrative, seenfrom the perspective of anarmy doctor, of what it waslike to live and fight in thetrenches of the WesternFront.

BATTLE ON THEAISNE 1914Jerry Murland

The river Aisne featuredprominently in August 1914during the Retreat fromMons and in September wasthe scene of bitter fighting.Historian Jerry Murlandplaces the Aisne battles intheir context, both from theBEF and German viewpoints.

BATTLE LINES:YPRESJon Cooksey, Jerry Murland

Battle Lines Ypres, the firstvolume in Pen & Sword’s newseries of walking, cycling anddriving guides to the WesternFront, is the essentialcompanion for every visitor tothe Ypres Salient and thebattlefields of Belgium. Manyof the most famous - and mostmemorable - Great War sitesare featured here.


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THE BRUNEIREVOLT 1962-1963Nick Van Der Bijl

In December 1962, nationalistsin Brunei formed the Army ofNorth Kalimantan (TNKU)and, demanding greaterdemocracy, engineered arebellion against the Sultanand seized a large number ofhostages. Within twelve hoursof its outbreak, British forceswere despatched by ship andaircraft from Singapore torestore order.

FROM THE IMJINTO THE HOOKJames Jacobs

The British Army’sconsiderable contribution toThe Korean War 1950 – 1953was largely composed of‘conscripts’ or nationalservicemen. In this grippingmemoir Jim recounts hisexperiences and emotionsfrom joining the Armythrough training, the journeysby troopship and, mostimportantly, on active service.

BIAFRA STORYFrederick Forsyth

This book which markedFrederick Forsyth’stransition from journalist toauthor is a record of one ofthe most brutal conflicts theThird World has eversuffered, indeed it hasbecome a classic of modernwar reporting. The BiafraStory a compelling read.

THE RHODESIANWARPaul Moorcraft, PeterMcLaughlin

This book depicts themilitary history of SouthernRhodesia from the firstresistance to colonial rule,through the period of UDI(unilateral declaration ofindependence) by the Smithgovernment to the LancasterHouse agreement thattransferred power.

COLD WARSECRET NUCLEARBUNKERSNick McCamley

This book tells thepreviously undisclosed storyof the secret defencestructures built by the Westduring the Cold War years.The book describes infascinating detail a vastumbrella of radar stationsthat spanned the NorthAmerican continent and thenorth Atlantic.

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THE SIEGE OFBREST 1941Rostislav Aliev

On 22 June 1941, soon after3am, the first German shellssmashed into the Sovietfrontier fortress of Brest –Hitler’s OperationBarbarossa had begun. Theheroic defence of Brest hasbecome one of the legends ofthe Second World War on theEastern Front, an example ofselfless Soviet heroism in theface of Nazi aggression.

THE DEFENSE OFMOSCOW 1941Jacky Radey, Charles Sharp,Foreword by David Glantz

There was one point in theSecond World War whenGermany had a chance ofwinning, October 1941, whenmost of the Red Army’s forcesbefore Moscow had beensmashed and no reserves wereavailable to defend the capital.This book is a compellingstudy of a previously unknownpart of the Battle of Moscow.

THE DEFENCEAND FALL OFGREECE 1940-41John Carr

John Carr's masterful accountof these desperate campaigns,while not disparaging theBritish and Commonwealthassistance, draws heavily onGreek sources to emphasizethe oft-neglected experienceof the Greeks themselves andtheir contribution to the fightagainst fascism.

ROMMEL’SDESERTWARRIORSMichael Olive, Robert Edwards

Using an extensive collectionof rare and previouslyunpublished photographs,together with detailedcaptions and accompanyingtext, Rommel’s DesertWarriors 1941-42 provides aunique insight into thetroops, uniforms, desertterrain, tanks, weapons andmuch more.

RUSSIAN ARMOURIN THE SECONDWORLD WARMichael Green

It was the Stalin’s tanks andarmoured fighting vehiclesthat finally pushed theGerman Army back from theoutskirts of Moscow. From thatpoint on, the tanks andarmoured fighting vehicles ofthe Red Army continued theiroffensive operations until theyentered Berlin in April andMay 1945.


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BRITISH MILITARYMEDALS SECOND EDITION

Peter Duckers

This book traces the history ofmedals and gallantry awardsfrom Elizabethan times to themodern day and it featuresan expert account of theirdesign and production. Forover 200 years these awardshave marked the wars,campaigns and battles foughtby British and Imperial forcesacross the world.

