Pen And Sword Military imprint: 1065 books
The Defence of Sevastopol 1941-1942
The Soviet Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
In December 1941, while America was reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbor and the offensives of the German Army Groups North and Centre were stalled in the mud and cold of the Russian winter, the German Eleventh Army encircled the vast fortress of Sevastopol in the Crimea, launching massive combined...
SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) at War 1939 - 1945
A History of the Division on the Western and Eastern Fronts
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
With extensive text and many unpublished photographs with in-depth captions - the successful Images of War format - this book describes the Division’s fighting tactics, weapons and uniforms. It traces how the Division became an elite fighting unit both in offensive and defensive battles.
The...
Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1941-1945
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
This book in the popular Images of War series covers the deeds of the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. With extensive text and in-depth captions with many rare and unpublished photographs it is an absorbing analysis of the part they played on the Eastern Front. It reveals...
Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants 1933-1945
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Using many rare and unpublished images this book identifies and delves into the characters of the notorious men who were instrumental in one of the greatest crimes against humanity in World history.
Through words and pictures the chilling truth emerges. In many respects these monsters were all...
Belsen and it's Liberation
Rare photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Accompanied by rare and unpublished photos with in-depth captions the book presents a unique visual account of one of the Nazi's most infamous concentration camps. The imagery shows the SS's murderous activities inside Belsen, and also reveal another disturbing side to them relaxing in their barracks...
by Daniel Mersey
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
This is one of the first titles in an exciting new series of guides for wargamers. Taking one of the most pivotal and famous episodes in British military history, it gives a wargamer’s perspective of the dramatic events of 1066 and the Norman conquest up to around 1070, and advice on how to recreate...
by Leigh Neville
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
In the years since 9/11 Special Forces of many nations have been in almost constant action in covert, high risk operations around the globe. These include the two long conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, fighting nationalist insurgents and jihadist terrorists, as well as other lesser known operations.
The...
SOE's Mastermind
The Authorised Biography of Major General Sir Colin Gubbins KCMG, DSO, MC
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
For those with even a passing interest in the Second World War, the name Colin Gubbins is synonymous with the Special Operations Executive (SOE). This is not surprising as from its creation in late 1940 at Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s command ‘to set Europe ablaze’, Gubbins was the driving...
Three German Invasions of France
The Summers Campaigns of 1830, 1914, 1940
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Tension and rivalry between France and Germany shaped the history of Western Europe in the century from 1860. Three times that hostility led to war and the invasion of France - in 1870, 1914 and 1940. The outcomes of the battles that followed reset the balance of power across the continent. Yet the...
Rise of the Tank
Armoured Vehicles and their use in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Rise of the Tank will be concentrated on the period of the development of the tank and its use in the First World War. This will appeal to those interested in new developments in war and those interested in the First World War generally. The book will be especially relevant due to the forthcoming...
Russian Civil War
Red Terror, White Terror, 1917–1922
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
The Russian Revolution is remembered as the catalyst for the bloody conflict between the Reds and the Whites as each side tried to gain control of the country. But it was far from being so simple. The conflict did not only involve the Russians. The author contemplates whether the Russians could capitulate...
by Clayton Donnell
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
What was it like as a French soldier to defend the Maginot Line when the Germans invaded in 1940, and was the line really a strategic and tactical disaster a massive waste of resources? Clayton Donnell's expert, finely detailed and graphic account of the role of the Maginot Line in the defense of...
Rome Spreads Her Wings
Territorial Expansion Between the Punic Wars
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
The two decades between the end of the First Punic War and the beginning of the Second represent a key period in the development of Rome’s imperial ambitions, both within Italy and beyond. Within Italy, Rome faced an invasion of Gauls from Northern Italy, which threatened the very existence of the...
A Battle Too Far
The True Story of Rifleman Henry Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Port Said September 1st 1945
"As the ship pulled into Alex, the dockside was a hive of activity. The captain had radioed ahead and so there was a battalion of the Kings' African Rifles (KAR)waiting to disarm us as we disembarked. All these KAR's were standing at the order as a staff officer...