E-böcker / Historia
Victory Must be Ours
Europe went to war in 1914 tot he sound of brass bands and cheering crowds; in every country, civilians and soldiers alike believed that the war would be won by Christmas time. By ...
The Vital Link
To maintain the link of communication between battlefields and HQ, between commanders and soldiers, between physically distant Corps is the vital job of the Royal Signal. But the ...
War Correspondent
The offhand admission to the doctor at the recruiting centre that he suffered from asthma as a boy was enough to put an end to Michael Moynihan's military career even before it sta ...
The Welsh Guards
Although the youngest of the Regiments in the Household Division, the Welsh Guards have established a reputation on both the battlefield, and on the parade ground, that is fully eq ...
Will We See Tomorrow?
It is a fact not generally remembered that most of the German Army of 1939-45, regarded as the most technologically advanced of its day, was horse-drawn. This is the memoir of Max ...
The Women’s Royal Army Corps
When the history of the Twentieth Century is written let us hope that the few nobel ideals of our era are not entirely submerged by the scientific miracles and horrors which increa ...
A Wood Called Bourlon
After the great victory in the famous tank battle at Cambrai in 1917 the church bells, having been silent for three years, rang out joyously all over Britain But within ten days t ...
Wreck of the Isabella
The story of the wreck of the British merchant brig Isabella on the Falkland Islands in 1812, the rescue of whose passengers was complicated by the outbreak of war between Britain ...
Gommecourt
Designed to act as a diversion to the 'big push', Gommecourt was an attempt to force the Germans to commit their reserves to the front line before the main battle took place. This ...
Guillemont
The battle for Guillemont raged throughout August 1916. Like so many of the battles into which the 'Big Push' degenerated, the struggle centred around a wood, Trones, and a heavily ...
A Clear Premonition
This is a collection of recently-discovered letters written home by Lt Timmy Lloyd during his brief service in Tuscany in 1943/44, before he was killed. The book also has a comment ...
Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1
Civil and military aircraft types are represented, from biplanes to modern jet fighters. This is an invaluable guide for walkers and ramblers, as well as for all those interested i ...
Endure No Makeshifts
Sir Henry Leach spent forty-five years of active service in the Royal Navy, starting as a thirteen year old Cadet in 1937 and finishing as a fifty-nine year old Admiral of the Flee ...
For Love of Regiment
The author explains how the tradition of loyalty to the regiment has served the British Army so well over the past 350 years and, in his vivid description of some of the major camp ...
For Love of Regiment
The author explains how the tradition of loyalty to the regiment has served the British Army so well over the past 350 years and, in his vivid description of some of the major camp ...
A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919
The first volume, after a prologue in which the origins and early development of mounted warfare are discussed, including the Waterloo Campaign of 1815, covers the period from 1816 ...
A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919
In-depth coverage of the Charge of the Light Brigade, and the numerous colonial campaigns of the period.
A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919
This volume covers the high noon of the British Empire, beginning with the Zulu War of 1879 and ending with Kitchener's River War of 1898. Between these came the 2nd Afghan War, th ...
A History of the British Cavalry
This book describes the history of the British cavalry in detail, running up to World War I.
A History of the British Cavalry
Volume V covers the last glory days of cavalry in World War I's Middle Eastern theater, as British, Indian, Australian and New Zealand cavalry conducted some of the most brilliant ...
A History of the British Cavalry
In the seventh, and second last, volume in t his historical work, Lord Anglesey shows how superior the Br itish cavalry was compared to those of the French and German s. He concent ...
A History of the British Cavalry
In this last volume of a monumental chronicl e, the author shows the part played by the British cavalry i n the First World War. Drawing on material from a number of sources he dem ...
The Biography of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather
Bruce Bairnsfather created one of the best-known cartoon characters of the First World War - 'Old Bill' and he drew what many consider to be the most enduring cartoon of all time - ...
Juno Beach
By June 1944, Juno Beach was a key part of Hitler's vaunted Atlantic Wall, with no less than four major strong points along its length. German pillboxes were sited to sweep the bea ...
Keeping Faith
For the millions who had fought in the Great War, and for their families, the 'land fit for heroes' turned out to be an illusion; instead there was suffering and deprivation. Out o ...