THE COMPLETEBLUE MAXKevin Brazier

Until the end of the Great Warthe Blue Max was the mostprestigious accolade a Germanserviceman could wish for. Yetfictions and myths about theBlue Max have obscured itslong and fascinating history.Kevin Brazier, in thiscomprehensive account of thePour le Mérite and of the menwho received it, aims to set therecord straight.

THE ANIMALVICTORIA CROSS Peter Hawthorne

Sixty-three animals havewon the Dicken Medal, thehighest award for animalbravery. Their inspiringstories are told, for the firsttime in one book, The AnimalVictoria Cross.

THE HOMEFRONT IN WORLDWAR TWOSusie Hodge

Packed with interviews,photographs and other firsthand information, this bookwill appeal to all those whowere there, but even more forthose with little or noexperience of World WarTwo, who will gain insightsinto the humour, strength andcreativity that emerged in theface of hardship and tragedy.

CHURCHILL’SSECRETDEFENCE ARMYArthur Ward

Following the publication ofhis 50th anniversary history ofthe Battle of Britain, A NationAlone, Arthur Ward lookeddeeper into the story of theInvasion Summer of 1940 andinterviewed those involvedwith Auxiliary Units at thevery top and in the front line,as volunteers in a six-man cell.

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ROAD TOMANZIKERTProfessor Brian Todd Carey,Joshua B Allfree, John Cairns

This book sets the battle in thecontext of the military historyof the Byzantine Empire andthe Islamic World (Arab andSeljuk Turkish) up to thepivotal engagement atManzikert in 1071, withspecial emphasis on theorigins, course and outcomeof this battle.

SALADINGeoffrey Hindley

Geoffrey Hindley'ssympathetic and highlyreadable study of the lifeand times of this remarkable,many-sided man, whodominated the Middle Eastin his day, gives a fascinatinginsight into his achievementsand into the Muslim worldof hiscontemporaries.

THE WAR OFTHE THREEGODSPeter Crawford

War of the Three Gods is amilitary history of the firsthalf of seventh century, withheavy focus on the reign ofthe Eastern Roman EmperorHeraclius (AD 610-641). Thiswas a pivotal time in worldhistory as well as a dramaticone.

ROME, PARTHIAAND INDIAJohn D Grainger

Between 152 and 138 BC aseries of wars from Africa toIndia produced a radicallynew geopolitical situation.John Grainger's lucidnarrative shows how theseseismic events, stretchingfrom India to the WesternMeditteranean,interconnected to recast theancient world.

MIDGET NINJAAND TACTICALLAXATIVESPhilip Sidnell

‘Midget Ninja and TacticalLaxitives’ is a light-hearted lookat some of the most bizarreincidents, weirdest weaponsand strangest stratagems to befound in the annals of warfare.Drawn from all periods ofhistory there is something herefor every reader with an interestin military history and/or asense of humour.


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OF THOSE WELOVEDI L (Dick) Read

Dick Read was among thefirst to respond toKitchener’s call forvolunteers in 1914. Hejoined 8th BattalionLeicestershire Regiment.This narrative, refined anduniquely illustrated over theyears is a personal record ofone man’s war and aprofoundly moving epitaphfor a lost generation.

HORSEMEN INNO MAN'SLANDDavid Kenyon, Foreword byRichard Holmes

The cavalry have beenconsistently underestimatedsince the first histories of theGreat War were written. But,in light of modern research, isthis the right verdict? DavidKenyon seeks to answer thisquestion in his thought-provoking new study.

THE KAISER’SRELUCTANTCONSCRIPTDominik Richert, Translatedby D C Sutherland

As a conscript from Alsace,Dominik Richert realised fromthe outset of the First WorldWar that his family was likelyto be at or near the front line.He was a reluctant soldierwho was willing to stand upto authority – and to avoidrisks – in order to survive.

HAPPY ODYSSEYSir Adrian Carton de Wiart

Adrian Carton de Wiart’sautobiography is one of themost remarkable of Militarymemoirs. During the GreatWar, besides commanding the8th Glosters, he was GOC 12Brigade and GOC 105Brigade. He was woundedeight times during the war,won the VC during the Battleof the Somme, and wasmentioned in despatches sixtimes.

