Pen And Sword Military imprint: 1065 books
by Robert Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
During the Second World War the British infantry found itself lacking suitable transport to cope with the fast moving German Blitzkrieg tactics. Various stopgap measures were introduced with mixed success but, with the postwar nuclear biological and chemical threat, it was imperative that a robust...
Rome Seizes the Trident
The Defeat of Carthaginian Seapower and the Forging of the Roman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Seapower played a greater part in ancient empire building than is often appreciated. The Punic Wars, especially the first, were characterized by massive naval battles. The Romans did not even possess a navy of their own when war broke out between them and the Carthaginians in Sicily in 264 B.C. Prior...
Call to Arms - Over By Christmas
Outbreak of War
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
For many years the Home Front was the Cinderella of the Great War. However, in recent years it has been acknowledged for the essential part it played in the successful prosecution of the war for the Allies. The same factors were at play in each of the warring states, but each reacted in its own ways...
Haig
Master of the Field
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
A distinguished soldier who had served in South Africa, the Author was selected to be Haig’s Director of Operations in 1915, a key position he held until the end of the War. This book concentrates on the dramatic events of 1917 and 1918 and covers Third Ypres, the German onslaught (Kaiserschlacht),...
by Carol Mather
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 1997
Sir Carol Mather MC had a fascinating war. His memoirs, which quickly sold out, covers service with Sterling's SAS, his escape from a POW camp in Italy and his two tours on Montgomery's small personal staff. No wonder this book was widely reviewed and described as 'a classic' in The Spectator.
Pebble Island
Revised Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
This is the story of the SAS raid on Pebble Island during the Falklands War.
In atrocious weather, 48 men of 22 SAS Regiment were landed by Sea King Helicopter on the Island. Their task was to destroy the 11 enemy aircraft located at the Airstrip on the Island and neutralize the Argentinean...
The French Air Force in the First World War
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The French air force of the First World War developed as fast as the British and German air forces, yet its history, and the enormous contribution it made to the eventual French victory, is often forgotten. So Ian Sumner's photographic history, which features almost 200 images, most of which have...
Depth Charge
Royal Naval Mines, Depth Charges and Underwater Weapons 1914-1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2006
The history of weapons and warfare is usually written from the point of view of the battles fought and the tactics used. In naval warfare, in particular, the story of how these weapons were invented, designed and supplied is seldom told.
Chris Henry, in this pioneering study, sets the record...
Givenchy in the Great War
A Village on the Front Line 1914 - 1918
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
The village of Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée sits on a small rise in the Pas de Calais Department in northern France. One hundred years ago it was overtaken by the First World War. The fighting there was intense – eleven Victoria Crosses were won in this tiny locality between 1914 and 1918. Phil Tomaselli’s...
Challengers and Chargers
A History of the Life Guards 1945-92
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1993
This history of the Life Guards traces the regiment's story right to the end of its existence and its amalgamation with the Blues and Royals.
by Paul Knight
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The Territorial Force is the forgotten army of the First World War. Between the pre-war Regular Army, which attempted to stem the German advance in 1914, and the New Armies who took to the field with such disastrous consequences on the Somme in 1916, stood the Territorial Army. Liverpool's Territorials...
by Nick McCamley
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2003
The rapid expansion of the RAF during the mid/late 1930s necessitated a massive storage requirement for high explosive bombs and other ordinance. Drawing on the experience of the Great War ammunition factories, the authorities set about identifying underground sites around Britain safe from the threat...
by Glynis Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
Few could believe that within twenty years of the war to end all wars being won
the world was once more at war. Veterans of the Great War feared going through
the same horrific experience again and, even worse, many knew that this time their
children would also be involved in the fighting. What had...
Fighting the French Revolution
The Great Vendée Rising of 1793
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2019
In 1793 France was facing foreign invasion along its borders and a fierce political war was raging in Paris when a large-scale revolt, centred on the western Department of the Vendée, suddenly erupted, almost bringing the new-born French Republic to its knees.
The immediate trigger for this...