Modern warfare Books
The History Press Ltd We Died With Our Boots Clean
Book SynopsisAt the age of seventeen, Kenneth McAlpine ran away from the Repton school to join Churchill''s new elite special force, the Royal Marine Commandos. As the youngest member of the youngest commando force, after three months he found himself fighting on the beaches of Normandy. In We Died With Our Boots Clean, McAlpine tells his own unique story of World War II and his highly eventful military career. From an unusual encounter with Montgomery and Patton, a concerted attempt to kill a sergeant major and his best friend's arrest for swearing at the Queen of Holland, McAlpine paints a fascinating picture of commando life and the harsh training that prepared soldiers for frontline combat in an elite unit. Full of absorbing anecdotes such as his time in a military prison and a rescue operation at a concentration camp, this book is an essential part of a World War II enthusiast's library.
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The History Press Ltd The World War II Story
Book SynopsisIn September 1939, Hitler's Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Thus began the greatest armed struggle in history. Within days of the invasion, Germany was at war with France, Great Britain and much of the Commonwealth, but by the end of 1941 by which time Japan and the United States had been plunged into war the conflict had engulfed virtually the entire planet. World War II witnessed the mobilisation of more than 100 million military personnel. Here was total war' on a scale never previously experienced by any of the countries involved. The conflict eclipsed everything: industry, technology, the economy and home life. It transformed the lives of an entire generation of men and women, who grew up under the shadow of violence, separation and loss. It was also fought in every conceivable terrain and theatre, from the arctic conditions of the Soviet winter to the tropical landscape of the Pacific islands, with the battle for seas and skies being equally brutal. By the time it ended
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The History Press Ltd Mission 101
Book SynopsisIn late 1940 a group of five young Australian soldiers set out on a secret mission: one of the Second World War’s most daring operations and the first for Britain’s legendry Special Operations Executive.
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The History Press Ltd Battle Story Kohima 1944
Book SynopsisThe Battle of Kohima was the turning point in the Japanese invasion of India and known as 'the Stalingrad of the East'. It was a bitter battle fought in three stages, spanning three months and ending with the siege of Imphal. If you want to understand what happened and why - read Battle Story.
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The History Press Ltd Beyond the Legend
Book SynopsisBeyond the Legend is the authorised biography of William (Bill) Speakman,who was awarded one of only four Victoria Crosses for action in the Korean War. It covers his sometimes controversial life, from his childhood in Altrincham, Cheshire, to his later life in South Africa about which little has been known previously. Authors Derek Hunt and John Mulholland also explore the myth of the beer bottle VC' (in which Speakman was said to have fended off the Chinese Communist Army by throwing empty beer bottles at them after they ran out of grenades), bringing to light what really happened on United Hill in November 1951. Speakman held the attacking Chinese army at bay for over four hours and led a final charge that allowed his company to withdraw from the hill. After Korea, he saw active service in Malaya, Borneo and Aden before retiring from the army, with the rank of sergeant, in 1968. Bill Speakman is one of only two surviving VC holders of the British Army and a true British hero.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mosul under ISIS
Book SynopsisMathilde Becker Aarseth is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Islamic and Middle East Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. She has published on ISIS in the journal Middle East Policy and in the Routledge Handbook of Citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa (2020).Trade ReviewThis is interesting and well-researched book examines the many contradictions behind the so-called Islamic State's governance project and the tragic toll it took on Mosul's civilian population. By putting civilians at the center of her account, Mathilde Becker Aarseth offers an insightful and much-needed perspective on the group's rise as well as on dynamics of rebel governance more in general. * Benedetta Berti, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute, USA *In this perceptive and vividly written account, Mathilde Aarseth gives us an unparalleled insight into the rule of ISIS in Mosul. Her forensic and authoritative examination of ISIS practices highlights the tensions of ideology, expediency and venality that marked their system of governance but that also provoked everyday forms of resistance. * Charles Tripp, Professor Emeritus of Politics, SOAS, University of London, UK *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Transliteration 1. Introduction 2. The Road to Power 3. Policing the Caliphate 4. Resistance in the Classrooms 5. A reign of terror in Mosul’s hospitals 6. Conclusion Notes on Sources and Methodology Bibliography Notes
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Black Cat Normandy 44 DDay and the Epic 77Day Battle for
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Batsford Ltd DDay and The Battle of Normandy German
Book SynopsisOn 6 June the greatest landing force ever assembled began the Allied Liberation of France and Europe.
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Batsford Ltd DDay and the Battle of Normandy Italian
Book SynopsisOn 6 June the greatest landing force ever assembled began the Allied Liberation of France and Europe.