JOHNNY: THELEGEND ANDTRAGEDY OFGENERAL SIRIAN HAMILTONJohn Philip Jones

This book examines whyHamilton failed at Gallipoliand shows how, in spite ofthat failure he became a wellrespected military prophet.



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GLIDER PILOTSIN SICILYMike Peters

The British Airbornelandings on Sicily are theleast known and, withoutdoubt, the most fraught withpolitical and technical strife.Newly formed Airlandingtroops were delivered intobattle in gliders they knewlittle about. This is the firstaccount of the Sicily airlanding operation.

THE LONGRANGE DESERTGROUP 1940-1945Major General David Lloyd Owen

This splendid record takesthe reader behind enemylines not only in NorthAfrica but in Italy, theAegean and the Balkans. TheAuthor, who commandedthe LRDG, paints a vividpicture of the unit’scolourful character.

THE ATLANTICWALLJ.E. Kaufmann, H.W.Kaufmann, A. Jankovic-Potocnik, Vladimir Tonic

The complex system of coastalfortifications that stretchedfrom Norway to the Spanishborder during the SecondWorld War was built to defendoccupied Europe from Alliedinvasion. Many of its principalstructures can be visited today,and this book is anauthoritative guide to them.

DISARMINGHITLER’S VWEAPONSChris Ransted

In 1944 the V-1s and V-2s,Hitler’s ‘vengeance’ weapons,were regarded by the Alliedleaders in London as the singlegreatest threat they had faced.Yet, little more than half ofthese missiles hit their targets.It was the job of specialistBomb Disposal teams torender the V-weapons safe anduncover their secrets.

GERMANMACHINE GUNSOF THE SECONDWORLD WARHans Seidler

Using over 250 rare andunpublished photographstogether with detailed captionsand accompanying text, thisbook provides a unique insightinto German weaponry fromearly Blitzkrieg campaigns tothe final demise of the Naziempire.


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IAN FLEMINGAND SOE’SOPERATIONPOSTMASTERBrian Gordon Lett QC

This is a true story of a forceof ‘licensed to kill’ secretagents, commanded by a realwar time secret service chiefcode names M, with whomIan Fleming worked, andupon whom his James Bondstories were based.

CARVE HER NAMEWITH PRIDER.J. Minney

This is the inspiring story ofthe half-French Violette Szabowho was born in Paris in1921 to an English motor-cardealer, and a French Mother.She became a FANY and wasrecruited into the SOE andunderwent secret agenttraining. Szabo was sent toRavensbruck concentrationcamp where she wasexecuted in January 1945.

THE PHANTOMMAJORVirginia Cowles

In the dark and uncertaindays of 1941 and 1942, whenRommel’s Afrika Korps wassweeping towards Egyptand the Suez Canal, a smallgroup of daring raidersmade history for the Allies.The men were the SpecialAir Service.

THE OPERATORSJames Rennie

Few outside the securityservices have heard of 14Company. As deadly as theSAS yet more secret, theOperators of 14 Company areBritain’s most effective weaponagainst international terrorism.This is the true story of oneOperator and of some of themost hair-raising militaryoperations ever conducted onthe streets of Britain.

THE LORDS OFWAR: FROMLINCOLN TOCHURCHILLCorrelli Barnett CBE

In this compelling study ofleadership, Correlli Barnettexamines the strengths andweaknesses of twentyleaders in the nineteenth andearly twentieth centuries.



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HANDBOOK TOROMAN LEGIONARYFORTRESSESM.C. Bishop

Around eight-five Roman legionaryfortresses have been located andidentified and are heredetailedtogether for the first time. Anintroductory section outlines thehistory of legionary bases and theirkey components. A detailedbibliography provides up-to-datepublication information.

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ROMAN CONQUESTS:EGYPT AND JUDAEAJohn D Grainger

Like the other volumes in this series, thisbook gives a clear narrative of the courseof these campaigns, explaining how theRoman war machine coped withformidable new foes and the challengesof unfamiliar terrain and climate.Specially-commissioned colour plates bythe renowned Graham Sumner bring themain troop types vividly to life inmeticulously-researched detail.

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THE ROMANINVASION OFBRITAINBirgitta Hoffmann

The purpose of this book is to takewhat we think we know about theRoman Conquest of Britain fromhistorical sources, and compare itwith the archaeological evidence,which is often contradictory.Archaeologists and historians all toooften work in complete isolationfrom each other and this book hopesto show the dangers of neglectingeither form of evidence.

