Pen And Sword Military imprint: 1065 books
Nelson’s Hero
The Story of His ‘Sea-Daddy’ Captain William Locker
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
Horatio Nelson's first captain was William Locker who recognised the exceptional talents of the young midshipman who was to become the most famous sailor in history. Thirty-seven years later Admiral Lord Nelson wrote to Locker 'I have been your scholar; it was you who taught me to board a Frenchman...
by Clifford Mewett
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Bognor at the time of the Great War was a small seaside town, quiet in winter but full of visitors in the summer. At that time it was barely one hundred and thirty years old, developed from a hamlet by Sir Richard Hotham, a hatter, who wanted to create his own purpose built bathing resort, to attract...
by Ken Porter, Stephen Wynn
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
A brief history of how the people of Laindon and district coped with the problems of the First World War
• Throughout the book are individual family memories, over 100 photographs and appropriate oems mostly written at the time.
• Indication of why Britain went to war
• Insight...
by Ken Porter, Stephen Wynn
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2015
Prior to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, the Castle Point District was made
up of four very quaint, peaceful little parishes: Canvey Island, South Benfleet,
Hadleigh and Thundersley. The initial enthusiasm shown by the young men of this
area, who were enthusiastic to be part of an adventure...
Nursing Through Shot & Shell
A Great War Nurse's Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Nursing Through Shot and Shell is the previously unpublished memoir of Beatrice Hopkinson, who served in France as a Territorial Nursing Sister from 1917-19. Beatrice worked close to the front line at casualty clearing stations, and her poignant account reveals the intense strain: 'I never realized...
Bloody Red Tabs
General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914-1918
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Long before that ghastly and quite unnecessary slogging match in the mud which we now call the First World War had dragged to its blood-soaked conclusion the belief that most of the senior officers had spent their time in comfort and safety in chateaux far behind the lines with no idea of the conditions...
The German Army on the Eastern Front
An Inner View of the Ostheer's Experiences of War
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Histories of the German army on the Eastern Front generally focus on battlefield exploits on the war as it was fought in the front line. They tend to neglect other aspects of the armys experience, particularly its participation in the racial war demanded by the leadership of the Reich. This ground-breaking...
by Carole McEntee-Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
'Save Yourselves, I'll carry on'. These were the last known words of Herbert Columbine, shouted at his two companions on the afternoon of 22nd March 1918. At 9am that morning, in Hervilly Woods, France, 9 Squadron Machine Gun Corps had come under intense attack from a heavy force of German infantry....
Surviving the Nazi Onslaught
The Defence of Calais to the Death March for Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
Ted Taylor, 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, was sent to France in May 1940 as part of Calais Force. Initially sent to open up supply lines to the rapidly retreating BEF, they soon found themselves defending Calais against the might of the 10th Panzer Division. Outnumbered by at least three to one...
by Cyril Cunningham
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1990
This is the most authoritative and comprehensive British account ever published of the brutal North Korean and Chinese mistreatment of British POWs during the Korean War.The author, a psychologist, was a Scientific Advisor to the POW Intelligence Organisation during the Korean War.He explains in detail...
Emulating Alexander
How Alexander the Great's Legacy Fuelled Rome's Wars With Persia
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
This book gives an account of the Roman relationship with Persia and how it was shaped by the actions of Alexander the Great long before the events. Numerous Roman emperors led armies eastward against the Persians, seeking to emulate or exceed the glorious conquests of Alexander. Some achieved successes...
by Randolph Bradham
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Through thoughtfully constructed research, Bradham vividly presents the battle for Normandy's Cotentin Peninsula – one of the most important and yet understudied operations of the World War II.
This book provides a detailed overview of the battles that make up the Cotentin Peninsula Campaign,...
Hard Fighting
A History of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 1900-1946
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
This account, following on from Unicorns - The History of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 1794- 1899, covers the Regiment’s war service between 1900 and 1945.
During the Boer War the SRY formed part of the first volunteer unit to see active service overseas fighting the Boer Commandos as cavalry.
For...
The AMX 13 Light Tank
A Complete History
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
The AMX 13 was originally designed in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. It represents French ambitions for national resurgence and withdrawal from wartime dependence on American military technology.
Being a light tank it was an ambitious and far sighted departure from conventional...