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Batsford Ltd DDay and the Battle of Normandy Spanish Pitkin
Book SynopsisOn 6 June the greatest landing force ever assembled began the Allied Liberation of France and Europe.
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Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd Saviour of the Nation An Epic Poem of Winston
Book SynopsisThis engaging poem depicts Winston Churchill as a hero, in traditional epic style and echoes the works of Homer and Virgil. The metre adds an emotional intensity to the events of 20th century history more usually found within Classical literature.Table of ContentsPreface; 1 The Menace of Nazi Germany; 2 The Prophet Unheeded; 3 Office Denied; 4 Appeasement; 5 Dreadnoughts and Dardanelles; 6 The Admiralty at War; 7 Prime Minister at Last; 8 The Battle of France; 9 Dunkirk; 10 The Agony of France; 11 Armistice; 12 Tragedy at Mers-el-Kebir; 13 The Threat of Invasion; 14 The Battle of Britain; 15 The Blitz; 16 Dakar; 17 North African Success; 18 Balkan Disaster; 19 Nadir; 20 Operation Barbarossa; 21 The Atlantic Charter; 22 Crisis at Moscow; 23 The Failure of Crusader; 24 Pearl Harbor; Principal Sources
£10.00
Presidio Press A Sense Of Duty Our Journey from Vietnam to
Book SynopsisA memoir by a former Vietnamese refugee who became a U.S. Marine, Quang Pham’s A Sense of Duty is an affecting story of fate, hope, and the aftermath of the most divisive war the United States has ever fought. This heartfelt salute to the spirit of America is also the account of the author’s reunion with his long-absent father, Hoa Pham, himself a devoted officer who saw combat firsthand as a South Vietnamese fighter pilot. Hoa’s revelations about his wartime experience leave Quang even more conflicted about his service in the Marines in the first Gulf War, and after years of struggling to reconnect with each other and the homeland they left behind, the two set out on a final, profound quest—to make sense of the war in Vietnam. Tracing Quang Pham’s uniquely spirited yet agonizing journey from his experiences as an uprooted refugee to his becoming a combat aviator, A Sense of Duty reveals the turmoil of a family torn apart and reunited
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Northway Publications Boys at War
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The War Against Japan 19411945 RLE World War II
Book SynopsisWith over 5,200 entries, this volume remains one of the most extensive annotated bibliographies on the USAâs fight against Japan in the Second World War. Including books, articles, and de-classified documents up to the end of 1987, the book is organized into six categories: Part 1 presents reference works, including encyclopedias, pictorial accounts, military histories, East Asian histories, hisotoriographies. Part 2: Diplomatic-political aspects of the war against Japan Part 3 contains sources on the economic and legal aspects of the war against Japan. Part 4 presents sources on the military apsects of the war â embracing land, air and sea forces. Religious aspects of the war are covered in Part 5 and Part 6 deals with the social and cultural aspects, including substantial sections on the treatment of Japanese minorities in the USA, Hawaii, Canada and Peru. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part 1: General Works: A: Reference Works B: General Accounts/Anthologies of World War II C: Documents/Records/Archival Collections/Private Collections D: Military Histories (General) E: East Asian Histories Part 2: Diplomatic and Political Aspects: A: Origins of the War B: Diplomacy of the War Against Japan C: Postwar Affairs (Selected Topics) D: Postwar Affairs in Asia E: Memoirs and Biographies F: Diplomatic Histories of World War II Part 3: Economic and Legal Aspects A: General Accounts B: United Nations Coalition (and Friends) C: Japan and Friends D: Lend-Lease E: China F: Postwar Affairs G: War Crimes/Trials Part 4: Military Aspects A: General Accounts B: Memoirs/Biographies/Correspondence/Diaries C: Grand Strategy and High Command D: Campaigns/Operations/Battles E: Unit Histories F: The Secret War G: Resistance/Collaboration H: Logistics/Technical Support I: Medical Aspects J: Science and Technology Part 5: Relgious Aspects A: General B: Churches/Missionary Work/chaplains (General)/Conscientious Objectors C: Memoirs and Biographies Part 6: Social and Cultural Aspects A:The Arts and the War Against Japan B: Humor C: Music D: Literature E: Intellectual/Educational Aspects F: Reporting the War G: Demographic Aspects/U.S. Home Front/U. N. Coalition H: Military Government I: Civil Affairs J: Japan and Friends K: Prisoners of War L: Memoirs and Biographies. Appendix A: List of Periodicals Appendix B: Abbreviations Appendix C: Japanese-American Relocation Centers Appendix D: Chronology. Author Index. Subject Index.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) A History of Czechoslovakia Between the Wars From
Book SynopsisPatrick Crowhurst has a PhD in History from Queen Mary College, University of London and is Visiting Fellow at Leicester University. He is the author of Hitler and Czechoslovakia in World War II (I.B.Tauris, 2012)Table of ContentsTable of contents List of tables Introduction Chapter 1 Prelude: creating the First Czechoslovak Republic Chapter 2 Defence of the state and the growth of industry Chapter 3 The enemy within; Sudeten German nationalism and the Sudeten German Nazi party; national defence Chapter 4 Henlein, the SdP (Sudeten deutsche Partei) and German money Chapter 5 Two German policies: war or peace? Hitler, the German Foreign Ministry and Czechoslovakia, 1936-1938 Chapter 6 Deepening crisis; the Munich Conference and refugees Conclusion Bibliography