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THE HOUSE OF MEDICI: INHERITANCEOF POWEREdward Charles

Ted Townsend presents ushere with an enthrallingevocation of FifteenthCentury Florence, arena ofintrigue, glamour, wealth anddeception. One woman'sdevotion forms thefoundation upon which thefamed Medici bank was built.

THE WOODVILLECONNECTIONK. E Martin

“There are many stories withwhich I weary my greedyvisitors but there is one Inever shall tell. While itpleases me to confide this taleto my good friends quill andparchment. I am the lastsurvivor of those who tookpart in the Plaincourt Manoraffair and I have vowed totake that secret to my grave...”

TRIANGLE TRADEGeoff Woodland

In 1804, Liverpool was thelargest slave trading port inGreat Britain, yet her influentialtraders felt threatened by thesuccess, in Parliament, of theanti-slavery movement. Few inLiverpool condemned the‘Trade’. William King, son of aLiverpool slave trader,sickened by what heexperienced aboard a Spanishslaver, was one of the few whodid speak out.

BY LOYALTYBOUNDElizabeth Ashworth

This is the story of defiant AnneHarrington, the woman whowould later become mistress tothe enigmatic Richard as aconsequence of his involvementin the trials of her family. Withher father and grandfatherkilled Hornby Castle falls to heras an inheritance. The storytraces the Harringtons fight tokeep possession of theirancestral home.

THE ARROW OFSHERWOODLauren Johnson

“Robin of Locksley is amurderer. A disappointment tohis mother, a humiliation to hisfather and a disgrace to thecounty. For eighteen years thisboy has led a life of selfish easeand sin. I shall tell you somethingof this young man, a secret Ihave kept to myself but nowknow I must reveal. Then youwill see how undeserving thisboy is of forgiveness...”

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SHIPCRAFT 11: BRITISHDESTROYERSLes Brown

Volume 11 deals with theclasses that represent thewhole inter-wardevelopment of Britishdestroyers, from theprototypes Amazon andAmbuscade of 1926 – thefirst new post World War Idesign – to the powerful andradically different ‘Tribal’class a decade later.

SHIPCRAFT 7: BRITISHBATTLECRUISERSSteve Backer

The latest in this series coversthe three ships of this FirstWorld War type, Hood, Repulseand Renown, which survivedto fight in the Second. Still thefastest capital ships in theworld in 1939, their protectionwas not up to contemporarystandards and two werefamously lost in action.

BRITISH CRUISERSNorman Friedman

For most of the twentiethcentury Britain possessedboth the world’s largestmerchant fleet and its mostextensive overseas territories.For the first time this bookseeks to comprehend the fullpolicy background, fromwhich a different and entirelyoriginal picture emerges ofBritish cruiser development.

BRITISHDESTROYERS &FRIGATESNorman Friedman

Since the Second World Warthe old categories ofdestroyer and frigate haveslowly merged, a processthat this book traces incomprehensive detail. Full oftechnical information, newinsights, and illustrated witha magnificent collection ofplans and photographs.

BRITISHCRUISERSNorman Friedman

Gradually evolving fromsailing frigates, the firstmodern cruiser is not easy todefine, but this book startswith the earliest steampaddle warships, covers theevolution of screw-drivenfrigates, corvettes and sloops,and then the succeeding iron,composite and steel-hulledcruising ships.


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FROM THEDREADNOUGHTTO SCAPA FLOWArthur Marder

This first volume covers manyfacets of the history of theRoyal Navy during the pre-wardecade, including the economicand political background.Inevitably, attention moves tothe German naval challenge,and the subsequent Anglo-German rivalry.

FROM THEDREADNOUGHTTO SCAPA FLOWArthur Marder

This second volume in the seriesbegins with the embarrassingescape of the German shipGoeben, before moving on to thedefeat at Coronel. Marder turnshis attention to the wholequestion of British strategy andat how the High Seas Fleet wasto brought to battle.

BRITISHBATTLESHIPS OFWORLD WAR ONER A Burt

This superb reference bookachieved the status of‘classic’ soon after its firstpublication in 1986; it wassoon out of print and is nowone of the most sought-afternaval reference books on thesecond-hand market.

