Pen Sword Military imprint: 1157 books
The Battle for Afghanistan
The Soviets Versus the Majahideen During the 1980s
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
This is the story of the defeat of Soviet Russia's forces in Afghanistan by a guerrilla force known as the Mujahideen, heavily backed by Pakistan and the USA. The Mujahideen paved the way for the Taliban regime, to exist having all but defeated the Russian Army in the late 80's. The author, Brigadier...
Ali Pasha, Lion of Ioannina
The Remarkable Life of the Balkan Napoleon
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the life of a petty tyrant in an obscure corner of the Ottoman Empire became the stuff of legend. What propelled this cold-blooded archetype of Oriental despotism, grandly known as ‘the Lion of Yanina’ and the ‘Balkan Napoleon’, into the consciousness...
Haig's Medical Officer
The papers of Colonel Eugene 'Micky' Ryan CMG DSO RAMC
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Despite countless conflicting assessments, Field Marshal Douglas Haig remains one of the most controversial and fascinating characters in British military history. To some he was a mindless butcher, to others a true patriot who masterminded Allied victory in the First World War under the most trying...
Last Post over the River Kwai
The 2nd East Surreys in the Far East 1938–1945
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Last Post Over the River Kwai is the carefully researched account of the experiences of the officers and men of 2nd Battalion The East Surreys during the Second World War.Stationed in Shanghai in the early 1940s, the Battalion was deployed to Malaya and fought gallantly to slow the Japanese advance....
by Stephen Wynn
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Romford in the Great War tells the remarkable story of Romford and its surrounding areas from the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, to the long-awaited peace of 1918.
Romford had a considerable military connection during the war. The area was largely associated with the famous Sportsman's...
by Louise Blackah
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Lincoln produced many heroes during WW1 including, Wing Commander Fiennes who was the Commanding Officer of 38 Squadron from 1916 to 1917 flying FE2b aircraft (known as the 'Fees') on patrol against raiding German Zeppelins over Lincolnshire and the surrounding counties. Also, a winged version of...
by Stephen Wynn
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Maidstone in the Great War tells the remarkable story of this Kent county town's immense contribution to the Great War effort from the outbreak of war in 1914, to the long-awaited Allied victory in 1918. Maidstone has a long and illustrious military history – it even had its own Civil War battle,...
by Craig Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Berwick-upon-Tweed was an important garrison town and regional centre, which, as befit its history, had a strong sense of duty, reflected in its proud martial traditions.
During the catastrophic years of 1914-18 many Berwick families found themselves greatly affected by the war.
Large...
by Stephen McGreal
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. Originally perceived as a short campaign to curtail Germanic imperialism, it developed into a catastrophic four-year-long war of attrition. The First World War is justifiably associated with the horrors of trench warfare and the death of a generation,...
Harrogate Terriers
The 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment in the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Using original personal and military diaries, with hundreds of carefully selected newspaper extracts, letters and photographs, this book traces individual stories of tragedy and heroism, involving tradesmen, apprentices, lawyers, musicians, sportsmen, brothers, husbands and fathers from Harrogate...
Victoria Crosses on the Western Front
April 1915-June 1916
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
During visits to the First World War battlefields the author often wondered where various Victoria Cross actions took place; he resolved to find out. Research commenced in 1988 and numerous sources have been consulted in the meantime. The book is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the...
by Stephen Wynn
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Situated on the south coast of England, geographically and strategically, Dover more than played its part in the First World War. It was from its harbor that the many vessels of the Dover Patrol set about preventing German ships from using the English Channel. It was undoubtedly one of the most important...
by Stephen McGreal
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
At the dawn of the twentieth century Liverpool had 8 miles of docks thronged with cargo ships loading or discharging goods. When Britain declared war on Germany in the summer of 1914, Liverpool's geographical position demanded it be one of the chief home bases for wartime operations. It was a challenge...
The Great War Illustrated 1916
Archive and Colour Photographs of WWI
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
With conscription introduced, Zeppelins carrying out bombing raids on key towns and cities across England, the Battle of Jutland seeing fourteen British ships sunk and the Battle of the Somme claiming 20,000 British dead on the first day alone, the resolve of the British and allied troops in 1916...