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Edinburgh University Press Tacit Alliance
Book SynopsisTony McCulloch analyses Anglo-American relations from the start of Franklin D. Roosevelt's second term in January 1937 through to the outbreak of war in Europe and the revision of the US Neutrality Act in November 1939.Trade Review"A work of outstanding quality, Tony McCulloch's book is based on painstaking original research. It successfully engages with, and modifies, many conventional understandings of US-UK relations in the 1930s. McCulloch is a world-class expert on this subject and this will become a classic text." -John Dumbrell, Professor of Government, Durham University (retired)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Lovecharm of Bombs
Book SynopsisWhen the first bombs fell on London in August 1940, the city was transformed overnight into a battlefront. For most Londoners, the sirens, guns, planes and bombs heralded gruelling nights of sleeplessness, fear and loss. But for Graham Greene and some of his contemporaries, this was a bizarrely euphoric time when London became the setting for intense love affairs and surreal beauty. At the height of the Blitz, Greene described the bomb-bursts as holding one ''like a love-charm''. As the sky whistled and the ground shook, nerves were tested, loyalties examined and infidelities begun.The Love-charm of Bombs is a powerful wartime chronicle told through the eyes of five prominent writers: Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, Rose Macaulay, Hilde Spiel and Henry Yorke (writing as Henry Green). Volunteering as ambulance drivers, fire-fighters and ARP wardens, these were the successors to the soldier poets of the First World War and their story has never been told. Now, opening with a meticTrade ReviewIntelligently written, seamlessly presented -- Nicholas Shakespeare * Daily Telegraph *A fascinating and brilliantly researched group biography ... An extraordinary tapestry of life in wartime ... This is a glorious mixture of history, literature and riveting gossip about war as - yes - an aphrodisiac -- Bel Mooney * Daily Mail *The Love-Charm of Bombs is full of good things, clearly expressed, and captures well the strange euphoria of war, and the equally unexpected sense of dreariness when it is over -- Craig Brown * The Mail on Sunday *One pleasure of this brave and original book is seeing these lives overlap, mirror each other, and diverge ... Feigel shows the English in a new light: not cold or repressed, but a sensuous people for whom love matters most of all. -- Peter J. Conradi * Independent *Feigel has written a wonderful book in a critical genre in which she is a pioneer. There will, for sure, be more works of “new biography”. Let’s hope they are as good as this one -- John Sutherland * New Statesman *An absorbing and well-researched group biography of five prominent writers ... Feigel persuasively demonstrates that London in 1941 sponsored all the sensations usually found on the battlefield -- Robert McCrum * Observer *Vivid account ... Reads like an apocalyptic thriller ... Feigel describes the drama hour by hour, much of it through the eyes of her subjects, in a fashion that brings Sarah Waters’s excellent Second World War novel The Night Watch to mind ... A fine book that brings the writers of the Second World War into the spotlight ... The breadth and depth of Feigel’s research is admirable, but this is not a dry account of famous lives. Her love and curiosity about her subjects is palpable and her writing style is simple but affecting. It is a substantial study but the 465 pages fly by surprisingly quickly ... A thrilling insight to each writer’s response to war, both published and private * Independent on Sunday *At a time when many dons sterilise themselves in theory, defend their flimsy doctrines inside dense thickets of jargon, and are oblivious of human character or motive, Feigel writes with modesty and grace, never patronises or sentimentalises her subjects, and makes the reader glad to be sharing her ideas. The Love-Charm of Bombs is a bounding success as an account of wartime London and as a study of highly strung but tough characters under stress, and of the way that novelists transmute adultery into great art ... I haven’t for many a year read a book of literary scholarship with such impatience to know what happens next -- Richard Davenport-Hines * Sunday Telegraph *Scintillating account of the lives of London litterateurs during the Blitz * Scotsman *A skilfully composed group portrait ... The result is deeply interesting, because Feigel is a good storyteller and responsive to the nuances of expression in the period * Tessa Hadley, Guardian *An excellent group biography * Scotsman *Lara Feigel's book is a well-researched, novelistically narrated story ... [an] engaging and well-handled group biography * Sam Leith, Spectator *Feigel has thoroughly researched her subject * Sunday Express *From these various fragments she has created a meticulously researched and elegantly rendered whole * Newsweek *An enchanting biography ... A genuinely accessible text * Western Daily Press *The descriptions of the atmosphere in London during the Blitz are extraordinary * Cara (Aer Lingus) *An ideal book for that wet afternoon by the beach -- Robert McCrum * Observer, Summer Reads *A strikingly original book. It succeeds in its ambitious combination of group biography