BRITISHBATTLESHIPS1919-1945R A Burt

British Battleships 1919-1939is a masterpiece of researchand the comprehensive text isaccompanied by tabulardetail and certainly the finestcollection of photographs andline drawings ever offered insuch a book.

WARSHIPS AFTERWASHINGTONJohn Jordan

The Washington Treaty of1922 agreed to legallybinding limits on thenumbers and sizes of theprincipal warship types. Thebook combines coverage ofthe political and strategicbackground of the treatywith analysis of exactly howthe navies of Britain, theUSA, Japan, France and Italyresponded.

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HMS WARRIORIRONCLADFRIGATE 1860Wynford Davies

HMS Warrior, launched in1860, was the first iron-hulled,sea-going armoured ship.Rescued a century later fromher role as a refuelling hulk,she became the object of themost ambitious shiprestoration project evermounted and is now afloat andopen to visitors at Portsmouth.

HMS BELFAST:CRUISER 1939Richard Johnstone-Bryden

HMS Belfast, originally aRoyal Navy light cruiser, isnow permanently mooredon the Thames in London.One of ten Town-classcruisers she saw service onthe icy Arctic convoysduring the Second WorldWar and was also present forthe bombardment of the D-Day beaches in 1944.

HMS VICTORYFIRST-RATE 1765Jonathan Eastland

HMS Victory is probably thebest-known historic ship inthe world. She is based inPortsmouth and seen by tensof thousands of visitors eachyear. As is the case for manyhistoric ships, however, thereis a surprising shortage ofinformative and wellillustrated guides, this newbook redresses the gap.

SHIPCRAFT 21:BRITISHDESTROYERSLes Brown

A follow-up to ShipCraft 11on inter-war destroyers, thisnew volume deals with thelater classes which were themost modern Britishdestroyers of the SecondWorld War.

SS GREATBRITAINWynford Davies

The SS Great Britain, designedby Isambard Brunel, was thefirst ocean-going vessel to bescrew-driven and built entirelyof iron. When she waslaunched in 1843 she was twicethe size of any previous shipand her revolutionary designheralded a complete break withtraditional ship construction.


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9781848321427 • Hardback192 pages 300 colour illus, 85b&w photos

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MUSSOLINI’SNAVYMaurizio Brescia

This book is a complete guideto the Regia Marina, the navywith which Italy fought theSecond World War. Startingwith the historical background,it describes how the navydeveloped, how it wasorganised, the facilities thatsupported it, and the operationsit conducted both before andafter the armistice in 1943.

THE ROMANNAVYMichael Paul Pitassi

The Roman Navy wasremarkable for its size, reachand longevity. As significantas the Royal Navy was to theBritish Empire in thenineteenth century, theRoman Navy was crucial tothe extraordinary expansionof Imperial power and for itsmaintenance over a periodof more than 800 years.

FRENCH CRUISERS1922-1956John Jordan, Jean Moulin

The French produced some ofthe most striking andinnovatory interwar cruiserdesigns. A large amount ofnew information about theseships has become availableover the past twenty years inFrance, but this book is the firstto make this accessible to anEnglish-speaking readership.

GERMANCAPITAL SHIPSOF THE SECONDWORLD WARSiegfried Breyer, M Skwiot

Few warship types have hadas much written about themas the Kriegsmarine’s capitalships. What has come to lightis a growing number ofphotographs, many fromprivate albums and obscurearchives. This book is a carefulselection of the best of these.

GERMAN NAVALCAMOUFLAGE John Asmussen and Eric Leon

For half a century Germanwarship camouflage has beensomething of a mystery forwarship enthusiasts and model-makers. The widespreaddestruction of naval archives atthe end of the war left littledocumentation. This book,therefore, is based on closescrutiny of all available photos.



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RIGGINGPERIOD SHIPMODELSLennarth Petersson

The rigging of period shipmodels is the most complextask which any modeller hasto take on, for an eighteenth-century man-of-war boastedmile on mile of rigging,more than 1,000 blocks, andacres of canvas. This nowclassic work untangles thecomplex web.

THE SAILINGFRIGATERobert Gardiner

The National MaritimeMuseum in Greenwichhouses the largest collectionof scale ship models in theworld, many of which areofficial, contemporaryartefacts made by thecraftsmen of the navy or theshipbuilders themselves, andranging from the midseventeenth century to thepresent day.

