Pen And Sword Military imprint: 1065 books
by Philip Chinnery
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
In 1915, the German government published a book entitled 1915 in an attempt to portray the Germans as a civilized people who were destined to win the war, who would treat their prisoners with care and compassion. The Kaiser’s First POWs is the first book to compare the ‘official’ German view...
The Kaiser's Escapees
Allied POW escape attempts during the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Following on from the his first well-received book 'The Kaisers First POWs' Philip Chinnery now turns his attention to the attempts by allied prisoners of war to escape the Kaiser's clutches and return to their homeland. As the war progressed, the treatment of allied prisoners worsened as the blockade...
The Army of the Roman Republic
From the Regal Period to the Army of Julius Caesar
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
From the moment its last king was expelled (traditionally in 753) the Roman republic had to fight for its very survival. Centuries of almost continuous warfare saw Romes armies evolve in response to a wide variety of threats which were met with mixed fortunes though always with ultimate success. As...
by Brian Tilley
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Barawling Australians, Polish pilots burning to avenge themselves on Germany for the invasion of their country, the German officer who drowned while trying to escape from a South Tyne PoW camp, and the pub landlady who watered down her gin in order, she claimed, to prevent naive Land Army girls getting...
by Jon Diamond
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
With victory in North Africa complete, the Allies had a choice. The Americans wanted an early cross channel attack from Britain on North West Europe. Churchill favored invading the soft underbelly of Italy to weaken the Axis forces and gain Italian surrender. With Eisenhowers army and battle-hardened...
Great Push The Battle of the Somme 1916
Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
In 1916, Sir Douglas Haig, commanding the BEF, began his great offensive to drive the invaders off the ground they had been occupying for over a year and a half. The ‘Great Push’, as the offensive was advertised to the nation, began 1 July 1916. A glossy picture magazine was produced to inform...
Sailor in the Desert
The Adventures of Philip Gunn, DSM, RN in the Mesopotamia Campaign, 1915
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Sailor in the Desert is the personal account of a Royal Navy sailor's experiences during the Mesopotamian campaign of 1915. As an able seaman on an armed sloop supporting the British expedition up the River Tigris, Philip Gunn's recollections give a rare perspective of this ill-fated campaign.
At...
Letters from a Soldier of France 1914-1915
Wartime Letters from France
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
In March 1915, a young French artist-turned soldier went missing in action. He left behind a remarkable series of letters which, due to wartime security, had to be edited and published anonymously under the title Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915. This powerful volume was for many years out of print,...
Hitler's Tank Destroyers
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Dedicated German antitank vehicles made their first major appearance in the Second World War as combatants developed effective armored vehicles and tactics. Some were little more than stopgap solutions, mounting an antitank gun on a tracked vehicle to give mobility, while others were more sophisticated...
Hitler's Light Panzers at War
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Hitler's Light Panzers at War is a highly illustrated record of the German light tank from its beginnings in the 1930s to the key battles it fought in Poland, France, North Africa, Russia and North Western Europe. The book analyses the development of the light Panzer, which ranged from the Panzer...
With Rommel in the Desert
Tripoli to El Alamein
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Prior to the outbreak of war in September 1939, the German Army had focused exclusively on the operational, organizational and training preparations needed to wage war in continental Europe. The threat of an Italian collapse in North Africa in early 1941, however, prompted Hitler to reinforce his...
The Great War Illustrated - The Home Front
Deepening Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Many books have looked at the effect of the war on the Home Front, but this is the first book to take a glimpse at the Home Front photographically from an international point of view, covering both Allied and enemy countries, juxtaposing the same situations in different countries to show a similar...
by Nick Van Der Bijl
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Nine Battles to Stanley is a soldiers account of the ground fighting on South Georgia and the Falklands.
What makes this book unique is the fascinating and objective way the author describes the experiences, view points and comparative qualities of both sides to the conflict. Fresh light is shed...
by Brian Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2004
Orginally a TV tie-in expanded from the BBC televison series, the book covers the behind-the-scenes aspects of the fight by the 'back room' scientists and technicians of WW2, including the battles against the Luftwaffe navigational beams, the V-1 and V-2 flying bombs, the development of radar, the...