and literary criticism ... The Love-charm of Bombs excels in demonstrating that these years of bleakness and loss were also, for a fortunate few, a time of extraordinary excitement and literary aspiration * Economist *An enterprising, lively and original work, full of striking cameos and fresh insights … Feigel’s sympathetic portrait of the woman unkindly referred to by Virginia Woolf as “a spindle shanked withered virgin” is especially welcome because no good biography has as yes been written of Rose Macaulay. By revealing her under pressure during those wartime years, when she lost not only her home, but also her secret lover of almost two decades, Ms. Feigel animates a rare, passionate and courageous figure * International Herald Tribune *A fascinating work of high art and low morals ... A seductive mix of history, literature and gossip, it reveals war to be the most potent of aphrodisiacs and proves that novelists can transmute adultery into great literature * Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler *Another brilliantly researched story, this time of life and love from London to Vienna, as five famous writers dodged the falling bombs * Daily Telegraph *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Phantom Army of Alamein
Book SynopsisIn 1940 a group of artists, sculptors, film makers, theatre designers and set painters came together to form the Camouflage Unit. They were so successful that in August 1942 Montgomery ordered them to to hide the preparations for the Battle of Alamein. In six weeks two entire divisions were conjured from the sand, while real units, stores and men vanished into thin air. Then, right in front of the German''s eyes they made 600 tanks disappear and reappear fifty miles away disguised as lorries. Rommel had been bamboozled by an army made of nothing but string and straw and bits of wood.Trade ReviewA wonderful book: charming, fascinating, crammed full of extraordinary nuggets of information ... The result is a gem of a book and a classic of its kind -- James Holland * Literary Review *Stroud has a storyteller’s eye for human detail matched with a researcher’s diligence ... A fascinating study of how the most unlikely characters can become heroes * Independent on Sunday *The unit's tale is told with clarity, humour and precision * The Times *
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Union Square & Co. Out of the Depths
Book SynopsisIsrael Meir Lau was eight at the time of liberation. This book is his harrowing but inspiring story, told in his own words.Trade Review“The maws of the Nazi machine fed on children. That Lulek escaped is remarkable in itself. But that, instead of stunting him, his tragic experiences spurred him on to become a sage and a leader is a tribute not only to his own qualities but to the exceptional people with whom his life was bound up. This book is many things: survivor story, autobiography, wisdom literature and an unabashed love letter to Israel, the home to which its subtitle alludes.”—Montreal Gazette“The Chief Rabbi of Israel recounts a harrowing journey from child prisoner in Buchenwald to champion of Holocaust survivors. . . . [An] uplifting story of peace, reconciliation and an incredible life’s journey.”—Kirkus“In 3,000 years of Jewish literature in all its scope and variety, we have had very few rabbinic autobiographies. . . . Why then, did some rabbis write their own biographies? Perhaps because their lives were tumultuous and adventurous . . . but primarily because they felt that others might learn some important lessons from their lives. . . . Out of the Depths contains both these elements: an eventful and rich life and a unique perspective on its purpose and meaning.”—Jewish Home “Thanks to his mother’s quick thinking (she sized up the situation as soon as she saw the Nazis sort the cattle cars by men, and women and children to different cars) she grabbed her seven-year-old son’s back with both hands and shoved him in the direction of the men. . . . The story of how Napthali [Lau’s brother] fought to stay near his little brother until the end of the war, and how the brothers finally reached Israel after Buchenwald was liberated in 1945, is a rich, beautifully told story.”—Jewish Book Council“[Rabbi Lau’s] tale of triumph and faith as a young boy during the Holocaust provides us with a model of personal greatness in the face of unimaginable hardship. . . . Out of the Depths tells the story of his miraculous journey from an orphaned refugee to become one of the leaders of the Jewish people.”—Aish.com “In this riveting and emotionally charged memoir, the former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel relates the turbulent yet hopeful story of his life with unfailing honesty. . . . Rabbi Lau chronicles his life journey with ample detail to form vivid pictures and convey deep emotions. . . . The Holocaust comes alive with all its horrors, but so do the sparks of hope that emanate from his story.”—Orthodox Union
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Little, Brown Book Group Human Game Hunting the Great Escape Murderers
Book SynopsisIn March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of the 73 captured, 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna, was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders from Churchill to bring the Gestapo murderers to justice. In a quest that ranges from the devastated, bombed out cities of Europe to the horrors of the concentrations camps, McKenna is relentless in his pursuit. A gripping read set in the aftermath of World War II.