NELSON TOVANGUARDD K Brown

The third volume in D KBrown’s best-selling series onwarship design anddevelopment looks at the RoyalNavy’s response to therestrictions placed on it by theWashington Naval Treaties inthe inter-war years, and analysesthe fleet that was constructed tofight the Second World War.

PILOT CUTTERSUNDER SAILTom Cunliffe

The pilot cutters thatoperated around the coastsof northern Europe until theFirst World War wereamongst the most seaworthyand beautiful craft of theirsize ever built. This newbook is both a tribute to anda minutely researchedhistory of these remarkablevessels.

THE GRAND FLEET D K Brown

The launch of HMS Dreadnoughtin 1906 ushered in one of themost rapid periods ofwarshipdevelopment in history;and only ten years after this all-big-gun battleship wascompleted, twofleets ofDreadnoughts would meet atJutland and put the work of theprewar designers to theultimatetest.


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WAR AT SEAMarcus Faulkner

In the vast literature of theSecond World War there hasnever been a naval atlasshowing graphically thecomplexities of the war at sea,a war which spread acrossevery ocean. With more than200 beautifully-designed mapsand charts, the atlas sets out tovisualise the great campaignsand major battles as well asthe smaller operations.

THE GATHERINGSTORMGeirr Haarr

This new book is a superbsurvey of the fierce navalstruggles from 1939 up tothe invasion of the Norwayin April 1940. This new bookis set to fulfill all theexpectations raised by hisfirst volumes.

REBUILDING THEROYAL NAVYD K Brown & George Moore

In this volume the authorcovers the period in whichhe himself worked as aNaval Constructor, whilethis personal knowledge isaugmented by GeorgeMoore’s in-depth archivalresearch on recentlydeclassified material.

X.1: THE ROYALNAVY’S MYSTERYSUBMARINERoger Branfill-Cook

This book explores thehistorical background tosubmarine cruisers, thepersonalities involved in X.1’sdesign and service, the spydrama surrounding her launch,the treason trial of a leadingRN submarine commander, theship’s chequered career, andher political demise.

A HOME ON THEROLLING MAINA G F Ditcham

This incident-packed career isrecounted with restraint, plentyof humour and colourfuldescriptive power – his accountof broaching and almostcapsizing in an Arctic winterstorm is as good as anything inthe literature of the sea. Theresult makes enthrallingreading, a great eyewitnessnarrative of the naval war.



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BRITISH NAVALSWORDS ANDSWORDSMANSHIPJohn McGrath & Mark Barton

This new publication isintended to bring together amass of research dealing withall aspects of British navalswords. For the first time, thecomplete story of swords andswordsmanship is presentedin one concise volume.

SHIP MODELSFROM KITSDr David Griffith

New techniques in resincasting and photo-etched brasshave transformed the humblekit, resultingin a new form ofthe hobby, mid-way betweentraditional build-from-the-boxand the time consumingdemands of fabricatingeverything from scratch. Theinnovative techniques nowrequired are demonstrated inthis new manual.

GIANTS OF THESEASAaron Saunders

In this new book, the authorshowcases the mostinfluential cruise ships of thelast three decades beginningwith Royal Caribbean’sground-breaking Sovereign ofthe Seas. The reader is takenaboard thirty of the mostspectacular ships.

THE VOYAGES OFTHE DISCOVERYAnn Savours

The ship had a long andintriguing career before herfinal voyage back there in1986; this book tells the storyof that chequered history.The Royal GeographicalSociety proposed a NationalAntarctic Expedition and theDiscovery was designed.

INSHORE CRAFT Basil Greenhill & JulianMannering

This now classic referencework describes more than200 types of traditionalworking vessel which oncefished and traded aroundour coasts. Detaileddescriptions of the types,along with stunningphotographs are supplied bya team of twelve experts.


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TIGER COMMANDBob Carruthers

Based on a true story ofcombat on the Russian Front,this powerful new novel tellsthe gripping saga of how theTiger tank was born and alegend forged in the heat ofcombat. Gritty, intense andbreath-taking in its detail,this sprawling epic capturesthe reality of the lives anddeaths of the tank crewsfighting for survival on theEastern Front.

