Books list 39 from Pen And Sword Military imprint

The Crimean War

by James Grant
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013

This remarkable work features the Crimean War as depicted by the late Victorian military writer James Grant. The material here was first published in 1894, only 40 years after the end of the Crimean War, at a time when many of the participants were still in their sixties. Grant therefore had access...

North Korea Invades the South

Across the 38th Parallel, June 1950

by Gerry van Tonder
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018

When the world held its breath … It is more than 25 years since the end of the Cold War. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 – long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe – with the brutal Greek Civil War. The battle lines are...

Wearside Battalion

The 20th (Service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry

by John Sheen
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2008

This is the story of the 20th (Service) Battalion, from Wensleydale and Barnard Castle to the overseas service in Somme, Ypres Messines and more.

The Battle That Won the War - Bellenglise

Breaching the Hindenburg Line 1918

by Peter Rostron
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018

It is no exaggeration to claim that 46th North Midland Division’s action on 29 September 1918 was the hammer blow that shattered the will of the German High Command. Painting the strategic picture from early 1918 and the dark weeks following the German’s March offensive, the Author lays...

The Complete Victoria Cross

A Full Chronological Record of All Holders of Britain's Highest Award for Gallantry

by Kevin Brazier
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015

This fully revised paperback edition of the complete chronological record of VC holders is an essential work of reference for every student of military history. All the British and Commonwealth servicemen who have been awarded the highest honour for exceptional acts of bravery and self-sacrifice are...

Without Tradition

2 para 1941-1945

by Robert Peatling
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2004

2 Para's performance during Operation MARKET GARDEN is legendary but, as this book amply demonstrates, it was the culmination of three year's battle experience. A major factor behind the Battalion's successes was the leadership of its Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel John D Frost who never failed...

Halifax in the Great War

by David Millichope
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015

Halifax was surprised by the outbreak of war in August 1914 but within days the public mood had turned into a staggering display of unified support. Voluntary fund raising organisations sprang up and bore witness to an incredible self-help ethic that supported the troops at the front, their...

The Manchester Bantams

The Story of a Pals Battalion and a City at War - 23rd (Service) Battalion the Manchester Regiment (8th City)

by Caroline Scott
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015

In May 1916 Major Eustace Lockhart Maxwell, a former Indian cavalry officer, was given command of an infantry battalion in France. After 48 hours with his new unit, Maxwell wrote to his family: ‘The outstanding characteristic of those who belong to it seems to be their extraordinary self-complacency!...

Keswick in the Great War

by Ruth Mansergh
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016

Keswick in the Great War is an expert account of this Lake District market town's fascinating, yet largely forgotten, contribution to the Great War effort from the outbreak of war in 1914, to the long-awaited Allied victory in 1918. It charts the remarkable, and sometimes moving, stories of...

Your Country Needs You

by Martin Middlebrook
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 1999

Taking the politics of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener's appointment as War Minister as his starting point, the author describes in his lively and authoritative style the dramatic events and dynamic personalities key to the ever-deepening British commitment. The reader is skilfully guided through the...

Naval Battles of the First World War

by Geoffrey Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014

With the Call to action stations in August 1914, the Royal Navy faced its greatest test since the time of Nelson.  This classic history of the Great War at sea combines graphic and stirring accounts of all the principal naval engagements - battles overseas, in home waters and, for the first time,...

The History of the Green Howards

by Geoffrey Powell
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015

Regimental histories abound, but few can be as stirring as this story of the fortunes of the famous Yorkshire-based Green Howards. Raised in 1688 in response to a call for loyal troops, the Green Howards have maintained their tradition of loyalty over the past 300 years winning many superb...

Prisoners Of Hope

by Michael Calvert
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004

Of the many thousands of books that have been written about the Second World War, Prisoners of Hope is one of the very few acknowledged masterpieces. A devoted disciple of Wingate, of Chindit fame, Calvert accompanied him on the first controversial journey behind the Japanese lines, and after Wingate's...

The Battle of Goose Green

A Battle is Fought to be Won

by Mark Adkin
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017

This book tells the story of the battle for Goose Green - the first crucial clash of the Falklands war - through the eyes of the commanders, both British and Argentine, from brigadier to corporal. It follows in detail, with the aid of maps, the 14 hours of vicious infantry fighting of both sides as...