£12.34
Little, Brown Book Group Dogs of Courage
Book SynopsisIn Bonzo''s War, Clare Campbell told the fascinating story of what it was like for Britain''s pets when the world was at war. This time, she follows the incredible journey of the dogs who conscripted to fight for their country, with some even returning with medals for their bravery. During the most dangerous days of the Second World War, the British government set out to recruit an army of canines - a ''Guard Dog Unit''. This experimental team of brave hounds would later use their incredible sense of smell to sniff out the anti-personnel mines that barred the way to reclaiming Europe. Dog owners countrywide shed tears as they bid farewell to their beloved ''Brian'', ''Rex'', or ''Molly'' and packed them off to the War Dogs Training School to learn the skills they''d need to ''do their bit for Britain'' on the very frontiers of the Third Reich. The soldiers waiting out in the field to greet their canine counterparts were under strict instructions: do no
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Little, Brown Book Group Rendezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms
Book SynopsisRendezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms provides the first comprehensive account of what was once hailed by a leading American newspaper as the greatest spy story of World War II. This dramatic yet little-known saga, replete with telephone taps, kidnappings, and police surveillance, centres on the furtive escapades of Tyler Kent, a handsome, womanising 28-year-old Ivy League graduate, who doubles as a US Embassy code clerk and Soviet agent. Against the backdrop of London high society during the so-called Phoney War, Kent''s life intersects with the lives of the book''s two other memorably flamboyant protagonists. One of those is Maxwell Knight, an urbane, endearingly eccentric MI5 spyhunter. The other is Anna Wolkoff, a White Russian fashion designer and Nazi spy whose outfits are worn by the Duchess of Windsor and whose parents are friends of the British royal family. Wolkoff belongs to a fascist secret society called the Right Club, which aims to overthrow the British gTrade ReviewResearched with almost breathtaking depth and ingenuity, this is a compelling story of swirling political and personal cross-currents at the time of our gravest national danger.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Su25 Frogfoot Units In Combat
Book SynopsisUncover the technical features and operational performance of the Soviet Su-25 ''Frogfoot'', which proved itself as a durable and versatile attack aircraft in a variety of theaters in the middle East. Had the Cold War developed into a more serious conflict, the Su-25 would have been the main Soviet combat type facing US aircraft.Today it is widely accepted as the true successor to the types of specialized ground--attack aircraft that emerged during World War II. The book details the service history of the ''Frogfoot'' during more than 30 years of combat using first-hand accounts and revealing archive photographs. The Su-25 has often been underrated, but the faithful ''Frogfoot'' is now slated to remain in service with most of its current operators across the globe until at least 2020. This study explores the successes of the Su-25 in full, demonstrating its'' strengths as a formidably armed, armored and very agile attack aircraft.Table of ContentsChapter 1 DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOMENT /Chapter 2 OPERATION ROMB – COMBAT EVALUATION IN AFGHANISTAN /Chapter 3 200th ATTACK SQUADRON AT WAR /Chapter 4 378th ATTACK REGIMENT AT WAR /Chapter 5 Su-25 USE IN ANGER POST-COLD WAR /Chapter 8 Su-25 USE IN ANGER AFTER DISSOLUTION OF THE USSR /Chapter 7 EXPORT Su-25s AT WAR /Appendices
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bolt Action Tank War
Book SynopsisTank War, the new supplement for Bolt Action, gives players the option to expand their games to a whole new level - armored warfare. Recreate such great engagements as the battle of Kursk with the scenarios, army options and special rules found in this book. Whether you want to add more armour to your existing armies or build an entirely armoured force, Tank War has you covered.Table of ContentsIntroduction/ Special Rules/ Scenarios
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bolt Action Ostfront
Book SynopsisTake charge of Operation Barbarossa and drive towards Moscow or command the steadfast defenders of the Soviet Union. From the early battles for Leningrad and Sevastopol to the tank clash of Kursk and the bitter urban warfare of Stalingrad, this new theatre supplement for Bolt Action provides players with new scenarios and special rules that give them everything they need to focus their gaming on the Eastern Front.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bolt Action Empires in Flames
Book SynopsisFar from the battlefields of Europe and North Africa, Allied forces fought a very different war against another foe. From the jungles of Burma to the islands of the Pacific and the shores of Australia, this new theater supplement for Bolt Action allows players to command the spearhead of the lightning Japanese conquests in the East or to fight tooth and nail as Chindits, US Marines and other Allied troops to halt the advance and drive them back. Scenarios, special rules and new units give players everything they need to recreate the ferocious battles and campaigns of the Far East, from Guadalcanal to Okinawa, from Singapore to the Phillipines, Iwo Jima and beyond.Table of ContentsIntroduction/ Special Rules/ Scenarios
