Modern warfare Books
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Night Fighter Navigator
Book SynopsisOne of the top scoring night fighter navigators of WWII
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Four Geniuses of the Battle of Britain
Book SynopsisA unique overview to the hasty preparations for the defence of Britain in World War.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Unearthing Churchills Secret Army
Book SynopsisA list of all the officially recognised SOE casualties has not been produced before. The information uncovered by the authors has never been brought together in a single publication.
£14.39
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Fortune Favours the Brave The Battles of the Hook
Book SynopsisAll too little remembered today, the Korean War was bitterly fought out under atrocious conditions of weather and terrain. Greatly outnumbered by their Communist Chinese and North Korean enemy, the United Nations forces fought with extraordinary resolve and gallantry. The Hook, the name given to a prominent ridge on the Peninsula, saw more blood spilt than any other feature in this prolonged and grisly war. Not surprisingly it became known as 'the bloody Hood'. The two costliest battles are described in detail in Fortune Favours The Brave, a classic account of the war. Both involved British infantry battalions of 29 Commonwealth Brigade. In November 1952, The Black Watch saw off a major Chinese attack against all odds. In May 1953 it was the turn of 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment to face what must have seemed an overwhelming onslaught. Along a 1,000 yard front the greatest concentration of artillery fire since the Great War was brought to bear on Chinese human-wave
£11.69
Pen & Sword Books Ltd MIG Menace Over Korea
Book SynopsisThe story of one of the great fighter pilots of the jet age.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
Book SynopsisAnalysis of a crucial battle in British naval historyRe-examines a neglected moment in naval warfareGripping account of this daring attack on the French FleetPlaces the battle in the wider context of the Seven Years war, particularly upon the war in North America.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Firefighting the Blitz
Book SynopsisThe autobiography of the first and only person to head firefighting across the whole of Great Britain
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Mad Mike
Book SynopsisHighly successful when first published in 1997.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Bomber Command
Book SynopsisA uniquely personal and revealing insight in to the overall impact of the Allied bomber offensive in WW2.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Death Railway
Book SynopsisThis is Lieutenant Colonel Kappe's account of what he and the many other PoWs of F' Force endured from May to October 1943 whilst being forced to work on the infamous Burma-Thai railway -the so-called Death Railway.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Devils Workshop
Book SynopsisThe remarkable true story of Operation Bernhard - the Nazi plan to forge pound and dollar bank notes, thereby ruining the Allied economies.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd In the Ranks of Death
Book SynopsisMarks the 70th Anniversary of the outbreak of WW2.
£14.39
Pen & Sword Books Ltd End Game Burma 1945
Book SynopsisThis is an overdue study of a major campaign with huge implications for the outcome of the War.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Covert Radar and Signals Interception
Book SynopsisThe enthralling biography of Wing Commander Eric Ackermann, a man who, according to R.V. Jones, the Scientific Advisor to Winston Churchill, 'made the world tick a little faster'.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Invasion Scare 1940
Book SynopsisThis is by no means a work of chauvinistic self-congratulations; it is rather a distinguished historian's assessment of the last great invasion scare the British Isles have endured since the Martello towers were built in 1805.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd JG 26
Book SynopsisAll aviation and World War II buffs will want this book. Library Journal
£15.29
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Battle for Sicily
Book SynopsisThe successes and failures of Operation HUSKY.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Warships of the Soviet Fleets 19391945
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive listing of Soviet warships of this era in English.
£36.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd A Fighter Command Station at War
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive visual history of this key RAF fighter station throughout the Second World War.
