Pen And Sword Military imprint: 1065 books
by John Grehan, Martin Mace
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014
From the moment the German army moved quietly into Luxemburg on 2 August 1914, to the Armistice on 11 November 1918, the fighting on the Western Front in France and Flanders never stopped. There were quiet periods, just as there were the most intense, savage, huge-scale battles.
The war on the...
Operations in North Africa and the Middle East 1939-1942
Tobruk, Crete, Syria and East Africa
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
The Middle East Command in the Second
World War covered a vast region, stretching
across Egypt, Libya, Malta, Palestine and
Transjordan, Cyprus, Sudan, Eritrea, most of
Syria and a small part of Iraq, and included
some forty different languages. At one point
it also oversaw operations in Greece, Kenya
and...
Viriathus
and the Lusitanian Resistance to Rome 155-139 BC
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
In the middle years of the second century BC, Rome was engaged in the conquest and pacification of what is now Spain and Portugal. They met with determined resistance from several tribes but nobody defied them with more determination and skill than Viriathus. Apparently of humble birth, he emerged...
Attack on the Scheldt
The Struggle for Antwerp 1944
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
During the Allied advance across northwest Europe in 1944, the opening up of the key port of Antwerp was a pivotal event, yet it has been neglected in histories of the conflict. The battles in Normandy and on the German frontier have been studied often and in detail, while the fight for the Scheldt...
The Burning of Moscow
Napoleon's Trail By Fire 1812
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
As soon as Napoleon and his Grand Army entered Moscow, on 14 September 1812, the capital erupted in flames that eventually engulfed and destroyed two thirds of the city. The fiery devastation had a profound effect on the Grand Army, but for thirty-five days Napoleon stayed, making increasingly desperate...
SS Das Reich At War 1939–1945
A History of the Division on the Western and Eastern Fronts
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Between 1933 and 1939, the strength and influence of the SS grew considerably with thousands of men being recruited into the new ideological armed formation, many into units known as the SS-Verfgungstruppe (Special Disposal Troop). These troops saw action in Poland before switching to the Western...
Middlebrook Guide to the Somme Battlefields
A Comprehensive Coverage from Crecy to the World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2007
While best known as being the scene of the most terrible carnage in the WW1 the French department of the Somme has seen many other battles from Roman times to 1944. William the Conqueror launched his invasion from there; the French and English fought at Crecy in 1346; Henry V’s army marched through...
by Andrew Rawson
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Cambrai Campaign 1917 is an account of the British Expeditionary Force’s battles in November and December of 1917. It starts with the plan to carry out a tank raid on the Hindenburg Line at Cambrai. The raid grew into a full scale attack and Third Army would rely on a different style of attack....
Underground Structures of the Cold War
The World Below
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Books on the history of fortifications are plentiful. Medieval castles, the defensive systems of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the trenches and bunkers of the First World War, the great citadels of the Second World War – all these have been described in depth. But the fortifications...
Churchill's Greatest Fear
The Battle of the Atlantic 3 September 1939 to 7 May 1945
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
The Battle of the Atlantic (Churchill's term) was arguably the pivotal campaign of the Second World War – it was certainly the longest starting with the sinking of RMS Athenia on 3 September 1939 and ending with the torpedoing of SS Avon Dale on 7 May 1945.
This superbly researched work covers...
Commandos and Rangers
D-Day Operations
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
In the dark days of 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill showed his belief in ultimate victory by ordering the raising of the elite Commandos to ‘break the intolerable shackles of defeat.’ Having proved their worth in numerous raids and operations in the Mediterranean they and their American...
Operation Sealion
Hitler's Invasion Plan for Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
During the Summer of 1940, Hitlers Germany appeared unstoppable. The Nazis were masters of mainland Europe, in alliance with Stalins Russia and only the English Channel prevented an immediate invasion.
Britain stood alone. The BEF had been routed but, due to the Dunkirk miracle, most of her...
by Jack Sheldon
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2007
Even after the passage of almost a century, the name Passchendaele has lost none of its power to shock and dismay. Reeling from the huge losses in earlier battles, the German army was in no shape to absorb the impact of the Battle of Messines and the subsequent bitter attritional struggle.
Throughout...
by Michael Pearson
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
This is not a book about the Great War; it is about life during the war. Changes in people's lives: their work, home, food, entertainment and news. I used original research material including newspapers, to paint a picture of life in the Black Country.
Manufacturing was vital; we were well-equipped...