THEPEENEMUNDEDECEPTIONSJim McDermott

Peenemünde: windsweptcorner of the Third Reich andbirthplace of the space age.Otto Fischer, a severelywounded Luftwaffe officer andformer criminal investigator, issummoned to solve aseemingly incomprehensiblecase: the murder of a leadingrocket engineer during adevastating air-raid.

ROYALIST REBELAnita Seymour

The real-life historical figure ofElizabeth Murray serves as thenovels central protagonist;Countess Dysart and Duchessof Lauderdale, she inhabitedHam House, a Jacobeanmansion built on the RiverThames at Petersham.Wielding a great deal ofinfluence due to her elevatedposition, she found herselfright at the heart of the action.

BLOCKADERUNNERDavid Kent-Lemon

David Kent-Lemon presentsus here with a fast pacedand dynamic narrative,exploring a fascinating,dramatic and less wellknown corner of thatextraordinary conflict – theAmerican Civil War. Thecharacters are finely drawn,with the balance betweendeceit and morality offset bycourage and humour.

THREADS OFTREASONMary Bale

When two of the nuns creatingthe Bayeux Tapestry fall fromthe tower of the Priory of StThomas the Apostle, AbbessEleanor and her protégé,Therese, are sent to investigate.The violent and mysteriousdeaths stir up a spirit ofmistrust and suspicionamongst all those cloisteredwithin the confines of thePriory.

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TAPPINGHITLER'SGENERALSEdited by Sönke Neitzel

In this extraordinary workProfessor Neitzel examinesthese transcripts in depth forthe first time. His findingsare truly revealing andaddress important questionsregarding the officers’attitudes towards theGerman leadership and Nazipolicies.

SPARTA AT WARDr Scott M Rusch

Scott Rusch examines whatis known of the history ofSparta, from the settlementof the city to her defeat atTheban hands, focusingupon military campaignsand the strategiccircumstances that drovethem.

BRITISHBATTLESHIPS1889-1904R A Burt

With this volume we bringto completion Ray Burt’smagnificent trilogy of bookson these great ships. Thetext, photographs and linedrawings are quite withoutequal. This really is a ‘must-have’ reference book.

THE BATTLESHIPBUILDERSIan Johnston & Ian Buxton

‘One reader wrote to us: “Insome fifty years of readingbooks on warships, this is themost interesting one I haveever read ... A superbpublication. An astonishingone.” Don’t miss thisfascinating account of thecountry’s vast industrialnexus that built thebattleships of the Royal Navy.

EUROPEANRESISTANCE INTHE SECONDWORLD WARPhilip Cooke, Ben H. Shepherd

The first country-by-countryaccount of resistance to theGerman-led occupation ofEurope between 1939 and1945 – a milestone in thehistory of the Second WorldWar.

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THEMACEDONIANWAR MACHINE359-281 BCDavid Karunanithy

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THEWARGAMINGCOMPENDIUMHenry Hyde

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The first in the series, GalleySlave, is acompellingaccount of themiseries of a Huguenot slavewhowas condemned to theFrench galley fleet atthebeginning of the 18thcentury.

SEAFARERS’ VOICES 2 A PRIVATEER’SVOYAGE ROUNDTHE WORLDCaptain George Shelvocke

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SEAFARERS’ VOICES 3 SLAVERCAPTAINJohn Newton

This is a rare and authenticaccount of the African slavetrade, told by one whocaptained slave ships in themid eighteenth century, andit presents a remarkablytruthful picture of thehuman cruelty and barbaritythat characterised the trade.

SEAFARERS’ VOICES 4 LANDSMANHAYRobert Hay

Racy and compellingnarratives for modernreaders with fascinatingfirst-hand accounts ofsailors’ lives in bygone eras,the fourth work in a highlycollectible library of twelvevolumes, painting a pictureof life at sea over 300 years.

SEAFARERS’ VOICES 5 LIFE OF ASAILORFrederick Chamier

A junior officer’s view of theRoyal Navy at the height ofits power which detailsmany of the lesser knowncampaigns. Told withhumour and insight.



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The life of a successfulmerchant seaman in thenineteenth century whichcovers the golden age ofclipper and packet ship. Anentertaining and amusingread.

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A boy’s life in the last daysof naval sail, describes apeacetime cruise but full ofincident, ashore and afloat.

SEAFARERS' VOICES 10ROLLING HOMEWilliam Morris Barnes

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