£14.39
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Return via Rangoon
Book SynopsisReturn via Rangoon is the story of a young officer who took part in Wingate's Chindit campaign during the Second World War. I found the Prologue and Epilogue - unchanged since the first edition was written in 1945 - quite the most poignant writing I have read for many years.' Ewen Southby-Tailyour
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Battles for the Channel Ports
Book SynopsisA blow-by-blow analysis of the operations to to secure suitable docks to supply the immense needs of the Allied armies on Northwest Europe, 1944.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Siege of Leningrad
Book SynopsisThe longest and most harrowing siege of the war on the Eastern Front, Leningrad is the epitome of endurance and fortitude in a battle of both arms and ideology.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Combined Operations
Book SynopsisLooks at combined operations in the Far East.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Wigwam Murder
Book SynopsisFirst full book devoted to the Wigwam murder. Uses hitherto unseen Canadian files for the first time. Includes eye-witness testimony of those who were there. Gives the full background to both victim and alleged killer. Describes in detail the brilliant forensic science in the case.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Hitler and Poland
Book SynopsisFollowing the end of the First World War, the newly reformed state of Poland was wedged uncomfortably between the two dominant nations of Germany and the Soviet Union. With their diametrically opposed political philosophies, both of Poland's neighbours plotted continuously to reclaim its lands that had up until recently been part of the once great but now defunct German and Russian empires. In order to protect itself, Poland was obliged to plot and negotiate with both of its neighbours to try and prevent them from realising their ambitions to eviscerate the country.The United States had been instrumental in the creation of the Polish state after the First World War, Wilson in particular stoking the Poles' growing powerful nationalistic fervour. As Norman Ridley reveals, this was the beginning of a turbulent period for Poland. There was, for example, the dramatic and improbable Miracle on the Vistula' when Polish forces defeated the communist Red Army in 1920 and in so doing halted the
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Aftermath of the Battle of Little Big Horn
Book SynopsisLt. Col. George Armstrong Custer died at the hands of native americans by thebanks of the Little Big Horn in Montana 25th June 1876. This is an establishedundisputed fact. What is disputed is the real reason that he died.So forget all you have been led to believe and begin to learn the truth.George Custer was an anathema to his superiors, but the populace loved him. Ifhe were to stand for president in the coming elections there was a strongpossibility that he would win. Neither William T. Sherman nor Little Phil'Sheridan could allow that to happen. Thus they conspired to put Custer in aposition in the field where the opposing Sioux and Cheyenne were stronger andcould deliver the Coup de Gras'.This is the second of two books dealing with the circumstances that arose leading the nativeamericans on a collision course with the US Army that fateful day and the deathof a national hero. Subsequently the conspiracy is uncovered and shows howthese men used their powers and positions and so deft
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Two Navies Divided
Book SynopsisThe first comparative and comprehensive analysis of the British and American navies. Illustrated throughout with a rich collection of photographs. Offers many original insights into how the naval war was fought.
£28.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Allied Convoys to Northern Russia 19411945
Book SynopsisWhile the experiences of the men and ships who sailed in the Allied convoys to North Russia between August 1941 and May 1945 have been fully documented, the wider political, diplomatic and military factors which determined the campaign are less well known.The principal actors Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin each had their own agendas and expectations, influenced by advisers and competing national priorities. These inevitably gave rise to differences putting pressure in turn on the convoy programme while the varying effectiveness of German counter-action was a significant and unpredictable factor.1942 was dominated by pressure on Churchill from Roosevelt and Stalin to increase the size of convoys at a time when the Royal Navy lacked the necessary escorts. This deficiency was exacerbated by heavy merchant shipping losses and the demands of Operation TORCH.The temporary convoy suspension in 1943 followed the deployment of German heavy warships to Norway and the diversion of escorts to Ope
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Only The Light Moves
Book SynopsisA pilot in the US Army, the author flew operations in the Vietnam War in 1974 and 1975. This autobiography explores the occasions during which his aircraft came under fire.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Air Battle for Leningrad
Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors explore the part that the Luftwaffe played in the battle to capture the Soviet Union's second city.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Churchills German Special Forces
