Pen And Sword Military imprint: 1065 books
The Royal Armoured Corps in the Cold War 1946 - 1990
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
The Royal Armoured Corps’ composition may have changed dramatically during the four and a half decades of The Cold War but its role in the nation’s defence has been predominant. This highly informative book focuses on the deployment of the British Army’s armoured regiments from the end of the...
by David Stone
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
With over four years research, the author draws upon the regimental archives and journals, anecdotes, personal and official diaries, and a wide range of other documents and interviews. The book's recurring themes are the changing nature of infantry soldiering, the constant battle of the Army to recruit,...
by Mark Perry
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
On 12 June 1922 King George V received at Windsor Castle representatives of the six disbanded Irish regiments. While five had long and distinguished service records, the South Irish Horse (SIH) had only been raised in 1902, as a result of the second Boer War, but too late to take part.On the outbreak...
by Henry Hyde
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
This book gives a complete introduction to the hobby of wargaming with miniatures, especially suitable for the newcomer but also containing sufficient depth and breadth of information to attract the more experienced gamer. Packed with color photographs, maps and diagrams, the book is a visual treat,...
Ypres 1914
The Menin Road
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
These three Battleground Europe books on Ypres 1914 mark the centenary of the final major battle of the 1914 campaign on the Western Front. Although fought over a relatively small area and short time span, the fighting was even more than usually chaotic and the stakes were extremely high. Authors...
Fighting the Somme
German Challenges, Dilemmas and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book will provide an entirely fresh way of looking at the Battle of the Somme 1916. It will not be a rehashed narrative history of the battle. Instead, drawing heavily on examples that can be illustrated through exploitation of the primary sources still available in abundance in the archives...
Hannibal's Road
The Second Punic War in Italy 213-203 BC
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Many books have been written on the Second Punic War and Hannibal in particular but few give much space to his campaigns in the years from 213 – 203 BC’. Most studies concentrate on Hannibal’s series of stunning victories in the early stages of the war, culminating at Cannae in 216 BC, then...
by Mark Green
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Boston’s rich history climaxed in 1914 with arguably the first British casualties of the First World War when the town's trawler boats were sunk in the North Sea. Men, sons and fathers, lost in someone else’s conflict, found themselves victims of a figurative storm that no weathered sailor could...
Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks
German Army and Waffen-SS, The Last Battles in the West, 1945
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Tiger tanks were among the most-feared fighting vehicles of the Second World War and they gained almost legendary status, yet they never fulfilled their potential because they were not produced in sufficient numbers and the tide the war had turned against the German army by the time they were introduced....
Panther Tanks
Germany Army and Waffen-SS, Defence of the West, 1945
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
In late 1944 and 1945 the Panther tank played an important role in Germany’s desperate efforts to stem the Allied advance on the Western Front. The Panther, perhaps the best armored vehicle produced by Germany during the Second World War, was a key element in the Wehrmacht’s defensive tactics,...
Cromwell and Centaur Tanks
British Army and Royal Marines, North-west Europe 1944–1945
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Designed with the hard lessons of the North African campaign in mind, including the adoption of a dual-purpose gun capable of firing high-explosive and anti-tank rounds, the Cromwell was one of the most successful of the British cruiser tanks produced during the Second World War.
The lack of...
Tank Destroyer, Achilles and M10
British Army Anti-Tank Units, Western Europe, 1944–1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
In this heavily illustrated volume in the TankCraft series Dennis Oliver focuses on the Achilles – the British variant of the American M10 – which was one of the most important Allied tank destroyers of the Second World War. It played a key role in the armored battles fought on the Western Front,...
Tiger I
German Army Heavy Tank, Southern Front, North Africa, Sicily and Italy, 1942–1945
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
When at Hitler’s insistence the first Tiger I tanks went into action in Tunisia in December 1942 they rapidly gained a formidable fighting reputation despite their lack of reliability and the small number deployed. With its heavy armour and 88mm gun, it outclassed all the Allied tanks then in service...
Churchill Tanks
British Army, North-west Europe 1944-45
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
Designed as a heavily armored tank which could accompany infantry formations, the Churchill's ability to cross rough ground and climb seemingly unassailable hills became legendary. The tank first saw action in 1942 and the basic design was constantly reworked and upgunned, culminating in the Mark...