John Killen's exhaustive work is a study of German air power between 1915 and 1945, from the early days of flying when Immelmann, Boelke, Richtofen and other First World War aces fought and died to give Germany air supremacy, to the nightmare existence of the Luftwaffe as the Th…
The author outlines the development of the undisciplined barbarian war bands of the Dark Ages into the feudal armies of the early Middle Ages. It deals with the arms and equipments of the soldier, not only from surviving specimens but also from descriptions in contemporary medie…
"The UK has been involved in Cyprus for over 125 years. Strategically placed in the Eastern Mediterranean, it was initially ideal for protection of the Suez Canal and more recently as a 'listening post' for the troubled Middle East and southern flank of NATO. The British faced t…
The battlefields of England
by Burne, Alfred Higgins, Hardy, Robert
fromPen & sword military classics
England's battlefields bear witness to dramatic turning-points in the country's history. At Hastings, Bosworth Field, Flodden and Naseby, the battles fought were to have an enormous effect on English life. This double volume, containing Burne's famous ""Battlefields of England""…
A war memoir of a well-known public figure who was the first British Officer to make a 'home-run' from Colditz Castle. He became a member of the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremburg War Crimes trials and met most of the notorious members of the Nazi hierarchy as they…