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Soviet Paratrooper vs Mujahideen Fighter
Book SynopsisIn 1979 the Soviet Union moved from military ''help'' to active intervention in Afghanistan. Four-fifths of the Afghan National Army deserted in the first year of the war, which, compounded with the spread and intensification of the rebellion led by the formidable guerrilla fighters of the Mujahideen, forced the Soviets to intensify their involvement. The Soviet army was in generally poor condition when the war started, but the troops of the airborne and air assault units were better trained and equipped. As a result they developed aggressive, sometimes effective tactics against an enemy that refused to behave the way most Soviet commanders wished him to. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this absorbing study examines the origins, combat role and battlefield performance of the Soviet Union''s paratroopers and their Mujahideen adversaries during the long and bloody Soviet involvement in Afghanistan during the 1980s.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bolt Action Campaign New Guinea
Book SynopsisIn 1942, Japanese forces invaded the island of New Guinea and started a bitter, three-year campaign against allied Australian and American forces. Fought in dense jungles and across rugged mountaintops, the grueling fight pushed men to their very limits and forced commanders to adopt new strategies and tactics for the harsh island terrain. Filled with new rules, scenarios, and unit types, this supplement for Bolt Action provides players with all of the information they need to set their games in this unforgiving battlefield.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC SavoiaMarchetti S.79 Sparviero Bomber Units
Table of ContentsChapter 1 – Combat debut in Spain /Chapter 2 – 1940: War against France /Chapter 3 - Sparvieri over Malta and the Mediterranean, 1940-42 /Chapter 4 – Greece and the Balkans, 1940-41 /Chapter 5 – Sparvieri over the Desert, 1940-43 /Chapter 6 – Over East Africa and Red Sea, 1940-41 /Chapter 7 - Sparvieri in Transport roles /Appendices: A) S.79 bomber units, B) Awards to Italian S.79 crewmen and notable pilots, C) Allied warships hit by S.79s, D) Allied merchant ships hit by S.79s, E) Colour Plates Commentary
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Brittany 1944
Book SynopsisFully illustrated study of the race to the Breton ports and the struggle to take them by Patton's Third Army in the months after D-Day. One of the prime objectives for the Allies following the D-Day landings was the capture of sufficient ports to supply their armies. The original Overlord plans assumed that ports along the Breton coast would be essential to expansion of the Normandy beach-head. This included the major ports at Brest and on Quiberon Bay. The newly arrived Third US Army (TUSA) under Lt. Gen. George S. Patton was delegated to take on the Brittany mission. In one of the most rapid mechanized advances of the war, TUSA had the ports of Avranches and Quiberon encircled by the second week of August 1944. But changing priorities meant that most of TUSA was redeployed, meaning only a single corps was left to take the Breton port cities. The fight would drag into 1945, long after German field armies had been driven from France. Using full colour maps and artwork as well as Trade ReviewA handy, easily accessible look at an often ignored element of the battle for France after D-Day. * The Armourer, April 2019 *Table of ContentsOrigins of the campaign/Chronology/Opposing commanders/Opposing armies/Orders of battle/Opposing plans/The campaign/Aftermath/The battlefields today/Further reading/Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bolt Action Campaign Battle of France
Book SynopsisThe Battle of France saw German forces sweep across the Low Countries and towards Paris, crushing Allied resistance in just six weeks. From Fall Gelb and the British withdrawal from Dunkirk to the decisive Fall Rot, this new supplement for Bolt Action allows players to take command of the bitter fighting for France, and to refight the key battles of this campaign. Linked scenarios and new rules, troop types, and Theater Selectors offer plenty of options for novice and veteran players alike.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bolt Action Campaign Fortress Budapest
Book SynopsisAs the Soviet Red Army marches westward, the city of Budapest stands in their way. Encircled and severely outnumbered, the German and Hungarian forces attempt to resist the Soviet juggernaut and defend Festung Budapest to the last. This book brings the siege of Budapest to the table-top with in-depth information on the forces involved, linked scenarios, and new Theatre Selectors that make this an ideal resource for any Bolt Action player with an interest in the the Eastern Front and the fall of the Reich.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Under the Southern Cross