Book SynopsisReveals the existence of hitherto secret German-speaking units working for the Allies in WW2.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Facing the Red Army in Festung Posen
Book SynopsisFirst-hand accounts about the German battle for Festung Posen. Never before published in English.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The End of the Spanish Civil War
Book SynopsisThe Spanish Civil War ended in Alicante. After Catalonia fell to the Hitler andMussolini backed military rebellion of Franco's Nationalists at the outset of1939, the legitimate Republican government of Dr Negrín was faced with achoice between apparently futile resistance or unconditional surrender to thetriumphant Nationalists. Choosing the path of continued defiance until theycould force concessions or at least implement a mass evacuation of thoseRepublicans most at risk in Franco's new Spain, the government withdrew toElda in the province of Alicante.However, their plans were thwarted by a new rebellion of Republican officers,led by Colonel Segismundo Casado, who resented Negrín's reliance on theCommunist Party and the USSR and believed themselves better equipped tonegotiate a peace settlement with Franco. They were misguided, Franco hadno wish, and ultimately no need to negotiate. Meanwhile, faced with theimminent risk of arrest by the new junta, the Prime Minister and his cabinetwe
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The German Siege of Leningrad 1941 1944
Book SynopsisDrawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs with detailed captions and explanatory text, this dramatic book vividly portrays every aspect of the siege which has the dubious claim of being arguably the most costly in human and material terms of any in recent military history.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd From Churchills SAS to Hitlers WaffenSS
Book SynopsisThanks to the author's painstaking research, this is a compelling yet shocking biography of one of the most intriguing, colourful and disreputable characters of his era. How he escaped with his life is a question readers will ponder.
£17.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Battle of the Cities
Book SynopsisGraphic account of the role key cities played in shaping the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Chapters on the fighting for Moscow, Odessa, Kharkov, Sevastopol, Leningrad, Grozny, Sta-lingrad, Belgorod, Minsk, Warsaw, Budapest, K nigsberg, Prague and Berlin.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Three Battles of El Alamein
Book SynopsisSuperbly illustrated with full captions and succinct authoritative text.
£17.09
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Lucky Hitlers Big Mistakes
Book SynopsisWell researched analysis of Hitler's military judgment, strengths and weaknesses.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Hitlers Revenge Weapons
Book SynopsisA comprehensive history of the V1 flying bombs and rockets that were targeted at London during the Nazi offensive.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Air Battle for Burma
Book SynopsisA new angle on the increasingly popular Burma Theatre.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Forgotten Heroes of the Battle of Britain
Book SynopsisThe author explores the lives and contribution made by a five of The Few who stories are less well known.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Propaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe
Book SynopsisPropaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe focuses on the efforts of the powerful Nazi propaganda machine to promote the technical achievements and might of the then newly created German airforce. The Luftwaffe had been announced to the world in March 1935, despite the restrictions contained in the Versailles Treaty signed after the First World War denying Germany the right to develop military aircraft. All major aircraft types used by the Luftwaffe together with many lesser known, obscure and secondary types are represented in this book. There is a section covering the main figures of the Luftwaffe and the leading aces who flew the aircraft. The German Air and Propaganda ministries worked together and, using professional photographers produced quality images, which were then made available to the general public in an attempt to inspire the nation and create strong moral.
£14.24
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Jocks in the Jungle
Book SynopsisWas this the greatest medical disaster of World War Two? Who caused it? This new book has the answers.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Naval Aviation in the Korean War
Book Synopsis2011 is the centenary of US Naval Aviation Author has direct links with US Tailhook Association Includes many unique rare photographs the majority in colour
£15.29
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Battle of Tinian
Book SynopsisTells the full story of the battle to capture the Pacific Island of Tinian, one of the Northern Mariana Islands, in July and August 1994.
£17.09
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Armour of Hitlers Allies in Action 19431945
Book SynopsisCovers little known subject of AFVs in service with East European allies of the Nazis.
£13.49
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Hitlers Nest of Vipers
Book SynopsisExamines the Abwehr's rise to power between 1935 and 1943.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Allied Air Operations 1939 1940
Book SynopsisAn aspect of Second World War aviation history ignored by authors.
£17.00
