Pen And Sword imprint: 2611 books
Frontier Fighters
On Active Service in Wazristan
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
These are fascinating memoirs of a British officer who fought the legendary Pathan tribesmen of the North-West Frontier, right up to the beginning of WW2. He describes desperate battles against this highly skilled and ruthless enemy. Pathan atrocities were commonplace and no prisoners were taken....
In a Guardsman’s Boots
A Boy Soldier’s Adventures from the Streets of 1920s Dublin to Buckingham Palace, WWII and the Egyptian Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
When he was just eight years old, Paddy Rochford enrolled at Dublin’s Royal Hibernian Military School, where he was taught how to be a soldier with the British Army, like his father. Soon afterwards, in 1922, he and his fellow pupils were evacuated from Ireland, a land torn apart by civil war.
Across...
by Barnaby Blacker
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2006
Stewart Blacker was a remarkable figure. His inventions were used with significant effect both in WW1 and WW2. Most notable of these was the synchronised machine gun, attached to fighter planes that could fire through the propeller. He also designed the PIAT anti tank weapon which was used with dramatic...
With SOE in Greece
The Wartime Experiences of Captain Pat Evans
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Pat Evans parachuted into German-occupied Northern Greece in September 1943. His mission as a SOE operative was to support the Greek resistance movement, carry out sabotage and commando operations and gather military intelligence.
By this time Greece was not only a country ravaged by a brutal...
Mustang the Inspiration
The Plane That Turned the Tide in World War Two
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
If it looks right, it will probably fly right—a tired old saying among airmen, but one that persists. Think if you will of the handful of airplanes that most people would probably agree are the best-looking examples of all. The list is short but distinguished and the proof is in the enthusiastic...
The Desert Air Force in World War II
Air Power in the Western Desert, 1940-1942
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This is a comprehensive reference to the structure, operation, aircraft and men of the 1st Tactical Air Force, or Desert Air Force as it became known. It was formed in North Africa to support the 8th Army and included squadrons from the RAF, SAAF, RAAF and eventually the USAAF. The book includes descriptions...
by Tucker-Jones, Anthony
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
The remarkable photographs collected together for this book show in graphic detail the role armor played in the Allied struggle to exploit the D-Day landings and liberate occupied France and the skill and tenacity of the German panzer units that confronted them. The struggle gave rise to a sequence...
by Anthony Tucker-Jones
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This latest volume in Anthony Tucker-Jones’s series of photographic histories of armored warfare records in graphic detail the role played by tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled artillery during the decisive campaign in northwest Europe in 1944-5. In a sequence of over 200 archive...
Armoured Warfare in the Far East 1937-1945
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history is a fascinating visual introduction to the armoured battles of the Second World War in the Far East and Asia-Pacific regions, from 1937 to 1945. In contrast to the experience of the armies that fought in Europe and North Africa, in the Far East tanks remained...
Hitler’s Heavy Panzers 1943-1945
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
This work with its in-depth text, captions and rare images chronicles the last desperate years of the Wehrmacht Panzerwaffe. Despite a worsening strategic situation both on the Eastern Front and in the West, Hitler’s Panzers and their highly motivated crews showed superior tactical abilities and...
Retreat and Retribution in Afghanistan 1842
Two Journals of the First Afghan War
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
The blow to British pride and confidence caused by the crushing defeat of their army in Afghanistan during the winter of 1841/2 compares in its impact to the disaster in New York on 11 September 2001. The British had replaced a popular and effective monarch with a weak one in the mistaken belief that...
Lord Esher
A Political Biography
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Although wielding huge influence in late Victorian and Edwardian political life, Reginald Baliol Brett (1852 – 1930), the second Lord Esher was, an enigma to his contemporaries and still remains a puzzle to historians.
At the heart of British and Imperial political affairs for several decades,...
Attack on London
Disaster, Riot and War
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Generations of Londoners from Roman times to the present day have confronted natural and man-made threats to their city. Disasters, rebellions, riots, acts of terror and war have marked the long history of the capital - and have shaped the character of its people. In this evocative account Jonathan...
Operation Varsity
The British and Canadian Airborne Crossing of the Rhine
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
In Spring 1945 the outcome of the war was ritually certain but the mighty River Rhine still stood in the way of the Allies. Eisenhower’s strategy was to guarantee a crossing in the Ruhr area by allocating the main effort to Montgomery’s 21st Army Group. Monty’s task was to envelope and take...