Book SynopsisA vivid narrative history of the Solomons campaign of World War II, one of the key turning points in the U.S. Navy''s campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific.If the Battle of Midway, fought in June 1942, stopped further Japanese expansion in the Pacific, it was the Battle of Guadalcanal and the following Solomons Campaign that broke the back of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Between August 7, 1942 and February 24, 1944 when the Imperial Japanese Navy withdrew its surviving surface and air units from Rabaul, the main Japanese base in the South Pacific, the US Navy fought the most difficult campaign in its history, suffering such high personnel losses during the campaign that for years it refused to publicly release total casualty figures.Unlike the Central Pacific Campaign, which was fought by ''the new Navy,'' the Solomons campaign saw the US Navy at its lowest point, using those ships that had survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other units of Trade ReviewCleaver skillfully weaves individual narratives from both Allied and Japanese combatants into the overall story … the reader will come away having a greater understanding of the Pacific Theater as a whole, as well as a renewed appreciation for the courage and skill of both Allied and Japanese combatants in that grueling campaign. -- Lynn Ritger, Aviation HistorianThomas Cleaver, whose ‘war stories’ we have come to cherish, has a new one ... a riveting and powerful saga, one rendered vividly, trenchantly, and with empathy – for both sides in the conflict. -- Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Former Chief of Staff to General Colin PowellUnder the Southern Cross offers a micro-macro history of the South Pacific campaign of 1942–44, shifting from cockpit and flag bridge perspectives to broad strategy. The Guadalcanal campaign especially remains of interest because so much was at stake and the opponents were so evenly matched for a sanguinary six months. Tom Cleaver does right by the subject in this book. -- Barrett Tillman, Author of 'On Wave and Wing: The 100-Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier'Recommended for anyone fascinated by aviation's role in World War Two. * Flypast *This is a useful account of the air campaign against Rabaul, bringing together the efforts of the US Marines, USAAF and the US Navy’s carrier aircraft, all of which played a part in the campaign, and which are often seen in isolation. * Historyofwar.org *This is an absorbing story that deserves the wider audience it will undoubtedly receive. -- Neil Smith * Wargames Illustrated *Table of ContentsList of Maps List of Illustrations Foreword by CDR Curtis R. Dosé , USNR (Ret) Introduction 1: Operation Watchtower 2: Battle of the Eastern Solomons 3: The Cactus Air Force 4: Green Hell 5: Marine Aviation’s Finest Hour 6: All In 7: The End of the Beginning 8: Whistling Death 9: Pappy Gunn and the Sunsetters 10: Pearl Harbor Avenged 11: Jay Zeamer’s Eager Beavers 12: Reinforcement 13: The Surprise was Absolute 14: Bloody Tuesday 15: The Jolly Rogers 16: Sixty-One Days 17: Finale in the South Pacific Bibliography Index
£22.50
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bolt Action Campaign DDay Overlord
Book SynopsisFrom the scaling of Pointe-du-Hoc and the assault on Pegasus Bridge, to the landings on the Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches, this new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to take command of the Allied Forces or those of the defending Axis. Featuring new linked scenarios, rules, troop types, and Theatre Selectors, this volume provides plenty of options for both novice and veteran players looking to recreate these famous battles and begin the liberation of Europe.
£22.50
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bolt Action Campaign Stalingrad
Book SynopsisCampaign rules and scenarios for the Battle of Stalingrad, bringing the most infamous battle of the Eastern Front to the award-winning Bolt Action series.One of the most infamous and decisive battles of the Second World War, Stalingrad was a turning point of the Eastern Front, showing that the German juggernaut was not invincible. This new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to refight the fierce Battle of Stalingrad, including the actions within the city itself and those of the surrounding area, the encirclement, and attempted relief and breakout. New, linked scenarios, rules, troop types, and Theatre Selectors provide plenty of options for both novice and veteran players alike.
£22.50
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bolt Action Campaign DDay US Sector
Book SynopsisNew scenarios and rules for Bolt Action covering the American sectors of D-Day, the largest seabourne invasion in history.Covering the fiercely contested US sectors of D-Day, including the beaches of Omaha and Utah. This new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to refight the fierce American beach landings, beach head breakouts, and Airborne assaults. New, linked scenarios, rules, troop types, and Theatre Selectors provide plenty of options for both novice and veteran players alike.
£22.50
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Cambridgeshire at War 193945
Book SynopsisFew could believe that within twenty years of the war to end all wars being won the world was once again at war.
£8.68
Edinburgh University Press Writing the Radio War
Book SynopsisWriting the Radio War 'merges the fields of sound studies, radio studies, and Second World War literary studies through considerations of both major and marginalized figures of wartime broadcasting.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press The Legacy of Iraq
Book Synopsis'The Legacy of Iraq' argues that mistakes made by the 2003 coalition and the Iraqi political elite set a sequence of events in motion that have had devastating consequences for Iraq, the Middle East and for the rest of the world.
£22.79
Black Rose Books Pure Soldiers or Sinister Legion: The Ukrainian
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£33.75
Pelican Publishing Co D-Day Survivor: An Autobiography
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£23.39
Other Press LLC The Cost Of Courage
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£22.09
Upfront Publishing SAS Operation Galia: Bravery behind enemy lines in the Second World War
Book SynopsisTwo Days after Christmas 1944, during the harshest winter in living memory, 33 SAS troops parachuted into the valley of Rossano, Northern Italy. Carried out in broad daylight, the parachute drop was intended to deceive enemy forces into believing that a full parachute brigade had landed behind them. Drawing on post-op reports and memoirs, this book is a fictionalised account written from the perspective of one of the rank and file parachutists who took part in the operation, the author's father. Scrupulously researched and richly illustrated, Hann's personal narrative brings to life the co-ordinated attempts of the SAS and local partisans to engage and evade the enemy. For the first time, Hann provides a detailed account of some of the devastating setbacks and triumphs of SAS Operation Galia. One of the hardest fought and most successful operations of World War Two.
£12.39
Books Express Publishing Essential Matters: History of the Cryptographic Branch of the People's Army of Vietnam 1945-1975 (with a Supplement Drawn from The History of the Cryptographic Branch of the Border Guard, 1959-1989 )
£15.14
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bolt Action: Armies of France and the Allies
Book SynopsisWorld War II was truly a ‘world’ war, and many nations joined the fight against Germany and the Axis. This latest supplement for Bolt Action covers the armies of France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Norway, Holland and Belgium that stood against the German Blitzkrieg, as well as the resistance forces that sprung up in the aftermath of occupation.Table of ContentsIntroduction /Army Lists /Theatres
£22.50
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC German Automatic Rifles 1941–45: Gew 41, Gew 43,
Book SynopsisThis book explores the origins, development, combat use and lasting influence of Nazi Germany’s automatic rifles, focusing on the Gew 41(W), Gew 43/Kar 43, FG 42 and MP 43/StG 44. The Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939–40 convinced many observers that most infantry combat took place at closer ranges than the 750–1,000m. From 1941 Germany’s arms designers took note and produced a new series of infantry firearms. This study not only provides a detailed technical description of each weapon, but also explores how the firearms performed on the battlefields of World War II. The combat takes us from the FG 42 in the hands of Fallschirmjäger at Monte Cassino through to StG 44s being used by Waffen-SS soldiers on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. Postwar service is also studied, such as the Gew 43’s adoption by the Czech Army and the StG 44’s use by the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War. Setting each firearm in its tactical and historical context, and employing striking photographs and full-colour artwork, firearms expert Chris McNab sets out the absorbing story of this distinctive and influential series of weapons.Table of ContentsIntroduction /Development /Use /Impact /Select Bibliography /Index
£999.99
Quercus Publishing The Real X-Men: The Heroic Story of the
Book SynopsisThe thrilling and true story of the development and operational deployment of human torpedoes - 'Chariots' - and 'X-craft' midget submarines in British naval service during WWII, and of the extraordinary men who crewed these dangerous vessels. The commando frogmen who rode the Chariots and operated as divers from the X-craft were the forerunners of today's Special Boat Service, the SBS. Their aim was to attach an explosive charge underneath an enemy ship to destroy the vessel. Their hope was to return to their submarine unscathed. The Real X-Men tells the story of the sacrifice and heroism of the individual men, many of them little more than teenagers, who volunteered for this dangerous duty and who crewed both the Chariots and the X-craft without knowing the full extent of the risks entailed, nor indeed the very small chances they had of coming back alive.Trade ReviewUnbearably tense . . . will make you feel proud to be British. - Daily ExpressHeroism, adventure, tragedy, a superman hero and the loathsome Boche. This comprehensive retelling of the story has not lost any of its firepower. - Daily Mail
£12.34
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Wartime Broadcasting
Book SynopsisOn 3 September 1939, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sat tensely at a microphone, using radio to declare that ‘this country is at war with Germany’. During the ensuing wartime years, the BBC was the sole radio broadcaster in Britain, boosting morale through programmes such as ‘ITMA’ and ‘Worker’s Playtime’; helping the Home Front with useful hints and advice; transmitting government messages; and providing news. Personalities and stars became household names – Tommy Handley, Arthur Askey, Ethel and Doris Walters, Mr Middleton – and their catchphrases could be heard everywhere. And yet, as this fascinating book explains, the BBC chose to avoid propaganda, and had to tread a fine line between what the people wanted to hear and what it was felt they should hear.Table of ContentsEarly Days Entertainment International For Your Information The Forces Programme The End of the War Conclusion Further Reading Places to Visit Index
£9.42
